Rolando Meraz
Sep 20, 2015
Rolando Meraz was born November 18, 2006 to Ricardo and Angela (Rios) Meraz in Fort Morgan, Colorado. He passed away September 20, 2015. VISITATION ~ ROSARY Schmidt – Jones Funeral Home 427 Adams Street - Wray, Colorado Friday, September 25, 2015 Visitation ~ 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Rosary ~ 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. VISITATION ~ ROSARY Heer Mortuary...
Lillian A. Peters
Sep 1, 2015
Lillian Anabelle Peters was born in Armel, Colorado on October 5th 1939 to Harry and Christina Peters. She was the youngest of three children. Growing up Lillian spent most of her time on the family farm. At the age of 14, she moved from the family farm to St Francis, Kansas where she would finish high school. After graduation, Lillian...
Bessie Rosa Dent
Aug 25, 2015
Bessie Rosa Dent was born April 19, 1925, at home southwest of Beecher Island, CO to Howard M. and Gracie L. (Ekberg) Chase. She was the oldest of three children. She passed away August 25, 2015, at Hillcrest Care Center at the age of 90. Bessie Rosa attended grade school at Beecher Island, grades 9 - 11 at Armel High...
Robert Dean Witte
Aug 22, 2015
Robert "Bob" D. Witte was born on May 9, 1959 in Longmont, Colorado to Harley A. & Peggy Garton Witte. At a very young age his family moved to Craig, CO and later to Colorado Springs, CO after a year they moved to Ft. Collins, CO., where he attended school, from grade school through to High School. All through junior...
Frank Alvin Cantrall
Aug 15, 2015
Frank Alvin Cantrall was born in Hastings, Nebraska, on November 17, 1923 to Frank S. and Vinnie (Shattuck) Cantrall. He passed away in Yuma, Colorado on August 15, 2015 at the age of 91. In 1925 a tornado devastated his parents' homestead south of Wray which led to the family losing the farm and causing many hardships which continued through...
James Dennis Vaughn
Aug 9, 2015
Our friend, James Dennis Vaughn, also known as Jim, or more fondly as Jimmy to his friends, was born on August 13, 1942, in Bucyrus, Ohio, to Dennis Vaughn and Mary Kay Hern Vaughn (Emil). He left this life on August 9, 2015, in Wray, Colorado. Jim served in the navy after graduating high school and was on one of...
Allen Kent Wingfield
Aug 4, 2015
Allen Kent Wingfield was born June 2, 1946, at the Wray Community Hospital, son of Robert E. and Dorothy (Thomas) Wingfield. He died peacefully on August 4, 2015, at his home in Las Vegas, NV. Kent, the second of five children, grew up on the family farm southwest of Vernon, CO. He attended Vernon and Wray schools, graduating from Wray...
Jeanette B. Rieb
Jul 25, 2015
Jeanette Bernice Rieb was born June 2, 1936 in Syracuse, KS to William and Eleanor Maupin. She passed away at her home in Wray July 25, 2015. She attended school in Denver and Eaton and graduated from Brush High School in 1954. After high school she attended secretarial school in Denver and worked for Shell Oil Company for five years....
Irene Mae Baldwin
Jul 23, 2015
IRENE M. BALDWIN, 86, born December 14, 1928, to William and Dollie (Amons) Warren in Wheatland, Wyoming. She passed away Thursday, July 23, 2015 at Hillcrest Care Center in Wray, Colorado. A Graveside Memorial Service and Inurnment will be held at the Grandview Cemetery in Wray, Colorado on Thursday, July 30, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. Cremation was requested. Schmidt -...
Marilyn Jones
Jul 21, 2015
Marilyn Jones was born on February 24, 1930, to Frank and Mary (Schow) Crookston in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was welcomed home by an older sister, Betty. Marilyn attended the LDS church regularly and received many awards and gold stars in her Sunday school classes. She enjoyed school, especially reading and history. She also enjoyed piano lessons and music. She...
