Wiletta Marie Claunch
Mar 26, 2012
Wiletta Marie Taylor Claunch November 23, 1914 was a very special day on the Emmett and Betty Taylor farm near Friend, Kansas. Wiletta Marie Taylor was born to parents Joe George Washington and Carolyn Marie (Halsey) Taylor. Carol and Joe were thrilled by the birth of their only child. When Wiletta was eight months old, the Taylor family began the...
Chester Ray Glover
Mar 19, 2012
Chester Ray Glover, son of Cliff Lee and Gay LaRue (Mathena) Coulter was born on November 3, 1958 in Elkhart, Kansas. Ray was a typical boy and loved to be outside and to work with the guys. He enjoyed helping on the farm. He liked to tinker with things to see how they worked. He learned to work at an...
Brock Allen Alfrey
Mar 11, 2012
We would like to thank all of you for coming to share in the celebration of Brock's life. Our family wants to remember the happy times and celebrate the memories we have of Brock. Brock's life was cut short by a lengthy illness, but prior to his illness he had lived a happy and productive life with many blessings. We...
Marvin Everett Burhenn
Feb 25, 2012
Marvin Everett Burhenn "Cotton" July 29, 1920 – February 25, 2012 The roaring twenties hadn't started yet, but on July 20, 1920, a new baby boy caused an uproar in the home of William and Josephine Anna (Christiansen) Burhenn. He was "Josie's" first and Bill's fifth. Bill's first wife had died from complications after falling down a stairway. Marvin was...
Daymond Hurbert Higgins
Feb 21, 2012
Daymond Hurbert Higgins Daymond Higgins, age 87, died February 21, 2012, at the Walsh Healthcare Center in Walsh, Colorado. Daymond was born to John and Cora Higgins on September 25, 1924, in Buchanan, Missouri. Daymond lived his childhood years in Walsh. He spent a few months serving in the military before being honorably discharged in 1945. Daymond spent most of...
Thelma Floreine Gibson
Feb 19, 2012
Thelma Floreine Gibson Obituary Thelma Floreine Gibson was born March 22, 1922, to R.E. (Epp) and Margaret Webster at Grandad Lawson Whitehead's home in the Stonington area. She departed this life on February 19, 2012. Mom grew up on the farm and herded and milked cows along with everything else that goes along with farm life. Mom attended the first...
Michael Thomas Lussier
Jan 21, 2012
Michael Thomas Lussier August 20, 1945-January 21, 2012 Michael Thomas Lussier was born August 20, 1945 to proud parents Al and June Lussier. Mike was the firstborn son and the first grandchild on both sides of the family. Mike grew up loving to spend time at his grandparent's farm. He loved to farm with his grandfather Clarence Gooden. He prided...
Donald Earl Lock
Dec 28, 2011
Donald Earl Lock was born September 13, 1929, in Arlington, Kansas, to Joseph Earl and Hazel Ruth Lock and departed this life December 28, 2011 at the age of 82 years. Don was the eldest of five children and grew up on the family farm northeast of Campo, Colorado. As a school age child he attended the country school, Star,...
Mack Paul Herndon
Dec 14, 2011
Mack Paul Herndon was born September 23, 1945 in Liberal, Kansas to Baker and Florence Herndon. He departed this life December 14, at the age of 66. He grew up on a farm southwest of Pritchett, attending schoolland graduating in 1963. Mack then went to college in Trinidad, La Junta, and graduated from CSU in 1968 with a degree in...
Carrie Grace West
Dec 3, 2011
Carrie Grace (Woolley) West was born January 12, 1916, at Stonington, Colorado, to Frank and Agnes Woolley, and entered into her new life on December 3, 2011. Carrie spent her youth on a farm near Stonington with her brothers and sisters. She was ingenious at using whatever was available to make toys to amuse her younger siblings. Carrie was married...
Neil Walter Cook
Dec 1, 2011
Neil Walter Cook On March 3rd, 1921, Neil Walter Cook, was the sixth of seven sons to be born to Elmer Ernest and Scottie Bell (York) Cook. Like his older brothers, Neil was born near Richards, Colorado in a dugout located on his folks homestead thirteen miles south of what in now Walsh, CO. There was always chores to be...
Roy Allen Horn
Nov 22, 2011
Roy Allen Horn, longtime resident of Vilas, passed away Tuesday, November 22, 2011 in Denver at Swedish Medical Center after a short illness. He was 72. Roy was born in Foster, Oklahoma on May 28, 1939 to Mart and Estell Horn. When he was eight years old, Roy moved to Baca County Colorado with his parents and two sisters. He...
Mildred Louese Nelson
Oct 28, 2011
Mildred Louese Nelson was born September 15, 1914; approximately 12 miles south of what would later become the town of Walsh to Benjamin Gaines and Hallie Iona (Cook) Doke. Mildred attended country schools during her primary years and went on to graduate from Walsh High School. While in high school Mildred played on a championship, 6-man basketball team. After graduation...
Norma Joan Bishop
Oct 24, 2011
Norma "Joan" Bishop entered this world on July 25, 1933, as the youngest daughter of fourteen children. Joan departed on October 24, 2011, after a losing battle with cancer. She was the daughter of Carl and Anna Hetrick. While she was growing up, times were tough but you would have never known that by the stories that she told. It...
Phillip Wayne Kelley
Sep 10, 2011
Phillip Wayne Kelley was born to Ralph Kelley and Faye Davidson-Kelley on March 18, 1946. He was the oldest of four children and the only boy. As a young boy he was very mischievous to his three sisters. He was always doing things to irritate them. Wayne was very talented and he loved to sketch. He won a scholarship to...
Delbert Leon England
Sep 9, 2011
Anyone who knew Dad well knew he had a story to stop and tell, and then be on his way. Delbert Leon England stopped in on February 13, 1923, and began telling his story to his parents, J.W. and Etta England, and brothers, Don, Alfred, Ernest, Emmitt and Forest. Later he told his stories to children Francis, Frank, Linda Kay,...
Dana Lanae Caldwell
Sep 1, 2011
Dana Lanae Caldwell was born April 26, 1969, to Devon and Donna Caldwell in Walsh and passed away September 2, 1011, in Denver from causes yet unknown. She was 42 years old. Growing up she enjoyed life on the farm-driving tractors, riding horses and motorcycles, fishing and caring for farm animals. She graduated from Walsh High School in 1987 and...
Anna Lomae George
Aug 12, 2011
Anna Lomae (Sharpe) George Our mom was born on March 9, 1927 to Ralph J. and Jessie Ramah (Heriford) Sharpe. She had a big sister Loveta, who called Mom "Macy". Mom was seven years old when she lost her mother, but three years later she gained a wonderful step-mother when her Dad married Elva Hetrick. With this marriage, she became...
Richard Dean Nichols
Aug 10, 2011
I, Richard Dean Nichols, was born October 29, 1934 in Satanta, Kansas to Gene and Dorothy (Teeter) Nichols. I was the oldest grandchild on my mother's side of the family; who had seven siblings. I held this position for 4 1/2 years until a cousin and my first sister Karen, came along. Ended up with 21 of us cousins. We...
Arthur Lee Vaughn
Aug 2, 2011
Arthur Lee Vaughn was born in Cherokee County, Oklahoma on January 23, 1929, to William Owen Vaughn and Rosy Marler Vaughn. He had three sisters, Bertha Brock, Dona Buckner and Millie Boss and one brother, Leonard Vaughn. Survivors include two nephews, Paul and his wife Cammela and Raydean and his wife Norma. Lee was a farmer most of his life...