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Yuma High School’s girls wrestlers get to enjoy the Christmas break with visions of a strong December dancing in their heads. Yuma did have the disappointment of having its home debut last Thursday, a dual against St. Francis, Kansas, postponed due to school not being in session because of theContinue Reading

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Reinard Brown Janssen, 97, of Yuma, Colorado passed away Tuesday December 13, 2022 Reinard was born on January 5th, 1925 in Sac City, Iowa, to Reinard and Francis Janssen. He attended school in Lake View, Iowa. Reinard enlisted in the Army 12/16/1943 and was assigned to the Army Air Corp.Continue Reading

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Ramona “Jane” Harms (Rutz) was born on October 23, 1934 to Ruth (Spaulding) and Otto Rutz in Yuma, Colorado. She passed away on November 29, 2022 at the Wray Community District Hospital in Wray, Colorado, she was 88. Jane was the youngest of three children. She had fond memories ofContinue Reading

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Robert LeRoy Smith was born to Marie Louise and Ernest Henry Smith on January 11, 1937, in Sydney, Nebraska, and passed away on Friday, November 25, 2022 in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Robert attended many different schools before 3rd grade, at which time he started school in Eckley, Colorado. At that time,Continue Reading

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Craig William Lambley, 63, of Akron, Colorado, passed away on December 4, 2022. He was born in Ainsworth, Nebraska, on December 19, 1958, to Marion (Bill) Benton Lambley and Bonnie Lee (Stoltenberg) Lambley. The youngest of five, and the only boy, Craig was doted on by his four sisters, Carol,Continue Reading

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Dolores Rehor passed away on December 5 after a long battle with dementia and failing health at the age of 77. Dolores Jean Smelker was born August 31, 1945, to Ivan Smelker and Wilma (Schaal) Smelker. Dolores was the youngest of five children, (Gerald, Gladys, Charles, and Doyle) where sheContinue Reading

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Roberta “Berta” Ann Newton Schaffer, 85, of Queen Creek, AZ, passed away December 4, 2022, peacefully at home surrounded by her family. She was born on February 15, 1937, in Denver, CO, to Bonnie Jean Newton and Otto Newton. Roberta was the oldest child and the only girl. Roberta hadContinue Reading

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Dennis E. (Denny) Mekelburg was born on December 9, 1943 to Stanley and Violet Mekelburg of Yuma, Colorado. He and his older sister, Arlene, attended Brand grade school. He later graduated from Yuma High School in 1961. In high school, he played football and was on the 1960 state championContinue Reading

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Eugene Riley Butcher was born July 21, 1948 in Sterling, CO to Ora and Clara Riley Butcher of Otis, CO. He was welcomed home by brother Robert and sister Carolyn. He went home to be with his savior Jesus Christ November 14, 2022 at the age of 74. Gene attendedContinue Reading

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Myra Joy McPherson was born January 11, 1937, in Heartwell, Nebraska to Ross and Georgia Bernice McPherson. She was the 5th child of an eventual 7. Her father worked for the Burlington railroad and was transferred to Wiggins, Colorado in 1944. The family lived next to the railroad tracks inContinue Reading