Dorothy was born on March 4, 1931, to Clarence Groves and Mable Smith Groves Moore. She was a lifelong resident of the Sterling community. Dorothy spent her early days travelling to various county fairs with her mother who worked for a carnival ride company. She attended school in Sterling and...
Dempsey was born January 6, 1933, in Seymour, Missouri to Joe and Minnie (Bell) Milligan. He attended and graduated from Seymour High School. He was a carpenter for Sterling Lumber and worked for the Denver Post for 20 years. Dempsey married Darlena Owens on February 16, 1954, in Seymour, Missouri....
Bob was born in Denver, CO on June 15, 1949 to William and Gladys Fisher. He married Christine Van Allen in January 1978. He worked as a High School teacher for most of his life, retiring from Sterling High School in 2018. His favorite hobbies were gardening, cooking, reading and...
Colleen was born October 14, 1951, in Julesburg, Colorado to Raymond Joseph Lechman, Sr. and Dorothy Louise (Pingle) Lechman. She was a longtime member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Greeley. Colleen enjoyed baking, cooking, gardening and watching sports. She loved spending time with her family and especially her granddaughter...
Donald was born November 27, 1957, in Rangely, Colorado to James Robert Mead and Mary Helen (McLennen) Mead. He lived in Ft. Morgan most of his life. He enjoyed riding motorcycles and fishing. Donald served in the United States Navy from 1978-1980. Donald is survived by his sons Donald Jr....
Kendra was born February 17, 1958, in Sterling, Colorado to Albert “Bud” Kinzie Jr. and Carol (Lippitt) Kinzie. She attended high school in Fleming and graduated in 1976. She attended college at NJC and obtained her associate degree in 1978. Kendra furthered her education and attended Regis University where she...
Gene was born October 26th, 1933 in Green, KS to Gerald and Irene (Lippert) Bauer. He was raised in the Green and Clay Center communities and graduated with the class of 1951 from Clay Center Community High School. Gene served his country in the U.S. Army after high school. On...
Charles was born to Richard Boynton and Lethia Lavonne (Cloud) Hunter on August 25, 1958 in Socorro, NM. Charles and his family moved around quite a bit in his early childhood after losing his father when he was 2 years old. The brothers spent several years living with their aunt...
Grace was an only child, born in Auburn Nebraska on June 4, 1938, to Omar and Leone Hannaford. She attended elementary school in a small rural schoolhouse located between Auburn Nebraska and the farm she grew up on just outside of Brownville Nebraska. She spoke fondly of being able to...
Deanne was born in Lancaster, N.H. on June 6, 1945, to Virginia Holbrook and C.E. Lewis. She grew up in Lancaster, N.H. and in 1957, she moved to Manchester, N.H. where she attended 8th grade through high school, graduating in 1963 from Manchester Central High. In December 1963, she went...
Bonita was born July 17, 1945, she was the daughter of a Sioux Indian, of the Rosebud Tribe in South Dakota, born in the home of relatives. She was raised by people who traveled alongside the carnival, and this was the start of her adventurous life. Because she traveled alongside...
Oran was born on October 16, 1953, in Texas to Mary (Ussery) Dermer. He attended and graduated from Sterling High School and Northeastern Junior College. He married Cheryl Bohler on February 21, 1976, and together they had Oran Canada Jr. They were married for 10 years. He worked in the...
Robert George Heinle was born in Weldona, Colorado on November 5, 1928, to Adam and Rose Wells Heinle. He was the oldest of 5 children born to this union. Both sets of grandparents were German immigrants. Robert spent his entire life in Colorado and worked the sugar beet fields, as...
Leila was born February 3, 1938, in Cass Lake, Minnesota to Fred Frank Dewitt and Katherine (Gaubatz) Dewitt. She attended k -8th grade at Cass Lake, Minnesota, and 9 -12th grade in Lyons, Kansas. She also attended some classes at NJC in Sterling, CO. She married Larry Douglas Smith on...
Barbara was born September 13, 1942 in Mesa, AZ to Gracie Mae (Hale) and Loyd Wilson Haley. Her childhood was spent on a farm in Amber, OK. She attended elementary school in Amber. In 1954, her family moved to Sterling, Colorado where she continued her education, and graduated from Sterling...
