OBITUARIES

Duane Smith

Duane Smith

Feb 27, 2010

Send Flowers Duane W. Smith May 6, 1925 - February 27, 2010 Longtime Burlington, Colorado resident Duane Wesley Smith, age 84, died Saturday February 27, 2010 at Grace Manor Care Center in Burlington. Duane was born on the family farm near Beardsley, Kansas on May 6, 1925, to John J. and Ethel (Lavell) Smith. He attended a one room school...

Michael Stegeman

Michael Stegeman

Feb 25, 2010

Biography Burlington resident, Michael Stegeman passed away unexpectedly on February 25, 2010 at the Kit Carson County Memorial Hospital at the age of 67. Michael was born on September 25, 1942 to Xavier L. and Lela P. (Dancer) Stegeman in Seldon, Kansas. He is survived by his son, Jeff Stegeman of Burlington, one brother Richard Stegeman of Virginia and four...

Ronald Rice

Ronald Rice

Feb 25, 2010

Biography Ronald Colburn Rice, age 70, formerly of Strasburg, CO, passed away February 25, 2010 at the Brighton Care Center in Brighton, CO. Ronald was born October 5, 1939 in Denver, CO to parents Vern S. and Gladys (Baxter) Rice. He was one of six children. Ronald grew up in the Strasburg area, where he enjoyed working on the family...

August "Pete" Kern, Jr

August "Pete" Kern, Jr

Feb 16, 2010

August Samuel Kern Jr., 83, died Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at Weisbrod Memorial Hospital in Eads, Colorado. The man that everyone knew as “Pete” was born on July 20, 1926 at the Cheyenne Wells Hospital to Ila and August Kern. He was raised on the family farm and attended the Cheyenne Wells Schools up through the 8th grade. At this...

Kenneth Scheierman

Kenneth Scheierman

Feb 10, 2010

Lifelong Stratton, Colorado resident Kenneth “Kenny” Scheierman, 94, died Wednesday February 10, 2010 at the Grace Manor Center in Burlington, CO. He had been a resident there for the past three years. Kenneth was born August 5, 1915. He was one of eight children born to Henry and Anna (Thaut) Scheierman in Sutton, Nebraska. His family moved to Stratton when...

Hazel Ingram

Hazel Ingram

Feb 8, 2010

Hazel Blanche Ingram, age 88, formally of Limon, CO, passed away February 8, 2010 at Oakridge Home in Colorado Springs, CO. Hazel was born January 13, 1922 in Garden City, KS to Orson Luther and Blanche Eleanor (Stiles) Downer. At the age of two, Hazel and her family traveled by covered wagon to Pueblo, CO then on to Siloam, CO...

James Schlichenmayer

James Schlichenmayer

Feb 7, 2010

Send Flowers James Lester Schlichenmayer August 1, 1937 - February 7, 2010 Lifelong Burlington, resident James Lester Schlichenmayer passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, February 7, 2010 at the Presbyterian St. Luke’s Hospital in Denver. He was 72 years old. James was born on August 1, 1937 to David and Christina (Bauer) Schlichenmayer in Burlington, Colorado. James attended the Bethune School...

Raymond Warren

Raymond Warren

Feb 6, 2010

Burlington, Colorado resident and former Chicago, Illinois resident passed away on Saturday, February 6, 2010 at the Kit Carson County Memorial Hospital in Burlington. He was 87 years old. Raymond was born on April 21, 1922 in Denver, Colorado to William and Ellen (Powers) Warren. He was one of three children. He attended school in Chicago and graduated in 1942....

Shirley Parker

Shirley Parker

Jan 30, 2010

Shirley Parker, age 71, of Arriba, Colorado passed away January 30, 2010 at her home in Arriba. Shirley was born February 23, 1938 in Spearman, Texas to O.H. and Mannie Ruth (Patrick) Gowen. She was one of three children born to this union. Shirley was raised in Amarillo, TX and following high school she attended Amarillo Community College. On December...

Vay Thatcher

Vay Thatcher

Jan 30, 2010

Longtime Kit Carson County resident Vay Olen Thatcher, age 78, died Saturday, January 30, 2010 at his daughter’s house in Golden. Vay was born on November 22, 1931 in Holyoke, CO to Roy Franklin and Pearl Ophelia (Trumper) Thatcher. He was a farmer for many years. On December 7, 1952, he was united in marriage to Marietta Opal Seals in...

