Obituary: Melinda Walker Campbell, 46
Melinda Marie Walker was born March 15, 1975 in Goodland, Kansas to Robert and Nancy McCracken Walker. She passed away November 28, 2021 at UC Memorial Hospital in Colorado Springs. Melinda was a v...
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Obituary: Ronnie Doyle Sorter, 42
Never give up. Ronnie “Rhino” Doyle Sorter gained his angel wings on January 11, 2022. Ronnie was born March 30, 1979 and the battles began. Ronnie entered this world after fighting his identical t...
Lance Corbin “Corby” Knutson
Lance Corbin “Corby” Knutson passed away October 23rd, 2021 in Aurora, Colorado, at the age of 62. He was surrounded by his wife and four children. On May 12, 2021, he suffered a stroke caused by m...
Obituary: Gloria Peck
Gloria Elaine Blankenbaker Peck came into the world May 14, 1934 in Kit Carson, Colorado to Guy and Elsie Blankenbaker, when the snow blew half the day and dirt blew the other half. She was baptize...
Frankie Stoker, 86
Frankie Elvin Stoker was born on August 9, 1935 in Las Animas, Colorado to Frank and Edna Stoker. Frankie grew up in and around Haswell, Colorado with his sisters Muriel and Shirley and numerous co...
Obituary: Ronnie Wyatt, 69
On December 28, 2021, at the age of 69, Ronnie Wyatt of Wiggins, Colorado, born in Beloit, Kansas on January 6, 1952 passed away. Family and friends can send flowers and condolences in memory of th...
Marilyn Kay White, 80
Marilyn Kay was born on December 30, 1940 in Meade, Kansas to Harrison and Ruth (Ford) Fell and lived there for several years before moving to Liberal, Kansas. Later the family moved to Kit Carson...
Obituary: James "Jimmy" Elliott Bendorf, 93
James Elliott Bendorf born to Curtis and Fern Bendorf in Dighton, Kansas on June 4, 1928 passed from this life on December 12, 2021 while in the long term care facility at Weisbrod Hospital in Eads...
Gary Larrew
Gary had a superpower - his ability to meet challenging opponents head on. One of his most challenging adversaries was Parkinson's disease, which he has been fighting for more than a decade. His fi...
Obituary: Margaret Ann DeVault
It is with great sorrow that we announce the passing of Margaret Ann DeVault who slipped away from us on December 10, 2021 at Weisbrod Memorial County Hospital in Eads, Colorado. She was 84 years o...
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