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Virgil E. "Virg" Saylor went home to his resting place on Sunday, Jan.16, 2022 at the North Colorado Medical Center after valiantly and bravely battling viral pneumonia. Virg was born on Jan. 22, 1930 in Fleming to Claude Saylor and Blanche Plog. Being born into a farming family, Virg was no stranger to hard work at any point in his life. Virg started at a young age to be responsible for many chores at his home, graduating to working on his dad's threshing crew and working to train horses. Virg...
Howard Eugene Gibbs quietly and peacefully slipped into eternity surrounded by his family on Jan. 14, 2022 at the age of 93. Howard was born in Haxtun on Dec. 27, 1928. He was the second child of Everett Eugene Gibbs and Minnie Carrie Becker Gibbs. His older brother Lavern and younger siblings Delores, Donna, Marlys, Glen and Janice completed the family. Howard's early years were spent south of Dailey where he attended South Rockland School. The home along the creek is where his onery sisters...
Kenneth Dale Fisher Jr. passed away on Jan. 1, 2022 in Akron at the age of 77. Kenneth was born in Mt. Clemens, Mich. to Kenneth Dale Fisher Sr. and Josephine LaForge on Jan. 25, 1944. Kenny was the second born of six children. Ken joined the Navy on July 31, 1961 and served until May 29, 1963 and was on the USS Mahan as a boilerman. He spent time in Alaska, Hawaii, China, Japan and Vietnam. He went on to work as a truck driver until becoming disabled in the late 80s. Ken had a very distinct...
Lloyd Allen Nelson passed away Dec. 27, 2021, in Bertram, Texas at the age of 88. He was born to John and Clara Nelson on July 29, 1933, in Peetz. Lloyd grew up in the wheat farming community of Peetz and attended Peetz High School. Upon graduation he worked in the oilfield and then was drafted into the United States Army and served during the Korean conflict, mostly in Germany. Upon completing his military service he then attended Northeastern Junior College and the University of Colorado....
Wayne Crowell died Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021 in Athens, Ga. at the age of 81 Wayne Allen Crowell was born Nov. 25, 1940 to Carl and Lorraine (Rambow) Crowell in Sterling. Wayne attended Dailey Grade School until the fifth grade at which time his father Carl and stepmother Leora (Gueck) Crowell moved to a farm one mile west and a half mile south of Haxtun. Wayne then completed grade school and high school in Haxtun. Wayne always enjoyed animals and was an FFA State Farmer in high school and a...
Nate Modrell passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021 in Haxtun at the age of 40. Nathaniel Dean Modrell was born on April 5, 1981 in Holyoke. He lived the first five years of his life in the Julesburg area. As a small child, going to his Grandma and Grandpa Modrell's house was his favorite thing to do, especially on holidays with all of his family together. Nate liked going with is dad to the drilling rigs and hunting and fishing with him. During football season, both of them cheered for the...
On Oct. 20, 2021 Breck Irene Spear McCarty gained her angel wings at the age of 43 after a lengthy journey with metastatic breast cancer. Breck was born to Kenneth Spear and Connie (Fleenor) Swain on March 24, 1978, in Cheyenne, Wyo. She later gained two additional parents to love her as their own, Stanley Swain and Velta Spear. Breck grew up in Cheyenne, where she graduated from Central High School in 1996 and went on the University of Wyoming, where she earned her Bachelor of Science degree...
David Martin Kerstiens passed away in his home on Oct. 22, 2021 at the age of 66. Dave was born Jan. 23, 1955, in Denver to Dennis Kerstiens and Violet (Noble) Kerstiens. Dave attended and graduated high school in Simla, where he spent most of his years growing up. Dave married Barbara Davidson on March 17, 1973. Thomas Kerstiens was born of that unity. During that time, the couple continued to live in Simla, where Dave worked for Nichole Tillage Tools. They were divorced in 1976. He continued...
