Obituaries

Dallas (Mike) Charles McMichael was born September 16, 1933, in Lamar CO to Charles & Donna (Jefferies) McMichael. He departed this life at his home in Laurel Hill, FL on June 25, 2023.

A memorial service for longtime Lamar resident, Lorella Gadash will be held at 10:00.

Cora “Tillie” was born April 6 1935 to William “Bill” and Esther Gossett in Lincoln County Colorado.

Earl Richard (Rich) Hockett was born December 7, 1923 in Branson Colorado to Earl Richard Hockett Sr. and Stella (Weeks) Hockett.

A celebration of life for former Sheridan Lake, Colorado resident currently of Akron, Colorado will be held at 10:00AM on Saturday, July 1, 2023 at the Peacock Family Chapel with Jamie Crockett officiating. Interment will follow at the Riverside Cemetery.

Gene MacGregor Culver was born in Los Angeles and raised in Chivington in southeastern Colorado during the Depression and the Dust Bowl. He knew plenty about hardship, having lived in a train car in his earliest years.

Larry Dean Michael was born on June 16, 1947 in Hays, Kansas to Ross Douglas and Mildred Fern (Wilcox) Michael. He had 3 older siblings waiting at home for him: Shirley, Carol and Leroy.

Mary Ann Ure was born in Duluth, MN, on March 6, 1926 to Croatian immigrants George and Anna Stipac. She passed away June 12, 2023 in Eads, Colorado.

Mass of Christian Burial for Anthony Contreras will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, June 9, 2023 at St.

Harold and Mary (Darnall) Beek welcomed their first bundle of joy, Mary Cathileen into the world on September 9th, 1946, calling her Cathileen. Her first home was located 22 miles north of Cheyenne Wells, CO.

Brenda Kathleen Kregar of Gaithersburg, MD, loving wife, mother, sister and grandmother passed away on October 22, 2022, at the age of 73.

A celebration of life for lifelong Eads, Colorado resident, Larry Evan Watts will be held at 2:00PM on Friday, May 26, 2023 at the Eads High School Gymnasium with Lane Gooden and Jim Brown co-officiating. Interment will follow at the Eads Cemetery in Eads, Colorado.

Eunice (Honey Belle) Dixon, of Eads, Colorado, passed away on May 6, 2023 at Weisbrod Memorial Hospital in Eads. Honey Belle was born January 31, 1942 in Raton, New Mexico to Emmett & Aline Thrasher.

Paul J Tesmer was born May 14, 1953 along with his twin brother Peter B Tesmer in Cheyenne Wells, Colorado.

Jewel Marie Densford, 71, passed away April 28, 2023. She leaves behind to cherish her memory daughters Kelli and husband Dave, Brianne and husband Dhruv, three grandchildren Megan partner Aaron, Emily and partner TJ, and Aaron, and one great granddaughter, Memphys Marie, along with numerous friends.

Kenneth Allond Burns was born on July 26, 1930, at his grandmother’s home (as was the custom) in Leoti, KS, to Jesse Allond and Roberta May (Hollister) Burns. Kenneth returned, with his parents, to his ome in Colorado when he was 3 weeks old.