Wilma Lucille Ward was born June 9, 1929, in Wray, Colorado, the oldest of three daughters of G.W. “Bill” and Vivian Keith Ward. She graduated at age 17 from Vernon High School and attended Colorado Women’s College. She married LaVern Stults on June 15, 1947, at the Wray United MethodistContinue Reading

Larry Dean Scott rolled into the world on 7-11-1951 in Denver, Colorado. What a long strange trip it’s been since then! After graduating from Yuma High School in 1969, he came to Idaho to study at Northwest Nazarene College, where the course of his life was forever changed. He notContinue Reading

Jean Carlton Maupin, 92, of Brush, passed away on Sunday, August 30, 2020, at his home surrounded by his four daughters. He was born in Dodge City, Kansas to Eleanor (Bunning) and W. H. Maupin on April 21, 1928. The family moved to Hotchkiss, CO when he was six. MovingContinue Reading

Clara Ellen Johnston 1935– 2020 Clara Ellen Johnston was born June 27, 1935 and passed away on August 7, 2020. A Memorial Service will take place on Saturday, September 12, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. at the Cope Community Church in Cope, Colorado. Private family Inurnment at a later date. TheContinue Reading

Betty Fern Adamson-Owens was born May 6th, 1944 in Wray, Colorado to Bert Ellsworth and Maudie Frances Claridge Adamson. She was the 6th of seven children. When Betty was two years old, they moved from Beecher Island to Eckley, where she spent the next seventy-four years. She went to gradeContinue Reading

Jerry passed peacefully at his home in Hudson, Colorado on July 6, 2020 at the age of 77, with his wife Sherri by his side. He suffered from the effects of Agent Orange. Jerry was born on August 12, 1942 to Lloyd D and Leona A Dietz Madsen in Stratton,Continue Reading

Katherine Marie Zion passed away on August 22, 2020, at the age of 96. Katherine was born on October 29, 1923, at the family home in Vernon to Ernst and Dina (Wesemann) Peters. She was the second to youngest of twelve children. On November 3, 1940, Katherine married Gerald ZionContinue Reading

Dianna Clegg, born October 6, 1934 to Earl Marlow and Vella Vernell (Dorrance) Tofflemoyer in rural Wray, Colorado. She passed away August 30, 2020 in Wray, Colorado. A Visitation will be held at the Schmidt-Jones Funeral Home in Wray, Colorado on Friday, September 4, 2020 from 8:00 a.m. – 5:00Continue Reading

Virginia Annette McGowan Jonson was born in Geneva, Alabama, on April 8, 1930, to James and Jennie (Johnson) McGowan. She joined her beloved husband Carl on August 15, 2020. A child of the Depression, Annette was the sixth of six children. Her father died when she was four, and whenContinue Reading

Manuel M. Castillo, 77, passed away at his home in Ellinwood, KS, surrounded by his loved ones on August 23, 2020. Born in Namiquipa, Chihuahua, Mexico to parents Macedonio & Anastasia (Miranda) Castillo on March 24, 1943. He moved to Yuma, CO, in 1967, and later to Ellinwood, KS, inContinue Reading