OBITUARIES

Apr 25, 2007

Katherine F. Andrews A Celebration of Life was held at 1:00 PM, Monday, April 30, 2007 at the Peacock Family Chapel with Ian Blacker of the Lamar Christian Church officiating. Interment followed in the Fairmount Cemetery in Lamar. Visitation for Kathy was held from 1:00 PM until 4:00 PM, Sunday, April 29, 2007 at the Peacock Funeral Home. Katherine, or...

Apr 22, 2007

Matthew Alan Berndt A Memorial service for Matthew Alan Berndt was held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, April 28, 2007 at the Peacock Family Chapel with Ian Blacker of the Lamar Christian Church officiating. Matt, as he was known to his family and friends, was born on March 1, 1982 at Lamar, Colorado to Rebecca A. Pruett. He passed away on...

Mar 11, 2007

Jinx was born June 11, 1928 in Lamar, Colorado. she passed away on March 11, 2007 at Prowers Medical Center. Jinx was a long time Lamar resident and curator at the Lamar Big Timbers Museum. She skated professionally with "Holiday on Ice" for 15 years where she travel all over the world during the 1940's and 1950's. She is survived...

Feb 12, 2007

Larry E. Carley and Robert C. "Bob" Carley Graveside Services for brothers Larry E. Carley, 65 and Robert “Bob” C. Carley, 69 will be held at 1:00 PM, Friday, May 25, 2007 at the McClave Cemetery in McClave, Colorado with Reverend Trevor Potter of the McClave United Methodist Church officiating. Full Military Honors for Bob Carley will be under the...

Aug 17, 2006

Lou Darrel Anderson A Celebration of Life for longtime Kiowa County resident, Darrel Anderson was held at 10:00 AM, Thursday, September 15, 2011 at the Towner Methodist Church with Reverend Mark Randolph of the Tribune First Baptist Church officiating. Interment followed at the Towner Cemetery. Mr. Anderson was born on September 3, 1931 to L. Deward and Cletah Muriel (Tilford)...

Apr 27, 2006

Melanney Dawn Avara Memorial services for former Lamar and Burlington, Colorado resident, Melanney Dawn Avara was held at 11:00 AM, Thursday, March 13, 2008 at the Peacock Family Chapel with Troy Wright officiating. Melanney Dawn Avara was born February 17, 1964 in Lamar, Colorado to Richard and Lorene Thompson. Along with her parents, Richard and Lorene, she is survived by...

Marguerite Broyles   Marguerite Broyles transitioned to her next amazing journey on December 6, 2011 surrounded by her loving family at the home of her daughter Sarah (David) Nettles in Tampa, Florida.Mag was born on July 14, 1943 in Lamar CO. Immediate family includes her three children Kim Tempel, Jonas (Carrie) Tempel and Sarah (David) Nettles and her beloved grandchildren...

Stanley Elmer Bilyeu Stanley Elmer Bilyeu left us on November 11, 2010.He was born December 19, 1968 to Everett & Maxine Bilyeu in Lamar, Colorado.He was raised in Las Animas, Colorado where he attended school and graduated from Las Animas High School.Upon Graduation Stan worked among the families three businesses; custom hay & trucking, farming and ranching.He worked in these...

Doris F. Jensen 1920 - 2014

Rosa Dorine Aaron Funeral services were held at 11:00 AM, Thursday, April 3, 2008 at the Peacock Family Chapel for Goodland, Kansas resident Rosa Dorine Aaron. Reverend Trevor Potter of the Wiley/McClave United Methodist Church officiated. Interment followed at Fort Lyon National Cemetery in Fort Lyon, Colorado. Visitation was held on Wednesday, April 2, 2008 from 1:00 PM until 5:00...

Ada P. Haddock

Ivy Douglas Collins A graveside service for lifelong Wiley resident, Ivy Douglas Collins was held on March 4, 2016 at 10:30 AM at the Wiley Cemetery. Visitation was held on Thursday, March 3, 2016 from 9:00 AM until 5:00 PM at the Peacock Funeral Home. Ivy was born on February 13, 1944 in Evansville, Arkansas to William Otis and Martha...

Josephine "Jo" Swenson A memorial service for fomer longtime Lamar resident Josephine “Jo” Irene Swenson was held at 1:00 PM Saturday September 8, 2012 at the Lamar United Methodist Church with Reverend Ramon Robledo officiating.  A private family interment was held at Fairmount Cemetery prior to the memorial service at the church. In following Jo's wishes, the casket was closed during...

Patricia J. Rocco-Ogden Our beloved mother, Patricia J. Rocco-Ogden, a long term resident of Lamar, CO passed away April 6th in Phoenix, AZ. Patricia was born on April 18, 1933 in Four Corners, Kansas. She is preceeded in death by her parents, Verna and Ralph Williams, her brother, Homer Williams, her sisters Hope Boyle and Mildred Costin, and her granddaughter, Sommer...

John William “Bill” Adams John William “Bill” Adams, 85, died January 9th in his home.  He was born August 18, 1927, son of Robert and Ruth Adams.  He was preceded in death by his parents and sister, Francis Rohr of New York. Bill was a very loving husband and father.  He is survived by his wife Dolly and two daughters,...

Silvey Franco

Doris C. Thompson Doris Corrine (Miller) Thompson died on February 25 in Rocky Ford, CO.  She was born on April 27, 1923 in St. John, Kansas to Olive Mabel (Oxley) and Joseph Reeder Miller.  The family moved to Colorado in the mid- 1930’s during the dust bowl and lived on a farm in the McClave/Wiley area.   She married Clarence William...

Alice Joyce Nelson My wonderful, sweet, loving mother, Alice “Joyce” Nelson (Coleman), entered into heaven on June 16, 2015 in Lamar, CO.  She was 83 years old.   Mama has joined her father; William Cortez Coleman, her mother; Alice “Dorothea” Coleman (Seals), her son, William Charles Nelson, and her brothers; William Ronald Coleman, Richard Douglas Coleman, and Larry James Coleman, and...

Martha E. Elam A Graveside Rite of Committal for Lamar resident, Martha E. Elam will be held at 11:00 AM, Saturday, February 27, 2016 at the Riverside Cemetery with Deacon Allan Medina officiating. Per Mrs. Elam’s request cremation has taken place and there will be no visitation. Martha was born on January 24, 1932 at Lamar, Colorado to William W....

Wayne Mendenhall             A celebration of life for longtime Lamar resident, Wayne Mendenhall was held at 10:00 A.M. on Monday, November 24, 2014 at the Lamar Christian Church with Ian Blacker officiating. Burial was held at 3:00PM on Monday at the Walsh Cemetery in Walsh, Colorado.             Visitation for Wayne was held on Sunday, November 23, 2014 from 1:00PM until...