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Orville Henry Tonsing died in Holyoke on Monday, Oct. 10, 2022 at the age of 85. Orville was born April 13, 1937 in Burlington, the youngest son of Erwin and Ruby (Karspeck) Tonsing. He was baptized and later confirmed in the Lutheran faith at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Burlington, on March 18, 1951. He transferred his membership to the Zion Lutheran Church in Holyoke and was a member of the congregation at the time of his death. He attended school in the Burlington school system and...
Dona Mae (Green) West Lightsey died Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022 at the age of 91. Dona was born to Henry and Marie Green on Feb. 3, 1931 in Fleming, where she grew up on the family farm and graduated from Fleming Schools in 1949. April 4, 1953 she was married to Robert (Bob) West in Sterling. They had two sons Paul and David. Bob died in 1995 and Dona was remarried to Wilbur Lightsey in 2001 who passed in 2017. Dona loved nursing, horses, knitting, dancing, camping, boating, fishing and...
Lawrence "Larry" Huss passed away Tuesday, September 27, 2022 in Brush at the age of 78. Larry was born May 12, 1944 in Sterling to Jacob and Henrietta (Hoozee) Huss. He attended school in Crook from first grade until graduating from Crook High School in May of 1962. Larry worked as a farmer and rural route mail carrier. On Feb. 20, 1965 Larry married his high school sweetheart Dolly Lauer in Iliff. Larry and Dolly have been together since their first date at the Crook High School Snowball...
On the evening of Aug. 27, 2022, Eileen Moss, 81, of Holyoke, at her residence passed away peacefully surrounded by family in the arms of Jesus. She was born on March 19, 1941 at home north of Unionville, Mo. to Joy and Gladys (Oldenburg) Sporhase. She was the second of four children. She was welcomed home by an older sister, Marlene and followed by a sister, Janet and a brother, Gary. Eileen was baptized on July 8, 1941 in Otoe County, Neb. and was confirmed on May 29, 1955 at St. John...
Beverly Jean (Hargis) Anderson died on Aug. 12, 2022 at Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush at the age of 86. Beverly was born Sept. 26, 1935, in Pierce to Charles Hargis and Bernice (Mackay) Hargis. She attended school in Pierce, graduating in 1953. While in high school she was active in the drama club, was a cheerleader and graduated as class valedictorian. This is also where she met her high school sweetheart Leonard. They later married on July 19, 1954 in Raton, N.M. when Leonard came ho...
Eileen Moss, 81, of Holyoke, passed away Aug. 27, 2022. A celebration of life is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 3, at Zion Lutheran Church in Holyoke at 10:30 a.m. Inurnment is planned for Monday, Sept. 5 at Hope Lutheran Cemetery in Burr, Neb. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of the Plains or Zion Lutheran Church....
Dorothy Jeane Brundige passed away on Aug. 1, 2022 at age 100 having lived a full wonderful life, filled with many adventures, family, friends and with an enduring faith until she was called home. Dorothy Jeane Beckman was born at her parent's home, southeast of Haxtun on Jan. 17, 1922 to Theodore and Liddie (Johnson) Beckman. As a young girl, her mother began calling her by her middle name Jeane, a name she was given in honor of her mother's beloved friend; she would go by Jeane for the rest of...
C. Wilbur Kipp passed away on Aug. 6, 2022 at the age of 95 in Haxtun where he resided his whole life. Wilbur was born the first-born son of Clarence and Agnes L. (Erickson) Kipp on May 11, 1927. He attended and graduated from Haxtun Schools. During high school, he was employed by the Foster Lumberyard of Haxtun. He was baptized into Christ in 1938 and became a member of the Haxtun Church of the Brethren, where he has served, in many capacities, for his entire lifetime. In 1944 following high sc...
Sheryl Anne Wagner passed into eternal life on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, in Sterling at the age of 79. She dearly loved her family. At her request, no services will be held. Sheryl was born in Sterling on July 22, 1943 to Arthur and Georgia (Thompson) Wagner. Sheryl was a graduate of University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, and was employed for 32 years as an elementary school teacher in Sterling RE1 Valley District; three years at Crook Elementary School and 29 years at Campbell Elementary School...
Melvin (Ray) Salyards passed away on Thursday, July 6, 2022 at Mantey Heights Rehabilitation and Care Center Grand Junction at the age of 92. Ray was born Nov. 8, 1929 to Lloyd and Anna Salyards in Eckley. He was the sixth of seven children. Ray attended high school in Haxtun. He worked his last two years of high school and lived in the town of Haxtun while his parents lived out on the farm. Ray graduated in 1947. He drove truck for a couple of years until he was drafted into the Air Force in...
Barbara Meakins passed away Monday, July 11, 2022 at the age of 91. Barbara Barkley Meakins was born Feb. 21, 1931, to Edwin A. Barkley and Mildred Sutley Barkley. She was the oldest of three girls, Barbara, Diane Tippets and Sherrilyn Smith Yost. Barbara graduated from Fleming High School in 1949 and later attended the University of Colorado-Boulder graduating in 1953. After graduating from CU, she returned to northeast Colorado and was a business teacher for 25 years, having taught in Haxtun,...
Edna Irene Koellner died July 3, 2022, just three days short of reaching her 99th birthday. She was born July 6, 1923 to John and Phoebe (Reed) Sewell in Rexford, Kan. She was the third of nine children. Daughter, Jean, was born from her first marriage with Eldon Pascal. While working as a waitress on Pearl Street in Boulder, Edna met the love of her life, Louis Koellner. They were married before he enlisted in the Marines during World War II. During the war, Edna worked at Remington Arms and Ro...
