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Blanche Burgess

May 5, 2013

Blanche Lee (Pinello) Burgess, 81, of Limon Colorado passed away on May 5, 2013. Blanche was born on November 30, 1931 in Colorado Springs, CO to Lee and Rose (Lobue) Pinello. Blanche attended elementary and Jr. High at Widefield Grange School in Security, CO. She then attended Fountain High school through the 11th grade when she met and married the...

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Josh Olsen

May 4, 2013

Joshua Norman Olsen, 24, of Calhan, Colorado passed away on May 4, 2013 in Wewoka, Oklahoma. Josh was born on February 23, 1989 to Daniel and Tina (Ake) Olsen one of two children. He grew up in Calhan attending and graduating from Calhan High School in 2005. Josh attended PPI Community College. Josh was very competitive and would never pass...

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Eileen Stewart

Apr 30, 2013

Longtime Burlington, Colorado resident, Eileen G. Stewart passed away on April 30, 2013 at the Grace Manor Care Center in Burlington. She was 96 years old. Eileen was born on August 24, 1916 in Cartright, North Dakota to Lester Washburn and Libby Ellenor (Green) Farwell. She was one of seven children. Eileen moved to Burlington with her parents when she...

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Bernice "Bunnie" Elliott

Apr 28, 2013

Bunnie Elliott of Burlington, CO passed away April 28, 2013 at the Sloan’s Lake Rehabilitation Center in Denver, CO at the age of 87. She was born Bernice Etta Short on April 10, 1926 on a homestead south of Seibert, CO to Ben and Bessie Short. She was the seventh of eight children. Bunnie had very fond memories of attending...

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Ralph Einertson

Apr 20, 2013

Ralph Olin Einertson, 70, of Limon, Colorado passed away at his home on April 20, 2013. Ralph was born on July 18, 1942 to Orin and Clara P. (Kjosness) Einertson in Limon, Colorado. To this union four children were born, Ralph, Lavon, Arlen and Diane. Ralph was raised in Limon, graduating from Limon High School in 1960. On May 6,...

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Michael Teer

Apr 16, 2013

Lifelong Kit Carson County resident Michael Alexander Teer passed away on Tuesday, April 16, 2013 near Limon, Colorado due to injuries he sustained in an automobile accident. He was 19 years old. Michael was born on May 17, 1993 in Nausau County, Florida to Gerald Forest and Karen Beth (Eldridge) Teer. He was one of two children. Michael attended school...

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Lila Brouwer

Apr 16, 2013

Lila Lora (Loutzenhiser) Brouwer was the youngest of nine children born to Ernest T. and Edith G. Wildman Loutzenhiser on September 7, 1924, in Jewell, Kansas. She was born in a rock house six miles south of Jewell. When she was four years old she moved with her family to a farm 17 miles northeast of Flagler to a community...

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Dorothy Eurich

Apr 15, 2013

Dorothy L. Eurich, 92, formerly of Ramah, Colorado passed away on April 15, 2013 in Westminster, Colorado. Dorothy was born on August 10, 1919 in Pueblo, Colorado to George W. and Katherine (Tomko) Evans. She graduated from Calhan High School in 1938. She married Johnny E. Eurich and to this union was born three sons; James E., Ray E., and...

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Dorothy Tanner

Apr 11, 2013

Longtime Vona, Colorado resident Dorothy Lillis Tanner passed away on Thursday, April 11, 2013 at the Grace Manor Care Center in Burlington. She was 94 years old. Dorothy was born in Decatur, Illinois on September 13, 1918 to James O. and Fanny Marie (Jones) Wright. Dorothy graduated from Decatur High School in 1936. On March 13, 1943, Dorothy married Leslie...

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Esther Mauck

Apr 8, 2013

Esther P. Mauck, 76, of Strasburg, Colorado passed away April 8, 2013 in Limon, Colorado. She was born January 31, 1937 to Guy and Florence (Isgar) Nicks in rural Elbert County, Colorado and graduated from Simla High School in 1955. On March 8, 1956 Esther married Henry Sherman Mauck at the family farm south of Matheson, Colorado. To this union...

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Mary Hamacher

Apr 6, 2013

Mary Violet Hamacher was born October 24, 1923 to Robert and Grace (King) Housh in the family’s home North of Matheson, Colorado. Her name was in God’s Book and she passed on Saturday, April 6, 2013. She married to her sweetheart, Louis F. Hamacher, February 18, 1942. The couple made their home on the hill East of Matheson. To this...

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Lori Pelton

Apr 2, 2013

Lori Lynn (Mosbarger) Pelton passed away on Tuesday, April 2, 2013, at her home in Byers, Colorado. She was born July 16, 1961 in Denver, Colorado to Cliff and Kaye Mosbarger. Lori began attending school in Aurora, then later in Leadville. The family moved back to Byers where she continued her schooling. Throughout high school, Lori was involved in several...

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Katherine Koeller

Mar 18, 2013

Katherine Clara “Katie” Koeller was born on March 18, 1922 in Cheyenne Wells, Colorado to Herbert and Alma Steinike. She was the second of six children. She left this earth to begin her new life in heaven on her 91st birthday, March 18, 2013. Katie attended school in Cheyenne Wells and graduated from high school there. She was baptized and...

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Karen Barnes

Mar 15, 2013

Biography Karen Marie Barnes was born on August 24, 1938 to Donavan Hobart and Mildred Naomi Lieurance in Denver Colorado. She was the third of five children. The family moved from Denver to Kiowa to start a dairy farm and was there for many years. The family moved to Otis in the late 1940’s. Karen attended school at the Otis...

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Carroll Kosch

Mar 15, 2013

Carroll Marie (Gergen) Kosch was born July 31, 1912 to Charles Jacob and Helen Patricia Gergen as the first-born of 5 children. Carroll attended school and lived her whole life in the Burlington area. On June 21, 1933 she married Louis Joseph Kosch and 6 children were born to this union. They lived and farmed 22 miles northeast of Burlington....

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Robert Mccaffrey

Mar 13, 2013

Robert Eugene McCaffrey was born on the family farm near Otis, Colorado to Francis and Alberta McCaffrey. He left this earth to be with the Lord on March 13, 2013 at the age of 78. Robert was the youngest of five boys. After losing his Mom in 1936, the family moved north of Vona. He attended the Boger country school...

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Austin Nestor

Mar 5, 2013

I Dorsey Austin Nestor was born February 26, 1941 in Philippi, West Virginia. Austin lived in the Valley Furnace West Virginia area until 1945 when with grandparents J .D. and Dona Nestor Moved to Flagler Colorado. J .D., Dona and I spent the winter of 1945 with Andy Trahern and family in Flagler, Colorado. The following spring J .D., Dona...

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Grace Collins

Mar 5, 2013

Grace was born Sept.23, 1919 to Knut and Martha Ugelstad. They lived on a homestead in the Walks Camp community north of Limon, Colorado. Grace was baptized in the Walks Camp Lutheran church and remained a lifelong member of the Lutheran church. She attended the nearby country school, where she made lifelong friends. Grace was at a young age when...

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Dorothy Kvasnicka

Mar 5, 2013

Dorothy Rose Kvasnicka of Pahrump, NV, 89 years and 189 days, was called home on March 5, 2013. She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and friend who brought joy to those around her. Dorothy was born to Frank and Elsie Drummet on August 28, 1923 on a farm in Thayer County, Nebraska and was the youngest of...

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