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Thomas Franklin Saylor Sr. passed away peacefully at his home with his wife Vickie Marie by his side on April 19, 2022, his death sharing his grandson Daniel’s birthday of the same date. Tom was a United States Air Force Veteran having served during the Cuban missile crisis. Prior to serving his country, Tom was an accomplished drag race car driver, auto mechanic and even learned to fly. Years after his honorable discharge, he started his own successful business, Saylor Electronics, Inc, working as a design engineer in Southern California, wher...
Betty Lee McBee Betty McBee passed from this earth into the arms of Jesus on April 2, 2022 in Holyoke. Betty was born on Sept. 28, 1932 at her family home. Her parents were William (Bill) Henry Milholland and Blondena Dorsey (Kerns) Milholland. Betty was the third of seven children born to Bill and Blondena. Her siblings were Ila, Don, Norma, Judy, Billy and Allen. Betty grew up in rural Phillips County and attended Holyoke Schools. She was active in marching band while attending Holyoke High...
Janice Mae Freemyer deCordoba passed away on March 6, 2022 in Cheyenne, Wyo. after a brief illness with her daughter, Toni, by her side at the age of 87. Janice, or Jan as she was called by her friends, was born on May 12, 1934 and attended Haxtun High School. Jan retired to Sterling where she lived for many years. Jan loved to read, quilt and paint, and was a huge fan of Bob Ross. Jan is survived by her daughter Toni; grandsons Nick and wife Hallie and Erik and wife Katie; great-grandchildren...
Merl Lee Larson passed away April 4, 2022 in Petaluma, Calif. at the age of 82. Services will be held in June 2022. Arrangements under the direction of Adobe Creek Funeral Home in Petaluma....
Edwin Joseph Schaefer passed away in Poway, Calif. on March 18, 2022 at the age of 83. Ed was born on Nov. 20, 1938 in Sterling to Ben and Martha (Brekel) Schaefer. He graduated from Fleming High School in 1955. Ed received his Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering and his Master Degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of New Mexico. He then joined the Air Force Reserves. Ed married Jolynn "Jodie" Graham on April 28, 1962 in Albuquerque, N.M. Ed and Jodie lived in Poway until...
Elda Marie Rizzolo Lousberg passed away on March 26, 2022 in Sterling at the age of 90. Elda was born on April 26, 1931 to Tiberio and Angelina Rizzolo on a farm in Sterling. She was the third of seven children. She attended grades one through eight at Springdale Valley School and was the only one to graduate from the eighth grade in 1945. She earned her high school diploma from Sterling High School in 1949. On June 4, 1955, Elda married John H. "Jack" Lousberg at St. Anthony's Catholic Church...
Jane L. Olson passed away on March 8, 2022 at the Haxtun nursing home of natural causes at the age of 91. Jane Olson was born Dec. 10, 1930 at home in Red Lion to Rueben Pleasant and Harriet Ellen (Laughrey) Blake. Jane was raised in Red Lion until her mother passed. Then she moved to Haxtun with her sister Harriet and attended Haxtun Schools until approximately the eighth grade. While at Harriet's, Aubrey Olson would attend game nights where he met Jane. They fell in love and married in...
Jessica "Jessie" Rene Owens leveled up from Earth life following a vehicle accident on Monday, March 21, 2022 at the age of 16. Jessie was born on Sept. 4, 2005 in Holyoke, the second born daughter of Randy and Joan (Thornton) Owens. She took the great commission to heart from what seemed like day one, "to make a difference, make an impact and change lives" was her calling. Her dad, Randy, sums it up as "she was always busy" and sister Rebecca jokingly says "it made me the easy one." Jessie...