Douglas Lynn Post went home to be with Jesus on June 26, 2022 at the age of 54. He was born on Dec. 11, 1967 to Leslie and Alice (Kummer) Post. Doug graduated from Wray High School with the Class of 1986 and shortly after started his first job working for John's 66. He really loved that job and learned a lot from his coworkers. He met the love of his life, Kandi Herman, at a church youth group function at the Wray Nazarene Church. Although, he didn't let on to his infatuation for several...
Edna (Sewell) Koellner passed away on Sunday, July 3, 2022. She was born on July 6, 1923. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, July 9 at 11 a.m. at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church at 1200 South Taft Hill Road in Fort Collins....
Merl Lee Larson passed away at home on April 4, 2022 in Petaluma, Calif., surrounded by his loving family. He had been dealing with dementia and declining health for several years and had recently moved from Yuba City, Calif. to Petaluma to be closer to family members. Merl was born to John and Lucile Larson in Haxtun on Aug. 7, 1939. In 1957 Merl graduated from Haxtun High School after serving as class president for all four years of high school. Merl played basketball, football and was a pole...
Andy Ray Barber passed away unexpectedly at his home in Haxtun on May 14, 2022. Andy was born on April 15, 1987 in Haxtun, the son of Randy Barber and Dawn Yack. He moved out of his parents' house when he was 18 and went on to have a family of his own. He brought us two beautiful girls Ariya Barber and Nova Barber. Andy proved himself to be a wonderful and dedicated father. He always put in the extra effort for his girls as they were truly the love of his life. Andy had a heart of gold and would...
Eric William Barkley passed away on Sunday June 5, 2022 at his home south of Fleming at the age of 47. Eric was born on Nov. 20, 1974 in Sterling and lived most of his life on his family farm near Fleming. Eric graduated from Fleming High school and attended Northeastern Junior College. Eric attended Fleming United Methodist Church and was a member of the Sterling Elks Lodge. Throughout the years, Eric enjoyed farming, riding horses and motorcycles, snowmobiling, playing on pool league,...
Arnold Lee "Arnie" Constance entered his eternal home on June 10, 2022 at his residence in Sterling. Arnie was born July 25, 1937 to Fred and Lela (Dutro) Constance in Crook. He was raised in the Iliff area. His first three years of schooling was in a one-room country school, then two years at Padroni. He completed his education in Iliff, graduating from high school in 1955. He married Leota Harms on June 26, 1959 and they were married just shy of 63 years. He started a long career working for f...
Rocky Leroy Hutt passed away peacefully with his wife at his bedside following a decade-long battle with Huntington's disease on May 31, 2022. He was born on Dec. 14, 1956 to Ralph Duane Hutt and Nina Freemyer Hutt in Haxtun. Rocky graduated from West Rowan High School, Mt Ulla, N.C. in 1975. He was a United States Army Veteran, of A Company 519th Military Intelligence as an Interpreter and Translator from 1976 to 1979. Rocky was the owner of Falls Church Nursery. He spent 28 years as a manager...
Dennis Carl Eckman received the ultimate promotion, joining the lord in heaven on May 23, 2022 at home in Windsor at the age of 82. A career farmer and family man, Dennis was born to Carl and Valva Eckman in Sterling on Nov. 11, 1939. He grew up in the Fairfield community northeast of Haxtun and attended the Fairfield school through eighth grade then graduated from Haxtun High School and finished six semesters at Colorado State University. Dennis joined his father at the farm, married Barbara...
Rex Allen Steward Sr. passed away Saturday, May 21, 2022 at his home in Haxtun with his family by his side at the age of 63. Rex was born in Wood River, Ill. on March 26, 1959 to Russell Arthur Steward and Ruby Ruth Bramley. He met his wife, Kimberly Ann (Manning) Steward, in Commerce City on March 3, 1988. Rex and Kim became the loving parents to Marcus David Delaney Jr. and Rex Allen Steward Jr. Rex and his family then moved to Haxtun and spent the rest of his life enjoying all the family and...
Wanda R. West passed away on May 13, 2022 at Fairacres Manor in Greeley at the age of 98. Wanda was born July 21, 1923 on the Hulse Family homestead in Fleming to George W. Hulse and Josephine (Pletcher) Hulse. Wanda graduated from Fleming High School in 1941. She lived all her life in Fleming with the exception of a time during WWII, where she worked at Remington Arms packing bullets for the war. Wanda was united in marriage to Lee M. West on March 4, 1943 in Sidney, Neb. with Henry Hulse and...
Charisse "Chari" Marie Lambert passed away Tuesday, May 10, 2022 in Fleming at the age of 65. Chari was born on Aug. 20, 1956 in Greeley to Ruby Hanson. She went to Greeley Elementary and graduated from Portland High School in Texas. She also attended some college at Texas A&M University. She was a Teacher in Mathis, Texas and in the Fleming Special Education Department. Chari married Russell Lambert in Fleming on June 4, 2005. She enjoyed interior design and camping and especially her children...
Jack Kennedy passed away April 28, 2022 on his 55th wedding anniversary. Jack was born in Denver, the eldest of three children of Jack and Leona Kennedy. He was raised on a farm in northeastern Colorado, where he developed a love for the land and having fun. Pranks and practical jokes were his forte in high school, including releasing baby skunks in the movie theater, setting outhouses on fire and messing with the local cops. He learned the value of hard work at an early age. This work ethic...
Brogan Dee Heiny died on April 18, 2022 at University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora at the age of 23. Brogan, one of fraternal triplets, was born to Dana Kelly Heiny and William Charles Heiny on June 25, 1998, in Fayetteville, Ark. The family moved to Colorado in 2002 and Brogan was homeschooled in Evans. Brogan was a joyful person who enthusiastically played a variety of toy musical keyboards. Brogan is survived by her parents Dana and Bill Heiny, Evans; brothers Paxon and Voran Heiny, Evans;...
