Ann Marie Smith
Mar 1, 2013
Ann Marie Smith was born on Feb. 4, 1926, in Buffalo Gap, Texas, to George and Victoria Thornton. She went home on March 1, 2013 from Sterling. A Memorial service will be held at Chaney-Reager Funeral Home at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 5, with a family burial immediately following. Her early childhood was spent in Abilene, Texas with her parents...
Ferne Sandstead
Mar 1, 2013
Ferne Joyce Sandstead, 90, of Sterling, passed away March 1, 2013, in Sterling. Private family services were held. Ferne was born Nov. 1, 1922, in Sidney, Neb., to Hirman and Annette Carrie (Jensen) Holmes. She graduated from Sterling High School in 1940. Ferne worked at Brush Livestock Exchange, retiring in 1998 after 25 years. On March 1, 1948, she married...
Richard "Dick" H. Bartlett
Feb 28, 2013
Richard "Dick" Bartlett, 88, of Sterling passed away Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013, in Sterling. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 5, at Peace Lutheran Church with the Rev. Wendy Kalan officiating. Inurnment will be at Riverside Cemetery. Dick was born Jan. 24, 1925, to William Herman and Merle (Oliver) Bartlett in Seibert. He grew up...
John William Smith
Feb 28, 2013
John William Smith, 100 of Sterling, was born Dec. 15, 1912 in Elwood, Neb., and died Thurs., Feb. 28, 2013 in Sterling. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. on Thurs., March 7, 2013 at Riverside Cemetery with the Rev. Ed Bigler III officiating. John married Irene Sawdey on Nov. 6, 1934 in Sidney, Nebraska. He was a farmer...
Kevin T. Merrill
Feb 26, 2013
Kevin Thomas Merrill, 51, of Fort Collins, passed away Feb. 26, 2013, in Fort Collins. Memorial services will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, at Chaney-Reager Funeral Home, with the Rev. Ed Bigler III officiating. Services will conclude at the funeral home. Kevin was born Oct. 5, 1961, in Sterling to Kenneth T. and Edna E. (Nestor) Merrill. He...
Norma Louise Smith
Feb 23, 2013
Norma Louise Smith, 84 of Sterling, was born Dec. 1, 1928 in Haxtun and died Feb. 23, 2013 in Sterling. Memorial services will be held Wed., Feb. 27, 2013 at 1:30 p.m. at Chaney-Reager Funeral Home, with Rev. Ed Bigler III officiating. Inurnment to follow at Riverside Cemetery. Norma was a proof operator working in the banking business at Security...
Royal "Buck" Henry
Feb 20, 2013
Royal L. "Buck" Henry, 88, of Sterling, passed away Feb. 20, 2013, in Sterling. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, at Chaney-Reager Funeral Home, with the Rev. James R. Nash officiating. Interment will be at Riverside Cemetery. He was born July 11, 1924, in Sterling to Earl and Neva (Miller) Henry. He was one of seven...
Paul T. Oliver
Feb 17, 2013
Paul T. Oliver of Sterling died on Feb. 17, 2013. A Celebration of Life will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, at Christ United Methodist Church, 104 S. Fourth St. in Sterling. Paul was born on Jan. 17, 1924, and raised in Stilwell, Okla. He attended grades 1-8 in a one-room school called Rabbit Trap near Spade Mountain...
Jerrene J. Eilert
Feb 15, 2013
Jerri Eilert, 69, of Sterling, passed away Feb. 15, 2013, in Greeley. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013, at Chaney-Reager Funeral Home. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, at Emmanuel Baptist Church, with Pastor David L. Baines officiating. Interment will be at Riverside Cemetery. Jerri was born Feb. 9,...
Florence V. Kaufman
Feb 13, 2013
Florence "Flo" V. Kaufman, 91, of Sterling, died Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013, in Sterling of natural causes. Viewing and visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 18, at Chaney-Reager Funeral Home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19, at Peace Lutheran Church, Sterling, with Pastor Wendy Kalan officiating. Burial will follow at Riverside Cemetery....
E. Darlene O'Neal
Feb 10, 2013
Euleta Darlene O'Neal, 88, of Sterling, passed away Feb. 10, 2013, in Sterling. Private family services and burial will be held. Darlene was born June 19, 1924, in Kincaid, Kan., to Lewis and Nancy (Hobert) Taylor. Darlene worked as a secretary, receptionist and clerk typist for various doctors until retiring in 1987. She was a member and past deacon of...
Tom D. Duncan
Feb 9, 2013
Tom Dean Duncan, 60, of Sterling, passed away Feb. 9, 2013, in Greeley. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12, with family receiving friends from 6 to 8 p.m., at Chaney-Reager Funeral Home. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13, at Church of the Nazarene, with Pastor Dale Wesley and Pastor Gilbert...
Luis S. Rocha, Jr.
Feb 5, 2013
Luis S. Rocha Jr., 38, of Iliff, passed away Feb. 5, 2013, in Greeley. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, with Vigil service to follow at 6 p.m., at Chaney-Reager Funeral Home. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, at St. Anthony Catholic Church, with services concluding at the church. Luis...
Stacey Ann Karg
Feb 5, 2013
Stacey Ann Karg, 25, died Feb. 5, 2013, in Fort Collins. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 11, at the Crook Community Center in Crook, with Pastor Dale Pierce officiating. Inurnment will be at a later date. She was born Dec. 19, 1987, in Sidney, Neb. Stacey grew up on the family...
Julia Ann Gross
Feb 5, 2013
Julia Ann Gross, 75, of Sterling, passed away Feb. 5, 2013, in Sterling. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8, at Chaney-Reager Funeral Home, with services concluding at the funeral home. Julia was born Nov. 22, 1937, in Sturgis, S.D., to Walter and Angeline (Heaton) Beardshear. She worked in the kitchen in the food service industry through...
Dean R. Labeck
Feb 2, 2013
Passed away in Canon City, CO. Private family services to be held at a later date.
Donald D. Langdon
Jan 31, 2013
Donald Dean Langdon, 79, of Sterling, went to be with our Lord on Jan. 31, 2013. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 4, with family receiving friends from 4 to 6 p.m., at Chaney-Reager Funeral Home. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5, at Christ United Methodist Church, with Pastor Ed Bigler...
Mary I. Brunner
Jan 28, 2013
Mary I. Brunner, 84, of Sterling, passed away Jan. 28, 2013, in Sterling, surrounded by her loving family, after a long struggle with cancer. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30, at Chaney-Reager Funeral Home, with Vigil service to follow at 6 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 31,...
Betty Ruth Kroeger
Jan 26, 2013
Betty Ruth Kroeger, 73 of Sterling, was born July 26, 1939 in Sterling and died Jan. 26, 2013 in Sterling. Funeral services will be Mon., Feb. 4, 2013 at 10:30 a.m. at Chaney-Reager Funeral Home with the Rev. Karen Matuska officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Memorials in her honor may be made to the Betty Kroeger Memorial....
Gerald J. Uhrig
Jan 25, 2013
Gerald Jacob Uhrig, 93, of Sterling, passed away Jan. 25, 2013, in Sterling. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31, at Chaney-Reager Funeral Home. Funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 1, at Peace Lutheran Church with Pastor Wendy Kalan officiating. Interment will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Gerald was born Jan. 27,...
