Obituaries

Jan 1, 2024

Veda Elsie Dillon Taylor was born on Easter Sunday April 4, 1926, to Nila Coulter Dillon and William Walker Dillon.  She was born on the family farm near the town of Richards, Colorado.  She passed away on January 1, 2024, in Hugoton, Kansas at the age of 97.

Veda was the fifth of eleven children.  Times were...

Dec 18, 2023

Catherine Adeline Ballinger Dillon was born December 2, 1932 in Protection, Kansas to James and Bessie Ewing Ballinger. She passed away December 18, 2023 at age 91.

Catherine was the middle child of 7 with 4 sisters and 2 brothers. She was baptized at age 8 at the Baptist Church in Protection.

She attended school...

Dec 6, 2023

Born on October 12th, 1955, to Mildred and Daryl Walker, Jack dedicated his life to making a lasting impact on those around him. A devoted husband, loving father, and cherished member of the Walsh community, Jack's legacy is one of compassion, service, and unwavering dedication.

A force to be reconned with both on the basketball court and...

Nov 22, 2023

Donna Dee Anderson, age 81, passed away November 22, 2023, at Walsh Healthcare Center.  Donna was born to Lee and Wilma Hastings on March 2, 1942.

Her survivors include two sons, Bill Bond (Tara Greathouse) and Jerry Anderson; a daughter, LaDonna Bond; and sister, Shirley Riddley.

Nov 11, 2023

Mona Charlene Rader Myers passed away November 11, 2023, at Walsh Healthcare Center at the age of 86.

Mona was born on July 27, 1937, in Dodge City, Kansas to Robert and Fern Rader.  She was the second born of 5 children.

In her early childhood the family moved to Colorado where they settled in...

Nov 4, 2023

Bonnie Belle Stone, 89 passed away November 4th, 2023, at Stanton County    Long    Term Care Unit. She was born September 12th, 1934, on the Kilgore Homestead in Northwest Stanton County Kansas.

Bonnie was proceeded in death by husband Chales D. Stone, parents Deward and Lura Loader, grandparents Clarence and Icy Kilgore, twin sister Billie McNutt, brother in-law...

Oct 29, 2023

Ralph Richard Kerr was born to Edith and Harry Kerr in Monte Vista, Colorado, on October 23, 1938.  He was one of three children.  Ralph grew up in Walsh and later went on to own and operate Northwest Petroleum Recycling in White City, Oregon.  He last resided in Central Point, Oregon. He passed away October 29, 2023.

Oct 23, 2023

Betty Joan (Lusk) Cook passed away on October 23, 2023 at the age of 92 at the Southeast Colorado Hospital, Springfield, Colorado. Betty was born in a dugout south of Springfield on July 15, 1931, to Rhual Earnest and Ruth Ann (Nelson) Lusk.

On August 10, 1948, Betty married the love of her life Elmer Dean Cook...

Oct 5, 2023

Elvon Lew Rose was born in Lamar, CO on November 15, 1950, to Harold and Beryl (McGowan) Rose. He passed away at his home in Walsh, CO on October 5th, 2023 after a lengthy battle with cancer.

Elvon called Baca County, CO home his entire life, having strayed from there only a few times. He attended the...

Sep 29, 2023

David Wayne Stroup was born January 16, 1956, and passed away at Walsh Healthcare Center on September 29, 2023.  David was born in Ulysses, Kansas to Nelson and Velma Acres Stroup.  He was brought home to the farm near the Kansas/Colorado state line where his dad was employed.  At home is where David met his big brother, Eugene.  In...

Sep 23, 2023

Edna Mae was born to Rinaldo Epler and Margaret Edna Webster April 3, 1930 at her grandmother Seraphine (Dean) Olinger/Whitehead's home near Stonington, Colorado.  Edna Mae passed from this life September 23, 2023.  She lived with her family on her father's homestead claim northwest of Elkhart, Kansas, close to the Cimarron River in Morton County.  In 1935, the family...

Sep 7, 2023

George Everett Whitehead was born in Lewis, Colorado, August 20, 1935, to Louis and Irene (Mathies) Whitehead.  He was the small blessing his parents had waited on for 7 years of marriage, but sadly his mother died from an illness resulting from childbirth.  At three weeks old, George was brought to the Stonington community to live with his grandparents,...

Aug 30, 2023

William Earl "Bill" Wright was born in Wheeler County, Texas July 10, 1940.  He was the eldest son of Truman and Evalyn Wright.

The family moved to Colorado when Bill was 4-years-old.  Their homestead was 6 miles south of Stonington.  Bill and his brother Don attended school at Wentworth and Stonington before completing their schooling in Walsh.  ...

Aug 29, 2023

James Alden Rutherford was born July 13, 1940 to James (Bill) and Edith Bryan Rutherford as their first child.  He passed from this life August 29, 2023, at the age of 83.  He lived on the family farm that was homesteaded by his Grandmother Rutherford and attended the Vilas Schools beginning in the first grade and graduating from Vilas...

Aug 21, 2023

Wynema (Rutherford) Henderson was born October 15, 1934 to James and Goldie Rutherford in Prairie Grove, Arkansas.

Wynema passed on August 21, 2023, in Springfield, Colorado, at the Long-Term Care Center.  She was 88.

Wynema spent her young childhood travelling with the family from Arkansas to California before settling in Stonington, Colorado, when Wynema was...

Aug 17, 2023

Joyce Ann Hebberd was born on March 20, 1943, in Springfield with the help of midwife Inez Brandenburg and Doc Hamilton. Joyce was the first child of Milton Edgar (Bill) Hebberd and Kathryn Iona Dapron. Having a baby was Bill & Kathryn's attempt at delaying Bill's draft into World War II. Kathryn said, "We just didn't get started early...

Aug 6, 2023

Dee Edmund Bishop passed away August 6, 2023, in Trinidad, Colorado.  He was 81.

Dee was born in Lamar, CO on January 1, 1942, to Edmund Francis Bishop (Short) and Agnes Finley Bishop. He attended school at Walsh Elementary and Walsh High School. Dee was a long-haul livestock hauler for much of his life and did a...

Jul 5, 2023

William Wills, of Vilas, passed away July 5, 2023 at Southeast Colorado Hospital in Springfield.  He was 65.

William is survived by his mother, Margaret Wills of Walsh; sons, Steven Wills and Jeffrey (Beth) Wills; daughters, Anna (Chris) Yancy and Margaret Collins; brothers, Ronnie (Barbara) Wills, Johnny (Jackie) Wills, Clifford (Judy) Wills and Robert (Rose) Wills and...

Jun 14, 2023

Richard Wesley Medley was born on July 1, 1930 on the family farm near Stonington, Colorado, to Henry Sylvester Medley and Lillie Mae Hughes Medley.  His siblings were Robert Bob, Alice Mildred, Vesta May, Hazel Josephine, Ruby Fay, Mary Emma and Bertha Opal.  They all preceded him in death.

Dick attended elementary school at District 21 (Beulah)...

May 8, 2023

Larry E. Harper, beloved husband, father, brother, grandfather, great-grandfather, and friend, passed away peacefully in Walsh, Colorado, on May 8th, 2023, surrounded by loved ones. He was born in Stella, Missouri, on February 26th, 1949,...