Clarence Junior Doyle
May 12, 2010
Clarence Junior Doyle was born October 8, 1921, in Elkhart, Kansas, to Clarence David and Vernie Jane Doyle. He departed this life on May 12, 2010, at the Long Term Care Home in Springfield, Colorado, at the age of 88. Junior's family moved to several places before moving to Vilas. He graduated from Vilas High School. Upon graduation, he was...
Clarence Milton Godfrey
Apr 29, 2010
Clarence Milton Godfrey, known by most as Pat, was born March 31, 1921 in Walton, Kansas to Carlyle and Alga Godfrey. Pat attended school in Walsh all 12 years and graduated in 1939. He was a good athlete and excelled in basketball and pole vaulting. He attended college at Panhandle State College in Goodwell, Oklahoma and graduated in 1943 with...
Leon Vernon Harlan
Apr 26, 2010
Leon Vernon Harlan was born March 7, 1922, in the relatively new Turner Hospital in Elkhart, KS. He was the fifth child of six and the second son of Frank James and Rosa Ella (Phipps) Harlan. Leon grew up on the family homestead 7 miles southeast of Vilas, CO. He went to school at Eureka and then Vilas until he...
Jimmie Franklin Neal
Apr 23, 2010
Jimmie Franklin Neal passed away Friday, April 23, 2010, at Valley View Health Care Center in Canon City, Colorado, at the age of 72. Jimmie was born October 22, 1937, at the home of his grandparents, Frank and Dora Neal northwest of Campo, Colorado. He was the third child of Joe Cephus and Ethel Mae Neal. He is survived by...
Thelma Ileen Eastham
Apr 17, 2010
Thelma Ileen Konkel was born June 2, 1922, to Wilford Konkel and Thelma Griffin Konkel in Stonington, Colorado. Ileen was one of four children born to Wilford and Thelma. Her siblings were Bud, Marie, and Helen. Ileen married Glenn Eastham and they became the parents of three children; Carolyn, Richard, and Sandra. Ileen passed away April 17, 2010, in Northglenn,...
Rosa Irene Mcelhaney
Apr 6, 2010
Rosa Irene McElhaney, formerly of Walsh, passed away April 6, 2010, in Sacramento, California. She was 89. Rosa was the daughter of Carl Pruitt and Mary Alice West Pruitt Cogburn and the wife of James Euel McElhaney. Mrs. McElhaney is survived by her children; Bert (Gayle) McElhaney of San Jose, California, Eugene (Beverly) McElhaney of Orange, California, and Mary Nell...
Hubert Leo Moffett
Mar 28, 2010
Hubert Leo Moffett, age 81, of Springfield, Colorado, passed away March 28, 2010, near Del Norte, Colorado. Mr. Moffett is survived by his wife, Opal; sons, Odell (Denette) Moffett of Amarillo, Texas, Larry (Nancy) Bryan of La Junta, Colorado, Randy (Jo) Bryan of Pueblo West, Colorado, and Lyle Bryan of Wheatland, Wyoming; daughters, Sharon (Joe Bob) Thompson of Tulia, Texas,...
Cecil Bernard Hume
Mar 20, 2010
Cecil Bernard Hume was born Sept. 9, 1958, in Walsh, CO to Ganell Hume and Cecil Schooley and his time with us ended on March 20, 2010. He graduated from Walsh High School where he was active in baseball and basketball. He then went to work at the Climax Molybdenum Mine in Leadville, CO before returning to Walsh where he...
Allen Forinash
Mar 6, 2010
Allen Forinash was born on May 8, 1953, in Lamar, Colorado, to Robert and Dorothy Forinash. He departed this life on March 6, 2010, at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas, after being in the intensive care unit since February 1st. Allen started school at the Konantz School east of Walsh and then finished his elementary school education in...
Anna Mae Childs
Aug 19, 2008
Anna Mae Childs, 92, of Melbourne, Florida, passed away August 19, 2008. She was born in Stonington, Colorado September 8, 1915. She taught school for 42 years in Colorado and Kansas. She and Charlie Childs were married for 69 years when he preceded her in death in 2002. They moved to Melbourne 30 years ago. Anna is survived by her...