obituaries

Mar 14, 2023

Jonathan Luna born June 21,1975 to Oscar and Janie (Minor) Luna in Yuma, Colorado. He passed away March 14, 2023 in Ft. Collins, Colorado at the age of 47.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 25, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. at the Yuma Methodist Church in Yuma, Colorado. Interment will be in the Yuma Cemetery in...

Mar 8, 2023

Jon D. Harouff born March 8, 1948 to Aaron and Jenon (Armagost) Harouff in Yuma, Colorado. He passed away March 8, 2023 at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley, Colorado at the age of 75.

A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, April 29, 2023 from 12 (noon) - 2:00 p.m. at the Eckley...

Mar 6, 2023

How do you condense almost 95 years of living onto a sheet of paper?

It seems like an impossible task – However we will give it our best shot.

Marjorie Fay (Juranek) Shivley was born at home July 19, 1928, to Joseph Paul and Anna (Kulek) Juranek. She was the 11 th of...

Feb 28, 2023

Lawrence William Crites, passed away peacefully in Wray, Colorado, on February 28, 2023 at the age of 96. Lawrence was married to the love of his life for over 74 years. Lawrence and Jerry were blessed with three children: Terry, Diane, and Deb.

Lawrence was born May 5, 1926 in Armel, Colorado to Fred and Clara Crites...

Feb 16, 2023

Helen (Welp) Spear born May 30, 1935 to Marcos Rivera and Remedios Moreno in Swastika, New Mexico and passed away on February 16, 2023.

Direct Cremation was requested with a Memorial service pending at this time. Inurnment will be in the Glendale Cemetery in Vernon, Colorado.

Schmidt-Jones Funeral Home has been entrusted with the arrangements....

Feb 14, 2023

Ronald Ray Clark was born July 10, 1946, in Burlington, CO to John Jr. and Alma (Brenner) Clark of Idalia CO.  Ron Passed away February 14, 2023, in Lakewood, Colorado with his 2 sons by his side.  Ron was the age of 76.

“Ronnie” was what he was called in his hometown of Idalia, CO where he...

Feb 7, 2023

Daniel Lynn Wisdom born January 30, 1954 to Lawrence Dale and Eunice Lulu (Ming) Wisdom in Wray, Colorado. He passed away February 7, 2023 in the Philippines.

It is a miracle that Dan survived any part of his childhood!  He was born January 30, 1954 at the Wray Hospital.  Dr. Thompson determined that Dan was...

Feb 4, 2023

Ralinda Kaye (Carver) Hendrickson, 53 passed away February 4, 2023 in St. George, Utah. She was born April 25, 1969 to Milo and Katherine (Riley) Carver in Hastings, Nebraska.

Funeral services will be held Monday, February 13, 2023, 2:00 p.m. at the Church of the Nazarene in Wray, Colorado with Pastor Ben Beckner officiating. Cremation to follow...

Jan 31, 2023

James “Jim” Roscoe Roberts was born February 10, 1949 to Roscoe Conklin and Winifred Jennie (Patterson) Roberts in Wray, Colorado.  His brother Bill joined the family in 1951.

As toddlers, the Roberts boys were blessed to have Grandmother Donna Roberts living in Wray while Winnie worked at the Wray Clinic.  As a teacher, their grandmother enhanced their...

Jan 28, 2023

Rodney Edward Renzelman was born December 28, 1946, in Wray, Colorado. Rod passed away January 28, 2023, at Swedish Medical Center in Englewood, Colorado after suffering a massive stroke.

Rod drove semi-truck most of his adult life but worked may other professions. Rod was a marine, EMT, plumber, apartment manager, ditch digger, mail courier and somewhere in...

Jan 16, 2023

Jimmy Ray Wheaton was born February 28,1953 in Wray, Colorado to George (Dude) and Kay Wheaton.  He was the youngest of four children, having sisters Edna and Lynn and brother Gail.   Jim was a country kid living in the Wray area and then moving to the Brush area. He started school in Gary, a small school near Brush. He...

Jan 14, 2023

Charles Edmund Hall (Eddie) passed away peacefully in his sleep on January 14, 2023, at the age of 78. Eddie was happily married to his wife Jan for over 57 years.  Eddie and Jan have three children, Mindy, Lorna, and Tim.

Eddie was born on October 31, 1944, in Brush, CO. He and his three siblings were...

Jan 3, 2023

Gisela Schneiderwinkel Hildebrand was born on December 1, 1925, in Prague, Czechoslovakia.

At the age of three, Gisela’s mother passed away and she was raised by an aunt and uncle. After her basic schooling, she went on to nurse’s training at a children’s hospital in Berlin, Germany, graduating in 1947.

While training to be a...

Nov 19, 2022

Henry Thomas (Tom) Buxman passed away at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley, Colorado on November 19, 2022. Tom was born on March 11, 1939 in Fort Morgan, Colorado to Henry Buxman and Caroline (Weimer) Buxman.

Tom farmed around the Brush and Fort Morgan area until he purchased the Oasis Bar in Wiggins, Colorado, and operated...

Nov 4, 2022

Peggy Marie (Garton) Witte was born September 4, 1934, to Paul M. and Mary E. Garton. Growing up in rural Yuma County she learned early the value of hard work and responsibility. Peg liked nothing better than to be outside working with her dad on the farm. In a family with eight children there was never a lack of...

Nov 4, 2022

Vincent Sawyer a resident of Wray, Colorado died on November 4 th , 2022, in Greeley at the age of 38. Vincent was born in Sevierville, TN on February 23, 1984, to Thomas M and Shirley A Sawyer. As a kid he enjoyed playing in the woods and creeks with his coon-skin hat on. He could be found running...

Oct 31, 2022

Phillip A. Hayes born September 21, 1939 and passed away October 31, 2022 at the age of 83 years old.

Cremation was requested with no services. Schmidt-Jones Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Oct 30, 2022

Barbara Anne (Passmore) Gilstrap born on September 24, 1949, to Paul LaVerne and Helen Maxine (Carman) Passmore in St. Francis, Kansas. She left this earth on October 30, 2022, after her health declined.

She graduated from Benkelman High School with the class of 1968. On November 8, 1968, she married the love of her life Lawrence Wesley...

Oct 29, 2022

Alice Louise Ladd born September 3, 1955 to James Andrew and Mary Ellen (Peterson) Ladd in Dodgeville, Wisconsin. She passed away October 29, 2022 at the Denver Hospice in Denver, Colorado at the age of 67.

A Memorial service will be held at the Calvary Lutheran Church in Wray, Colorado on Thursday, November 10, 2022 at 2:00...

Oct 22, 2022

Ruth was born December 1, 1929, to Adam and Mary Wagner, on their farm near Windsor, Colorado.   She was her mother’s fourth and last child. The family moved into the town of Windsor when Ruth was nine years old. Her most vivid memory of that trip was being entrusted with holding the family’s valuable winter supply of latwerge, sugar...