Category: Obituary

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  • Harold Warren Powell, age 99, passed away on January 5, 2022, at his home in Fall Creek, Oregon. He was born to Fay Gertrude Duncan and Melvin Cornelius Powell of Springfield, CO, in Hooker, Oklahoma on May 8, 1922. Harold served with distinction in WWII, earning two Distinguished Flying Crosses and other honors in the…


  • Dixie Shelton Obituary

    Dixie Valera Shelton was born December 13, 1926 in Belle Plaine, Kansas to Charles D. and Ella Mae (Wooldridge) Smith. She departed this life December 31, 2021 at Southeast Colorado Long Term Care Center in Springfield, Colorado at the age of 95.  Dixie graduated from Belle Plaine High School in 1944. She later came to…


  • Tonya Wilson, 43-year-old Campo, Colorado resident passed away January 13, 2022, at Cimarron Memorial Hospital in Boise City. Tonya Lynn Wood was born June 13, 1978, in Hugo, Colorado to William Wood and Alta Irene (Bailey) Wood. She attended Kit Carson School System graduating with the class of 1996. After high school she was a…


  • Marilyn Mills Mundell was born December 18, 1938, in Del Norte, CO. To Herman C. Mills and Dorothy W. Bolinger. She had 2 sisters, Karen Nicodemus and Shalah Perkins. Marilyn joined our family who were waiting to welcome her home, on December 10, 2021. Marilyn grew up on a farm near the Colorado/ Kansas state…


  • Walter Dean Wait  May 19, 1958 – January 16, 2022  Walter “Walt” Dean Wait was born to JoAnne and Wesley Wait at home on May 19, 1958. He departed this life on January 16, 2022, in La Junta, Colorado after an extended illness.  He is survived by his wife, Mary Guthrie-Wait; son, Brian Wait and…


  • Catherine Marie (Eagan) Wheeler at the age of 59, went to be with the Lord on January 4th, 2022 in Springfield Colorado surrounded by her family. Cathy was born June 27th, 1962 in Amarillo TX to Edward and Patty Eagan. The family soon moved to Raton NM where Cathy grew up. She loved to bake,…


  • Ted Ray Locke Obituary

    Ted Ray Locke passed away peacefully, Friday, January 7, 2022 in Springfield, Colorado surrounded by his loved ones. Ted was born in Springfield, Colorado in the house right behind Everitt Moore on January 20, 1943, a day so cold that his parents Ted Floyd and Edith (Brown) Locke had horses pull the car just to…


  • Virginia (Bishop) Bitner April 16, 1937 – November 20, 2021 Virginia Lee Bishop was born in Springfield on April 16, 1937.  She immediately started stealing hearts by flashing those big brown eyes and that mischievous smile, which continued throughout her life. She was the first-born daughter of Lucy Findley Bishop and Orla ‘Bunt’ Bishop.  The…


  • Eudora May Tucker West was born in a small house in Springfield, CO on November 8, 1939.  She was raised on the Tucker Dairy on Tucker Road north edge of Springfield.  She departed this life at her home on December 2, 2021, at the age of 82 years. Eudora was the oldest child born to…


  • Donovan Eugene (Gene) Fulbright passed away on November, 5, 2021, at the age of 91 in Phoenix, Arizona. Originally from Baca County, Colorado, he and Vera Lois moved to Phoenix to be closer to one of their daughters. Gene greeted life with a smile and loved to make people laugh as he laughed himself. He…


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