OBITUARIES

Dale  Ashcraft

Dale Ashcraft

Aug 21, 2018

Everett (Dale) Ashcraft was born February 11, 1936 near Matheson, Colorado to Everett and Melissa (Riley) Ashcraft.  Dale passed away at home, near Matheson, August 21, 2018.  He was a lifelong resident of Colorado and graduated from Simla High School in 1954. Rarely did Dale meet a stranger that remained a stranger for long.

Dale started his farm/ranch life as a...

Earl  Hedgecoke

Earl Hedgecoke

Aug 21, 2018

Aurora, Colorado resident Earl Hedgecoke passed away on August 21, 2018 at the University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora with his family by his side.  He was 80 years old.

Escar Earl Hedgecoke was born on October 11, 1937 to Sidney and Hazel (McCormick) Hedgecoke in Peralta, New Mexico.  He was one of five children born to this union.

Earl attended school...

James F Sherrill

James F Sherrill

Aug 20, 2018

James (Jim) F. Sherrill was born to Pearl Sherrill and Edith Coonts on December 2, 1936 in Hugo, Colorado.  James passed away August 20, 2018 at the Medical Center of Aurora in Aurora, Colorado. 

Jim lived in Agate, Colorado and attended school up to ninth grade, then preceded with finishing and graduating from Byers High School.  Following high school, Jim attended...

Hazel Barbara Card

Hazel Barbara Card

Aug 20, 2018

Hazel B. Card of Strasburg, Colorado passed away August 20, 2018.

Hazel was born on June 16, 1938, north of Siebert, Colorado to Joseph and Syble Burian.  Hazel was one of five children, her sisters Irene, Joan, Dianne, and her brother Tom. 

She attended school in Vona, Colorado until graduating in 1956.  Then she went on to nursing school in Colorado Springs...

Myrtle  Burgess

Myrtle Burgess

Aug 20, 2018

Myrtle is survived by her 5 children and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.  She was laid to rest in the Thurman Cemetery on August 24, 2018.  

Robert Cody Pearson

Robert Cody Pearson

Aug 19, 2018

Robert Cody Pearson, 97, died August 19, witty as ever to the end.  Known as Cody, he was the 5th and last child of Clarence and Ada Pearson.  He was born March 10, 1921 in Hugo, two blocks from where he lived most of his life.  He attended Hugo High School, graduating as Salutatorian in 1939.  His hero growing up...

Walter "Wally" Carl Thiede

Walter "Wally" Carl Thiede

Aug 18, 2018

Walter (Wally) Carl Thiede, age 54, left this world on Saturday, August 18th, 2018 at Kit Carson County Memorial Hospital in Burlington, CO. He was born November 9th, 1963 in Wausau, WI. to John Thiede Jr. and Darleen (Witter) Thiede. He was the third oldest of nine children.

Walter moved with his family from Wisconsin to Colorado in 1971. The family...

Patricia A. Younger

Patricia A. Younger

Aug 8, 2018

Patricia Ann Younger passed away on August 8, 2018. Pat was born in St Paul, MN to Charles and Theresa Hinz on May 12, 1940. Her formative years were spent in the St Paul, MN area. Pat grew up on a farm with 12 brothers and sisters where she was involved in gardening, canning, 4-H, sewing and farming. She graduated...

Sharlet K. Huddleston

Sharlet K. Huddleston

Aug 7, 2018

Lifelong Burlington, Colorado resident, Sharlet K. Huddleston passed away unexpectedly on August 7, 2018 at the Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical Center in Denver, Colorado.  She was 71 years old.

Sharlet was born on September 26, 1946 to Harry Alfred and Mary Victoria (Lovenstein) Hemmert in Burlington, Colorado.  She was one of three children born to this union.

She attended school in Burlington and...

Sharon Kay Olyejar

Sharon Kay Olyejar

Aug 3, 2018

Sharon and her twin sister Karen were born in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 30,1955 to Charles and Lucille Fraser.  Shortly thereafter they moved to Japan.  Her Father Charles was a cook in the Air Force. They resided in Japan for 6 years.  Their next move was to Missouri to the Air Force base.  They stayed in Missouri for 3...

