Marilyn S. Bannister
Oct 26, 2016
Marilyn Sue Youngman was born October 27, 1942 in Bethany, Missouri. The second of five children to Kenneth and Helen Youngman she spent her childhood on the family dairy farm outside of Bethany. Her childhood was that of a farm kid gardening and tending to animals. She was active in 4H; a passion which was passed on to her kids...
John A. Morris
Oct 26, 2016
John Albert Morris, 67 died October 26, 2016 at his home in Wray, Colorado. John was born February 14, 1949 in Wray, Colorado to John Oliver and Alice Mae (Lohman) Morris. John went to Wray and Laird schools and was not able to complete school and graduate, because he had to get a job and help his family. John met...
Philip Kettelson
Oct 14, 2016
Mr. Philip William Kettelson died on October 14, 2016 in Boulder, CO. He was 59. Phil was born on July 12th, 1957 in Monte Vista, CO to his parents, Inor and Alice Kettelson. He was the youngest of four children behind sister’s Joyce and Nancy and big brother Doug. They grew up on a farm that produced potatoes, barley and...
Andrew B. Selby (Son Of Justin Selby & Olivia Garza)
Oct 13, 2016
Andrew B Selby, 19, of Excelsior Springs, passed away Thursday, October 13, 2016. A Visitation in Missouri will be Wednesday, October 19, 2016, from 12:30-2:00 pm at Hidden Valley Funeral Home of Excelsior Springs with a funeral following at 2:00 pm. A Visitation will also be held at Schmidt-Jones Funeral Home in Wray, Colorado, on Friday, October 21, 2016, from...
Willmenia "Willie" H. Courtney
Sep 19, 2016
Willmenia “Willie” H. Courtney was born February 11, 1931, in Haigler, Nebraska, to Arthur Clifford and Juanita Evelyn (Sims) Olson. She passed away in Greeley, Colorado, on September 19, 2016, at the age of 85. Willie grew up on the family homestead with her parents and brother, Clifford, ten miles north of Haigler, Nebraska. She graduated from Wray High School...
Violet M. (Phillips) Myers
Sep 17, 2016
Violet M. Myers, 89 was born November 26, 1926 to Jess and Blanche (Lula)Phillips in Kirk, Colorado. She passed away Saturday, September 17, 2016 at the Yuma Life Care Center in Yuma, Colorado. Visitation will be held on Thursday, September 22, 2016 from 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. at the Schmidt-Jones Funeral, 427 Adams Street, Wray, Colorado 80758. Funeral Services...
David William Tuhn
Sep 13, 2016
David Willaim Anthony Tuhn, 30, born July 5, 1986 to Anthony and Dusty (Nuckols) Tuhn in Lewiston, Idaho. He passed away on September 13, 2016 from a car accident on the way to work. David drove truck for Cure Feeders, transporting cattle and corn. He was a loving father to his two kids and a wonderful husband. He enjoyed being...
Mervin D. Welp
Sep 12, 2016
Mervin Duane Welp was born October 6, 1946 in Wray, Colorado to Wilbert and Elizabeth Welp and passed away on September 12, 2016 at the age of 69 after a long battle with cancer. He was the youngest of four children and was raised on the family farm Northeast of Vernon. Mervin attended Radner, a small country school for a...
Mary Lou (Redden) Post
Sep 5, 2016
Mary Lou Post was born July 25, 1964 to Pete and Mary Ann Redden. She passed away September 5, 2016 at the age of 52. She will be dearly missed by her family and friends. Mary was the youngest of eight children. Her siblings include Flora Redden of Commerce City, Colorado, Jane Holsinger of Parker, Colorado, Jim and wife, Sue...
Howard Manley Chase
Aug 30, 2016
Howard Manley Chase was born on October 27, 1929, at Beecher Island, Colorado. At age six, his father passed away, leaving his mother to handle the ranch and finances. Manley was the youngest, with two older sisters, and lived on the ranch through his high school days. With Manley being the only son, and without a father, he had to...
