Kenneth E Rose
May 9, 2012
Kenneth Edward Rose was born Dec. 8, 1938 to Pearl Holbart Rose and Dorothy Mae (Morrell) Rose at the family home south of Laird. Kenneth passed away Tuesday, May 8 at Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins following a short illness. He attended Liberty School District #73, a small country school house located just one· half mile from his home...
Beryl A Prather
May 7, 2012
Beryl Audry Cornish Prather was born February 10, 1926 to Lewis William and Lutie Vance Richey Cornish in Wray, Colorado and peacefully departed this life on May 5, 2012 at Hillcrest Care Center in Wray. She was the eighth of nine children and the first to be born in the hospital. Younger brother, Gene, completed the family of six boys...
Thomas A Loyd
May 2, 2012
Thomas Arthur Loyd, son of Edgar and Margaret Loyd, was born on August 20, 1916. He departed this life on March 19, 2012. He lived in Wray all his life, except for the time he served in the Armed Forces. His grandparents, Tom and Eliza Loyd, were early pioneers coming to Yuma County from Marysville, Missouri in 1886. After graduating...
Charles L Murphy
Apr 26, 2012
CHARLES LESLIE “CHUCK” MURPHY was born the only child of Frank and Audrey (King) Murphy. He started his journey in life the 24th day of November 1931 in a farmhouse 2 miles west of Ragan, Nebraska. He passed away after a lengthy illness the 26th day of april 2012 at the Hillcrest Care Center, Wray, Colorado at the age of...
Leonard O Wells Richardson
Apr 26, 2012
Leonard O. Wells, 64 passed away on Sunday, April 22, 2012. Cremation was requested. No services were requested.
Robert N Twiss
Apr 26, 2012
Did you hear the one about … If you knew Robert “Bob” Twiss this was his standard greeting for anyone he met. Bob was born in Wray,Colorado July 28,1939 to Rex and Ruth Twiss. His father,Rex,managed various ranches north of Wray on which he grew up. He was the second of 5 children. He had an older sister Joanne,younger brothers...
Cecil Wayne Mccasland
Apr 24, 2012
Funeral services for Cecil Wayne McCasland 69, who died Tuesday, April 17, 2012 was held Saturday afternoon, April 21, at Anton First Baptist Church in Anton, Texas. Interment was in the Anton Cemetery, Anton, Texas with arrangements made by Hillcrest Funeral Home in Littlefield, Texas. Cecil was born to Lorrain and Dorothy McCasland in Yuma, Colorado November 21, 1942. He...
Vera Ferne (Blacker) Rockwell
Apr 9, 2012
Vera Feme Rockwell was born November 11, 1918, to Blaine Calvin Blacker and Margaret Hannah Colson Blacker at their home near Vemon and she passed away at Hillcrest Care Center, April6, 2012, at the age of 93 years. Blaine and Margaret had moved to their farm near Vernon following their wedding in Kansas in 1914. When Vera was born, she...
Max G Schafer
Apr 5, 2012
Max G. Schafer, of Eckley, Colorado died Wednesday, April 4, 2012 at The Towers assisted living in Wray at the age of 85. He was born to Clyde V. and Mae Allen Schafer at their farm home near Wray March 3, 1927 as the third of five children. He attended Radnor and Laird schools and graduated from Vernon High School...
Larry D Trembly
Mar 23, 2012
Larry D. Trembly, age 56, passed away on March 7, 2012 in Gateway, CO as the result of an automobile accident. Larry was born on January 11, 1956 to Vernon and Lois (Wheaton) Trembly in Wray, CO. He graduated high school in Haigler, NE. He was a member of 4-H as a youth. He married Elise Blasi in 1985. He...
Donald Lee Howard
Mar 16, 2012
Donald Lee Howard was born to Roy and Irene Howard on July 4, 1930 in St. Francis, Kansas. He died on February 27, 2012 in Wray, Colorado. Don served in the Navy from 1948 – 1951. Upon his return to the area he worked as a butcher for several years. He purchased the Wray Garden Center from his parents in...