George O. Huntoon

George O. Huntoon

Aug 2, 2018

George Oren Huntoon, 76, died August 2, 2018 surrounded by his family at his residence in Bennett, Colorado.  He was born May 24, 1942, in Franklin, New Hampshire to Dorothy Phyllis Huntoon.

George served in the United States Air Force as an aircraft mechanic from December 1960 to November 1965 which included a tour in Vietnam. At the time of the...

Jennifer (Olaiz) Wailes

Jennifer (Olaiz) Wailes

Aug 2, 2018

Jennifer Wailes passed away peacefully on August 2, 2018 at the St. Joseph’s Hospital in Denver after a brief illness.  She was 72 years old.

Jennifer worked as a preschool director for the Burlington School District for 20 years. She enjoyed cooking, gardening, and most of all shopping especially looking for antiques. She was a member of the Evangelical Free Church...

George  Evanoika

George Evanoika

Jul 27, 2018

George Evanoika passed away July 27, 2018. 

George was born to Steve and Anna Evanoika on June 9, 1934.  He grew up in Ramah, Colorado. 

He later married Betty Manyik on November 14, 1954. 

For about 20 years, George was involved with 4-H as a leader, part of the Steering Committee and the Ringmaster at the El Paso County Fair.  He served on...

Sidney "Sid" James Hubbard

Sidney "Sid" James Hubbard

Jul 22, 2018

Simple. Wonderful, Patient. Loving. Funny. These are just a few words most anyone would use to describe Sidney (Sid) James Hubbard, Sr. How else can a person sum up 90 years of life in a few paragraphs? He was indeed simple. Simple roots, he spent his childhood on the family farm near Lakin, Kansas; Leoti, Kansas and Flagler, Colorado. Growing...

Donald L. Eastwood

Donald L. Eastwood

Jul 21, 2018

Donald LeRoy Eastwood, 82, of Deer Trail, CO passed away on July 21, 2018 at University Hospital.  Don was born April 19, 1936 to Lawrence and Katheleen Eastwood in Stapleton NE.

Don married Louise Brown Hollingsworth on April 21, 1956.  Four children were born to this union: David Eastwood (Margie) of Deer Trail, Lori Eastwood Trujillo of Deer Trail, Sandra Beaulieu...

Eugene Harold Eurich

Eugene Harold Eurich

Jul 13, 2018

Gene was born on March 22, 1966 and departed this life July 13, 2018. Gene was a native of Calhan, Colorado. He graduated from Calhan High School, class of 1985, Alumni of NJC in Sterling, Colorado. His varied jobs included Pillow Kingdom, Pikes Peak Cog Railway, and Royal Crest Dairy.  Before starting his own landscaping business Double E Landscaping.  He was...

Donald E. Golding

Donald E. Golding

Jul 13, 2018

Don passed away following declining health at Carla’s Cluster in Limon, CO.

He was born to Orville Edgar and Sarah Amy (Patten) Golding in Kingfisher County, OK.

As a young man Don attended schools in Oklahoma and Colorado thru the 9th grade, then went to work on the family farm. From 1943 to 1945 he served in the US Army in Japan...

Sara  Kissel

Sara Kissel

Jul 8, 2018

Sara “Peggy” Ratzlaff Kissel was born August 25, 1916, and departed this life July 8, 2018.  Sara was one of 8 children born into the Henry Ratzlaff family home north of Minneola, KS. 

Her grade school years were spent walking with three of her siblings to the country school three miles from home.  Their job was to carry three buckets of...

Richard W. Davis

Richard W. Davis

Jun 29, 2018

Richard Wade Davis was born at Boothroy Memorial Hospital in Goodland, KS on October 24, 1942.  He was the third of 5 boys born to Wade and Mabel (Winfrey) Davis.

Rich spent lots of time as a young boy with his Aunt Marjorie Davis and Uncle Carl Reynolds on their farm until Carl died in a farming accident.

Rich graduated in 1960...

Marilyn Jean Busby

Marilyn Jean Busby

Jun 28, 2018

Marilyn Jean Busby, 82, of Littleton, Colorado, peacefully passed away June 28, 2018. Marilyn was born September 28, 1935 in Huron, South Dakota. She married Sheldon Clinton and had 3 children. She later divorced and married Harold "Had" Busby, who had 2 children from a previous marriage. Theirs was a union of "soul mates". Together they enjoyed camping, boating, and...

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