Donald Sailer

Donald Sailer

Jan 24, 2010

Longtime Burlington, Colorado resident Donald Dean Sailer passed away on January 24, 2010 at the Kit Carson County Memorial Hospital in Burlington. He was 79 years old. Dean was born on March 7, 1930 in Pratt, Kansas to Charles and Mertie Marie(Lattimore) Sailer. He was one of four children. Dean attended school in Byers Kansas from 1936-1945. The family moved...

Violet Greenstreet

Violet Greenstreet

Jan 23, 2010

Violet Lorraine Greenstreet, 85, long time Simla resident, died Saturday, January 23, 2010, at the Simla Good Samaritan Home. She was born on May, 24, 1924, to John and Sadie (Butler) Wilson at their home south of Tower Hill, near Matheson, Colorado. She lived at home until she went to high school in Simla and stayed in a boarding house...

Neil Vick

Neil Vick

Jan 20, 2010

Neil Allen Vick, age 64, of Boyero, Colorado passed away January 20, 2010 at his home in Boyero. Neil was born July 31, 1945 in Hugo, CO to parents Ralph A. and Mary Anna Alice (Becker) Vick. He was one of four children born to this union. Neil graduated from Hugo High School in 1963. He then went on to...

William Koeller

William Koeller

Jan 16, 2010

William R. “Bill” Koeller of Vona, Colorado was born on August 27, 1921 in Sheridan Lake, Colorado to William J. and Margaret Koeller. He was the second of three children. He left this earth peacefully, at home, to begin his new life in Heaven on January 16, 2010. Bill attended school in Sheridan Lake, Colorado and graduated from high school...

Anton "Tony" Gornick

Anton "Tony" Gornick

Jan 10, 2010

Anton “Tony” Gornick, age 89, of Limon, Colorado passed away January 10, 2010 at Carla’s Cluster Care in Limon. Tony was born on May 4, 1920 in Pueblo, CO to parents Anton and Mary (Popvich) Gornick. The family made there home in Pueblo until Tony’s mother died from pneumonia when he was three. At that time, Tony went to live...

Bessie Card

Bessie Card

Jan 4, 2010

Longtime Kit Carson County resident, Bessie Mae Card passed away on January 4, 2010 at the Lincoln Community Nursing Home in Hugo. She was 98 years old. Bessie was born on October 3, 1911 Osage City, Kansas to Charlie J. and Eutella G. (Stouder) Miller. She was one of two children. In March of 1918, Bessie’s parents sold their farm...

Geraldine Smith

Geraldine Smith

Dec 31, 2009

Geraldine Margret (Gangwish) Smith, 87, of Flagler, CO went home to be with her Lord and Savior on December 31, 2009 at the Lincoln Community Nursing Home in Hugo, CO. Geraldine was born to Harrison and Augusta Gangwish on October 17, 1922 in Roseland, NE. Her dad gave her the name Geraldine and always called her by it. It wasn’t...

Verna Culver

Verna Culver

Dec 30, 2009

Verna Mary Culver, 74, of Hugo, CO passed away on December 30, 2009 at Lincoln Community Hospital. Verna was born on October 27, 1935 in Pattonsburg, MO to Everett Barlow and Helen A. (Krause) Culver one of five children. She attended school through the 8th grade. Verna was baptized in the church and enjoyed reading and traveling the United States....

Katherine Howe

Katherine Howe

Dec 30, 2009

Katherine Louise Howe, 86, of Hugo, CO passed away on December 30, 2009. Katherine “Katy” was born on October 29, 1923 in Deer Trail, CO to William and Valley (Hessey) one of five children. Katy graduated from Hugo High School in 1941 and then went to work in the ASCS office then attended Beauty School. After graduating from Beauty School...

Michael Wood

Michael Wood

Dec 28, 2009

Michael Brent Wood joined this world on May 24, 1953. He was born at the Kit Carson County Memorial Hospital in Burlington, to Chris and Anita Wood. He spent his childhood years in Burlington and graduated from Burlington High School. He always had a love for music – organizing several bands and singing groups. He played the trumpet in the...

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