Marjorie F (Brill) Chartier
Mar 16, 2012
Marjorie F. (Brill) Chartier was born December 15, 1926 to Keith F. and Francis (Borjorquiz) Brill in Englewood, California. She passed away on March 15, 2012 in Wray, Colorado. Rosary service will be on Monday, March 19, 2012, 7:00 p.m. at the St. Andrews Catholic Church in Wray, Colorado. A Christian Mass Service will be held Tuesday, March 20, 2012,...
Blanche Viola (Redden) Brown
Mar 16, 2012
Blanche Viola (Redden) Brown, age 80 of Eckley, Colorado was born at home on January 21, 1932 in Haigler, Nebraska to George and Jane Emma D. (Underhill) Redden. She left us unexpectedly and was called home to our heavenly Father March 4, 2012 in Wray, Colorado at Hillcrest Care Center. She was baptized in the Methodist Church as a small...
Donald Glenn Deland
Mar 7, 2012
Donald Glenn DeLand, Sr. was born May 9, 1927 to Delbert and Alice Irene (Lamb) DeLand in Beecher Island, Colorado. He passed away March 6, 2012 at Hillcrest Care Center in Wray, Colorado at the age of 84. He was raised in the Wray area. On December 31, 1954, he married Therlma Gleason and to this union were born three...
Edith Mccracken
Feb 29, 2012
Edith “Arlene” McCracken was born January 30, 1936 in Lebanon, Oregon to Harold O. and Ada (Poppen) Blazer. Edith “Arlene” McCracken, age 76 of Keenesburg, Co passed away February 27th. 2012. Dearly missed by son Rodney McCracken and daughter Judy (Jerry) Gray. Grandkids, Ryder & Raymond McCracken, Jessica (Tony) Dreher, Great grand kids Isabella and Jeremiah Dreher. Sister Viola Wall,...
Andrew L (Drew) Ritchey
Feb 17, 2012
Andrew L. Ritchey, affectionately known by all as Drew, was born January 2, 1990 in Wray, Colorado at the Wray Community District Hospital to Darrel & Pam Ritchey. He entered into the kingdom of Heaven February 16, 2012 in Denver, Colorado at the age of 22. Drew grew up in Wray, Colorado and graduated from Wray High School with the...
Alma A Wiltfang
Feb 13, 2012
Alma A. (Deterding) Wiltfang was born June 11, 1914 to Charles F. and Matilda (Kolling) Deterding in Lockwood, Missouri. Alma passed away Sunday, February 12, 2012 at the Hillcrest Care Center in Wray, Colorado at the age of 97. She enjoyed life and family throughout her long and active life. She married Henry Wiltfang at a very young age. They...
Winifred Jennie Roberts
Feb 7, 2012
Winifred Jennie (Patterson) Roberts was born in Garden County, Nebraska November 24, 1917 to James Patterson and Lena Gordon Patterson. Winnie passed away peacefully at the Hillcrest Care Center in Wray October 20, 2011. Winnie was one of eight children born to James and Lena Patterson, who emigrated from Drumquin, Northern Ireland in 1914 and lived the rest of their...
Warren Stephenson
Jan 26, 2012
Warren Charles “Stevie” Stephenson passes away at 90. Born on April 17, 1921 in Courtland, Kansas, Stevie’s parents were Harry and Laura Haney Stephenson. He married Pauline Mary Nighswonger and they remained married until she passed away in 2007. He and Pollie built and owned a cleaning shop in St. Francis, a locker plant and a feed and fertilizer business...
Walter R Madison
Jan 26, 2012
Walter R. Madison (Father of Donna Roberts), 89 passed away on January 25, 2012 at the Wray Community District Hospital in Wray, Colorado. Funeral services will be held at the Cope Community Church in Cope, Colorado on Saturday, January 28, 2012 at 2:30 p.m. Interment will be held in the Cope Cemetery in Cope, Colorado. Memorials may be given to...
