obituaries

Jul 16, 2024

Mollie Nichols was born outside of Springfield, South Dakota in 1936 to Ray and Donia Talsma. As the third of nine children on Ray and Donia’s farm and cattle ranch, Mollie remembered her dad defending her from a wayward ram when it charged her. She attended a one-room schoolhouse and would take a baked potato to keep her hands...

Jul 9, 2024

Jacqueline Ruth Ralston was born March 5th, 1939 in Lincoln, Nebraska to Floyd and Elizabeth (Helsing) Ralston. Jacque peacefully entered the presence of the Lord July 9th, 2024 surrounded by her family. Her five daughters had the privilege of caring for her in her final days at The Towers Assisted Living in Wray, Colorado.

Jacque excelled as...

Jul 7, 2024

Dorothy Eileen was born on March 25, 1924, in a sod house east of Haigler, Nebraska, which was built by her parents, Oren and Allie (Porter) Bush, with the help of a neighbor. The house had two bedrooms and a large main room. Dorothy often described the hardships of the dust bowl and depression years during her childhood.

Jun 18, 2024

Yvonne Adeline Wernet, Holyoke, Colorado, passed from this life on Tuesday, June 18, 2024 at age 91.  The funeral service will be held Friday, June 21 at Zion Lutheran Church in Holyoke.  Interment will take place at IOOF Cemetery in Golconda, Illinois at a later date.

Yvonne was born on July 5, 1932 near Blue Hill, Nebraska,...

Jun 4, 2024

Richard Lee Amos (Dick) was born in Goodland, Kansas in Boothroy Memorial Hospital on April 30, 1937 to Lucille Tyler Amos and Donald Amos. His older sister Connie welcomed him home. In his younger years he loved to play army with his friends. He used much imagination to make a stick look like a gun. He loved toy trains...

May 25, 2024

Jean Marie Frances Keary Bigner was born on January 28, 1936 in Huntington, New York to John P. Keary, Sr. and Katherine A.Grady Keary.  She was called home on May 25, 2024. Jean was raised in New York along with her siblings Barbara, John, and Daniel.  She attended high school at Bishop McDonald in Brooklyn. It was an earned...

May 18, 2024

Eleanor was born November 24, 1926 to Arnold and Thelma (Myers) Unger in the family home in Wray, Colorado. She was blessed to have a twin sister, Esther. Eleanor had 2 brothers, Jack and Earle and 3 sisters, Betty, her twin sister Esther, and Laura.

Eleanor graduated from Wray High School in 1944.

Eleanor and...

May 18, 2024

Steven Lewis Gardner was born to James and Edith (Smith) Gardner on October 6, 1943 in Wray. He passed away on May 18, 2024 in Wray. Steve grew up in a small farmhouse north of Eckley. The family didn’t have running water or electricity until they moved west of Wray in 1957. This could be why Steve was so...

May 16, 2024

William Gary Doke born September 8, 1953 to William Frank and Sylvia Joyce (Fritzler) Doke in Greeley, Colorado. He passed away May 16, 2024 at the age 70.

Funeral Services being held on Tuesday, May 28, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. at the Wray United Methodist Church in Wray, Colorado with Aaron Waitman officiating.

Memorials may...

May 8, 2024

Delmar Dean Moellenberg was born in Idalia, CO to August A. Moellenberg and Elsie H. (Lidke) Moellenberg on May 19, 1932 He died on May 8, 2024, in Wray, Colo.  With the exception of four years, he was proud to have spent all of his life living in Idalia, a community he loved.

Delmar spent a happy...

Apr 24, 2024

Kevin Guy was born May 24, 1960 to Harold and Verna (Williams) Guy in Pueblo Colorado.

He passed away April 24, 2024 with his wife, kids, and grandchildren surrounding him.

Kevin lived in many places before his family ended up making Yuma their forever home. He started school in Rocky Ford, then moved to Leadville...

Apr 5, 2024

Calvin George Zuege, 82, of Fort Worth, TX, passed away on April 5, 2024. He was born on February 26, 1942, in St. Francis, KS. Among many of his various positions, Calvin was a Store Manager and Regional Manager at Tandy Leather. He attended Haigler Elementary, Haigler High School, and McCook Junior College for higher education. Calvin was a...

Apr 3, 2024

Cindy McCoy (Dresen) was born February 9, 1961 to Wid and Laura Dresen in Wray Colorado.  Welcoming her home after a week in the hospital were her siblings Sandy, Diana, and Roger.

Cindy passed away on Wednesday April 3rd, 2024 with her family at her side.

Cindy was educated in the Yuma School from 1966...

Apr 1, 2024

Lucile M. Bledsoe passed away on April 1 after seeing 102 birthdays.  (She would argue 103 because the clock starts when you are born and that really is your first birthday.)  That very first birthday took place in Duluth, Minnesota, on September 11, 1921.  She was the second of six Driscoll children.  Since she was the eldest sister, it...

Mar 24, 2024

Bernadette Marie O'Connor passed peacefully to be with the Lord on March 24, 2024 at age 87 in Wray, Colorado. Bernadette is survived by her brother Ronald Murphy and her three children; son Scott O'Connor, his children Camille, Ryan, Kieran, Samuel; daughter Kimberly O'Connor, daughter Stacey Barton (Larry) and their children Connor and Alex. Bernadette was born and raised...

Mar 17, 2024

Anna Mae Stults sadly left us at Prestigious Care Memory Unit in Fort Collins, Colorado on March 17 2024 at the age of 90 yrs old.

She is survived by son Mike Stults (Nona) children Steven Urban, Ryan Stults, Darin Stults Jamie Stults. Son David Stults (Jo), children Cody Akey, Roxann Hurley. Son Rick Stults(Kathy), children Zach...

Mar 5, 2024

Martha June Wilhelme

April 22, 1945-March 5, 2024

Martha June Wilhelme was born on April 22, 1945 to Max and Virginia Padilla in Hayden, Colorado.  She was the youngest of seven children.  She completed high school at Cathedral High School, in Denver, Colorado, while living with her mother, becoming a respiratory therapist,  a TSA agent...

Mar 3, 2024

Ida Delia “Dee” (Larreau) Wilson was born  June 8, 1938 in Colorado Springs, Colorado to Joseph Ephraim and Mary Elna (Daniels) Larreau.  She passed away March 3, 2024 at her home on the family ranch north of Wray. Dee recounted her early years jokingly as “moving every time the rent was due”. Dee lived  in several towns on the...

Feb 12, 2024

Kenton E. Mattheis was born on May 22, 1944, in Pierre, South Dakota, to Ewald and Thelma (Sherwood) Mattheis. He died on February 12, 2024 after seven and a half years of kidney dialysis and is buried in Kirk, Colorado. As a young child, he often told people that he was born on the day his parents got married....

Feb 11, 2024

Velma M. McArthur ( nee Smelker) age 97 passed away on February 11,2024 at Imperial Manor Nursing home in Imperial Nebraska.

Velma married John McArthur senior on October 9,1943. Three sons born to them were John Jr, Terry Lee and Lonny Dale. Three daughters born to them were Leila Joy, Meryl Marie and Linda Lou. The family...