Dorothy Ochoa
Feb 17, 2019
Dorothy Ochoa, long time resident of Walsh Colorado, passed away on February 18, 2019 at the age of 100 years, 1 month and 23 days.
Dorothy was born on December 27, 1918 to Juan and Maria Salinas at Bayard Nebraska. She was the second of 12 children. Juan moved the family to Delta Colorado when Dorothy was...
Donald Leroy Hetrick
Feb 11, 2019
Donald Leroy Hetrick born on July 13, 1940 to Carl and Anna (Robins) Hetrick, as the 13 th child of 14, passed away on February 11, 2019, at the age of 78 after a lengthy battle with cancer.
Leroy attended the country school of Konantz for the first 8 grades of school and attended Walsh High School...
Preston Glen Hutches
Jan 14, 2019
Preston Glen Hutches, age 61, of Walsh, CO passed away on Jan 14th, 2019 at 3:15 am at Memorial Hospital in Colorado Springs following a brief illness.
Pret's adventure began on March 19, 1957 when he blessed Glen and Idrys Hutches with their third child. Mom and Dad made it home with him from Lamar just before...
Calvin H. Scott
Dec 18, 2018
Calvin Henry Scott passed from this life December 18,2018 just a few weeks shy of his 79th birthday. He passed at home in the early hours of the morning surrounded by his family after a hard fought battle with cancer. Calvin was born January 6th, 1940 the youngest son to Sherman and Nettie Scott. He was one of nine children....
Barbara Louise Hebberd
Dec 17, 2018
Barbara Louise Hebberd, 69, passed away Monday December 17, 2018 at Parkview Hospital after a brief illness. She was born June 13 th , 1949 to Myrl and Olive Greenlee. She was the oldest of five children, the leader of the Clan, the voice of reason, the boss, and best of all, the one who made us laugh.
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Charles David Miller
Dec 6, 2018
Charles David Miller was born in Poteet, Texas on September 26, 1946, to Harry and Opal Miller. Dave was one of eight children. His siblings included George, Jean, Harry, Jerry Don, Linda, Kenneth and Ronald Dean. On June 10, 1966, Dave and Patricia were married. To this union three children were born Lynette, Colleen and David.
Dave...
Winona Chick
Oct 23, 2018
Edith Winona Acre was born to James S. and Edith (Downs) Acre on November 3, 1924, at the family home in Richards, Colorado. She was the fifth child of seven born to Jim and Edith.
Winona and her siblings grew up together in a loving and hardworking household. Shortly before her 10 ...
Calvin Leroy Thompson
Oct 15, 2018
Calvin Leroy Thompson of Vilas Colorado passed from this world October 15, 2018 at the Walsh Healthcare Center at the age of 91.
Calvin was born December 29, 1926 in Vilas to John & Sarah Thompson, Fred and much later on Lloyd Thompson were added to the Thompson family. The family lived in Prowers County until 1938...
Erva Irene Downing
Oct 3, 2018
Erva Irene Downing was born October 25, 1939 to P. Guy Mathews and Edna Imagene Beeler-Mathews. Early in her life, her family lived in Two Buttes Colorado raising Broom Corn, however most of her years growing up were spent in Lamar. In 1960, P. Guy opened his own store. Perhaps, this is where Erva got here since of entrepreneurship...
Pauline E Pena
Sep 16, 2018
Pauline "Pablita" Pena was born in Ojito, New Mexico to Jose and Rufina Gonzales on August 13, 1946. She was the firstborn of 18 siblings and was a mother to 6 children; Marie, Daniel, Ralph, Billy, Darlene and Felix. At a young age Pauline learned how to be a homemaker while caring for her younger siblings as well as...
Mae Madeline Tinsley
Sep 15, 2018
Mae M. Tinsley was born August 20, 1924, in Clinton, Oklahoma to Daniel D. and Wilda D. (Dow) Peters. At 2 months old her father was killed in a work related accident. Her mother passed away when Mae was 12 years old. She went to live with her grandparents in Etter, Texas.
She attended Dumas High School...
Wade Myers
Sep 10, 2018
Wade was born at his parents' farm 6 miles north of Walsh on June 23, 1930. He was the youngest of 7 children after losing his little brother in 1933. He attended Walsh Schools. Wade was a Korean War Veteran, enlisting in the U.S. Army in 1950 and serving 3 years. He was discharged from Fort Hood, Texas, in...
Francisco Medina Moreno
Aug 29, 2018
Francisco "Kiko" Medina was born in Hermanas Coahuila Mexico to Ancelmo and Hermina Medina on December 3, 1930. He was born the second of 10 siblings. As a young man, he helped his father raise goats to produce goat milk at their family business. Later in life he traveled to the United States at the age of nineteen. He...
Karen Elizabeth Grissom
Aug 23, 2018
Per Karen's request cremation will take place and her memorial service will be a private event.
Karen was born in Vallejo, CA on September 3, 1965 to Charles Stapel and Sue Hansen and passed away on August 23, 2018 at age 52.
Karen graduated from Rock Springs High School and went on to attend Meridian...
Lois Godfrey
Aug 21, 2018
Stella Lois (Dunlap) Godfrey, known almost everywhere as "Lois," was born December 7, 1922 in Baca County, Colorado to Jesse "Jess" Lawrence Dunlap and Esther Irene (Caldwell) Dunlap. Lois was called by her creator to come home on August 21, 2018 at the age of 95.
Lois lived most all of her life in Walsh until she...
Benjamin Thomas Acre, Jr.
Aug 8, 2018
Benjamin Thomas Acre Jr. 63 and his wife, Vicki Jo Acre 62, both of Walsh, Colorado, passed away on Wednesday, August 8th, 2018, in Ashford, Arizona in a tragic vehicle accident. LIFE Benjamin Acre was born to Benjamin Acre and Lela Acre September 20th 1954 in Springfield Colorado. Ben had two older siblings, sister Kathy Acre and brother Edward Acre....
Vicki Jo Acre
Aug 8, 2018
Benjamin Thomas Acre Jr. 63 and his wife, Vicki Jo Acre 62, both of Walsh, Colorado, passed away on Wednesday, August 8 th , 2018, in Ashford, Arizona in a tragic vehicle accident.
LIFE
Benjamin Acre was born to Benjamin Acre and Lela Acre September 20 th 1954 in Springfield Colorado. Ben had...
Donald Lee Hebberd
Jul 23, 2018
Donald Lee Hebberd was born December 5, 1951, in Springfield, Colorado to Julia and Harry Hebberd. He was the youngest of six children. He graduated from Walsh High School.
He enjoyed working on oil rigs which took him all over the United States. He then joined a seismograph crew and spent four years working in Australia. He...
Gary John Freiberger
Jul 13, 2018
On April 24, 1956, Gary was born to Pete and Jean Freighberger, joining 4 older brothers. Growing up in school he was always involved in sports, liking baseball the best of all. Helping his father with the farming after he graduated high school is what he like most, so between farming with his dad, and working for his neighbors...
J.D. Wilson
Jul 8, 2018
James Dean Wilson, better known as Jim, J.D., or Wilson, made the transition to heaven on July 8, 2018, from the Amarillo VA Community Living Center at the age of 92.
J.D. was born on October 28, 1925, in Las Vegas, New Mexico. In March of 1931, J.D. and his sister, Catherine, moved with their parents to...