Bohn D. Dunbar passed away Friday, Oct. 22, 2021 at his home in Haxtun at the age of 74. Bohn was born March 13, 1947 in Sterling to Boyd Earl and Lydia Annabel (Pierce) Dunbar. He graduated from Haxtun High School and attended Northeastern Junior College. He received his Associate's Degree at the University of Northern Colorado and his Bachelor's Degree at Colorado State University, where he also obtained his Ph.D in Agronomy. On June 8, 1982, Bohn married Teresa Gilbertson and the couple made...
Roberta E. Johnson Gizinski departed this lifetime on her 92nd birthday on Oct. 23, 2021 in Denver. She was born on Oct. 23, 1929 in Haxtun to Robert and Irma Johnson. Roberta grew up on a farm in Eastern Colorado during the challenging times of the Depression and on into World War II. Many stories over the years recounted how her tremendous strength was formed from an early age and continued through her entire lifetime. Roberta attended the first eight grades south of Haxtun in a one-room...
Joan Aktin passed away on Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021 at the age of 80 after a short battle with pancreatic cancer. Joan was born Jan. 15, 1941 to Lawrence and Mable Unrein in Sterling . She graduated from Merino High School in 1960. In 1958 Joan met Robert (Jim) Atkin Jr. They married on Sept. 10, 1960, making their home west of Sterling. In 1967, Jim and Joan purchased and moved to a farm south of St. Peter's. There they raised four children. They retired from the farm in 1996 and moved into Flemi...
Vivian Dorothy Bahler passed away peacefully on Oct. 12, 2021 in Thornton at the age of 81 after a valiant battle with Alzheimer's. Vivian was born in Phillips County on Jan. 8, 1940 to William and Dorothy Dudden. She grew up in the Amherst/Holyoke area with her four brothers Elmer, Delmer, Darrell and Dale. She went to school in Amherst through the eighth grade and graduated from Holyoke High School. Vivian married her high school sweetheart, Robert Leroy Bahler on June 8, 1958 in Holyoke....
Janis Salvador passed away on Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021 at her home at the age of 82. She was born to Earl and Laura Cheney on Jan. 1, 1939. Funeral arrangements are pending. Baucke Funeral Home is entrusted with arrangements....
Darlene E. Gorbutt passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021 at the age of 83. Darlene was born Aug. 22, 1938 in Sterling to Thomas Kay Acott and Verna Ellen (Wood) Acott. She graduated from Fleming High School. Darlene married Donald J. Gorbutt on Feb. 20, 1960 at the Fleming United Methodist Church. Darlene was a longtime member of Daughters of the American Revolution and Matina Study Club. She enjoyed bowling, sewing and tending her flower gardens. After her husband Donald passed...
Dolores Kavan Kelly passed away on Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021 in Haxtun at the age of 89. She was born Feb. 26, 1932 at Porter Hospital in Denver. Dolores was the youngest of three children born to Edward Benedict and Agnes Shavlik Kavan. She attended Denver Parochial Schools, including St. Vincent DePaul grade school and graduated from St. Mary's Academy in 1949. Dolores graduated with an English education major from Colorado State University in 1953 with Phi Beta Kappa honors. She was active in ma...
Mary Ellen Koch passed away on Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021 at the age of 90. She was born to Marion Reece and Helen Peter Gueck on Feb. 23, 1931, the eldest of six children born to their marriage and spent most of her early years at the family farm west of Haxtun. Music was a big part of her high school years. She played her father's alto saxophone and excelled in her band and solo work. She also enjoyed business subjects and had thoughts of attending the University of Colorado to study business....
Kenneth Eugene Houghtelling passed away on Sept. 1, 2021 in Greeley at the age of 74. Kenny was born in McCook, Neb. on Oct. 24, 1946 to Milton Houghtelling and Leona Williams. In 1964 Ken met the love of his life, Sonya Kay Main. They married on July 27, 1965, and enjoyed 56 years together. Shortly after being married, Kenny began six years in the National Guard. A year later their son Craig was born. Two years later their daughter Kimbra joined the family. Kenny started his career as a...
