obituaries

Oct 16, 2023

Howard Vern McGinnis born July 3, 1952, to Samuel McGinnis and Eunice (Smith) Jamison in Yuma, Colorado.

He attended school in Laird thru the 8th grade, graduating in 1966. Howard then attended Wray High School graduating from Wray in 1970. Howard attended NJC for two years with a Civil Engineering Degree.

Howard enlisted in the...

Oct 12, 2023

Everett Lee Collins born July 22, 1940 to Irvine and Lois (Newlin) Collins in Rosemead, Oregon. He passed away October 12, 2023 in Wray, Colorado at the age of 83.

Cremation was requested with no services.

Schmidt-Jones Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Sep 27, 2023

Lila Karen Tombaugh was born on August 18, 1945 in Stratton, Nebraska to Arza Elbra Clabaugh and Pauline (Young) Clabaugh. She went to her Lord and Savior on September 27, 2023, at the age of 78, in Venice Florida.

She moved, with her parents, to rural Wray in 1950 and attended school in Laird until she attended...

Sep 19, 2023

Jessica Marie (May) Lenz was born January 18th to Jim and Imogene May on one of the coldest nights of 1984. She became a bright warm light in our lives, always happy and laughing with a big smile and a head full of long blonde hair. She had a magnetic personality, developing friends everywhere she went. At Stratton High...

Sep 13, 2023

Harley (Honk) Alfred Witte passed away on September 13, 2023 at Aspen Memory Care in Ft. Collins, CO. He was one month and a week short of being 90 years young.  Harley passed gently in his sleep with his daughter and granddaughters by his side.

Harley was born in Wray, CO to Chris Witte and Louise Bergman...

Sep 10, 2023

On September 10, 2023, Lutie Wakefield passed from this life to join her husband Jim, her parents, and siblings in heaven.  Lutie lived a long, busy, and productive life.  Lutie was born Lucy Juliet Dickson on May 15, 1921, to parents James Henry and Fanny Arvetta (nee Moore) Dickson.  She has always been known as Lutie.  Lutie was born...

Sep 3, 2023

On November 24, 1932, Thanksgiving Day, Verne and Pearl (Confer) Weeden welcomed Idell LaVerne to their family. On Sunday, September 3, 2023, she passed away at the age of 90 at Hillcrest Care Center in Wray, Colorado. Idell was born into a large and loving family who spent time together sharing their lives. A few years later, her sister,...

Aug 21, 2023

Wanda Marlene Baker, 86, passed after a brief illness August 21, 2023 in Wray, CO. She was born October 1, 1936, in Mildred CO, the daughter of Gerald and Vera Mae Duff.

Marlene married Rex Baker May 28, 1954, to this union two boys were born. Both Rex and Marlene worked as Custodians at the First Christian...

Aug 18, 2023

W. Leon Sturch was born to Robert and Vera (Poole) Sturch in Jackson County, Arkansas in the Oakland community near Bradford, Arkansas, on Feb. 28, 1930. He departed this world on August 18, 2023 at the age of 93.

He graduated from Bradford High School. He attended one year of college, then joined the Navy.

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Aug 13, 2023

Martha Ann Thompson born February 22, 1944 to Walter William and Gladys May (Atkins) Schubert in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She passed away August 13, 2023 in the Melissa Memorial Hospital in Holyoke, Colorado.

Memorials may be made to the Association for Classical Christian Schools, P.O. Box 9741, Moscow, Idaho 83843.

Cremation was requested with No...

Aug 7, 2023

Linda Elvira Starks born September 17, 1932 to Maximilliano Padilla and Virginia (Acosta) Padilia in Aguilar, Colorado. She passed away August 7, 2023 at the age of 90.

A Rosary will be held on Thursday, August. 10, 2023, 7:00 p.m. at the St. Andrew Catholic Church in Wray, Colorado. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on...

Aug 6, 2023

Jack Frederick Snyder was born on May 3, 1930 to George F. and Anna Louise (Barth) Snyder in Waco, Nebraska. He passed away peacefully in his sleep on August 6, 2023 in Rio Rancho, New Mexico at the age of 93.  George was a farmer so Jack joined in the farming endeavor about 1938. He attended Waco Public School...

Jul 27, 2023

Marion Leroy Chapman was born January 4, 1942, in Yuma, Colorado to William and Beulah (Wells) Chapman. He was the seventh of eight children. His early childhood was spent on the family farm southwest of Eckley, Colorado. When he was eleven years old, the family moved to the Brush area, where he attended schools at Snyder and Brush. At...

Jul 26, 2023

Patricia Joann Chapman was born November 23, 1940 to George and Eleanor Agatha (Harmer) Hood in North Platte, Nebraska. She passed away July 26th, 2023 at Swedish Medical Center in Englewood, Colorado at the age of 82.

Pat grew up in rural North Platte and attended a country school through 8th grade before transferring to St. Patrick...

Jul 7, 2023

Marvin Leo Carlock Jr. was born June 8, 1950 in Benkeleman, Nebraska  to Marvin and Harriet(Long) Carlock.  He was the youngest of 5 children, joining siblings Stanley, Cheryl, Sandy and Linda.

Marv attended school in Haigler, Nebraska and graduated from the Haigler High School in 1968.  He went on to attend Western Nebraska Technical School in Sidney...

Jul 5, 2023

Tyler William Meyer, age 28, passed away on July 5, 2023, in New Orleans, LA.

Tyler was born to Theresa and Randy Meyer on March 22, 1995, in Castle Rock, CO. His parents later divorced.

In 2000, he was the ring-bearer at the wedding of his mother Theresa and Erik Barney at Erik’s family ranch...

Jul 2, 2023

Carole Joyce Whomble was born September 3, 1940, in Wray, Colorado, to Chester and Doris Whomble.  She was the older of their two girls.  She grew up on the family farm five miles south of Beecher Island.  She came into this world full of curiosity and with an adventurous spirit, and put those traits to use!

Carole...

Jun 28, 2023

Alfred Emil Brophy born October 23, 1931at home north of Wray to Thomas Edward and Estella Violet (Walker) Brophy. He passed away on  to eternity surrounded by family at his home on June 28, 2023 in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Alfred lived north of Wray during his early years. When he was 5 years old his parents bought...

Jun 25, 2023

Millie W. (Coffman) Bracelin was born on February 7th, 1933 to Hazel (Meier) and Jesse Coffman in Eckley Colorado. On June 25th, 2023, while surrounded by her husband Myron, her children Terry, Tonna and Pati, her 2 youngest grandsons Michael and Kobe Krehmeyer, she gracefully took the hand of Jesus and climbed the stairway to Heaven.

Millie...

Jun 12, 2023

Pauline Almira (Haines) Glenn, 93, of Wray Colorado went to be with her Lord and Savior on June 12, 2023.

She was born on May 1, 1930, to Hiett Emerson Haines and Geraldine Nellie (Evans) Haines in Hutchinson, Kansas.  Pauline lived her early years in Hutchinson but when a teenager her family moved to Colorado where she...