Sharon Louise (Jeurink) Leighton born December 17, 1948 to Garold and Esther (Steele) Jeurink in Wray, Colorado. Sharon started school in the one-room schoolhouse, Fairview, north of Wray. She transferred into town to Wray Elementary in the fourth grade, graduating from Wray High in the class of 1966. She wentContinue Reading
Connie Rae (Twiss) Corman was born on December 11, 1944 in Wray, Colorado. She was the second of five children born to Howard B. and Mary Faye (Funk) Twiss. Connie left this world on November 10th, 2020 at North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley, CO. Connie was raised on theContinue Reading
Born January 19, 1925, Jean Chrismer was the second of three children born to rancher and rodeo-enthusiast Wilbur J. Chrismer and his wife Della Mae (Nabb). Their home was on Cedar Street in Yuma, Colorado, just a block south of her grandmother and two blocks south of the municipal parkContinue Reading
William “Bill” Dale Duncan, 87, passed away on November 12, 2020. He was born in Akron, CO on October 31, 1933 to Harry and Edna (Horn) Duncan. He spent his whole life in Akron with the exception of the 2 years he spent in the service. As a kid, BillContinue Reading
Larry L. Korf was born on January 13, 1939 to George and Bessie (Zwirn) Korf of Yuma, Colorado. He passed away on November 14, 2020 in Sterling, Colorado at the age of 81. Larry was born and raised in Yuma, Colorado. He farmed for many years with his father, George.Continue Reading
Dennis Lee Baucke, a man of faith, strength and courage passed away on October 23rd, 2020 at the Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland, CO with his family by his side. Dennis was born to Edwin and Adaline Baucke on October 4th, 1955 in Yuma, Colorado. He was theContinue Reading
Alta “Darlene” Moffitt Strand was born July 3, 1929 in Akron, Colorado to Theodore Irving and Alta Molly (Welty) Moffitt. She passed away on November 3, 2020 at the Regent Park Nursing and Rehabilitation & Carriage House in Holyoke, Colorado. Through her early childhood, the family moved numerous times, includingContinue Reading
Hubert Eugene “Gene” Thomas, 88, of Kirk, died October 27, 2020, at Yuma District Hospital from complications after a fall and a long-term lung infection. Gene was born on December 7, 1931, to Floyd and Estellene (Morrow) Thomas, in Grand Junction CO and grew up on a farm west ofContinue Reading
Patricia Carol Duke, 79, of Pine Bluffs, Wyoming passed away November 7, 2020 at her home. She was born November 21, 1940 in Winona, Minnesota to Richard and Charlotte (Wolters) Holonbek. Patricia graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Social Anthropology and spent time as a nurse’s aide. She was theContinue Reading
After a sixteen year battle with cancer, Orval Dean Rawson (78) passed away peacefully at his home in Yuma, CO on October 29, 2020 with family by his side. Orval was born on October 29, 1942 in a house in Eckley, CO to William (Bill) and Esther Rawson, the middleContinue Reading