Kenneth Lee Kock
May 6, 2013
Kenneth “Kenny” Lee Kock was born April 29, 1941 in Marshalltown, Iowa to Ernest and Thelma Kock. He lived in the Lincoln and Gladbrook area and graduated from Gladbrook High School in 1960. He married his high school sweetheart, Bonnie Ladehoff, on August 18, 1962.Ken enlisted in the Army in 1963 and trained as a helicopter mechanic and was last...
Virginia P Renzelman
May 6, 2013
Virginia Pauline (Gleason) Renzelman born February 23, 1930 to Lloyd and Mary Gleason in Beecher Island, Colorado and was the 2nd of six children. Ginger married her true love, Clarence Renzelman on January 7, 1946 and to this union were born six children, Rodney, Terry, Debby, Jimmy, Wendy and Stacy. Her family was the greatest love of her life. In...
Mary Earlene Whyte
May 6, 2013
Wray will miss a 95-year icon in Mary Earlene Whyte. Born August 20, 1917, to Earle and Mary Drommond in Sanborn, NE. The family moved to Wray when Earlene was 7 months old. She graduated from Wray High School in 1935. Earlene then graduated from beauty school and brought her talents back to Wray. On March 20, 1938, she married...
Eldridge Dwayne Andrews
Apr 26, 2013
Eldridge Dwayne “Deak” Andrews was born on December 11, 1927, in Wray, Colorado, to Eldridge Edward Andrews and Inez Lucille Davidson Andrews. Deak was the oldest of five children. He passed away on April 25, at Wray Community District Hospital. He grew up in the Vernon area and attended area schools and then graduated from Vernon High School in 1945. ...
Alberta V King
Apr 26, 2013
Alberta Virginia King passed away at the Wray Community Hospital in Wray, Colorado on April 15, 2013, at the age of 97. Alberta was born to Albert John Wessel and Bessie Jamima (Kellar) Wessel on January 8, 1916 in her grandfather Kellar’s home at 827 Blake St, Wray, Colorado. The first of two children, Alberta had one sister, Ilene (Wessel)...
Karen Lynn Workman
Apr 26, 2013
Karen Lynn Workman, beloved mother, passed away Sunday, April 21, 2013 in her home. She was born November 12, 1968 in Oakland, California and graduated from De Anza High School in El Sobrante, California in 1986. Preceding her in death were her mother, Patricia Workman, grandparents, Leona and Ned Thompson and Permelia and Roy Workman. She is survived by her...
Jodi Rae (Barker) Archer
Apr 24, 2013
Jodi Rae Archer went to heaven on April 23. 2013. She was born on August 12, 1972 in Wray, Colorado to Freddie and Sharlene Barker. Jodi attended school in Wray, Colorado and then attended Aims Community College in Greeley, Colorado where she received an Associate of Applied Science Degree Office Occupation/Administrative Support in 1992. After living in Greeley several years...
Carmen Lea (Blankenship) Smith
Apr 11, 2013
CARMEN LEA (BLANKENSHIP) SMITH, 40 born December 18, 1972 in Newton, Kansas to Charles and Marie (Ramsey) Blankenship, joining her sister, Sheila Marie. Carmen attended school in the Burlington and Idalia school district and graduated from Idalia in 1992. Carmen married Jason Smith September 5, 2000 and together they raised three boys. Carmen grew up in the country and raised...
Nettie May (Gorbet) Welton
Apr 11, 2013
Nettie May Welton, beloved Mom and Grandma passed away March 25, 2013 at the Wray Community Hospital.
David Lee Brophy
Mar 27, 2013
David Lee Brophy was born on the family homestead on Valentine’s Day in 1930. His Mother, Precious, said he was the best Valentine’s present ever. Dave Brophy was all boy – active, daring, quick. What would it have been like to raise him with six siblings in a tiny shack in the Sandhills? David and his siblings walked about a...
