Lawrence Martin Grahn
Feb 22, 2017
May 3rd, 1932, Lawrence Martin Grahn was born to Mary Christina and Lars Olaf Grahn. He was the second of three children. Although born to a Swedish immigrant, he never learned the Swedish language. Instead his father relished in the fact that his children were American and instilled in all of them, a deep love of their country, something he...
Walter Linden Swafford
Feb 15, 2017
Walter Linden Swafford was born November 29, 1930, to Wilford and Berneice Stotts Swafford in Pratt, Kansas. He passed away February 15, 2017, at the Walsh Healthcare Center in Walsh, Colorado. He was 86. A service celebrating the life of Walter was held February 24, in the Walsh United Methodist Church with Terry Krayenhagen officiating. The congregation sang Walter's favorite...
Julia Bessie Hebberd-Tate
Feb 13, 2017
Julia Hebberd-Tate was born to Adin and Jessie Smith in Syracuse, Kansas, on November 30, 1916. She was raised in a loving home with two brothers and a sister. She married Harry Hebberd and they had six children. Julia was left a widow at a young age and worked hard all her life to take care of her family. In...
Marjorie Lee Rose
Dec 30, 2016
Marjorie Lee Rose, 87, of Canon City, died at home on December 30, 2016, after a lengthy illness. She was born November 17, 1929 to Frank and Marjorie Mercer in Columbus. Kansas. After graduating high school she attended and graduated nursing school in Parsons, Kansas. Marjorie worked as a Registered Nurse for over 50 years and retired at the age...
Albert Lewis Ratliff
Dec 21, 2016
As we celebrated Christmas Day you could sense the void in mom and dad's life as they were grieving the loss of an older brother and step dad. Dad walked around in his loss state pacing the floor and talking to anyone he could about a memory he recalled about Abe. Mom sit quietly at the table and visited whoever...
Kyle Edward Christiansen
Dec 18, 2016
On June 3rd, 1964, a second "oops" was born to our parents Helen Elizabeth and Edward Junior Christiansen at Lamar, CO with the able assistance of Aunt Ethel, just a few days before mom's 42nd birthday and five years following "oops" sister, Donna. Older siblings Connie, RayDon and Trudy waiting patiently at home, Trudy keeping the horse tank clean and...
Shanna & Diederik Vandewege
Dec 15, 2016
Shanna Danee Riddle Van De Wege, also known as Sunshine by her father and "Sally Gooden" by her grandpa Virgil, was born to Mark and Paula Riddle on June 4, 1980 in Walsh, CO. Shanna was 36 years young at the time of her death. Diederik Jonas VanDeWege, "DJ" ,was born to Craig and Shanna VanDeWege on September 5, 2016...
Edyth Isabelle Lowder
Oct 26, 2016
Edyth Isabelle Powell Lowder was born December 28, 1917, to Hervey Thomas Powell and Laura Isabelle Manning Powell at the family home on their farm on the prairie, southeast of Campo, Colorado. She was the youngest of eight children. Her childhood was spent on the family farm where she did her part doing chores which included pumping water from the...
Mary Ann Smith
Aug 20, 2016
Mary Ann Russell Smith was born September 6, 1951, in Kansas City, Kansas, to Jess William Russell and Viola Margaret Hudelson Russell. She passed away August 20, 2016, at the Walsh Healthcare Center at the age of 64. Mary attended elementary school in Kansas and California, and then attended Walsh Schools from the sixth grade to the twelfth grade, graduating...
Nancy Lee Hargis
Aug 8, 2016
Nancy Lee Berggren Hargis was born in Chicago, Illinois, on August 1, 1931, to William and Nellie Slade Hargis. She passed away August 8, 2016, at Southeast Colorado Hospital in Springfield. She was 85. Mrs. Hargis is survived by her children; David (Denise) Hargis and Mark (Maryann) Hargis both of Bakersfield, California, and Viola Condra of Springfield; grandchildren; Alicia Hargis,Eric...
