Obituaries

Jul 6, 2022

Melvin D. Konkel passed from this world at the age of 86 on July 6, 2022, in Amarillo, Texas.  Melvin lived at the family home in Vilas, Colorado until the last 3 weeks of his life, he then lived with his daughter Shannon in Amarillo.

Melvin was born on May 8, 1936, southeast of Walsh, Colorado, to...

Jun 7, 2022

Reba May Miller passed peacefully with family by her side June 7, 2022

She was born to Effie Pearl and Frederick Lee Twyford on February 8, 1937. She graduated Walsh High school in 1955. Then moved to Amarillo to attend business school and worked at the air force base during that time. In 1959 she married Jimmie...

May 24, 2022

Devon Allen Caldwell of Walsh, CO passed away on May 24, 2022, at the age of 77.  Devon was the second child of Clarence and Hazel Caldwell.  Along with older brother Dall, he was later joined by sister, Rella, brother Dan, sister Lana and brother Rocky.  He grew up on the homestead south of Walsh close to the Cimmaron...

May 24, 2022

Shirley Stoner, of Walsh, Colorado, at the age of 78, passed away this week in Stanton County hospital in Johnson City after experiencing a flash pulmonary edema. Her passing was entirely unexpected. She was one of the most seemingly-healthy great-grandmothers you could know.

Shirley Jean was the eldest daughter of Leon and Virgil Harlan. She was born...

May 3, 2022

Harold Eastham Bryan passed to his Heavenly home on May 3, 2022 at the

age of 95. He was born on the family farm as the second son of Fred

and Lois Bryan and grandson of Jones Marion and Lucinda Bryan. He was welcomed home by his older brother Paul James Bryan.

Harold...

Apr 18, 2022

Joyce Evelyn Zeeck Mundell was born September 13th, 1931, in Lamesa, TX. She passed away Monday morning, April 18th, 2022 at the Walsh Healthcare Center. She was 91. She is preceded in death by her husband Grover William (Bill) Mundell, and parents Carl and Christine Zeeck.

Joyce grew up in the Panama Canal Zone. When she was...

Apr 10, 2022

Ruth Berniece Lucius Schenck was born January 26, 1924 and passed away April 10, 2022 in Johnson, KS.  She was preceded in death by her husband, Lee Schenck; parents, Henry J and Berniece Tremain Lucius; sister and brother-in-law, Lucille and Donald Rushton; and son-in-law, Stephen Ascher.

Ruth graduated from Holly High School in 1941 and attended Barnes...

Apr 6, 2022

Randall "Randy" Dean Cogburn was born on September 27, 1954 in Elkhart, Kansas and entered his heavenly home on April 6, 2022 in Colorado Springs, Colorado at the age of sixty-seven.

Randy was the fifth child born to his parents, Chesla and Beryl Cogburn, and was raised in the Walsh, Colorado area.  He attended schools...

Mar 31, 2022

Betty D. Litke was born January 10, 1930, in a dugout in Walsh, Colorado.  She was the youngest of three children born to Ted and Edna (Steen) Litke.  Her older siblings were Evalyn and Leland.

Betty worked as an aide at the Walsh Hospital and also helped her father, Ted, at his store on Main Street in...

Mar 19, 2022

Kasidy Jean Flores passed away Saturday, March 19, 2022, at Southeast Colorado Hospital in Springfield, Colorado.  She was 7 years old.  Kasidy's parents are Bobby Flores Jr. and Nicole Clarke.  They have one child, Cashton, who survives.

Kasidy was a first grader at Walsh Elementary School.  Teachers and classmates knew her to be a happy and friendly...

Mar 11, 2022

Billy Lee was born on June 14, 1927 in Dodge City, Kansas to Arthur L Miller and Eva May Dapron.  He changed addresses, as he liked to call it, March 11, 2022 at the Stanton County Hospital in Johnson, Kansas.  He was preceded in death by both parents, three older brothers Wilbur, Frank, Arthur J (known as "Shorty"), one...

Feb 14, 2022

Keith Davison passed away February 14, 2022, at Southeast Colorado Hospital in Springfield.  He was 72.  There is no service planned per Keith's wishes.

Jan 31, 2022

Eric Ira (Ei) Alfrey, 47 Dec. 1, 1974 - Jan. 31, 2022

His Spirit came to & departed from this Earth in Baca County, Colo.

Eric Ira "Ei" Alfrey was born Dec. 1, 1974 to Virgil Lee and E. Marie (Loffland) Alfrey. Eric was the youngest of 10 children (with Virgil) including 6 (with Marie)...

Dec 10, 2021

Marilyn Mills Mundell was born December 18, 1938, in Del Norte, CO. To Herman C. Mills and Dorothy W. Bolinger. She had 2 sisters, Karen Nicodemus and Shalah Perkins. Marilyn joined our family who were waiting to welcome her home, on December 10, 2021.

Marilyn grew up on a farm near the Colorado/ Kansas state line and...

Dec 2, 2021

Mom's Obituary

Maurina Guylene Bitner Hartless of Medicine Lodge, Kansas, died December 2nd, 2021, at the age of 57 at the Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital.

She was born September 4th, 1964, in Ulysses, Kansas, to Guy "Tuff" Bitner and Elsie Marie Schweizer Bitner. She has one brother, Guy Bitner and one sister, Starla Shore.

Nov 26, 2021

Ralph Wayne Bohl was born June 21, 1941, to George and Odessa (Taylor) Bohl.  He was the fifth of six children.  He and his siblings-Betty, Kenneth, Joan, Opal and Lawrence grew up and worked on the farm east of Walsh.

Ralph attended school at the Konantz School and later Walsh High School.  He also spent one year...

Nov 24, 2021

Scott M. Doyle was born on April 27, 1965 to A.C. (Dick) and Janice Kay Doyle in Spearman, Texas. Scott was the first born and was joined a year later by brother Vic and then 2 sisters Shannon and Darla. The family moved to Springfield when the kids were all very young. After finishing school he spent some time...

Nov 20, 2021

Virginia Lee Bishop was born in Springfield on April 16, 1937.  She immediately started stealing hearts by flashing those big brown eyes and that mischievous smile, which continued throughout her life.

She was the first born daughter of Lucy Findley Bishop and Orla (Bunt) Bishop.  The family grew to include 4 sisters and a brother.  She attended...

Nov 20, 2021

Obituary will be added at a later time.

Nov 17, 2021

Carroll Gene Steen was born December 7, 1935, in Walsh, Colorado to George Earl and Fena Adolf (Litke) Steen.  He passed away November 17, 2021 in Colorado Springs, Colorado at the age of 85.

Carroll married Pricilla L. Thomas on September 15, 1962, in Ulysses, Kansas.  To this union three children were born:  Deborah J., Ricky D....