Obituaries
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Eugene "Gene" P. Brown
Nov 11, 2010
Eugene "Gene" P. Brown was born on Juse 16, 1923 at Pritchett, Colorado to the union of Ward F. and Mamie Raymong Brown. Gene died November 11, 2010 at the Long Term Care Center in Springfield, Colorado at the age of 87. Gene spent all of his school years in the Pritchett School in Pritchett, Colorado. After high school he...
Willaim "Bill" A. Eden
Oct 11, 2010
William "Bill" Eden was born June 24, 1925 in Elkhart, Kansas to Oscar and Lillie Eden. He dedparted this life at the age of 85 in October 11, 2010 at 3:45 a.m. in the Long Term Care Center in Springfield, Colorado where he lived for a few months with his wife, Hazel. Bill married Hazel Lee Beeney on June 11,...
Retah E. Payne
Sep 29, 2010
I, Retah E. Payne was born July 16, 1934 in Sherman County, TX, at the height of the great dust storms and the depression. Good hard working parents kept me and my brother Harold safe and we always had food and heat during the roughest of times. As I look back on my life, I have so much to be...
William D. Kelsey
Sep 12, 2010
William Dallas Kelsey was born on April 18, 1932 to Ralph and Lucy Kelsey and departed this world on September 12, 2010. He was in such a hurry to make his apperance he was delivered before the doctor arrived. He was born on the Kelsey Homestead in the Big Rock Community. Bill lived all his life in Baca County except...
John R. Hicks
Aug 26, 2010
John R. Hicks was born March 12, 1923 to John Monroe & Allie Mae Franks in Wetumpka, OK. He died August 26, 2010 at his home at the age of 87 years. He was the 5th of 12 children. He served in the U. S. Navy from 1944-1946, John trained and served at N.Y.S; U.S.N.H Farragut, Idaho; S.C.T.C Terminal Island,...
Marjorie Opal Shultz
Aug 10, 2010
Marjorie Opal Shultz was born to Roy and Ollive Thompson on October 2, 1920. She began her life two miles north of Springfield in a dugout. There, she lived with her mother, dad, and two sisters, Eva and Elma. Due to life lessons growing up during The Great Depression and World War II, Margie developed into a strong and informed...
Walter C. Lacy
Jul 11, 2010
Walter C. Lacy Pastor Walter C. Lacy passed away peacefully on July 11th, 2010 in Casper, WY. He was born March 19th, 1929 near Springfield, CO to Frank and Alice (Thompson) Lacy. He married his sweetheart, Alice Grover in 1949 and they were married for 61 years. He received Chrsit as his Savior when he was 22 years old and...
Jeffery A. Schiffer
Jun 22, 2010
Describing Jeffery is a difficult task, his interest and accomplishments are only a small part of what made so many people care so deeply about him. Words do not come to mind, and inadequate as they are, they are what we have. His ornery streak was about a mile wide; he was always teasing people. Fortunately, he grew out of...
Marjorie E. Dethample
May 9, 2010
Marjorie E. DeThample was born December 1, 1918 in Claflin, Kansas to Millie "Rumsey" and David Vestal. She married her first love Edward DeThample. They lived in Ellinwood, Kansas and Colorado Springs, Colorado before moving to Springfield, Colorado. They owned the City Liquor Store on Main Street in Springfield for many years. Due to her afflictions later in life, she...
Helen Heiman
May 8, 2010
Helen Heiman was born on October 10, 1919 in Monte Vista, Colorado, to Ida "Miller" and Albert C Getz. Helen was the fourth of seven children. Helen grew up wth her 5 brothers and 1 sister in Monte Vista, Colorado where her mother Ida was a housewife and her father Albert was a farmer. Helen's favorite thing to do as...
Wesley Stephen Sharrock
May 4, 2010
Wesley Stephen (Steve) Sharrock was born August 16, 1924 in Stonington, Colorado to Albert Steve and Iola (Rhodes) Sharrock. He was one of eight children. During his growing up years he helped his dad with Broomcorn Harvest. Steve met Patsy Lee Williams and the two married June 3, 1951. To this union three children were born; Lynn, Melody, and Stuart....
Sherrill L Brown
Apr 30, 2010
Sherrill Lynn (Dunlap) Brown, faithful and devoted wife and loving mother was born July 25, 1951. A resident of Springfield, Colorado, Sherill went into the presence of the Lord on April 30, 2010 at the Medical Center of Aurora with complications following routine surgery ending in heart failure. Sherrill was born in Lamar, Colorado to the parents of Roscoe Eugene...
Lucille Naomi Deeds Nelson
Apr 24, 2010
Lucille Naomi (Dowell) Deeds Nelson was born June 28, 1913 in Mulhall, Oklahoma to Grover and Laura Dowell. Her family moved to the Pritchett area when she was one year old. She came out in a covered wagon. She was one of 11 other brothers, 1 sister, and one set of twins who died as infants. She went to Sunnydale...
Dale Fritzler
Mar 24, 2010
Dale Fritzler was born on March 12, 1937 in Fort Collins, Colorado. He lived in Wellington and Timnath, Colorado where his parents, Fred and Loraine, farmed. Dale and his twin brother Don shared many fun times during their younger years, what one didn't think of, the other would. The family later moved to Watkins, CO where they purchased a large...
Laura Bell Babb
Mar 24, 2010
Despite the circumstances that brought us together today ... Laura Babb would love the fact that her family has gathered together, no matter the reason. For Laura, any reason that brought family and others together was good. Laura Babb loved nothing more than a house stuffed full of family and friends' joyfully sharing food and conversation punctuated with a fair...
Audie Francis Wade
Mar 13, 2010
Audie Francis Wade went to his rest on Saturday, March 13, 2010. He was born the son of James and Sadie Wade on a farm near Tecumseh, Oklahoma on June 8, 1922. He came to Colorado as a young man and joined the Army Air Corps in 1942 and served in France and England during WWII. While on assignment in...
Lida Mae Osteen
Feb 27, 2010
Lida Mae (Dunlap) Osteen 1914-2010 Lida Mae was born on June 20, 1914, on a farm near Hardy, Oklahoma, to Cora and Ira Dunlap. She was one of 10 children. The brothers were Walt, Lee and Ray (Doc), and the sisters were Gertrude, Irma, Hazel, Callie, Millie, and Thelma. She married Ira (Ike) Osteen on June 2, 1940, and had...
Earl Crane
Feb 15, 2010
Earl Crane was the youngest of four boys born to Sarah Francis (Riddle) and Edward H. Crane. He was born on the family farm southwest of Springfield, Colorado, on July 16, 1923 and passed away on February 15, 2010 at Southeast Colorado Hospital in Springfield, Colorado, at the age of 86. Earl was a student at Lone Star School for...
Billye A Hayward
Feb 1, 2010
Billye was born November 6, 1918 to Anna Parsley Abee and Walter Alexander Abee. Her dad left her mom shortly after Billye was born. Anna and Billye then moved in with her parents Grandma and Grandpa Parsley. Billye was Grandpa Parsley’s pride and joy and Billye thought he was the greatest man around and went everywhere she could with him....
Joan Ellen Ballman
Jan 31, 2010
Joan Ellen Ballman, 76, passed away January 31, at the Davis Hospice Center in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Joan, the youngest of 10 siblings, was born May 15, 1933 to Harvey Lane and Celia May Hall outside of Two Buttes, Colorado. Joan graduated from high school in Two Buttes in 1951. She met Kenneth Ballman in 1952 and they were united in...
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