William “Bill” Knapp, 60, of Yuma, Colorado passed away August 31, 2021 at the Harmony Home in Yuma. Bill was born July 6, 1961 in Illinois. A celebration of life will be held at Daylight Donuts in Yuma, 200 W. 8th Ave., October 7 from 2 to 4 pm. BillContinue Reading
Bonnie Jean Lovitt–Allen 77 of Akron, Colorado passed away September 1,2021 at the Sterling Living Center in Sterling, Colorado. She was born in Yuma, Colorado December 28, 1943 to Oliver Joseph Allen and Vernadean Allen-Dilka. She graduated from Yuma High School in 1962. She married her high school sweetheart RonaldContinue Reading
Roy was born 3/29/1934 to George and Elsie Hill in Pretty Prairie, Kansas and passed away 9/12/2021 at his home in Cope, Colorado. He moved with is family to Colorado in 1947 when his dad farmed Southeast of Cope. Roy married Cleta Smith in October of 1953, and together rearedContinue Reading
Corey James Mekelburg was born on July 21, 1995 in Liberal, KS to Dori Jennings and Shane Nichols. He passed away September 15, 2021 in Yuma, Colorado in an automobile accident. His early years of school were in Otis and then to Yuma 3rd grade through 6th grade. In 2005Continue Reading
Bobbi Jean (Uhrig) Gomez was born on August 23, 1966 to Darrell Uhrig and Donna Jean (Melvin) Uhrig in Sterling, Colorado. She passed away on September 12, 2021, at the age of 55, at her home in the Lone Star Community in Otis, Colorado. Bobbi attended Frederick High School inContinue Reading
Darlene Lois (Fisbeck) Vorce, 86, died at home on September 5, 2021, in Fort Collins. Darlene was born at home on October 14, 1934, in Paoli and was one of eight children born to Elnora and Emil Fisbeck. She spent her childhood in Paoli and graduated high school in HaxtunContinue Reading
Billy Lane Geske, 69, a longtime resident of Otis passed away in his home Tuesday evening, September 7th, 2021, with family by his side after another bout with cancer. Billy was born on March 10th, 1952, in Elgin, Illinois to Robert “Bob” and Norma (Oppermann) Geske, the younger of twoContinue Reading
Loren “Dean” Laybourn was born on June 18, 1934 to Fred Loren and Alice Loverna (Moerer) Laybourn in Yuma, Colorado. He passed away on August 15, 2021 at the Hillcrest Care Center in Wray, Colorado after a long struggle with COPD. Dean was 87 years of age. Dean attended theContinue Reading
Arlin Robert Williams was born March 6, 1955 in Akron to Cecil Charles Williams and Eileen June (Steele) Williams. Arlin spent all his growing up years in Cope. He played Little League and Babe Ruth baseball, being coached by his dad. He was involved in 4-H, showing hogs, and FFAContinue Reading
Dixie Lee McKillip Warren, 66, passed away on Monday, August 30, 2021. She was born on September 28, 1954, in Scottsbluff, Nebraska to Richard “Red” and Phyllis (Wilkinson) McKillip, the youngest of five children. She graduated from Bridgeport High School in 1972. She attended Chadron State College and graduated inContinue Reading