Velma Rose Stroup
Dec 30, 2017
Velma R. Stroup A private burial of ashes for longtime Lamar resident, Velma R. Stroup, will be held at a later date. Per Velma’s request, cremation has taken place and there will be no public visitation. Velma R. Stroup was born on August 28, 1936 in Barry County, MO to Marvin Leeroy Akers and Opal Katherine Hoog-Akers and departed this...
Lloyd Ovitt Wells
Dec 21, 2017
Lloyd Ovitt Wells A private family memorial service for longtime Lamar resident, Lloyd Ovitt Wells will be held at a later date. Per Lloyd’s request cremation will take place and there will be no visitation. Lloyd was born on September 19, 1943 at Syracuse, Kansas to Henry Harrison and Edna Georgia (Henry) Wells and passed away on December 21, 2017...
Benjamin "Benny" Carl Reale
Dec 21, 2017
Benjamin “Benny” Carl Reale A memorial service for longtime Lamar resident, Benjamin “Benny” Reale will be held at 10:00AM on Saturday, January 13, 2018 at the Peacock Family Chapel with Pastor Mark Viar of the Redeeming Love Church officiating. Per Benny’s request cremation has taken place and there will be no visitation. Benny was born on November 14, 1957 at...
Wanda Ann Wilson
Dec 20, 2017
Wanda Wilson A graveside celebration of life for longtime Lamar resident, Wanda Wilson will be held at 2:30 PM, on Friday December 29, 2017 at the Walsh Cemetery in Walsh, Colorado with Pastor Jerry Ellis of the First Southern Baptist Church in Lamar officiating. Visitation for Wanda will be held from 9:00 AM until 12:00 PM Noon on Friday at...
Pauline June Bridge
Dec 18, 2017
Pauline June Bridge A celebration of life memorial service for lifetime Lamar resident, Pauline J. Bridge will be held at 10:00 AM Saturday February 10, 2018 at the Peacock Family Chapel with Ian Blacker of the Lamar Christian Church officiating. Interment will follow in the Fairmount Cemetery in Lamar. Per Pauline’s request cremation has taken place and there will be...
Helen Lucille Specht
Dec 18, 2017
Helen L. Specht A celebration of life for longtime Lamar resident, Helen L. Specht will be held at 10:00AM on Thursday, December 21, 2017 at the Lamar Missionary Baptist Church with Ian Blacker officiating. Interment will follow at Riverside Cemetery. Visitation for Helen will be held on Wednesday, December 20, 2017 from 1:00PM until 7:00PM at the Peacock Family Chapel....
Fern Stokke
Dec 14, 2017
Fern E. Stokke A come and go memorial service for longtime Lamar resident, Fern E. Stokke will be held from 2:00PM until 5:00PM on Thursday, December 21, 2017 at The Weltha Plummer Memorial Garden Room at Lamar Area Hospice. Per Fern’s request cremation will take place and there will be no visitation. Fern was born on March 20, 1928 at...
Clyde B. Kennedy
Dec 14, 2017
Clyde B. Kennedy Funeral services for longtime Granada resident, Clyde B. Kennedy, will be held at 10:00 AM Friday December 29, 2017 at the Peacock Family Chapel in Lamar with Ian Blacker of the Lamar Christian Church officiating. Burial will follow in the Hillside Cemetery in Granada with Masonic Rites by the Granada Masonic Lodge # 72 A.F. & A.M....
Sister Teresa Orozco OP
Dec 12, 2017
Sister Teresa Orozco, 76, died Dec. 12, 2017, in the Dominican Sisters' convent infirmary, Great Bend. Born Oct. 18, 1941, in Lamar, Colo., Teresa was the daughter of the late Pascual and Josephine Jara Orozco. She entered the Dominican Sisters' Community Aug. 27, 1964, and pronounced her first vows June 13, 1967. She celebrated fifty years of religious life in...
Robert "Bob" Pippin, Jr.
Dec 11, 2017
Robert “Bob” Pippin, Jr. A memorial service for longtime Wiley resident, Robert Pippin, Jr. will be held at 1:00 PM Friday January 12, 2018 at the Peacock Family Chapel in Lamar with Pastor Paul Floyd of the High Plains Fellowship Church will officiate and burial of the ashes will follow in the Wiley Cemetery in Wiley, Colorado. Per Robert’s request...
