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Shirley D. Green
Sep 13, 2016
Shirley Dorine Green, 92, of Sterling passed away September 13, 2016 in Sterling. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. with family receiving friends from 4-6 p.m. Thursday, September 15 at Chaney-Reager Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, September 16 at Faith United Methodist Church with Pastor Jodi Harless officiating. Private family burial...
Manuel Rivera
Sep 6, 2016
Manuel Rivera, 82 of Sterling, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family, after a long battle of kidney disease, Tues., Sept. 6, 2016 in Sterling. Visitation will be Sun., Sept. 11 from 2:00pm with Vigil Service and Recitation of the Rosary to follow at 6:00pm at Chaney-Reager Funeral Home. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 am, Mon.,...
Paul David Bailey
Aug 27, 2016
Paul David Bailey, 45 of Sterling, passed away Sat., Aug. 27, 2016 in Sterling. A Celebration of Life will be held at the Merino Cemetery at 11:00 am with a gathering to follow at the Merino Community Center on Sat., Sept. 10, 2016. Paul was born April 15, 1971 in Denver, CO to Alan and Mabel Vigil Bailey. He graduated...
Marlene P. Buss
Aug 22, 2016
Marlene Phyllis Buss, 82 of Peetz, passed away Mon., Aug. 22, 2016 in Peetz. Graveside memorial service will be 11:00 am, Thurs., Sept. 1, 2016 at the Peetz Cemetery with Rev. Roger Gillming officiating. Marlene was born June 6, 1934 in Peetz, CO to William Jennings and Edith M. Michelson Waterson. She graduated from high school in El Paso, Texas...
Janis Atkinson
Aug 21, 2016
Janis Alene (Oldham) Atkinson, 66, passed away August 21, 2016 in Colorado Plains Medical Center in Fort Morgan. Long-time resident of Sterling, Colorado she'd been under the care of Centennial Mental Center (CMHC) for many years until recent years when she resided in Sterling Living Center. She is survived by her son; Wesley; and son Michael and daughter-in-law Ashley and...
Jendy Jill Peterson
Aug 15, 2016
Jendy Jill Peterson, 66 of Sterling, passed away Mon, Aug. 15, 2016 in Sterling. Visitation will be Fri., Aug. 19 from 9:00am until service time at 11:00am at the Christ United Methodist Church with Rev. Brian Kroeger officiating. Service will conclude at the church. Interment will be Tues., Aug. 23, 2016 at 1:00pm (CTZ) at Pleasanton, NE. Jendy was born...
Brandon T. Cartwright
Aug 8, 2016
Brandon T. "Boo" Cartwright, 42 of Sterling, CO passed away Mon., Aug. 8, 2016 in San Antonio, Texas. Visitation will be 11am-4pm, Mon., Aug. 15 at Chaney-Reager Funeral Home. Funeral service will be 10:30am Tues., Aug. 16 at the Dorothy Corsberg Theater at NJC in Sterling with Rev. Brian Kroeger and Rev. Derek DeToni-Hill officiating. A live feed viewing of...
Richard R. Degenhart
Aug 4, 2016
Dick "Pop" Degenhart, 71 of Sterling, passed away Thurs., Aug. 4, 2016 in Loveland. Memorial service will be 11:00 am Tues., Aug. 9, 2016 at Chaney-Reager Funeral Home. Following the service there will be a luncheon at the Elks Club. Friends are invited to bring their classic and special cars. Richard was born Oct. 13, 1944 in Sterling, CO to...
Donna June Hacker
Jul 30, 2016
Donna June Korrey Hacker, 69, of Sterling passed away on Saturday, July 30, 2016 after battling cancer for many years. Viewing will be 2 to 4 pm, Sunday, August 7th at Chaney-Reager Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 4 pm on Monday, August 8th, at the First Presbyterian Church in Sterling. A light meal and reception will follow...
Larry D. Smith
Jul 23, 2016
Larry Douglas Smith, 80 of Sterling, passed away Sat., July 23, 2016 in Sterling. Memorial service will be 10:30 am, Friday, July 29 at Trinity Lutheran Church with Reverend Michael Paulison and Reverend James Nash officiating. Service will conclude at the church. Larry was born July 15, 1936 in Downs, Kansas to LeRoy and Grace Levina Grieg Smith. He graduated...
