Obituaries

Jan 29, 2015

Delmer Ray, "Jake" Thompson was born April 21, 1919, at the family homestead south and east of Vilas, Colorado. Jake was one of five children born to Gideon Ray Thompson and Effie Yowell Thompson. His siblings were; Lee, Opal, Jack and Ruth. Jake attended Vilas School until the death of both his parents. He enlisted in the United States Army...

Jan 24, 2015

Leah Mae (Carter) Mort was born on April 25, 1925 in Lamar, Colorado, to Ernest Leroy Carter and Modena Mary (Cline) Carter. Leah departed this life on Saturday, January 24, 2015, at Southeast Colorado Hospital in Springfield, Colorado. She was 89 years and nine months of age. Leah grew up in the McClave, Colorado area. The Carter family lived in...

Jan 19, 2015

Darrell Wayne Harper was the 3rd son of Richard and Ylene Harper. Wayne, as he was known to all, was born August 11, 1950 in Springfield, Colorado, and departed this life on January 19, 2015. He is now walking pain free with Mom Ylene, Dad, Richard & brother Dale, who all preceded him in death. Wayne grew up and graduated...

Jan 14, 2015

Myrl Allen Greenlee was born north of Vilas just as the sun was coming up on January 9, 1921. He departed this life on January 14, 2015, at the age of 94. Myrl was the oldest of five children born to Herbert and Oma Alfrey-Greenlee. He attended school at Big Flat, Mountain View and the Vilas School until the 7th...

Jan 5, 2015

John Morris Mundell, was born on the 31st of January, in 1933, near the country store in Blaine, Colorado. He and his brother, Grover William Mundell were the sons of Grover Cleveland Mundell and Alma Jane Herbert Mundell. When John was 6, in the summer of 1939, the family moved to Springfield so that his mother could be near her...

Jan 1, 2015

Dorothy Mahala Mahan was born October 3, 1928, in Neosho, Missouri, to Lawrence Franklin Mahan and Lulu Belle Mahan. Dorothy grew up in southwest Missouri, graduating from Seneca High School. She worked as a telephone operator and was active in her women's group at Seneca Baptist Church. In the late 1940's, Dorothy's aunt Pearl Ball, who was in Baca County...

Dec 16, 2014

Gay LaRue Coulter (August 19, 1937 – December 16, 2014) Gay LaRue Mathena was born on August 19, 1937 to Robert Ernest and Carlyn Gay Mathena (Conner) in Bluefield, West Virginia. Gay was one of eleven children. They grew up on a mountaintop in McComas, West Virginia where her dad was a coalminer. They were very poor. The children each...

Dec 11, 2014

Gene Raymond Gruber passed away on December 11, 2014, at the age of 71 at the Littleton Adventist Hospital in Littleton, Colorado, surrounded by those who loved him. Gene was born on February 2, 1943, in Liberal, Kansas, and moved to Baca County as a young child with his family. Gene graduated from Walsh High School in 1961 and married...

Dec 10, 2014

Kay Francis Hey Konkel was born on June 17, 1938, to Ed and Helen Hey in Monte Vista, Colorado. She was the sixth of eight children. Helen and Ed moved the family northwest of Walsh, Colorado, to farm broomcorn when Kay was five years old. They moved into a small house at what is called the Silver Dollar. Kay started...

Oct 6, 2014

Rene Salcido Santoyo was born July 24, 1995, in Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, to Rene Salcido and Lidia Santoyo. Rene attended and graduated from Walsh High School in May of 2014. He passed away October 6, 2014, at his home in Walsh. He was 19. Rene is survived by his parents and sister, Ana, all of Walsh. He is also survived...

Oct 3, 2014

Robert Victor Forinash was born February 24, 1925, in Bolair, West Virginia. He came as a two year old with his mother, Pearl Forinash, to Baca County, Colorado in 1927, joining two uncles, Thornt and Curt Villers who had come from West Virginia to Baca County some time earlier. Bob grew up in Baca County during the Great Depression, going...

Sep 23, 2014

Ruth Elizabeth (Wray) Fowler, 99, of Walsh passed away September 23, 2014. Services will be Thursday, September 25th, 10:00 am at the Church of Christ Building in Walsh. Burial will be in the Dunkard Cemetery, Midway CO. Ruth was born September 3, 1915, in Lamport, CO to Mary Elizabeth and Johnny Daniel Wray. The oldest of 5, she helped take...

Aug 11, 2014

Marguerite "Margie" Freeman, age 103, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and life-long teacher, passed away August 11, 2014 at Walsh Healthcare Center in Walsh, Colo. Margie was born Oct. 7, 1910 in Saxton, Mo. to John and Grace Adams. She was the middle of three girls, with Vinita being the oldest and Virginia the youngest. She received her elementary and high...

Aug 10, 2014

Melvin (Mickey) as we all knew him was born and raised pretty much in Baca County. He lived most of his entire life in Baca County and he commented once that it wasn't such a bad place to live and raise a family. Mickey was a simple down-to-earth man with simple needs. He had two very strong convictions in life...

Aug 6, 2014

Donald E. Moller was born on December 5, 1923 in Ashland, Nebraska to Edward and Lavona Moller. He departed this life on the evening of August 6, 2014 at the Walsh Healthcare Center in Walsh, Colorado at the age of 90. He was preceded in death by his parents Edward and Lavona; and his daughter, Janice Humphrey. Donald is survived...

Aug 2, 2014

Sonja Reneé Hefley Bliss Born November 7, 1955, Died August 2, 2014 Sonja is survived by her only child, Brandon Bliss and daughter-in-law Erin both of Dallas, Texas, her eldest brother, Freddie and sister-in-law Kay Lynn Hefley of Walsh, Colorado, brother-in-law David Barclay of Amarillo, Texas, sister-in-law, Debbie Tuckness Hefley of Yukon, Oklahoma, and step-sister Anne Mills Harrison of Abernathy,...

Jul 20, 2014

Obituary of Juanita Brooks Juanita Loree Huckaby Brooks was born June 26, 1929 in Springfield Colorado, the youngest daughter of Luther & Susie Huckaby. Her sister Jane Savage said Dr. D.D. Hamilton pulled her out of his black doctor's bag. She grew up in Springfield during the 1930's Dust Bowl. She was married to Charles Brooks on August 20, 1948...

Jul 13, 2014

Arely Ximena Rodriguez was born on November 14, 2006, to Jose Juan and Aracely Rodriguez. From early on you could tell this was a very special little girl. Little did she know that she would be such an example of love to those in her community, family, and to her beloved friends. A well-known verse. "Love is patient, love is...

May 17, 2014

Maxine E. Moser was born May 19, 1928, in Byers, Kansas, to Melvin Starkey and Jenny Pearl (Rose) Hays. The family lived in Satanta, Kansas, and Maxine graduated from high school there in May of 1948. Maxine married Jack Moser on February 16, 1950, in Clayton, New Mexico. They celebrated 64 years of marriage this year. She moved to a...

Mar 27, 2014

On August 29, 1924, Vina Jewell became the second daughter of Rinaldo Eppler and Margaret Edna Olinger Webster. She was born in the home, which at that time was located two miles north and seven miles west of Elkhart, Kansas.

Growing up in a time when the work ethic...