Shirley Sniff
Dec 9, 2017
Shirley Sniff A celebration of life for longtime McClave resident, Shirley Sniff will be held at 2:30PM on Friday, December 15, 2017 at the Lamar Christian Church with Ian Blacker officiating. Interment will follow in the Veteran’s Section in Fairmount Cemetery. Visitation for Shirley will be held on Thursday, December 14, 2017 from 3:00PM until 7:00PM at the Peacock Family...
Eunice Leaverton
Dec 9, 2017
Eunice Leaverton A Mass of Christian burial for longtime McClave resident formerly of Lamar, Eunice Leaverton will be held at 10:00AM on Friday, December 15, 2017 at the St. Francis de Sales/Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church with Reverend Henry Wertin as celebrant. A rosary service will be held prior to the Mass at the church with Rita Ybarra reciting....
Kenneth "Kenny" Cartwright
Dec 5, 2017
Kenneth Cartwright A private family inurnment for longtime Lamar resident Kenneth Cartwright will be held at a later date. Per Kenny’s request cremation will take place and there will be no visitation. Kenny was born on October 5, 1945 at Denver, Colorado to Reace A. and Frances M. (Armstrong) Cartwright and passed away on December 5, 2017 at Memorial Hospital...
Lois Lorraine Butler
Dec 3, 2017
Lois L. Butler A memorial service for longtime Lamar resident, Lois L. Butler will be held at 10:00AM on Monday, December 11, 2017 at the Peacock Family Chapel with Pastor Paul Floyd of the High Plains Fellowship officiating. Per Lois’ request cremation will take place and there will be no visitation. Christmas day, 1922, in Cherokee, Iowa, Lois Lorraine Libolt...
Anna E. McManaway
Dec 3, 2017
Anna E. McManaway A celebration of life for longtime Lamar resident, Anna E. McManaway will be held at 1:00PM on Thursday, December 7, 2017 at the Peacock Family Chapel. Interment will follow at the Riverside Cemetery. Visitation for Anna will be held on Thursday, December 7, 2017 from 9:00AM until time of service at 1:00PM at the Peacock Family Chapel....
LeRoy Preston McCorkle
Dec 2, 2017
LeRoy Preston McCorkle A graveside service for Pueblo resident, LeRoy Preston McCorkle will be held at 1:00 PM Friday December 8, 2017 at the Fairmount Cemetery in Lamar with Ian Blacker of the Lamar Christian Church officiating. Per LeRoy’s request cremation has taken place and there will be no public visitation. LeRoy was born on July 23, 1945 in Lamar,...
Josey Ray Smotherman
Dec 1, 2017
Josey Ray Smotherman A funeral service for Miller, Missouri resident, Josey Ray Smotherman, will be held at 10:00 AM Friday December 8, 2017 at the Peacock Funeral Chapel with Bon May officiating. Burial will follow in the Fairmount Cemetery in Lamar. Per the family’s request there will be no public visitation. Josey was born on January 4, 1997 at Rifle,...
Fortino "Tino" Angel Torrez
Nov 23, 2017
Fortino Angel “Tino” Torrez, Sr. A mass of Christian burial for La Junta resident, Fortino Angel “Tino” Torrez, Sr. will be held at 10:00AM on Friday, December 1, 2017 at the St. Francis de Sales/Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church with Reverend Mariusz Wirkowski as celebrant. A rosary service will be held at 6:00PM on Thursday, November 30, 2017 at...
Raymond Melgoza, Jr.
Nov 22, 2017
Raymond Melgoza, Jr. A memorial service for longtime Lamar resident, Raymond Melgoza, Jr. will be held at 11:00AM on Saturday, December 2, 2017 at the Lamar Senior Center with John Slone of the Lamar Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses officiating. Per Raymond’s request cremation will take place and there will be no visitation. Raymond was born on February 8, 1936 at...
Minda Lou Witt
Nov 21, 2017
Minda Lou Witt A memorial service for longtime Lamar resident, Minda Lou Witt will be held at 2:00PM on Friday, December 1, 2017 at the Lamar Christian Church with Ian Blacker officiating. Per Minda’s request cremation will take place and there will be no visitation. Minda was born on November 18, 1960 at Walsenburg, Colorado to Louis John and Jerry...
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