Leo F. Sprague
Feb 13, 2016
Leo Francis Sprague was born January 7, 1925 to Arthur Ray and Barbara Marie (Vogl) Sprague in Ft. Lupton, Colorado. Leo attended and graduated from Longmont High School where he played football and many other sports. Leo enlisted in the Marine Corps June 15, 1944. After boot camp he was stationed overseas on the Russell Islands, Guadalcanal, Uithi, Caroline Islands...
M. Marie (Gerber) Weyerman
Feb 9, 2016
Minnie Marie Weyerman was born on February 8, 1922 at Idalia, Colorado to William F. and Jennie (Anderson) Gerber. She passed away February 9, 2016 at the age of 94 at Hillcrest Care Center. Marie attended Idalia schools, graduating in 1940. As a young girl she helped on the family farm where her life-long love of horses and animals began...
Ronald "Ron" Wayne Baker
Jan 30, 2016
Ronald Wayne Baker was born to Lester R. Baker and Nellie A. Baker on October 14, 1951 in Wray, CO. He passed away after a brief illness on January 30, 2016 at Northern Colorado Medical Center-Hospice unit in Greeley, CO at the age of 64. He married Kathy (Engel) Thomason at age 18. They had two sons together; Lester Ronald...
Rebecca Karlyn Dickson
Jan 29, 2016
We are here to celebrate our loved one Rebecca Karlyn Dickson; most of you know her as Becky. Rebecca gained her wings on the day of January 29th, 2016 during a courageous year of battling cancer in her home surrounded by her family. Becky was born to Lisa Baker in Prescott, Arizona on November 10th, 1972 but frequently moved as...
Hermine Amelie Stewart
Jan 25, 2016
Hermine Stewart, our “Sunshine”, was granted her angel wings and joined her husband Monday, January 25th, surrounded by her family at the Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland, CO. A memorial service was held last Wednesday at the Schmidt- Jones Funeral Home in Wray, Colorado. Hermine was born on June 22nd in 1930 in Virton, Belgium as the daughter...
Olive Geraldine "Jerry" Howard
Jan 15, 2016
O. Geraldine “Jerry” Howard was born to James Edward and Faye (Glenn) Penton October 21, 1926 in Wray, Colorado. She spent her childhood at Beecher Island until they moved to Wray sometime after 1936. She attended country school and finished in Wray. During this time she worked for a small dairy doing chores and other various jobs around the dairy...
Shelia Joyce (Renzelman) Weigel
Nov 23, 2015
Shelia Joyce Renzelman was born January 27, 1947 in Wray to Raymond and Lucille (Gartin) Renzelman. She passed away November 23, 2015 in Greeley, Colorado at Northern Colorado Medical Center following a brief illness. Shelia grew up southwest of Wray on the family farm with her one older sister, Sandra. She graduated from Wray High School in 1965 and attended...
Clifford O. Wilson
Nov 18, 2015
Clifford Orin Wilson was born Oct 2 1926 NE of Wray CO to Orin and Opal Adkinson Wilson . He joined sisters Faye, Ruth, and Fern and brother Earl. He would later have another brother Lee and sister Elaine. He departed this life Nov 18 2015 at the age of 89. Cliff went to Wray High School graduating with the...
Orpha Faye Brown
Nov 17, 2015
Orpha Faye Brown was born to Roy and Irene Hoover Howard on November 16, 1925 at St. Francis, Kansas. She attended school at St. Francis. Orpha married Eldon C. Eaks in July 1942. The couple had 3 daughters Orpha was employed as a nurse aid for many years. She was Assistant Post Master in Atwood and was a matron at...
Cosie L. Tomlinson
Nov 15, 2015
Cosie LaVerne Tomlinson(known to the family as Bernie) age 85, passed away at the Hillcrest Care Center in Wray, Colorado on Sunday, November 15, 2015. He had been there for a number of years after having a serious fall. Born July 15, 1930 to Ward A. and Geneva (Blanchard) Tomlinson in Yuma, Colorado. Cosie lived most of his life in...
