All Obituaries

Mary Alice "Gram" (Crossland) Pearson passed away on February 16, 2021, at the age of 79, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She was born July 18, 1941 in rural Phillips County, Colorado to Arlie and Marie Crossland. She was the fourth of seven children. She and her siblings were raised on "the family farm". Though she ended up in the city she remained a farm girl at heart. She loved being outdoors and taking part in outdoor activities such as fishing, camping and...

        Mildred (Jill) Clare Potter, age 94, passed away February 16, 2021 at the Washington County Nursing home in Akron, Colorado after a short bout with cancer.      Mildred (Jill) was born March 24, 1926 along with her twin brother Merlin on the LaShore Ranch northwest of Coalmont, Colorado to James Riach Peterson and Clara Evangeline Lyon Peterson.       Mildred was the third child and the first of two sets of...

Vera Marie was born July 7, 1930, five miles south of Schram Colorado, to Charles Elmer Hall and Vera Mae Scott Hall.  Marie passed away peacefully on February 9th, 2021. Marie was the eldest of three girls. Her sisters, Hazel and Fern, were born during The Great Depression and the Dust Bowl.  Being raised in this era, shaped Marie into the woman that we all knew and loved. Marie spoke of memories, such as moistening flower sacks to place along the window sills to keep the dirt...

Norma Ruth Price was born at the Haxtun Hospital on Main Street, on Friday June 13, 1926.  She and her mother Anna spent their first 11 days there together.  Norma’s father, Ben, paid the hospital bill -- a total of $50.  Norma grew up south of Schram and north of Yuma.  Joined by her brothers Harry and Duane, the Price kids attended the Blach School.  Norma and Harry enjoyed playing pranks on the neighbors as they herded their cows in the ditches along the...

Funeral services were held Wednesday February 3, 2021 at the Holyoke Cemetery for Marlene Mae Adams, age 78, who passed away on Saturday January 30, 2021 at Melissa Memorial Hospital in Holyoke.  Pastor Gary Rahe of Zion Lutheran Church officiated the services.  Interment was in the Holyoke Cemetery.  Baucke Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Marlene Mae Adams, daughter of Carl and Gladys (Folker) Krueger, was born May 15, 1942 at Holyoke, Colorado. Marlene...

Lois was born January 28, 1927 in Custer County, Nebraska.  Her family moved to Broken Bow, Nebraska where she graduated from high school with honors.  She went on to attend college in Norfolk.  Her normal training at Norfolk Christian College suggested she might become a teacher, but after the first year of teaching in a country school she quickly decided it was not her calling.  She returned to Broken Bow and worked as an optometrist assistant until marrying Richard...

Victor Clair Hickman was born to Victor and Anita Hickman on April 10, 1942 at the Ft. Morgan hospital and passed away at Yuma Life Care Center on January 22, 2021 at the age of 78. He attended the Hillrose schools and graduated from Hillrose High School in 1960.  He attended Colorado State University for 3 years to be an Ag Instructor but decided to farm with his father. He married Mary Ella Chapman on April 5, 1964 in Brush, CO.  They began their married life in Hillrose and...

Larry Gene Stein was born on January 7, 1937 to Erwin and Jo (Rice) Stein in Topeka, Kansas.  He passed away on January 19, 2021, at the age of 84, at the Melissa Memorial Hospital in Holyoke, Colorado. After graduating from High School Larry attended Western Colorado University in Gunnison, Colorado.  Larry married JoAnn (Weiss) Stein on March 9, 1958 at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Holyoke, Colorado.  This union was blessed with three children Brian, Cheryl, and...

Norma Elizabeth (YOUNKER) NORTHCUTT, a 91-year resident of Yuma County, passed away January 15, 2021 in Wray, CO at the age of 98. She was born to William Eli and Marie WEBB YOUNKER on November 18, 1922 on her grandparents Winfred and Sarah (EATON) Younker’s farm near Ogallala, NE. She was the 3rd of 7 children. Her twin, Norman died at birth. Her family lived on a farm near Ogallala and she attended grade school in Ogallala. She and her brother, Arnold, would ride their horse to...