OBITUARIES

May 31, 2018

Burlington, Colorado resident Stanley “Stan” Charles Rueb passed away peacefully with family at his side May 31st  2018 at Kit Carson County Memorial Hospital in Burlington, Colorado. He was 64 years old.

Stan was born on November 6 , 1953 to Justin “Sam” and Evangeline (Schawe) Rueb in Burlington, Colorado. He was the 5th of 8 children.

Stan grew up on the family...

May 27, 2018

Franklin Eugene Dine was born May 10, 1935 in Flagler, Colorado, the oldest child of Harvey and Mabel Dine.  He passed away May 27, 2018 at the age of 83.  He grew up in Flagler, Colorado, graduated High School and helped out on the family farm.  He loved spending time with his friends on nearby farms, where he met Wanda...

May 24, 2018

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Lakynn Marie Davis was welcomed into this world on May 24, 2018 at 6:46 a.m. at Presbyterian/St. Luke’s hospital in Denver, Colorado.  Seven pounds, 12 ounces and eighteen and a half inches of absolute perfection.  Her Mommy and Daddy had never seen such a beautiful baby!  We had spent the past nine months excited and...

May 20, 2018

Beulah passed away in Longmont, Colorado on Sunday evening May 20th, 2018.  She was 86 years old. 

Beulah was born to John and Rosina (Bauder) Schaal on February 19th, 1932 near Burlington, Colorado.  She grew up with 3 sisters and 3 brothers.

She attended Smoky Hill School south of Burlington and Emerson School north of Burlington.  She then attended Burlington High School...

May 11, 2018

Maxine Marie Chandler passed away May 11, 2018 at the Genesis Assisted Living Center in Lafayette, CO.

Maxine Marie Iseman Chandler was born June 19, 1926, south of Stratton, Colorado to parents Ralph and Josie Iseman.  It was told that she was measured by a shoe box, and she fit!  She was so tiny she would fit in a tea cup.  Her sisters Loraine...

May 10, 2018

Ben Lewis Rand was born on April 16, 1932 in Colby Kansas to Ben E. Rand and Rose Elaine Stevens.  Ben, at age 86, passed away May 10, 2018.  He lived in Kansas until his parents divorced in 1945.  He was raised by his great-Uncle, Ott Hofenstine in Arriba Colorado, where he attended school from first grade to eight grade, the 2...

May 8, 2018

May 6, 2018

Thomas H. Hoover, 83, of Rush, Colorado, passed away Sunday, May 6th, 2018, at the Good Samaritan Center in Simla, Colorado.  Tom had been residing at the Center for the past two years. 

Tom was born on April 14, 1935, at Rush, CO. to Harold and Willa (Townley) Hoover.  He was raised in a close-knit family that worked and played together. ...

May 2, 2018

Susan (Susie) Katherine Linnebur, 85 of Byers, Colorado, passed away on May 2, 2018 at her home with family at her side.

Susie was born on June 28, 1932, in Denver, Colorado to John and Anna Ciberay.  Around the age of two, she was placed in St. Clara’s Orphanage in Denver and stayed there for a short time.  George and Elizabeth...

May 1, 2018

Frances passed away peacefully at her home on May 1, 2018 with her family by her side after a brave battle with breast cancer.  She was born on October 4, 1924 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Delbert Clyde (D.C.) and Fannie McKinney Cox, an only child.  D.C. was a pharmacist and her mother was a homemaker.

D.C. and Fannie owned a drug...

May 1, 2018

Roderick Clark MacLennan, 95, of Bennett, CO passed away on May 1st, 2018 at his home of 58 years surrounded by his loving bride and family.   He was born on a very cold morning on January 20th, 1923 in Sheridan, Wyoming to Alec MacLennan and Myrtle Clark MacLennan. 

After graduating from Sheridan High School and the attack on Pearl Harbor, Rod...

Apr 18, 2018

Dean Arnold Weyerman, 86, passed away April 18, 2018 at his home in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, one day prior to his birthday.  Dean was born April 19, 1932 in Idalia, Colorado to Arnold and Bertha (Kester) Weyerman.  Dean’s early years were spent on the family farm where he was born.  In 1943, when his mother was diagnosed with cancer,...

Apr 16, 2018

Shorty Moore, age 98, passed away peacefully, Monday April 16, 2018 at the Good Samaritan Home, Simla, Colorado.

Shorty was born December 2, 1919 to Charles and Johanna (Thompson) Sinison in Persia, Iowa.  At six years of age her family relocated to the Simla area.  She and her siblings grew up in the agricultural community.

December 1940 Shorty and Thelmer Moore married...

Apr 15, 2018

Lawrence William Silvestri Jr., also known as “Larry or Butch” went home to be with the Lord on April 15, 2018 in Strasburg, Colorado.

He was born on August 31, 1942 in San Francisco, California, to Lawrence William Silvestri Sr.and Lola Lucille (Culleton) Silvestri.

Larry was an avid hockey fan.  Like his father he also played and coached hockey.  Larry also picked...

Apr 8, 2018

Mary Maxine Lyons was born on April 16, 1944 to Howard Hess and Mary (Ditch) Hess in Dodge City, KS. Maxine was the 3rd child and only daughter of 5 children. Maxine passed away on April 8, 2018 in Limon, CO.

Maxine started school in a one room school house north of Limon. When she reached second grade she began attending...

Apr 8, 2018

Apr 5, 2018

George Franklin McCune passed peacefully to be with the Lord on April 5, 2018.  George was born on a farm near Casey, Iowa to Ray and Greta (Mount) McCune on September 5, 1921.

George moved to the Falcon, Colorado area in 1925, eventually settling on the ranch near Eastonville, Colorado in 1936.   George graduated from Eastonville High School in 1939.

George married...

Apr 5, 2018

Kathleen Marie Baril (Mongan) was born July 2, 1959, in Oak Lawn, Illinois to Donald and Leila Mongan (Gundberg).  On April 5, 2018, after 58 years, Kathleen died peacefully at her home in Simla, Colorado.  During her childhood, the family moved from Illinois to Aurora, Colorado in 1971.  In 1977, Kathleen graduated from Aurora Central High School in Aurora, Colorado. ...

Apr 2, 2018

David Eugene Weber (Dave), 62, passed away on April 2, 2018, leaving   behind a heck of a lot of stuff his wife and daughters have no idea what to do with, so if you are looking for any used vehicle parts, boats, scrap metal, trinkets, boxes of items from his weekly auction hunting, give it some time, but feel free...

Mar 31, 2018

Longtime Bethune, Colorado Joseph Fiedeleis Berens passed away on March 31, 2018 at his home in Aurora, Colorado.  He was 85 years old.

Joe was born on June 25, 1932 to Herman Fiedeleis and Elizabeth Veronica (Staab) Berens in Walker, Kansas.  He was one of twelve children born to this union.

He attended school in Walker, Kansas, until June 1, 1943 when...