All Obituaries

Obituary for Inez Jeannette (Shannep) Dee Inez Jeannette (Shannep) Dee, 97, entered her life eternal Monday, August 6, 2018, at the Haxtun Hospital. Inez was born to True Lyghter and Ella (Dekker) Shannep at the family farm north of Haxtun on May 31, 1921.  Inez was proud of her heritage and often told of her Dekker grandparents coming to this country from Holland.  Her early school years saw her riding on horseback to the Glenwood country schoolhouse, along with her younger...

Linda L. Clark, a long-time resident of Yuma County, passed away in her home in Kirk on the afternoon of July 31, 2018 at the age of 86, with her family at her side. Linda's father was a station agent for the Soo Line Railroad and Linda grew up in the Soo Line Depot in Henning, Minnesota. After high school, she received a lifetime teaching certificate from Bemidji State Teachers College. After a few years of teaching primary school in Minnesota, Linda and a friend, still in their...

         Carolyn Kay Harouff was born on March 5, 1948 to Kenneth and Vera  (Gardner) Harouff in Wray , Colorado and passed away August 1, 2018 at her home.  She grew up south east of Yuma until 1966 when the family moved in to Yuma.          She attended the first 5 grades at Heartstrong a one room school house. Then was bused into Yuma where she continued her education, graduating from Yuma High...

Bill was born January 13, 1932 to George Henry and Cora Josephine Kalb in Hartford, South Dakota. Bill was the 2nd of 4 sons’; George, Wilbur and Richard. The family lived on a farm near Wall Lake. When Bill started school at the age of 5; he went to the one room country school with around 12 other students until he started the 9th grade, where he faced a huge change because there were over 800 students in his class. Bill first fell in love with sports when he played during high...

                                    Janey Buchanan                         May 31, 1930- July 12, 2018   Mary Jane “Janey” Buchanan was born the 9th child to Fred Allen Settles and...

Elmer Dean Jacobs 1932 – 2018 Elmer Dean Jacobs was born on January 8, 1932 in Topeka, Kansas to Roy Pierce and Dona Henrietta (Gardner) Jacobs.  He passed away on July 13, 2018 at his home in Haxtun, Colorado, at the age of 86.  Elmer graduated from Laird High School in Laird, Colorado.  All of his further education was received from the Military.  He joined the Air Force on April 25, 1952 and retired from the Air Force on May 31, 1972.  In the military he...

Linda Biesemeier, beloved wife and mother passed away December 19, 2017 of pneumonia. She was born October 6, 1944. She is survived by her son Mark Youel of Denver. She will be laid to rest next to her late husband, Dennis Biesemeier. Graveside service will be July 18th at 2:30 p.m. in Paoli Colorado.    She will be missed. 

Judith Ann (Storatz) Rutledge was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on October 15, 1942.  She passed away at her home in the sand hills southeast of Yuma on June 8, 2018, surrounded by her family.  In between, there was much dancing, giggles, tears, love and joy.  Judy was the first born of three children.  Her sister Susan (Storatz) Farrar, and her brother Randy Storatz were part of her loving family.  Judy’s parents, Frank and Elly Storatz, moved the family to...