OBITUARIES

Margaret Ackerman

Margaret Ackerman

Jan 25, 2013

Longtime, Cheyenne Wells, Colorado resident, Margaret Clarice Ackerman, passed away on January 25, 2013 at the Memorial Hospital in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She was 100 years old. Margaret was born March 21, 1912 in Great Bend, Kansas to Tom and Etta (Wilson) Bennett. She was one of two children. She attended school in Great Bend and graduated in 1928 at...

George Linger

George Linger

Jan 23, 2013

Biography George Warren Linger went to be with his Lord on January 23, 2013 due to complications from Lou Gehrig’s disease. He was born on March 13, 1943 to Lyman George Linger and Sylvia B. Scanlon in Alamosa Colorado. Lyman and his brothers owned the Linger Brothers Ranch bordering the Great Sand Dunes National Monument near Alamosa CO. That was...

Jimmy Colvin

Jimmy Colvin

Jan 22, 2013

Longtime Burlington, Colorado resident, Jimmy Lee Colvin passed away on January 22, 2013 at the VA Medical Center in Denver, Colorado. He was 77 years old. Jimmy was born on January 17, 1936 in Cheyenne Wells, Colorado to Robert Lee and Mary (Mussa) Colvin. He was one of five children born to this union. He attended school at Louis Palmer...

June Pottorff

June Pottorff

Jan 18, 2013

Longtime Stratton, Colorado resident, June Maxine Pottorff passed away on January 18, 2013 at the Denver Hospice in Denver, Colorado. She was 86 years old. June was born on June 6, 1926 to James and Emma (Gill) Kountz in Flagler, Colorado. She was one of eight children. She attended Flagler schools and graduated from Flagler High School in 1943. She...

Zoe Goodwin

Zoe Goodwin

Jan 16, 2013

Zoe Berniece (Jones) Goodwin was the third of four children born to Clinton and Bessie (Freeland) Jones, on July 28, 1925 at her home just north of Seibert, Colorado. Zoe attended country school as a young girl. At one time she walked 4 ½ miles to Liberty Country School. She told the story of how her Dad would put her...

Helen Moss

Helen Moss

Jan 13, 2013

Helen F. Moss was born on January 7, 1921, to Charles and Opal Jackson, north of Flagler on the old Huntley place. Helen had five sisters; Anna, Margaret, Ruth, Nell, Dorothy, and one brother, Cecil. She lived her entire life in Flagler except for the time she was with her husband in Texas during WW II. Helen graduated from Flagler...

Charles Ness

Charles Ness

Jan 11, 2013

Chuck was born on January 25, 1941, in Colorado Springs, CO to Chester and Bernice Ness. He grew up in Truckton, CO and graduated from Yoder High School. On November 16th, 1958, Chuck married his high school sweetheart Gloria Easom. During their fifty years of marriage, they were blessed with four children: Gina Aberle (Steve), Gala Busking (Mike), Gary Ness...

Berenice Channell

Berenice Channell

Jan 10, 2013

Berenice (Vaughn) Channell, 91, of Hugo, CO, passed away January 10, 2013 in Aurora, CO. She was one of six daughters born to Walter Roy Vaughn and Lola Fern (Baugher) Vaughn. Born near Selden, KS, on February 20, 1921, Berenice was raised and attended a country school near there. She then attended the Sheridan Community High School in Hoxie, KS,...

Fern Monks

Fern Monks

Jan 9, 2013

Fern Arlene Monks, 76, of Limon, CO passed away on January 9, 2013 in Denver, CO with her family at her side. One of twelve children, Fern was born on May 20, 1936 to Harry Earl and Mary May (Shaw) Watson in Matheson, CO. She graduated from Simla High School in 1954. She married Donald Monks in 1984 and they...

Vern Hevner

Vern Hevner

Jan 8, 2013

Vern Allen Hevner was born to Harvey Nelson Hevner, and Mary (Waldschmidt) Hevner, right in the middle of the "Dirty Thirties," on April 4, 1936 in Goodland, KS. Not long after his birth one of the worst dirt storms to hit this area occurred and to this day it is known in history as "Black Sunday." This time in history...