Gayle Harouff
Mar 11, 2013
Gayle Joyce (Brown) Harouff was born August 4,1948. Gayle was the third child of Elmer R. and Evelyne J. (Hicks) Brown. She passed away February 21, 2013 in Wray. During her childhood she lived in a number of places with her family. She went to Fairview country school where her own Grandmother Hicks waas her teacher. She attended Laird School...
Bernice Marie Crews
Mar 11, 2013
Bernice Marie Crews was born on February 19, 1929 to Otto “Jack” and Ruth Finn at the Kitzmiller Ranch north ofWray, Colorado. She passed away February 7, 2013 at the age of 83 at Perkins Pavilion Good Samaritan Society of Hastings, in Hastings , Nebraska. She was the seventh of eight children born to Jack and Ruth. Bernice was always...
Wayne Richard Wiley
Feb 4, 2013
Wayne R. Wiley was born in Norton, Kansas , September 6, 1921, the only child of Ethel (Antrobus) and Paul Wiley. He moved to Colorado with his parents at the age of five. He was very proud of his service to his country. He was drafted into the United States Army in 1942. He served in both the Pacific and...
Rose Marie Endsley
Feb 4, 2013
Rose Marie Endsley, born 09/22/1940 to Donovan and Frances Boardman in Shelby County, Iowa and passed away on Sunday February 3, 2013 in Greely, Colorado at the age of 72, with her family by her side. Rose grew up working in restaurants along side of her Mother Frances Boardman and later in life drove a harvest truck and worked at...
Randel Dean Newton
Feb 4, 2013
Randel Dean Newton was born on May 14, 1969, at the Wray Community Hospital to Carol and Dean Newton. Randel passed on February 2, 2013, at the age of 43. Randy attended all twelve years of school in Wray graduating in 1987. While in high school he participated in football all four years. He received honorable mention for football in...
Lorna M (Kohlman) Winden
Feb 4, 2013
LORNA MARIE WINDEN, 72, of Sterling died January 30, 2013 at SterlingLivingCenter. Lorna was born on September 23, 1940 in Wray to Loren and Rozza Kohlman. Lorna attended school in Wray, CO. In her earlier years growing up, Lorna spent most of her time at the Wray Sale Barn and Cedardale Nursing Home which were both family owned and operated. ...
Clarence L Wickersham
Dec 11, 2012
Clarence l. “Wick” Wickersham of Boulder was called to his “Heavenly Home” on December 5, 2012. He was the son of Jess Milton Wickersham and Millie Powers Wickersham.He was born in Hereford, South Dakota on October 10, 1923. He was married to Doris N.Root in Bauder, Colorado on December 8th, 1942. He lived in Boulder after coming here from Rapid...
Dorothea Mae Oestman
Dec 11, 2012
Dorothea Mae Oestman was born on July 18, 1917 to Junious and Gladys Weed at Laird, Co. She passed away at the Brighton Care Center in Brighton, CO on December 2, 2012. She married Elmer Oestman, Sr. on September 5, 1937 and they farmed north of Wray until they retired and moved into town in November 1975. Dorothea and Elmer...
John H Engel
Dec 11, 2012
John H. Engel was born June 8, 1918 to John and Louise (Bearman) Engel north of Vernon on a chicken ranch. He was baptized in the Vernon Lutheran Church. At the age of two when his mother died, John was taken in by Anna and George Hadlock at their home southwest of Vernon. He attended Hope School, which was a...
Patricia Lee Phillips
Dec 11, 2012
Patricia Caster Hahn Phillips peacefully passed away on December 4, 2012 in Wray, Colorado. Patricia was born in Clarion, Iowa on July 14, 1925 to Leon Dell Caster and Orel Grace (Mechem) Caster. She married Verlyn Max Hahn on October 6, 1946. To this union 3 children were born, Linda Lee Hahn of Wray, Colorado, Leland Max (Gloria) Hahn of...
