obituaries

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...

Oct 7, 2022

Anne Howard Thomasson-Currey (72) died on October 7, 2022, in Wray, Colorado of metastatic breast cancer. Anne was born in London, England on February 23, 1950, to David A. Thomasson and Anne (Brooke) Thomasson. During her early childhood Anne and her older siblings Isabel and David, accompanied their father, a U.S. Foreign Service officer, to Washington, DC, and Strasbourg,...

Oct 4, 2022

Bradford Byron Groves was born May 29, 1962, in Wray, Colorado to William and Mary Jane (Bullard) Groves. Bradford was the youngest child of Bill and Mary Jane, with an older brother Paul. Bradford passed away at the age of 60 years old in Wray, Colorado on October 4, 2022.

Brad grew up in Wray, Colorado helping...

Oct 2, 2022

Jessica Brooks Stults, with her family by her side, passed away early October 2, 2022. She is survived by her parents David and Jo Stults, brother Cody, sister Roxanne, as well as her rescue dog Gordy and husband Josh.

Born November 9, 1981, in Wray Colorado, Jessie eventually landed in Chickasha Oklahoma where...

Sep 27, 2022

John R. Edens, 80, died September 27, 2022, peacefully at home.

John was born April 6, 1942, in Wray, CO to Bertha and William Edens.

He grew up and attended schools in Wray and Idalia graduating in 1960.  He met Viola Barr in high school and married December 11, 1960.  To this union four children...

Sep 16, 2022

Zachary Luke Jackson was born to Harold and Barbara Jackson in Durango, Colorado on April 24, 1992. He passed away September 16, 2022 in California.

A Memorial service will be held on Saturday, September 24, 2022, 2:00 p.m. at the Kitzmiller Auditorium in Wray, Colorado. Memorials may be made to the Zachary Jackson Memorial Fund, c/o First...

Sep 13, 2022

Robert “Bob” John Adamson, 66, of Wray, Colorado, passed away after battling cancer the last 6 months of his life. Bob was born August 2, 1956, to Charles “Chuck” Dale and Theresa Rose (Strick) Adamson in Wray, Colorado. He passed away September 13, 2022, at Anschutz UC Health, Aurora, Colorado. Bobby was the youngest of four siblings.

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Sep 11, 2022

Gary DeLane Jones passed away on September 11, 2022. He was born January 9, 1938 to Earl and Frances (Selby) Jones in Wray, Colorado. After graduating from Wray High School in 1955, Gary earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design from Denver University in August 1960. While studying at DU, Gary met Gloria Palmblade and they...

Sep 9, 2022

Gary Workman was born in Goodrich, Michigan, on July 7, 1949, to Elmer and Geneva (Pridemore) Workman. He passed away September 9, 2022.

He grew up in Lake Orion, Michigan, and graduated from Lake Orion High School in 1967. On a trip to visit friends in Colorado he fell in love with the state and moved here...

Sep 8, 2022

Wilma Evelyn Brueggeman was born April 21 st , 1928 to Frederick (Fritz) Brueggeman and Erna (Schildmeier) Brueggeman and grew up on the old Akey place near Vernon, Colorado with older brother Virgil and younger brothers Robert and Dale. She was confirmed in the Lutheran faith and attended Sunnyside Elementary and then Lutheran parochial school, later graduating from Vernon...