James (Jim) Emil Huyghebaert was born on June 7, 1947 to Alfons Eugene Luis and Maria Victoria (Magno) Huyghebaert in Chicago, Illinois. He was the third child of three, joining his sisters Marilyn Janet and Diana Lynn. Jim passed away on February 18, 2022 in Aurora, Colorado at the ageContinue Reading
Ella (Hansbrough) Wilcoxen was born January 18, 1924 to Dennis and Eva (Wilks) Hansrough in California. Ella had two brothers, Earl and Wayne and two sisters Nancy and Dorothy. She passed away on February 11, 2022 at 98 years old. She met her future husband Wayne “shorty” Wilcoxen at theContinue Reading
Beverly J. Kalivoda was born near Vernon, Colorado on May 1, 1935, to Albert and Marie (Lippert) Anderson. Bev went to join her husband Ken in heaven on February 14, 2022. Bev’s family moved to the farm near the Idalia area where she attended school. She met the love ofContinue Reading
Mary Lynn Chapman (Eyestone) was born February 11, 1959, in Denver, Colorado to John Thomas and Mary Jane Chapman. She was the fifth born of seven girls. In 1981, she married Don Lyn Eyestone in Wray, Colorado. With the birth of her daughter in 1983 a dream came true andContinue Reading
Dorothy Bush, 88 daughter of William Graf and Mary Meyerdirk passed away January 20, 2022 in Wray, Colorado. William Alvin Graf and Mary Bernice Meyerdirk were married on September 28, 1932. To this union six children were born: Dorothy Mae, William George, Robert Dean, Bonnie Jean, Sandra Lou, and RonaldContinue Reading
Robert {Bob} Sawatzky was born on January 30, 1941 to Menno and Eva Sawatzky at their home in Butler Oklahoma in a small four room house. Shortly after this he went to live with his grandparents for a year because his mom was pregnant with twins and was sick aContinue Reading
Virginia Ann Twedell passed away peacefully on December 26, 2021, in the home of her eldest daughter, Debbie Wise, where she received loving care and additional support from Hospice of the Valley. She was able to celebrate Christmas with many of her family members and had looked forward to herContinue Reading
Mildred Marie Korf passed from her earthly home and entered her heavenly kingdom on December 26, 2021. On November 21, 1928, a cold winter’s day, Marie was born to Miles Norman Clark and Mary Carrie Eberline Clark as the last of seven children. Lora Felderman, a close family friend, neighbor,Continue Reading
Alice Munoz Castillo was born in Scottsbluff, Nebraska on June 11, 1956 to Martin Torres Munoz and Juanita Hernandez Munoz. She was the first of 8 children they had. She graduated from Gering High School and entered the work force to help her family. She got married to Daniel CastilloContinue Reading
Charles John Patterson was born to Merle and Mary Patterson on April 6, 1937. He was raised on the family farm three miles north of the Arickaree School. Like so many of their farm neighbors, they scratched out a living on the farm doing whatever it took to survive andContinue Reading