Roman Martinez
Aug 6, 2016
Roman Martinez was born in Mills, Texas, to Alejo Martinez and Maria Juana Lopez on August 28, 1930. He passed away August 6, 2016, at the Southeast Colorado Hospital LTCC. He was 85. Mr. Martinez is survived by his stepson Carlos Rangel and family, a stepbrother, Miguel Martinez and family of Springtown, Texas, and Alicia Rangel of Tennessee. Mr. Martinez...
Wanda Faine Mills
Aug 5, 2016
Wanda Mills passed away August 5th, 2016 at age 88. Wanda was preceded in death by her husband, Leon Mills, parents, Jess and Nancy Christie, brothers; Jesse, Raymond, Wendell, Mickey and Alvin, sisters; Patty Hume and Phyllis Rasor, sister in-laws; Patty Christie and Gertie Christie, brother in-law Tom Rasor. Survivors include son Rick Mills, daughter Pam Doke and son Steve...
Jack Gene Moser
Jul 20, 2016
Jack Gene Moser passed from this life on July 20, 2016, at his home in Vilas. He was 88. He was born July 31, 1927, on a farm outside of Lakin, Kansas. His namesakes were Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney. He was the son of John Keith Moser, Sr. and the former Eva Lautaret. His family moved to a farm...
Forest Lee Geisinger
Jun 27, 2016
Forest Lee Geisinger was born in Satanta, Kansas on March 17, 1926 to Clayton and Cora (Siddens) Geisinger. He departed this life on June 27, 2016 at the age of 90 years in Walsh, Colorado. Forest Lee was raised in the Plains, Kansas area and attended High School in Plains with the Class of 1943. On December 3, 1943, Forest...
Willie Lorena George
May 31, 2016
Graveside service for W. Lorena George of Walsh, Colorado, was held at 10:00AM at the Highland Cemetery at 2201 N Fort Sill Blvd, Lawton Oklahoma on Monday, June 6, 2016. Dr. Terrell Earnest will be presiding under the direction of Dykes Funeral Home of Walsh, Colorado. Mrs. Lorena George died after a long illness at the Walsh Healthcare Center, Walsh,...
Glen Eldon Hutches
May 4, 2016
Glen Eldon Hutches, age 82, passed away on Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at his home in Vilas, Colorado. He was born to Vess and Iris Hutches on January 25, 1934 at the family home south of Vilas. He spent his younger years at the farm herding cattle for his dad. He had a very special friend that lived a mile...
Aliene Delores Lippoldt
Apr 19, 2016
Aliene Delores Ramsey Lippoldt age 86, passed away after a brief illness on Tuesday, April 19, 2016, at Norman Regional Hospital, Norman, Oklahoma. She was born on November 15, 1929, in Walsh, CO to Roy and Naomi Ramsey. Her early years were spent in Walsh with a short time living in Black Hawk where her Dad worked at the mine....
E. Dean Cook
Mar 22, 2016
E. Dean Cook, of Walsh, passed away March 22, 2016, at the Southeast Colorado Hospital LTCC. He was 90. Funeral services were held March 26, 2016, at 10:00 A.M. at the United Methodist Church in Walsh. Interment was in the Walsh Cemetery. Donations in memory of Dean may be made to the Walsh Ambulance Service, P.O. Box 206, Walsh, CO...
Boyd Glen Horn
Mar 13, 2016
Boyd Glen Horn was born on March 14, 1958, in Lamar, Colorado, to Mart and Estell Horn. At that time he joined three brothers and two sisters. He spent the first few years of his life on the family farm south of Vilas along with his parents and siblings. Around 1960 they moved into the town of Vilas. Shortly thereafter...
Iliff Boyd Chick
Mar 8, 2016
Iliff "Ike" Boyd Chick Ike was born on May 12, 1923, on the family farm east of Campo. On March 8, 2016, Ike passed away at the age of 92. He is preceded in death by his parents Dow and Fern Chick, son Boyd Chick, siblings Claud Chick, Laurence Chick, Elma (Chick) Morrison, and Dan Chick. Ike is survived by...