Ila Ruth Walker
Mar 8, 2018
Ila Ruth Walker of Walsh, 93, died at Walsh District Nursing Home, March 8, 2018. Ila was born in Stonington, Colorado on February 9, 1925, the fifth child of Ethel and Lewis Ely Walker. The family moved to Walsh when she was a year old. Ila Ruth graduated from Walsh High School in 1943, then attended the University of Colorado...
Mary Ann Swafford
Feb 16, 2018
Mary Ann Swafford of Walsh, Colorado went to be with her Lord on February 16, 2018, just one year, one day and minutes apart from her husband, the love of her life, Walter Swafford. She was born at home in Bartlett, Colorado, on April 29, 1934, to Arthur and Mabel McGill Butt. She was the sixth of seven siblings. The...
Constance El Jean Ratliff
Jan 18, 2018
Constance (Connie) ElJean Cumbie (Kirkpatrick, Ratliff) rode into the sunset on January 18, 2018. She was born on December 5th, 1918, the second child of Aaron Cumbie and Alma (Hamer) Cumbie. They preceded her in death. Her five siblings, Opal Estelle, Marion Louise, Aaron Banie, Aaron Albert (Jr) and Alma Grace also preceded her in death. Connie was born in...
Glenda Belle Clayton
Jan 16, 2018
La Glenda Belle Robins Clayton was born at home September 8, 1916, at 5:00 pm to Robert Henry and Lottie E. Robins in Stonington, Colorado. She went home to be with her Lord, Tuesday January 16, 2018, at the age of 101 years, 4 months and 8 days. Mom's birth was not recorded until December 17, 1916, as no doctor...
Hal Eugene Wade
Jan 14, 2018
Hal Eugene (Butch) Wade, 66, passed away January 14, 2018 in Springfield. Butch was born January 8, 1952 to Hallie and Margaret (Gibson) Wade in Lamar, CO. He joined Hallie's children Roy, Leon, Sharon and Linda. The family was completed with the addition of Kenny and Ralph. Butch attended Springfield Schools until the 11th grade. He later accepted a challenge...
Mary Anita Orosco
Dec 14, 2017
Rosary will be Tuesday, December 19, at 7:00 P.M. at Our Lady of the Annunciation Catholic Church. Mary Anita Orosco was born June 6, 1943, in Satanta, Kansas to Rufino Orosco and Clara Vega. She passed away December 14, 2017, at Southeast Colorado Hospital in Springfield, Colorado. Mary is survived by her daughter, Christina (Harold) Brewer of Springfield, brother, George...
Harold Rose
Dec 12, 2017
Joseph "Harold" Rose was born in St. John, Kansas on February 26, 1927 to Joseph Carlos and Minnie Bell Rose and died December 12, 2017 at age 90. Harold, as a young boy, moved with his family to settle in Two Buttes, Colorado where they farmed for many years. Harold also helped his dad move buildings. On one occasion, Harold's...
Ruth Alice Lowery
Nov 9, 2017
She was born October 5, 1937 in Two Buttes, CO to Emery Barnon Ratliff and Anna Irene (Carr) Ratliff. Ruth grew up in the country and attended nearby schools in Walsh, CO. She was united in marriage to Marvin Leroy Rhoads at Raton, New Mexico and to this union three children were born: Emery, Irene and Floyd. Floyd passed away...
D. Ruth Doner
Oct 27, 2017
Dorothy Ruth Stevens, who preferred the name Ruth, was born to Charles and Pearl Stevens on June 11th, 1922 at West Mineral, Kansas and went to rejoin her husband in heaven on October 27, 2017. Ruth grew up on a farm in southeast Kansas, in the midst of a large lively family. She learned early in her life how to...
Lois Dykes Gruber
Sep 22, 2017
Lois Opal Wellman was born March 1, 1922, in Elkhart, Kansas, to Merle and Carrie (Doke) Wellman. She was the third child born of five. Her siblings were Clifford, Lillian, Ruth and Red. The Wellman family lived on a farm 15 miles south of Walsh. Lois attended Richards School. One story Lois told was on a wet and cold...