Pansy Cook

Pansy Cook

Jan 3, 2013

Pansy L. Cook, 77, of Karval, Colorado passed away on January 3, 2013 at the Lincoln Community Nursing Home with her family by her side. Pansy was born on December 14, 1935 to Lloyd and Geneva (Williams) Thomas, one of 5 children born to the Thomas. The family lived in the Karval area throughout Pansy’s childhood. She graduated from Karval...

Robert Benjamin

Robert Benjamin

Dec 31, 2012

Send Flowers Robert L. Benjamin August 12, 1921 - December 31, 2012 Robert “Bob” Leonard Benjamin, 91, of Agate, Colorado passed away on Monday, December 31, 2012 at his home. Bob was born on August 12, 1921 in Denver, Colorado to Leonard and Mary (Kellogg) Benjamin. He was the second of four children to this couple, and the only one...

Michael Bass

Michael Bass

Dec 29, 2012

Michael Martin Bass was born on July 21, 1954 in Omaha, Nebraska. For the next 58 years of his life he would be an avid Husker fan. His biological father passed away when Mike was a young child, and a few years later his mother Beverley (Carpenter) Bass married Carl Martin Bass. Carl and Bev had their hands full, because...

Leila Steinfeldt

Leila Steinfeldt

Dec 29, 2012

Funeral Service Friday January 4, 2013, 11:00 a.m. at Love Funeral Home Click for Map and Directions

Gilbert Reynolds

Gilbert Reynolds

Dec 27, 2012

Gilbert Darrell Reynolds passed away peacefully on December 27, 2012 at his home with his wife Nancy at his side. Gib was born November 12, 1937 in Reed, Oklahoma. He was the middle of 3 children born to Gilbert and Jewell Reynolds. Gib was raised on a small farm outside of Mangum, Oklahoma. His family eventually moved into town where...

Marita Hildreth

Marita Hildreth

Dec 25, 2012

A Tribute to Marita S. Hildreth “My Doll, Our Mother, Grandmother, and Great-Grandmother” Marita was born on February 9, 1932 in a small country town in Sweden called Orebro. As a child, she learned to bake Swedish pastries, cookies, and breads. She used snow skis to travel several miles to her school house during the cold winter months. During the...

Thomas Kyle

Thomas Kyle

Dec 24, 2012

Longtime Flagler, Colorado resident, Thomas Loyal Kyle passed away on December 24, 2012 at the Grace Manor Care Center in Burlington. He was 85 years old. Tom was born to Loyal Alexander and Emma Louise (Riesberg) Kyle on the family farm north of Flagler, on July 13, 1927. He was one of eight children. He worked on the family farm...

Melody Watson

Melody Watson

Dec 21, 2012

Melody A. Watson age 63 of Limon, Colorado passed away Friday, December 21, 2012 at the Kindred Hospital in Aurora, Colorado. She was born March 5, 1949 in Denver, Colorado the daughter of Don and Susie (Geiger) Weaver. Melody’s family will have a memorial service at a later date. A full obituary will appear as soon as it becomes available.

Kerry Stahlecker

Kerry Stahlecker

Dec 20, 2012

Lifelong Burlington, Colorado resident, Kerry Dale Stahlecker, passed away unexpectedly at his home in Burlington on December 20, 2012. He was 55 years old. Kerry was born on December 8, 1957 in Burlington, Colorado, to Edgar John and Jeanette Ruth (Smith) Stahlecker. He was one of three children. Kerry grew up and attended school in Bethune, and graduated from Bethune...

Kay Pickard

Kay Pickard

Dec 20, 2012

Longtime Stratton, Colorado resident, Helen Kay Pickard passed away on December 20, 2012 at the Kit Carson County Memorial Hospital in Burlington. She was 66 years old. Kay was born on November 27, 1946 in Pampa, Texas, to G.W. and Nellie Zeda (Cook) Jolly. She was one of three children. Kay grew up and attended school in Lamar up through...

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