Patricia Ann Holmes
Dec 22, 2010
Patricia "Patsy" Ann (Schlager) Holmes was born September 15, 1936, in Walsh, Colorado, to Claude and Jo (McComas) Schlager. She departed this life December 22, 2010, in Wichita, Kansas, at the age of seventy-four. Patsy attended Walsh schools and graduated from Walsh High School in 1954. She married her high school sweetheart, Delmar Holmes, September 18, 1954. They moved to...
Samuel Lynn Ellis
Dec 20, 2010
Samuel Lynn Ellis was born to James and Zelpha Ellis on October 12, 1961, at Elkhart, Kansas. He was the baby of the family of nine children. He was preceded in death by his parents, James and Zelpha Ellis; two brothers, Norman Dale Ellis and Vernon Jay Ellis and his wife, Violet Mae (Wade) Ellis; one sister, Christina Carol Ellis;...
Dorothy Jane Utt
Dec 18, 2010
Dorothy Jane Utt was born on April 30, 1922 in Elkhart, KS to John and Virgie George. Dorothy was one of ten children – 7 boys and 3 girls. She received her education in a one-room schoolhouse in Richards, CO. She moved to Walsh, CO for her senior year, graduating in 1940. Dorothy married the love of her life, Darrel...
Billie Beth Hetrick
Dec 15, 2010
Billie Beth (Rutherford) Trahern Hetrick of Walsh, Colorado, passed away December 15, 2010 at the age of 83. The oldest of four daughters of James and Goldie (Icenogle) Rutherford, she was born December 9th, 1927 in Prairie Grove, Arkansas. At age fourteen, her family moved to Baca County Colorado. Except for a short time in Fresno, California as a teenager,...
Frank L. James
Dec 2, 2010
Frank L. James was born November 19th 1943 to Sherman and Clara James. He and his siblings, Mary Frances and Jesse were raised on their family farm south of Walsh. He graduated Walsh High School and chose to remain in the area as a farmer. In October of 1963, he married Lynda Carol Brown of Boise City; in that union...
Alberta Lucille Dunivan
Nov 18, 2010
Alberta Lucille Dunivan 1936-2010 On November 29, 1936 Albert and Alice Luschen were blessed with their second daughter, Alberta Lucille. The family lived in Chickasha, Oklahoma. Bert lost her dad in 1939. She was blessed with a wonderful new dad, Bill Lookabaugh. In 1946 Bill, Alice, Louellen and Bert moved to Pritchett Colorado. Bert's parents had a café in Pritchett....
Harold Herbert Stoddard
Nov 15, 2010
Harold Herbert Stoddard was born November 1, 1923 at Grenville, New Mexico to Harry and Nora Stoddard. He was number nine of ten children. Harold Stoddard passed away on November 10, 2010. He was preceded in death by his parents Harry and Nora Stoddard; sisters-Nina, Opal and Lavon; brothers-Russell, Ted and Pete. Also preceding him death was his wife Goldie...
Edward Junior Christiansen
Nov 11, 2010
Edward Junior Christiansen was born May 15, 1925, in Barton County, Kansas to Amelia and Edward Christiansen. He was the youngest of 10 children. Before he started school, the family moved to Colorado and lived southwest of Buckeye on what is now known as the Manning place. Later they moved to Manter, where Junior met his wife Helen O'Brate. They...
Rosalie Esther Silvey
Nov 4, 2010
Rosalie Silvey passed from this life to her eternal home on November 4, 2010, from the Walsh Healthcare Center in Walsh, Colorado. Mrs. Silvey is survived by her three sons: Howard Silvey and wife Joyce of Kingman, Kansas, James (Jim) Silvey, Travis Silvey and wife Judy, and son-in-law Rick Sharpe, all of Walsh, Colorado; fourteen grandchildren: Jolinda Goetz, Tressa Anderson,...
Huldah Jane Thompson
Oct 30, 2010
Huldah Jane Thompson was born in Holly, Colorado, on January 27, 1929, to David and Grace (Oakes) Bruce. Jane was the fourth child of one brother and three sisters. She departed this life on Saturday, October 30, 2010, at the age of 81 years. At the time of her passing, Jane was a resident of Walsh Healthcare Center. She attended...