Byron "Jack" Cecil Salyards passed away on Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021 at the Haxtun Hospital at the age of 88. He was born on June 27, 1933 to Lloyd and Anna (Holmes) Salyards in Haxtun, the youngest of seven children. Jack and his siblings went to school in Ovid, Daily, Pumpkin Vine, Eaton and Haxtun. He graduated from American School and soon after returned to the Haxtun area to work for Orville Zimmerman. He was drafted into the United States Army in 1953 and was Honorably Discharged as a Drill Se...
Darrell Neil Whittington passed away Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, while residing at The Harmony Home in Yuma at the age of 89. Darrell was born on July 7, 1932 in Sterling, to Dwight and Viola (Held) Whittington while they were farming south of Fleming. During the Depression, they left their family farm and moved to Fort Collins in 1935, then to Denver in the spring of '42 and to Cambria, Calif. in the fall of '42 during World War II; back to Denver for one year, then settled in Fort Collins where he g...
Connie Kay Nagel, 64, of LaSalle, went to be with the Lord on Aug. 2, 2021. Her daughters were by her side. Connie, the youngest of three daughters born to Rex & Mary Ellen (Davis) Faules, graced the world with her birth on April 26, 1957, in Haxtun. The family relocated to Greeley when Connie was very young. She attended Greeley schools and was a student at Greeley Central High School when she met and married Ed Campbell in 1973. In September of that year, they welcomed a baby girl, Amy...
John Marshall Everitt passed away at sunrise on July 7, 2021 at North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley at the age of 58. John Everitt was born on March 16, 1963 to William and Dixie (Solomon) Everitt in Denver. His family lived in Franktown until 1972, when they moved to Grover. He graduated Pawnee High School in 1981. He attended Northeastern Junior College where he received a degree in Ag Mechanics. While at NJC, he met Janice Axtell and quickly fell in love. Three months later they were...
Cynthia Corinne (Stockhouse) Fisbeck passed away in her home, surrounded by family, in Windsor on July 10, 2021 after a long battle with cancer. She was born Sept. 24, 1957 in Laramie, Wyo. to Axel and Janet (Edwards) Stockhouse. She attended and graduated from Greybull High School in 1976. Shortly after graduating, Cynthia moved to Loveland. While living in Loveland, she was invited to attend a Colorado State University verses University of Wyoming basketball game, where she met her husband,...
Annabell Ruth (Crossland) Sharpe passed away June 23, 2021 at the age of 90 at her home in Commerce City with her family by her side. She was born Nov. 24, 1930 to Edgar and Elizabeth Ann (Guernsey) Crossland. Annabell attended South Star School in Yuma and graduated from Haxtun High School, Class of 1948, Salutatorian. On Aug. 18, 1949 she married Ronald Arthur Sharpe. They lived and worked on the Sharpe homestead, south of Haxtun until 1954. From 1954 to 1961 Ron and Annabell lived in Washingt...
Judy Kay Veydovec passed away on June 13, 2021 at the age off 77 surrounded by her loving sons at Lutheran Exempla Hospital. Judy was born on May 5, 1944 in Denver to Orville and Viola Belle (Meakins) Zimmerman. She grew up in Haxtun and graduated from Haxtun High School as valedictorian in 1962. Due to her academic achievements, she received multiple scholarships and was a Boettcher Scholarship alternate. She continued her education at the University of Colorado in Boulder where she received he...
Donna Mae Lindsay Michael passed away on May 26, 2021 at Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland at the age of 85 from complications following a fractured hip. She was the only daughter born to James Lindsay and Grace (Boyd) Lindsay in Mars Hill, Maine, on Aug. 7, 1935. Donna attended school in Danforth, Maine and following graduation she moved to Presque Isle, Maine, where she shared an apartment with a friend and worked as a telephone operator. It was during this time that she met her...