Illene was born September 3, 1938 in New Raymer, Colorado to Glenn and Viola (Knoll) Bringelson. She graduated from New Raymer High School and Northeastern Junior College. She married Stanley C. Kaiser on March 30, 1958 in Merino, Colorado. The couple made their home in Merino for over 60 years....
Harold was born January 21, 1927, in Portland, Indiana to Harold and Lavine (Mock) Rowles Sr. He attended school and completed the 8th grade. Harold married Euretta Harris on November 13, 1954. He worked at Sessions Oil Company, and then the town of Merino as town Marshall and maintenance department...
He was born May 02, 1960, in Fremont, Nebraska to Merrill Nevitt and Judy (Nelson) Nevitt. He lived in the Fremont area where he attended elementary and high school. He moved to Kearney, Nebraska where he attended a semester of school at Kearney State College. He worked at several jobs...
Melanie was born in Haxtun, CO on August 4, 1980 to Sam and Melisa Wolever. She attended school in Fleming and received her GED in 1999. She was involved in numerous clubs in High School. After receiving her GED, she then went on to be a mother, Paraprofessional, CNA, EMT,...
Sandra was born November 23, 1946 in El Paso, Texas to Clarence Edward Sanders and Helen (Janusewski) Sanders. She married Charles Wright in E. St. Louis, Illinois. Sandra worked many years as the office manager at Hirby Pest Control in El Paso, Texas. She is preceded in death by her...
Kathy was born June 17, 1954, in Havre, Montana to Ralph Earnist Hammond and Lois Ann Hamilton. She attended school in Havre, Montana, until she decided to go to work. She was a jack of all trades and always had 2 jobs, from cooking to driving a truck. Her hobbies...
Donna Jean Johnson was born July 2, 1932 to Roy and Myrtle (Barnes) Melendy in Nebraska. Later her family moved to Colorado where she attended Sterling High School, and graduated in 1949. She continued her education at Northeastern Junior College where she met her husband, Wilmer Johnson. After she graduated...
Daisy was born September 16, 1952, to Clide Andrew Hall and Evelyn Carrie (Spurgin) Hall. She graduated from Sterling High School. After graduation, she worked at J & L for many years and then went to work at DZB Ammunition Base and finished her career at Sykes as a customer...
David Lee Rothe was born June 7, 1960 in Greeley, Colorado to Lee And Marlene (Lind) Rothe. Later the family moved to Iliff, CO, where he graduated from Caliche High School. After graduation, David farmed with his father and mother. He soon moved to Denver and worked as a salesman...
Christina Amy Carlson, age 74 of Sugar Hill, Georgia passed away on January 1, 2020 and is now at peace after a 10-year long battle with COPD. Christina was born in England on July 28, 1945 to George and Emily Moore. She pursued a career in nursing which brought her...
Beverly Ann Jones, age 88, of Suwanee, GA passed away on Thursday, January 2, 2020. She was born in Atlanta on August 1, 1931 to Emmitt and Anna Bell Steele and was one of 6 children. She enjoyed traveling, chocolate and fresh flowers. Beverly was a faithful and loving wife...
William (Billy) Pennell Grubbs Jr, age 71, died on January 2, 2020, after a long battle with COPD, at home surrounded by family and friends. Billy was preceded in death by his parents, Mary and William Grubbs. He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Donna; sons, Bill and...
Sandra Overton Field, age 76, of Alpharetta, GA passed away on Friday, January 3, 2020. She was preceded in death by her parents, William Glenn and Leslie Overton. She is survived by her husband of fifty-five years, Barry L. Field; children, Tracy and husband, Jeff Davis, of Springfield, VA, Terri...
Margaret Kilgore Patton, age 87, Dacula, GA passed away on Friday, January 3, 2020. She was preceded in death by her husband of sixty-two years, A. T. Patton; parents, Willis and Alice Knight Kilgore; sisters, Hazel Beck, Frances Kilgore, Carrie Kilgore and Carolyn Mauldin; and brothers, James Kilgore, Hugh Kilgore...
Brian Lonzo Samples was born on July 17, 1976 to the union of Alvin and Patsy Samples in Buford, Georgia and entered his home in heaven on July 6, 2019. He lived big and loved even bigger. He had a grand personality and dreams to match. Always the life of...