Mary Thelma Nugent
Oct 18, 2010
Mary Thelma Nugent, 91, of Springfield passed away peacefully in her sleep at the Southeast Colorado Hsopital Long Term Care Center on October 18, 2010. She was born on November 14, 1918, to Jerry D. and Cora May (Hayden) Bishop in Springfield, Colorado. She married Eugene Nugent on August 17, 1940, in Clayton, New Mexico. The couple was blessed with...
Carl Emmett Scott
Oct 16, 2010
Carl Emmett Scott, January 5, 1931 - October 16, 2010, a resident of Commerce City and Walsh, Colorado, passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by friends and family. Carl was born in Hugoton, Kansas, and raised in Stevens County, Kansas, until the age of 11 years. In 1942, the Scott family moved to Baca County, Colorado. Carl lived on...
Zelda Raye Burdges
Sep 23, 2010
Zelda Burdges of Walsh, Colorado, left this life September 23, 2010, in Garden City, Kansas, at the age of 97 years, 11 months, and 12 days of age. Zelda was born in Patrick, Arkansas, on October 11, 1912. She was the first born to Green Hall and Grace (Patrick) Hall. In the years that followed, two more daughters and three...
Velmer Ray Wren
Aug 31, 2010
Velmer Ray (Buddy) Wren Born September 28, 1947, in Lamar, Colorado Died August 31, 2010, in Walsh, Colorado He spent his entire life in the Walsh area, attending school in Walsh. Buddy was married to Ruby Lavern Crites on November 26, 1965, in Clayton, New Mexico. He was preceded in death by his wife, father, mother, two brothers, one sister-in-law,...
Mitcheal Bruce Shackelford
Jul 14, 2010
Mitcheal Bruce Shackelford, age 50, of rural Baca County, Colorado, died July 14, 2010, following a motor vehicle accident. Born September 30, 1959, in Elkhart, Kansas, he was one of four children born to the late W.L. and Ruth (Ohnick) Shackelford. Bruce grew up and attended school through 11th grade in Elkhart, Kansas. He worked in the oilfield, as a...
Roland Eugene Higgins
Jul 10, 2010
Roland Higgins, age 88, died July 10, 2010, at the Walsh Healthcare Center in Walsh, Colorado. Rod was born April 16, 1922, to John and Cora Higgins in Green City, Missouri. Rod, as a child of four, moved with his parents to Walsh, Colorado, where he lived for the rest of his life with the exception of four years of...
Bobby Jean Boydstun
Jul 6, 2010
Bob Boydstun passed away on July 6, 2010, at St. Thomas More Hospital in Canon City at the age of 81 years, 11 months. He was born on August 16, 1928, in Campo, Colorado, to Ottis and Velma (Crone) Boydstun. He married Joanna Walker April 16, 1949, in Raton, New Mexico. In 1952 they were blessed with a daughter, Micky...
Ruby Colleen Vaughn
Jul 6, 2010
Ruby Colleen Vaughn was born September 30, 1929, to Oliver Boyd Gaches and Pearl Ruth (Buster) Gaches, in Stroud, Oklahoma. She passed away July 6, 2010, at the Medical Center of Aurora. Funeral services for Ruby were held July 9, 2010, at the Assembly of God Church in Campo, Colorado. Burial followed in the Campo Cemetery. Ruby is survived by...
Max Howard Hume
Jun 14, 2010
Max Howard Hume, 95, died June 14, 2010, at the Stanton County Hospital in Johnson, Kansas, in the company of his loving family. He was born February 25, 1915, in Morton County, Kansas, to Leslie Dudley and Clyde Effie (Burnette) Hume. He graduated from Walsh High School in 1933. He married Lois L. Callahan, and together they were to enjoy...
Frank Andrew Millican
May 13, 2010
Frank Andrew Millican, of Pritchett, Colorado, passed away May 13, 2010, at Southeast Colorado Hospital in Springfield, Colorado. He was 58. Mr. Millican is survived by his wife, Valorie of their home in Pritchett; children, Vincent Millican of Amarillo, Texas, and Stephanie (Mark) Hund of Pritchett; his mother, Mary Ruth Millican of Springfield; one sister, Marsha (David) Spencer of Fort...