All Obituaries

William “Bill” Raymond Hanson was born on April 1, 1939 in Sterling, Colorado to William Elliot and Nancy Jo (Peterson) Hanson.  Bill passed away on August 9, 2019 at the Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland, Colorado, at the age of 80.  Bill attended the Yuma High School and later Union College in Lincoln, Nebraska and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, graduating in 1961. Bill married JoAnn (Cavin) Hanson on August 19, 1961 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.  To...

Steve Clanton Richards, 64, passed away Monday, July 8, 2019 at his home in Holyoke, CO, surrounded by family and wrapped in his loving wife and father’s arms. Steve was born on August 19th, 1954 in Seymour Texas to Hardie and Betty (Inman) Richards. He graduated from Lamar High School in Colorado and attended Lamar Junior College.   Steve moved to Idaho Falls in the 70’s to assist his father, Hardie, with his farming business. Steve met and married his lifelong best...

Verne Leroy Haruf 1936 – 2019   Vern Leroy Haruf was born on October 13, 1936 to Louis and Eleanor (Shaver) Haruf in Colorado Springs, Colorado.  He passed away on August 7, 2019, at the age of 82, in Yuma, Colorado.  Verne Haruf was the oldest of four children of Eleanor and Reverend Louis Haruf, a Methodist minister. In 1952 the ministry moved their family from Holyoke to Yuma.  Verne was a junior in High School, he immediately fit right in with all the...

Carolyn Ardueser, 88, passed away peacefully on July 9, 2019 at Yuma District Hospital. Carolyn Jean (Anderson) Ardueser was born on April 11, 1931 in Chicago to James and Dorothy Bryan Anderson.  She graduated from Oak Park High School in 1949, and began college at Colorado A&M, studying Animal Husbandry.  Her studies were interrupted by her marriage to Leon in 1950 and the start of their family.  Together they moved to Wiley, Cope, Burlington, Peoria, IL, Barry, IL,...

Rosella Elizabeth Ebbers entered into eternal life at the Yuma Life Care Center on June 22, 2019 after a short illness. Rosella was born on January 31st, 1933 to George and Catherine Schlautman Ebbers in a sod house on their farm near Lone Star.  She was baptized at St. Peter’s Catholic Church near Fleming, Rosella was the third daughter of a family of nine girls who grew up in the Lone Star community and attended Lone Star School, graduating in 1951.  After graduation she...

Connie Lee Saunders was born December 8, 1952 in Ogallala, Nebraska to Loran and Donna (Sexson) Prottsman. She passed away on June 19, 2019 at Melissa Memorial Hospital in Holyoke, Co. She spent her early years in Venango, Nebraska. Connie went to Venango Grade School.   In 1966 the family moved the house from Venango to Holyoke.  Connie graduated Holyoke High School in 1971. Following graduation, she attended cosmetology school in Greeley, Colorado.  She was a licensed...

Phyllis Elaine Hill was born to Glen and Velma (Sauer) Ellsworth in Roseland, Nebraska on July 5th 1934. Her family moved to Colorado when she was 6 weeks old. They lived at the Riley place south of Yuma, then the Hoch place outside of Yuma, and finally her family moved into Yuma where she lived until 1945 when they moved to Joes, Colorado.  She attended Joes School, where she graduated in 1952.  She met the love of her life Dean Hill at a church party and on April 15th, 1954 they...