Lance Eugene Turner
Sep 11, 2017
Lance Turner, 51 Lance Eugene Turner, age 51, passed away on Monday, September 121, 2017. He was born on January 24, 1966, in Lamar, Colorado. He is survived by his two grandmothers, Verda Turner of Walsh, Colorado and Virginia Campbell of Walsh; father and mother, Ronald and Patricia Turner of Two Buttes, Colorado; wife, Tressa Turner of Walsh; two children,...
Marion "Pete" Warren Ownbey
Aug 19, 2017
Marion Warren (Pete) Ownbey June 5, 1925 - August 19, 2017 Marion Warren Ownbey, better known to friends and family as Pete, passed away on Saturday, August 19, 2017 at The Cottage in the Springfield Long Term Care Facility in Springfield, Colorado, at the age of 92. Funeral services will be held at the Campo Baptist Church in Campo. There...
Dick J Crill
Aug 2, 2017
Austin, TX — Dickie Jim Crill, 74, died August 2, 2017 at home following a long battle with Parkinson's disease. Dick is survived by his loving wife of 35 years, JoAnne (Smothermon) Crill. JoAnne faithfully cared for Dick throughout the difficult nine years of his decline from Parkinson's Disease. She epitomizes a wife standing by her husband in sickness and...
Geneva Ruth Schweizer
Jul 25, 2017
Geneva Ruth Boggess Schweizer or Geets as she was known to her family, age 88, died July 25, 2017 at the Walsh Health Care Center. She died of complications due to an aggressive form of Leukemia. Geneva was born in Webers Falls, OK February 22, 1929 to Harvey Lee and Annie Marie Laster Boggess. To Harvey and Annie were born...
Seigel Andrew Tinsley, Jr.
Jun 14, 2017
Seigel Andrew Tinsley, Jr. was born October 18, 1920, in Gainesville, Texas to Seigel A. and Ida Bell (Davidson) Tinsley, Sr. He was the second of five children. He attended Dumas High School where he met and married Mae M. Peters at her Senior Prom on May 2, 1942. He joined the U.S. Army and served his country in World...
Laura Irene Streeter
May 13, 2017
Laura "Wray" Streeter, 97 of Canadian, died May 13, 2017 in Canadian. Services will be 10:00 AM Monday, May15, 2017 at The River Ministries, with Donald Hill, Pastor, Officiating. Services are under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors of Canadian. Burial will follow at 3:00 PM Mountain Time Monday, May 15 at the Mt. Carmel Cemetery in Baca County, Colorado....
Charles Dean Stone
May 11, 2017
Charles Dean Stone, formerly of Cortez, Colorado, passed away May 11, 2017, at Stanton County Hospital in Johnson, Kansas. He was 82. A graveside funeral will be May 16, at 10:30 CT at Stanton County Cemetery in Johnson, Kansas. Mr. Stone is survived by his wife, Bonnie of their home in Manter, Kansas; sons, Burt (Trish) Stone of Farmington, New...
Noma Lea Borden
Apr 15, 2017
Noma Lea Borden passed away April 15, 2017, at Walsh Health Care Center. She was 90. It was Noma Lea's wish to be cremated and at this time there is no service planned. Noma Lea Baldwin was born in Hooker, Oklahoma, on February 1, 1927, to Earl F. Baldwin and Ina Mae Nevins Baldwin. She was one of four children....
Ogle Odell Cogburn
Mar 6, 2017
Ogle Odell Cogburn was born January 3, 1918 on a farm in Denton County Texas. He departed this life at his home in Walsh, Colorado on March 6, 2017 at the age of 99 years and two months. Ogle was the 4th child of William Ernest and Laura Valiera Cogburn. He came to Colorado with his family in 1921. He...
Enrique Giesbrecht Fehr
Feb 26, 2017
Henry Fehr, age 51, passed away Sunday, February 26, 2017, at 11:00 P.M. at Memorial Hospital in Colorado Springs. He was born on June 3, 1965, in Casas Grandes, Mexico. He is preceded in death by his grandparents, aunts and uncles, and his mom, Susana Giesbrecht Fehr, who died when he was 13 years old. He was an amazing husband,...