All Obituaries

Dale Bruton McPheron of Yuma, Colorado was born on April 12, 1941 to Donald Adams and Florence (Bruton) McPheron in Fort Benning, Georgia.  He passed away at his home in Yuma, Colorado on June 18, 2020.  Dale attended Junior High at Fort Monroe, Virginia and graduated from High School at Stillwater, Oklahoma.  He served in the US Army in 1959 – 1961.  He attended at the Merchant Marine Academy in 1961.  After his time in the service he furthered his education...

Kathryn Margaret (Leffler) Debus, 86, a longtime resident of Haxtun, CO, passed away on Saturday, July 4, 2020, in Haxtun. Funeral services will be held on Friday, July 10, 2020 at Haxtun Berean Bible Church at 10:00 am with Pastor Eric Wait officiating. Kathryn was born on August 20, 1933 at her parents’ home in Greeley, CO to Carl and Hattie Eisenach Leffler. She graduated from Greeley High School in 1951. On August 2, 1959, she married Arlen Debus of Crook, CO, at St. Paul’s...

Merl Davidson was born April 27, 1931 to Alan Walter and Myrtle Elmyra (Radcliff) Davidson in Holyoke, Colorado at the Susan Anthony Maternity Home, the youngest of four children. He went home to the farm in Lamar, Nebraska where he lived the majority of his life. He graduated from Phillips County High School with the class of 1949, and entered eternal life from his “town” home in Holyoke, July 2, 2020.   Merl married Joanna Lamborn in 1950 and to this union two daughters...

Richard Glen Bahler passed away Tuesday, June 30, 2020 at the age of 77.  Richard was born December 26, 1942 in Sterling, Colorado to Eldon and Stella Bahler.  He was the third of four children.  Along with his brother Ray and sister Linda, Rich was raised on a farm near Pleasant Valley, where he milked cows, attended a small country school near their home, and played ball at Pleasant Valley ballpark.  Following his eighth grade graduation, Richard opted to work at the...

Harold Eugene McConnell passed away on February 3, 2020, in Tempe, Arizona at the age of 91. Harold was born on May 3, 1928, in Haxtun, Colorado, the son of Gaylord and Elva (Critchlow) McConnell. He attended grade school at Community Center and was a 1946 graduate of Haxtun High School. Following graduation, Harold played a season of semi-pro baseball for the Riverside, California Dons. He returned to Colorado and worked for Sterling Ice and Cold Storage, Whitcomb Motors in Sterling,...

Rebecca Darlene (Humrich) Grogan was born on June 9, 1947 to Ralph Riley and Rebecca Darlene (Holland) Humrich in Denver, Colorado.  She passed away at her home in Otis, Colorado on June 27, 2020 with her family at her side. Rebecca graduated from Limon High School and then attended college.  Rebecca married James Allen Grogan on March 16, 1985 in Limon, Colorado.     Rebecca loved her church, crocheting, music, being outdoors, hunting, fishing and especially...

Joyce Janelle Slinger was born in Charles City, Iowa on October 29, 1938 to Harold G. Slinger and Carrie Melbinger Slinger.  Joyce was the 4th of 6 children in the Slinger family.  She often talked about being towards the end of warm water when bathing in the family tub placed on a cold kitchen floor and having to wait her turn at the outhouse.  Joyce was baptized July 1, 1939 into the­­­­­ St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church in Charles City, Iowa. ...

Linda Axtell, 75 of Yuma, Colorado passed away on Friday, May 29,2020. Memorial services will be held Saturday, June 27,2020, 2:00 pm at the Yuma Cemetery in Yuma, Colorado and are being handled by Baucke Funeral Home and Monuments. Linda was born July 10,1944 in Oklahoma.  She was then adopted by Stephen and Dorothy (Chilcoat) Lash.  She was raised in Yuma, where she attended elementary and high school.  On February 27,1963 she married Lester Axtell in Yuma, Colorado. ...

Lila May (Cecil) Simpson was born April 22nd, 1931 to Harry (Hack) Lee Cecil and Elsie Margaret (Gearhart) Cecil and passed away from a Massive Heart Attack and Stroke on June 22nd, in Yuma, Colorado at the age of 89. She attended the first few years of elementary at a country school near their home. She and her brothers rode their horses to school. When her brother, Lee, was able to drive, he took them to Cope for school where she graduated from High School in 1949. She had wanted to be a...