Ruby Coriene Mann
Jul 4, 2015
Ruby Coriene Mann, age 83, of Chambers, Nebraska, formerly of Kirk, Colorado, passed away on Saturday, July 4, 2015, at the Good Samaritan Care Center, in Atkinson, Nebraska. She was born on October 24, 1931, in rural Kit Carson County, near Bethune, Colorado. At the age of 6, her mother passed away due to complications of child birth. Feeling unable...
Gary Lee Erickson
Jun 30, 2015
Gary Lee Erickson was born June 11, 1951. He was the first of three boys born to Margaret and Don Erickson. Gary was born in Denver, Colorado. He attended Littleton High School graduating in 1969. Gary loved music and played guitar and mandolin and sang lead vocals in his own “garage” band. He went to many concerts and could name...
Joseph John Burke
Jun 21, 2015
Joseph John Burke, 85 passed away June 21, 2015 at home in Wray, Colorado. He was born to Rodger and Mary (Pruchtl) Burke in Boone, Iowa. Cremation was requested with no services. Schmidt-Jones Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Rebecca Cooper
Jun 13, 2015
Rebecca Cooper, daughter of Charles and Frances Cooper passed away in Wray, June 13, 2015 after a long battle with cancer. She did not have an easy life, yet she is remembered most for her outward happiness, humor and her generous heart. She is survived by her sons, Ryan Rhoads, Cassidy Rhoads and Corey Rhoads, her sisters, Karen Hill and...
Paul "Whitey" E. Seward
Jun 10, 2015
PAUL E. “WHITEY” SEWARD, born August 3, 1943, to Byron E. and Velma (Proehl) Seward in Wray, Colorado. He passed away Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at Wray Community District Hospital in Wray, Colorado. A Memorial service will be held at the First Christian Church in Wray, Colorado on Friday, June 19, 2015, 10:00 a.m. with Pastor Steve Wynkoop officiating. Services...
Lila Dykes
Jun 6, 2015
Lila Mae was born to Albert and Grace Fix in Wray, Colorado on February 17, 1924. Lila was a homemaker while raising her 3 children then later worked at Kodak Colorado Division for many years. Lila was proud to have lived her life independently, being able to manage her house and garden well into her 80s. 'Grammy' is survived by...
Gary L. Peterson
Jun 6, 2015
We celebrate the life of Gary Lee Peterson, the first child born to Guy and Evelyn (Eastin) Peterson on August 27, 1938 in Wray, Colorado. After battling a short illness, he departed this life on Saturday, June 6th 2015. He grew up in the Vernon community with two younger brothers and two younger sisters. He attended Champion Valley School through...
Kenneth L. Kalivoda
May 29, 2015
Kenneth L. Kalivoda was born in Belleville, Kansas on September 24, 1923 to John and Rose (Hess) Kalivoda. Ken passed away at his home on Friday, May 29, 2015 with family by his side. His family moved to north of Wray in the middle 1930’s. He graduated from Wray High School in 1941. He was a member of the Wauneta...
Marilyn M. Smith
May 28, 2015
Marilyn M. Smith (Anderson)-Dec. 1, 1937 --- May 28, 2015 After fighting a gallant fight with pancreatic cancer, Marilyn went to be with our Lord. In mourning, Marilyn Marie Smith's death, we celebrate her extraordinary LIFE. Marilyn was preceded in death by her son - Scott Robert Smith, mother, Bernice, father, Laverne, brothers, Conrad, and Lemoyne. She is survived by...
Avis Earlene Edwards
May 20, 2015
Avis Earlene (Schafer) Edwards was born in Wray, CO at the home of her aunt and Uncle on February 20, 1924 and passed away at Hillcrest Care Center on May 20, 2015. Earlene was the second child of Clyde and Mae (Allen) Schafer. She grew up on her family’s farms with her older sister and three younger brothers. Earlene attended...