Grace E. Wagner
Jul 20, 2016
Grace Esther Wagner, 90 of Iliff, passed away Wed., July 20, 2016 in Sterling. Visitation will be 10am until 7pm on Wed., July 27 with family receiving close friends and family from 5pm until 7pm at Chaney-Reager Funeral Home. Funeral service will be 10:30am Thurs., July 28 at Trinity Lutheran Church with Rev. James R. Nash officiating. Interment to follow...
Glenda Ertle-Castle
Jul 16, 2016
Glenda Ertle-Castle, 77 of Sterling, was received in the arms of her heavenly Father, Sat., July 16, 2016. Memorial service will be held Fri., July 22 at 10:00 am at the Sterling Foursquare Church in Sterling. Inurnment will follow at Riverside Cemetery. Glenda was born to Glen and Ann Ertle on April 21, 1939 in Napa, California. Glenda endured multiple...
Bill Kaiser
Jul 12, 2016
William "Bill" Kaiser, 72 of Sterling, passed away Tues., July 12, 2016 in Windsor. Celebration of Life will be held 10am, Tues., July 19 at the Veteran's Memorial at Columbine Park. Bill was born Nov. 21, 1943 in Sterling, CO to Kenneth and Leona Roth Kaiser. He graduated from high school and continued his education for another four years. Bill...
Dick Jones
Jun 28, 2016
Dick Jones, 71 of Sterling, passed away Tues., June 28, 2016 at Swedish Medical Center in Englewood. Visitation will be Sun., July 3 from 2pm until 5pm with family receiving friends at that time at Chaney-Reager Funeral Home. Funeral service will be Tues., July 5 at 10:30 am at Chaney-Reager Funeral Home with Rev. John Roberts officiating. Military Rites by...
Luena Maxine Schmidt
Jun 24, 2016
Luena Schmidt, 94 of Sterling, passed away Fri., June 24, 2016 in Sterling. Funeral service will be Wed., June 29 at 10:30am at Chaney-Reager Funeral Home with Rev. Jodie Harless officiating. Interment to follow at Riverside Cemetery. Luena was born Oct. 20, 1921 in Lewellen, NE to Fred and Antonia Reikat Harnish. At one year of age, Luena, her parents...
Carol E. Wickham
Jun 24, 2016
Carol Elizabeth Wickham of Sterling, Colorado passed away quietly on June 24, 2016, surrounded by her brother, a close friend, and caring staff of Sterling Living Center. She was preceded in death by her parents: Francis Mathias Mentgen and Mable (Munson) Mentgen. Also a former husband, Melvin Wickham. Carol was born in Sterling on August 18, 1938. She is survived...
Mary Linda Stewart
Jun 23, 2016
Mary Linda Stewart. 64. passed away on June 23, 2016 at East Morgan County Medical Center, Brush, CO after a brief illness. Mary was born on March 30, 1952 in Cheyenne, WY. She is survived by her husband,Joe Patterson, of Sterling, CO; daughters, Michelle Mai of Lovelandl CO and Elise Stewart of Long Beach, CA: grandchildren, Tanay Rae Kontz, and...
Hal Perry
Jun 22, 2016
Hal Perry, 75 of Sterling, passed away Wed., June 22, 2016 in Sterling. Visitation will be Mon., June 27 from 5pm until 7pm with family receiving friends at that time. Funeral service will be 10:30 am Tues., June 28 at First Christian Church, with Rev. Lew Champ officiating. Interment will follow at Riverside Cemetery. Hal was born July 21, 1940...
Gayle D. Tappy
Jun 21, 2016
Gayle Deloris (Writebol) Tappy of Sterling, died June 21, 2016 in Sterling after failing health. Visitation will be from 1:00 – 7:00 pm on Friday, June 24 at Chaney-Reager Funeral Home with family greeting from 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm. Funeral services will be held 10:30 am on Saturday, June 25 at Christ United Methodist Church with Reverend Ed Bigler...
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