OBITUARIES

May 8, 2018

May 6, 2018

Thomas H. Hoover, 83, of Rush, Colorado, passed away Sunday, May 6th, 2018, at the Good Samaritan Center in Simla, Colorado.  Tom had been residing at the Center for the past two years. 

Tom was born on April 14, 1935, at Rush, CO. to Harold and Willa (Townley) Hoover.  He was raised in a close-knit family that worked and played together. ...

May 2, 2018

Susan (Susie) Katherine Linnebur, 85 of Byers, Colorado, passed away on May 2, 2018 at her home with family at her side.

Susie was born on June 28, 1932, in Denver, Colorado to John and Anna Ciberay.  Around the age of two, she was placed in St. Clara’s Orphanage in Denver and stayed there for a short time.  George and Elizabeth...

May 1, 2018

Frances passed away peacefully at her home on May 1, 2018 with her family by her side after a brave battle with breast cancer.  She was born on October 4, 1924 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Delbert Clyde (D.C.) and Fannie McKinney Cox, an only child.  D.C. was a pharmacist and her mother was a homemaker.

D.C. and Fannie owned a drug...

May 1, 2018

Roderick Clark MacLennan, 95, of Bennett, CO passed away on May 1st, 2018 at his home of 58 years surrounded by his loving bride and family.   He was born on a very cold morning on January 20th, 1923 in Sheridan, Wyoming to Alec MacLennan and Myrtle Clark MacLennan. 

After graduating from Sheridan High School and the attack on Pearl Harbor, Rod...

Apr 18, 2018

Dean Arnold Weyerman, 86, passed away April 18, 2018 at his home in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, one day prior to his birthday.  Dean was born April 19, 1932 in Idalia, Colorado to Arnold and Bertha (Kester) Weyerman.  Dean’s early years were spent on the family farm where he was born.  In 1943, when his mother was diagnosed with cancer,...

Apr 16, 2018

Shorty Moore, age 98, passed away peacefully, Monday April 16, 2018 at the Good Samaritan Home, Simla, Colorado.

Shorty was born December 2, 1919 to Charles and Johanna (Thompson) Sinison in Persia, Iowa.  At six years of age her family relocated to the Simla area.  She and her siblings grew up in the agricultural community.

December 1940 Shorty and Thelmer Moore married...

Apr 15, 2018

Lawrence William Silvestri Jr., also known as “Larry or Butch” went home to be with the Lord on April 15, 2018 in Strasburg, Colorado.

He was born on August 31, 1942 in San Francisco, California, to Lawrence William Silvestri Sr.and Lola Lucille (Culleton) Silvestri.

Larry was an avid hockey fan.  Like his father he also played and coached hockey.  Larry also picked...

Apr 8, 2018

Mary Maxine Lyons was born on April 16, 1944 to Howard Hess and Mary (Ditch) Hess in Dodge City, KS. Maxine was the 3rd child and only daughter of 5 children. Maxine passed away on April 8, 2018 in Limon, CO.

Maxine started school in a one room school house north of Limon. When she reached second grade she began attending...

Apr 8, 2018

Apr 5, 2018

George Franklin McCune passed peacefully to be with the Lord on April 5, 2018.  George was born on a farm near Casey, Iowa to Ray and Greta (Mount) McCune on September 5, 1921.

George moved to the Falcon, Colorado area in 1925, eventually settling on the ranch near Eastonville, Colorado in 1936.   George graduated from Eastonville High School in 1939.

George married...

Apr 5, 2018

Kathleen Marie Baril (Mongan) was born July 2, 1959, in Oak Lawn, Illinois to Donald and Leila Mongan (Gundberg).  On April 5, 2018, after 58 years, Kathleen died peacefully at her home in Simla, Colorado.  During her childhood, the family moved from Illinois to Aurora, Colorado in 1971.  In 1977, Kathleen graduated from Aurora Central High School in Aurora, Colorado. ...

Apr 2, 2018

David Eugene Weber (Dave), 62, passed away on April 2, 2018, leaving   behind a heck of a lot of stuff his wife and daughters have no idea what to do with, so if you are looking for any used vehicle parts, boats, scrap metal, trinkets, boxes of items from his weekly auction hunting, give it some time, but feel free...

Mar 31, 2018

Longtime Bethune, Colorado Joseph Fiedeleis Berens passed away on March 31, 2018 at his home in Aurora, Colorado.  He was 85 years old.

Joe was born on June 25, 1932 to Herman Fiedeleis and Elizabeth Veronica (Staab) Berens in Walker, Kansas.  He was one of twelve children born to this union.

He attended school in Walker, Kansas, until June 1, 1943 when...

Mar 29, 2018

Viola Ruth Bandy was born October 2, 1924 to John Christ Schukar & Ethel Clare Schukar (Jones) in Calloway Nebraska. 

Viola was the 2nd youngest of 9 children.  She enjoyed growing up on the farm with her 4 brothers:  Roy, Johnny, Purl and Woodrow, and her 4 sisters:   Mary, Annie, Marie and Sylvia.

Viola’s family were farmers and she spent most of...

Mar 28, 2018

Anthony Joseph ‘Tony’ Lorince Sr. was born in Hazen, Arkansas on February 29, 1932 to Verona and Anthony Joseph Lorince.  When he was 18 months old, his father died in a farming accident in Arkansas.  His mother re-married Morris Philben, but she died during pregnancy when Tony was only 6 years old.  Left without a birth mother and birth father...

Mar 27, 2018

Margie Maxine Schiferl was born September 10, 1929 to Eastern Colorado homesteaders, Jim and Ida Gwyn.  She passed away peacefully Tuesday, March 27, 2018 in the presence of her family at the Aspen Leaf Assisted Living in Flagler, CO.

Margie had an older brother Albert and a younger sister Agnes. Her childhood home was along the river or “the crick” about...

Mar 27, 2018

Florence (Flo) Eileen Buck was born near Reliance South Dakota on August 15, 1921 to Alfred and Jenna Chrans.  She was the 11th child of 15.  There were 9 boys and 6 girls who were all raised on a farm on the prairie with no running water and no electricity. Flo was preceded in death by her parents and all...

Mar 22, 2018

Mar 19, 2018

Robert (Lloyd) Goodrich was born February 10, 1934 near Byers, Colorado.  He was the third child of Robert (Bob) Goodrich and Orpha Jensen-Goodrich.  Less than a year after his birth his oldest sibling Dolores pass away from what was known as “dust pneumonia.”  Times were tough, and in 1940 his family relocated to Flagler, Colorado where Bob had found a...