Larry Dean Counce
Aug 22, 2016
Larry Dean Counce, 64 passed away Monday, August 22, 2016. He was born to Harold E. and Phyllis (Laird) Counce on September 16, 1951 in Wray, Colorado. A Graveside service and Inurnment will be held on Friday, September 2, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. in the Grandview Cemetery in Wray, Colorado with Steve Wynkoop officiating. Memorials maybe made to the Larry...
Charles "Charlie" Howard Mulligan, Iii
Aug 12, 2016
Charles Howard Mulligan III (Charlie), son of Charles H. Mulligan Jr. and Virginia Trokey Mulligan, entered this life on October 12, 1944 in Fullerton, California. He departed this life at his home in Haigler, Nebraska the morning of August 12, 2016 at the age of 71 years 10 months. Charlie was diagnosed with sarcoma cancer in January, 2015. Charlie was...
Ronald Shawn Miller
Jul 18, 2016
Ronald Shawn Miller was born September 7, 1962 in Meeker, Colorado, the son of Ronald and Gail Miller, step brother to Kevin, Mark, and step sister Kristen Muri Lund and half-brother to Erich, Eron and Ethan. Shawn, as everyone knew him, graduated from Berthoud, Colorado High School in 1980 where he enjoyed raising and showing Dairy cattle and sheep in...
Annette Maxine (Bagley) Godsey
Jul 16, 2016
Annette “Maxine" Godsey was born September 16, 1923 at home near Vernon, to Arthur Walter and Alice Catherine Beach Bagley. She passed peacefully July 16, 2016 at the age of 92. Maxine was the middle sibling in a family of five children. The family lived in Vernon during the winters and anxiously anticipated the summers when they would move to...
June Leah (Pahljina) Witte-Jensen
Jul 8, 2016
June Leah Pahljina was born on April 29, 1926 in Winona, Missouri, first child of Joseph and Martha Ross Pahljina. The family moved to Rocky Ford, Colorado when June was 4 years old. She attended Rocky Ford Schools before the family moved to Ordway where she graduated from high school in 1944. She joined the United States Cadet Nurse Corps...
Randy Lee Heaton
Jul 4, 2016
RANDY L. HEATON, 56, born June 14, 1960 to Albert Russell Heaton and Rosa Lee (Sturdivan) McClurg in Wray, Colorado. He passed away July 4, 2016 at the Wray Community Hospital in Wray, Colorado. A Receiving of Family & Friends will be held on Thursday, July 7, 2016 at the Schmidt-Jones Funeral Home, 427 Adams Street, Wray, Colorado from 6:00...
Wanda Jean (Shepherd) Jones
Jun 20, 2016
Wanda Jean Jones passed away peacefully after a long illness with her family nearby on June 20, 2016 in Fort Worth, Texas at the age of 76. Wanda was born October 8, 1939 in McCook, NE to Alford & Ruth Shepherd as the seventh child of eight children. She spent her childhood in McCook before her family relocated to Denver,...
Eleanor "Kay" (Jones) Yost
Jun 18, 2016
Eleanor Kay (Jones) Yost was born July 19, 1945, to Homer and May Jones in St. Francis, Kansas. Kay was one of twelve children raised in the Wray area. She and her siblings liked to spend time playing in the “Laird ditch” growing up. Kay graduated from Wray High School in 1963. Kay married her high school sweetheart and love...
Lael D. (Ward) Deterding
Jun 16, 2016
LAEL DIANE DETERDING was born March 2, 1933 to Bill and Vivian Ward in Wray. She passed away June 16, 2016 in Wray at age 83. Lael married the love of her life, Alva Deterding September 12, 1954. They were married for over 61 years. To this union two sons were born. Brent in 1957 and Brad in 1960. Lael...
Rosa Lee (Sturdivan) Mcclurg
Jun 16, 2016
Rosa Lee McClurg, mother of Roletta Smith, Randy and Rod Heaton, passed away Thursday, June 16, 2016. Rosa Lee McClurg was born November 4, 1938 to Epha Sturdivan and Vera Esther Carter. She passed away June 16, 2016 at the age of 77 after a lengthy illness. Rosa’s parents split up at an early age; she stayed with her father...