Barbara Dee Bowland
Nov 11, 2015
Barbara passed away on November 11th at The Doctors Hospital in Laredo, TX due to complications with pneumonia. Barbara was born to Burleu and Francis (Osborn} Wickizer in Brush, CO on Sept 20th 1943. She spent her early years in Brush, until she was placed in several foster homes around the area. When Barbara was a young teen she lived...
Leona May Helling
Nov 5, 2015
Leona May Rothenberger Helling was born in North Yuma County, Colorado, on September 18, 1929 to Grace Caparoon Rothenberger and Charles Peter Rothenberger. Known as “Sis” to her six brothers, her parents soon joined her siblings in their loving nickname. Leona forever remained “Sis” to her family. In 1954 while working in Wray, Colorado, Leona met Carl Franz Helling, who...
Glen H. Weaver
Oct 31, 2015
Glen H. Weaver Longtime resident of Burlington, Colorado Glen Weaver left this life on Saturday October 31, 2015 in Aurora, Colorado at the University of Colorado Medical Center. Glen was born on May 28, 1918 in Pallmar, Nebraska to James and Josephine (Clarence) Weaver. He attended a country school thru the 8th grade until he was needed to help with...
Alfred William Lamb
Oct 20, 2015
Alfred William Lamb was born on November 29, 1940 in Salem, Iowa to Dale and Katheryn (Bacon) Lamb. Alfred moved to Eckley, Colorado with his parents, older sister Alberta, and younger brother Ernest. Dale married Peggy Everest in 1945 and she was a beloved mother to Alfred and his siblings. He attended school in Eckley until the 5th grade. The...
Ruby Charlene Counce
Oct 17, 2015
Ruby Charlene Counce, 75 born April 17, 1940 to Alfred and Ruby Pearl (Whomble) Bullard in Rural Yuma County, Colorado. She passed away on October 17, 2015. Visitation is Friday, October 23, 2015 at the Schmidt-Jones Funeral Home, 427 Adams Street, Wray, Colorado from 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Funeral services will be held Saturday, October 24, 2015, 10:00 a.m....
Michael Wayne Pletcher
Oct 16, 2015
Michael Pletcher, was born September 21, 1988 to Wayne Pletcher and Janet (Walker) Ivins in Sterling, Colorado. He grew up in Eckley, and in the 4th grade they moved to Wray. His interests turned to riding and repairing bicycles as well as small engines. This later turned into a lifelong love of diesel engines and semi-trucks. Following his dream, he...
Donald E. Oncale, Sr.
Oct 14, 2015
Donald E. Oncale, Sr., who was born June 27, 1928 in Napoleaneville, Louisiana to Adam and Ivy (Lacompte) Oncale. He married Vera Southwell of Wray, and to this union was born four children, Jacqualine Oncale, Maggie (Kayler) Oncale, Vivian (Galasso) Oncale and Donald E. Oncale, Jr. In addition, seven grandchildren, Angela and Jaqualine Wigingtonp; Brad and Braeden Oleson, Clifford Carl,...
Bruce Warren Hall
Oct 2, 2015
Bruce Warren Hall was born in Wray, Colorado on April 3, 1941 to Francis (F.K.) and Mabel Hall. He was the youngest of three children. Bruce was called home on October 2, 2015 at the age of 74 years. He attended Eckley schools. Bruce was the only one in a class of 12 from first grade to continue on to...
Philip Keith Prentice
Sep 30, 2015
Philip Keith Prentice died September 30, 2015 at the Hillcrest Care Center in Wray, CO to be with the Lord and Savior. Phil and his twin sister were born February 2, 1949 to M. Keith and Gladys (Flint) Prentice in Sacramento, CA. His parents moved to Wray, CO in 1949 soon after the twins were born and he spent his...
Margaret Elizabeth (Graham) Osmus
Sep 25, 2015
Margaret Elizabeth Osmus was born December 23, 1916 to Joseph Harvey and Norma Aline (Hedrick) Graham in McMinnville, Oregon. She was the second born that day following her twin sister Marjorie into the world at a time when twins were just a little more difficult than today. Margaret died on September 25, 2015 in Glenpool, Oklahoma at the age...