Shirley Daunita (Gill) Hielscher passed away on Sunday, March 20, 2022 in Sterling at the age of 85. Shirley was born in Dover on June 26, 1936 to Wilbur and Sarah (Davis) Gill. Shirley, along with her brothers Rod and Scott and sister Barb, grew up along the tracks of the Denver and Rio Grande Narrow Gauge Railroad. They lived in Frazier, East Portal, Nederland, Rollinsville, Tabernash, Pueblo, Grand Junction and Helpern, Utah, wherever the duties of her father as Roadmaster took them. She had...
Albert Kinzie passed away on Feb. 14, 2022 at the age of 98. He was born Sept. 8, 1923, to Albert D. and Cora (Lapp) Kinzie on a farm south of Dailey, the third of nine children. He attended Dailey school from the age of six until his graduation from high school in 1941. Bud loved farming and was a farmer all his life. He and his father worked together for many years, raising mostly dry land wheat and corn. They were some of the first farmers in the area to strip the fields to prevent wind...
Louis Hamilton Barnett passed away March 17, 2022 at Colorado Plains Medical Center in Fort Morgan at the age of 89. Louis was born July 12, 1932 to Wayne and Phyllis Barnett in Brownell, Kan. He was the second child of five children. His siblings were Lawrence, Mary, John and Barb. The family enjoyed living the country life. When Lou and his brother Lawrence were young, they hid a sack of gold coins in the ground at the old homestead. He always wanted to go back to see if he could find them,...
Leo Leslie Fisbeck passed away on March 1, 2022 at the Melissa Memorial Hospital in Holyoke at the age of 93 after a battle with cancer. Leo was born on Oct. 5, 1928 to Emil H. and Elnora T. (Krueger) Fisbeck in rural southern Phillips County. He had three brothers and four sisters. In 1930, at the age of two his family moved to Paoli where he resided for 91 years. He attended grade school in Paoli and attended Haxtun High School for two years before transferring and graduating from Holyoke High...
Robert Dale Martin peacefully left this earth March 5, 2022 at the age of 87. Bob was born in Sutherland, Neb. on Nov. 30, 1934 to William Robert Dale Martin and Pauline Mae (Knight) Martin. He was blessed with a life close to his loving family. He married Phyllis Lockwood on Aug. 28, 1953 and helped raise their three children, Rob, Randy and Marti with strong values on the farm and ranch. With an eighth grade education from Cement School House southeast of Holyoke, he worked on the family farm...
Bradley James Michael passed away on Monday, Feb. 28, 2022 in Haxtun at the age of 64. Brad was born Feb. 18, 1958 in Haxtun to Leonard and Donna Michael. He attended and graduated from Haxtun High School in 1976. While attending Northeastern Junior College, he met his future wife, Deb May McCoin. He graduated in 1978 with an Ag Business degree. They were wed March 1, 1980 in Stratton and made their home northeast of Haxtun. Brad continued farming and ranching, working hard through the good...
Danita Dawn Holst passed away peacefully on Feb. 17, 2022 at the age of 61. Danita (always known as DD) was born in Faribault, Minn. on Jan. 16, 1961 to John and Dottie Nesseth. She spent her early years growing up in rural Minnesota where she grew up as a tomboy, enjoying horseback riding, caring for the farm animals, playing in the snow and snowmobiling. Her family had a strong Christian faith, so many of DD's activities were centered on her church, including lifeguarding at their summer...
Larry Bruce Starkebaum was called home on March 4, 2022. He passed away at Melissa Memorial Hospital in Holyoke surrounded by his family at the age of 68. Larry was born on June 29, 1953 in Haxtun to Clark and Laverne Starkebaum. He was known to be very ornery in his younger years and was active on his family farm and with sports. Upon graduation from Haxtun High School in 1971, Larry played college football at Western State College in Gunnison and later settled south of Holyoke to ranch and far...
Alvin A. Knox passed away March 4, 2022 at the East Morgan County Hospital in Brush at the age of 73. He was born March 26, 1948 in Brush at the family home during a blizzard to Ervin and Elsie (Coder) Knox. Alvin was the fourth child of six. He and his siblings were very active in 4-H growing up . As he got into high-school he also became active in FFA, the school band and drag racing. He won numerous trophies drag racing the quarter mile races. He graduated Brush High School in 1966. Alvin mar...
