obituaries

Sep 6, 2024

Don Chartier

Donald Dean Chartier was born December 25th, 1931, in Yuma County Colorado to Frank and Bertha Chartier and he passed away in Globe, Arizona while visiting family September 6th 2024. Donald served in the Army during the Korean conflict and since was a member of the American Legion. In 1956 he went to Voc-Tech school...

Sep 1, 2024

Norvin Henry Frerichs, age 86, of Wray, CO passed away peacefully on Sunday, September 1st 2024 surrounded by his daughters and granddaughters.

Norvin was born September 28th, 1937 in Brule, NE to Hie and Barbara Frerichs as the youngest of four children. They lived on the family farm in Brule where they raised barley, corn, alfalfa, and...

Aug 26, 2024

Dean C. Larson, age 72 of Gill, Colorado passed away on Monday August 26, 2024 after a briefbattle with cancer.

Dean C. Larson was born May 14, 1952 in Fort Rucker, Alabama the son of the late Richardand Gloris (Erlanson) Larson. He graduated from Grafton High School and then attended North Dakota State University-Bottineau.

Dean...

Aug 15, 2024

Jo Rae Stults was born in Wray on November 13, 1947, to Harry and Celia (Morris) Hughey.  She passed away peacefully at home on August 15, 2024, after a short illness. In between these two dates, a lifetime of memories were created.

Jo was raised on a farm south of Idalia and became a big sister to...

Aug 13, 2024

Anita Brownlee passed away in her sleep peacefully with her family by her side on August 13, 2024, in Sunsites AZ.  Anita was born October 19, 1950, in Stockton CA, to the late Edgar and Tommie Woodruff.

Anita’s life was a testament to the power of faith and family. Raised in California and Arizona she moved frequently...

Aug 4, 2024

Betty Jean McGregor Woods passed away on Sunday August 4, 2024 at Hillcrest Care Center with her family by her side.

Betty Jean was born in Hutchinson, Kansas on September 1, 1929, to Hazel and Lawrence McGregor. They lived there on a farm until her mother died when she was 4 years old. She then  moved into...

Aug 3, 2024

Bill was born November 2nd, 1947 at the Wray Community Hospital in Wray Colorado. He passed away August 3rd, 2024 at the Banner Health Hospital in Greeley Colorado after a brief illness at the age of 76.

He was the first child of Delbert “Shorty” Simmons and Mildred (Smith) Simmons and was named after both of his...

Jul 30, 2024

Violet Rosa Weber Brown was born on Saturday, March 5, 1932 and departed this life on Tuesday, July 30, 2024 at the age of 92.

Violet’s parents were Christopher and Avis Weber; she had three brothers and two sisters: Wesley, LeRoy, Carl, Geneva and Garnet.

Violet learned to work hard, make do with what she...

Jul 30, 2024

Stanley Evans passed away peacefully on July 30, 2024, at the age of 88 at Hillcrest Care Center surrounded by his family. Stan was born on October 3, 1935, to Murray W. Evans and Laveria A. Stute in Haigler, Nebraska, and was the oldest of three children.

He grew up working on the family ranch, working cattle...

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...