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Ted Smyj
Feb 12, 2012
Ted Smyj, 74, of Sterling, died Feb. 12, 2012, in Sterling. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17, with family receiving friends from 6 to 8 p.m., at Chaney-Reager Funeral Home. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 18, at Chaney-Reager, with the Rev. Jared Sonnenberg officiating. Interment will be at Riverside Cemetery....
Charlene Ann Cochran
Feb 7, 2012
Charlene Cochran Charlene Ann Cochran, 68, of Sterling, passed away Feb. 7, 2012, in Sterling. Memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, at Chaney-Reager Funeral Home with the Rev. Jared Sonnenberg officiating. Services will conclude at the funeral home. Charlene was born Jan. 14, 1944, in Denver to John E. and Loretta I. (Jones) Foutch. She moved...
Ramona Jean Vineyard
Feb 6, 2012
Ramona Jean Vineyard, 82, of Sterling, beloved mother and grandmother, passed away Feb. 6, 2012, in Greeley, surrounded by her loved ones. Visitation will be from 1 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8, at Chaney-Reager Funeral Home. Graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, at Holyoke Cemetery, with Paul Crews officiating. Ramona was born Dec. 16, 1929,...
Dorothy J. "Dotti" Robinson
Feb 6, 2012
Dorothy "Dotti" Jayne Robinson, 82, of Sterling, died Feb. 6, 2012, in Sterling. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8, at Chaney-Reager Funeral Home. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, at Christ United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Ed Bigler III and Rev. Jodie Harless officiating. Interment will be at Riverside...
Elizabeth L. Piper
Feb 4, 2012
Elizabeth Luella Piper of Carbondale died Feb. 4, 2012, in Sterling. She was 98. She formerly lived in Basalt for 37 years. Memorial services will be held in Basalt at a later date. Elizabeth was born June 8, 1913, in Stacyville, Iowa. The family moved to Manzanola in 1920. She graduated in 1931. She married Edwin Piper on Nov. 4,...
Ilo May Benson
Feb 1, 2012
Ilo Benson, 94, former resident of Sterling, departed this life suddenly on Feb. 1, 2012, at University Hospital, Aurora, to be with her Lord and savior. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 6, at Chaney-Reager Funeral Home. Interment will be at Riverside Cemetery. Ilo was born July 11, 1917, in Burdett to William Roys and Margaret Cousins...
Virginia Messick
Jan 30, 2012
Virginia Ruth Messick went home to be with the Lord on Monday Jan. 30, 2012. She passed away in her home surrounded by those who loved her. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1, at Chaney-Reager Funeral Home. Celebration of Life will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2, at Emmanuel Baptist Church, with the...
Pauline Werner
Jan 29, 2012
Pauline Werner Pauline Werner, 94, of Merino, died Jan. 29, 2012, in Fort Morgan. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1, at Chaney-Reager Funeral Home. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 2, at Trinity Lutheran Church, with the Rev. James R. Nash officiating. Interment will be at Merino Cemetery. Pauline was born...
John "Jack" L. Long
Jan 21, 2012
John "Jack" Lawrence Long, 89, of Sterling, passed away Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012, in Sterling, surrounded by his loving family. Visitation will be from 2 to 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 23, at Chaney-Reager Funeral Home. Funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24, at Christ United Methodist Church. Interment will be at Riverton, Wyo. Jack was born in...
Ann R. Whitcomb
Jan 19, 2012
Ann Whitcomb Ann Roy Whitcomb, 86, of Sterling, was called home to our Lord Jesus on Jan. 19, 2012, in Loveland, surrounded by her loving family. Private burial was held on Jan. 23. A memorial service to celebrate Ann's life will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 25, at the Gary DeSoto Building in Sterling. The family...
Sam M. Kobayashi
Jan 16, 2012
Sam Masami Kobayashi, 79, of Sterling, entered into eternal life Jan. 16, 2012, in Sterling, surrounded by family after a courageous battle with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. A memorial service will be held for Sam at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, at Peace Lutheran Church, 1404 S. Ninth Ave., Sterling, with the Rev. Wendy Kalan officiating. Inurnment...
Robert D. Hounshell
Jan 15, 2012
Robert "Bob" Hounshell, 91, of Sterling, passed away Jan. 15, 2012, in Sterling. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 18, at Chaney-Reager Funeral Home. A memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 19, at First Christian Church, with the Rev. Susan Barton officiating. Inurnment will be at Riverside Cemetery. Bob was born June...
Robert "Bob" G. Trahern
Jan 12, 2012
Bob Trahern Robert "Bob" G. Trahern, 78, of Sterling, passed away Jan. 12, 2012, in Sterling. Visitation will be from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 15, at Chaney-Reager Funeral Home, with family receiving friends from 2 to 4 p.m. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 16, at First Baptist Church, with the Rev. John E. Roberts...
Esther W. Halsey
Jan 11, 2012
Esther Wilhemina Emma Halsey, 95, of Sterling, passed away Jan. 11, 2012, in Sterling. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012, at Chaney-Reager Funeral Home, with Jerry Marshall officiating. Services will conclude at the funeral home. Esther was born March 18, 1916, in Emerald, Neb., to Wilhelm F. and Clara L. (Heidtbrink) Deinert. She is survived...
Olivia Mae Lulf
Jan 9, 2012
Olivia Mae Lulf, 29, of Sterling, passed away Jan. 9, 2012, in Scottsbluff, Neb. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 12, at Chaney-Reager Funeral Home, with Vigil service and Rosary at 7 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 13, at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Sterling with the Rev....
Elnora Schilling
Jan 6, 2012
Elnora Schilling Elnora Schilling, 85, of Sterling, passed away Jan. 6, 2012, in Sterling. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10, at Chaney-Reager Funeral Home. Funeral services will be at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11, at Chaney-Reager Funeral Home, with the Rev. Andrew Dimit officiating. There will be a luncheon at noon at First English...
Earl "Don" Hall
Jan 5, 2012
Earl D. "Don" Hall, 88, of Sterling, died Jan. 5, 2012 in Sterling. Private family service will be held at a later date. Don was born July 2, 1923, in Peetz to Earl T. and Cassanna (Goodyear) Hall. He was raised in Sterling after the age of 4 and attended Sterling schools, graduating from Logan County High School in 1942....
Mike Mcmahon
Dec 24, 2011
Michael McMahon Michael Raymond McMahon, 62, of Sterling, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family after a battle with pancreatic cancer on Dec. 24, 2011. Michael was born Feb. 4, 1949, in Minot, N.D., one of three children born to the late Raymond and Clara (Fischer) McMahon. He was raised in Granville. He graduated from Granville High School in 1967....
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