All Obituaries

Marlene E. Brunner was born February 28, 1936 to Frank and Edna (Korf) Buchanan in Yuma, Colorado.  She passed away on April 8, 2019 at Greenview Living in Akron, Ohio.   She graduated from Yuma High School and continued her education at Graceland University in Lamoni, Iowa, where she met the love of her life Duane Brunner and the couple was married on September 9, 1956.  To this union 3 children were born: Robin, Diane and...

Sandra “Sandy” Gay Dobkins was born on March 10, 1949 to Harvey Henry and Alice Bernice (Landenberger) Lampe in St. Francis, Kansas.  She passed away on April 11, 2019, at the age of 70, at her home in Yuma, Colorado.  Following her High School graduation, Sandy attended Brown Mackie College where she received a business degree.  On April 13, 1971, Sandy married Robert Dobkins at the Trinity Lutheran Church in St. Francis, Kansas and to this union one son, Curtis...

Kellie Kay Swopes was born on April 19th 1970 to Glen and Doris (Kerst) Imhof. She passed away April 5th 2019 at the YDH with her family by her side.             Kellie grew up in the Lone Star community, she was the youngest child and the only daughter in a family of seven. She often told stories of her early years on the farm. One of her favorite ones was when she was driving the tractor while her dad was tending the drill boxes and...

Darlene Lois Boughman was born December 10, 1934, the youngest child and only daughter of Henry and Minnie (Harms) Baucke.  She passed away April 6, 2019 at Harmony Home Assisted Living Center in Yuma, Colorado after struggling for several years with Alzheimer’s type dementia.   Darlene spent her childhood years on the family farm with her parents and three older brothers, Edwin, Harlan and Elmer.  They were fortunate to live in a farm house which was very modern for...

Charles J Kuntz Obituary                   Charles J. Kuntz, 85 of Otis, CO passed away Tuesday March 19, 2019, at Yuma Life Care Center. Charles was born August 12, 1933 in Otis, CO to Joseph and Susie Kuntz. He was the 10th child of 13. He got his 8th grade education in a country school. He worked for Gisi Grain Company in Otis, CO as a Heavy Truck Driver from 1951 to...

Randy Schafer, 69, rural Haxtun, died Thursday afternoon, March 14, 2019, at Melissa Memorial Hospital in Holyoke.  He was born July 18, 1949, at the Wray Community Hospital, to Max and Beverly Fix Schafer of Idalia.  Because Max was harvesting wheat for a farmer north of Eckley, Beverly and Randy went home with Maxine Schafer, Max’s aunt, for a short time.  Soon the new family moved to the Pleasant Valley community northeast of Yuma in Yuma County, where Randy grew...

Clark was born on October 18, 1927 at the family farm in Haxtun to Ernest and Vera Starkebaum. Clark attended schools in the Haxtun area and studied at Colorado State University for two years prior to enlisting in the U.S. Navy. He served for two years in the Pacific while stationed in San Diego. Upon his honorable discharge he resumed his studies at CSU. He was a member of the university's Symphony Band as well as the CSU Band that he toured the country with. Before he graduated, Clark...

Richard Vaughn Pappenheim was born in Eaton, CO on March 10, 1939.  On March 10th, his 80th birthday Rich passed away peacefully after a short bout with cancer.  He was preceded in death by his parents Henry and Lydia and brother Ron.   Rich attended Eaton High School where he was an accomplished letter man athlete in football, basketball and track-n-field.  In 1959 after serving his country in the US Army he married his high school sweetheart Beverly Anderson of...

Dolores Pauline (Haynes) Hofmeister passed away March 8, 2019. Born December 12, 1930 to Lula (Erikson) and Paul Haynes in Fleming, Colorado, she grew up in Haxtun,  and attended both Haxtun and Holyoke High School graduating from Haxtun High School with the class of 1948. Dolores attended beauty school in Denver and then decided teaching was a vocation in which she could influence young lives. She and Melvin often laughed about the fact that Dolores’ future mother-in-law, Gladys...