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
Clayton H. Roundtree was born on August 28, 1953 in Wray, Colorado to Max and Wilma Rose Roundtree. He had two older sisters, Karen McCasland and Minnie Shurtleff. They grew up on the family farm south of Eckley, where he helped grow dry land crops, raise cattle and helped onContinue Reading
Sharon Lea (Gorham) Lohmeyer was born March 20, 1953 to Donald and Ethel (Kindsfater) Gorham in Sterling, Colorado. She passed away on August 4, 2020, at the age of 67, following a tragic car accident in Yuma, Colorado. Sharon attended the Sterling schools graduating from Sterling High School with theContinue Reading
Jackie Leroy Watts went home to be with the Lord on Aug 11, 2020 in Greeley, CO Jack was born on May 8, 1946 in Bentonville, AR to William Jay and Floe Ann (Taylor) Watts. Jack attended Sidney Public Schools and graduated in 1964. He worked for Sidney Parks andContinue Reading
Everett Dewayne Wiltfang was born to Edward and Emma (Schildmeier) Wiltfang on August 2, 1938 in Wray, Colorado. He entered into heaven on August 11, 2020 at the age of 82 in Cle Elum, WA. Everett was raised on the farm and ranch homestead north of Wray, where he livedContinue Reading
Barbara Jane Shepherd Olsen was born on August 15, 1939 to William “Bill” Shepherd and Lola McDougal Shepherd in Estes Park, Colorado and passed away unexpectedly at her home in Yuma, Colorado on July 30, 2020. She was raised in Yuma with her older brother Roger and younger sister AnneContinue Reading
On August 4, 2020, Dean Verlin Koenig passed away at the age of 77. He was born in Beatrice, NE on December 11, 1942, the sixth of seven children to Theodore and Mabel Koenig. His family moved to Yuma in 1955. After graduation from Yuma High School in 1960, heContinue Reading