Reta Jean Acott passed away on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022 in Greeley at the age of 89. Reta was born Oct. 30, 1932 on the homestead in Colorado to Claude Orville McEwen and Ruby Mae (Coil) McEwen. She married Thomas Acott on Dec. 12, 1998 in Fleming. Reta had a servant's heart and as a young girl accepted the responsibility to help raise her brothers and sister and over her lifetime she was a waitress, mother, carpenter, hog farmer, dairy milker, gardener, airplane builder, helped in the printing b...
Joan Myers Joan Zmina Myers passed away on Feb. 6, 2022 at the Haxtun Health Extended Care Unit at the age of 77. Joan was born Dec. 29, 1945 in Cleveland, Ohio Larry and Helen Zmina; she had three siblings including David, Joyce and Kathy. Joan graduated from South High School in Cleveland and was valedictorian of her Class in 1964. She spent her college years at Colorado State College in Greeley where she majored in Education and graduated in May of 1969. Joan taught in Greeley for nine years...
Selma Streich Selma Streich, Haxtun, passed away Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022. Funeral services are pending....
Don Galen Rundall, a life-long resident of Sedgwick County, passed away Jan. 29, 2022, in Julesburg at the age of 95. Don was born to Mary Alice Rundall and John Alva Rundall on Oct. 24, 1926 in Ovid. His siblings included Reuben Rundall, John Rundall, Paul Rundall, Bill Rundall, Marian Rundall Bragdon, Keith Rundall and Doris Rundall Stohler. He graduated from Ovid High School in May 1944. Upon graduation from high school, he entered the Navy Seabees. He returned to Ovid after two years of...
Beverly Ann (Cranwell) Struckmeyer passed away Jan. 21, 2022 after a lengthy battle with illness. Bev was born Nov. 9, 1944 in Imperial, Neb. She was the third child of Kenny and Margie Covert Cranwell. She was raised a half mile north of Lamar, Neb., and lived beside the Miner family, who were lifelong friends. Bev attended school in Lamar, Imperial and in Holyoke for one year, graduating from Imperial High School. While attending high school in Holyoke, she met the love of her life, Lee Struck...
Tsugio Yoshimoto passed away Jan. 26, 2022 at the Sedgwick County Nursing Home in Julesburg at the age of 97. Tugo was born June 16, 1924, at Sedgwick to Hideichi and Hide (Toyota) Yoshimoto. He graduated from Ovid High School. Tugo’s family farmed north of Sedgwick for many years. He was one of the last farmers in the county to employ a team of horses for his farming operations. He was proud of his farm and was honored when his beet crop was named one of the “High Ten” for Great Western Sugar. In 1949, Tugo married Elsie Sato at the Sedgw...
Barbara Saylor died on Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022 at the age of 86. Barbara JoDell (Fryrear) Saylor, was the middle child of Melvin and Mary (Thompson) Fryrear. She was born on Nov. 15, 1935 and joined her older sister, Helen Lou, and welcomed her baby brother, Dick, after her. She lived with her family on a farm south of Haxtun. She always shared stories of her wonderful childhood in the Highland Center community. Growing up on the farm, she so enjoyed helping her dad with the cattle, harvest time...
Deborah "Debbie" Lynn Thompson passed away on Jan. 14, 2022 at NCMC Hospice Unit in Greeley at the age of 57 after losing her battle with cancer. Debbie was born on June 20, 1964 to A. Clayton and Diane (Norman) Holmes in Loveland. Debbie was later adopted by Larry Thompson when he and Diane married in 1972. Debbie attended Holyoke High School and graduated in 1982. After high school, Debbie attended Aims Community College for two years. In Greeley Debbie did secretarial work for a construction...
