In Memoriam 2023

The following is a list of friends and family members lost to death by residents and former residents of Sterling, Logan County and northeast Colorado in 2022. The names are listed by the month the obituary was printed in the paper, not alphabetically or by the date of death. Only those whose obituaries were printed in the Journal-advocate are included.

JANUARY

Bryan Kelly Passed away Dec. 7, 2022 Bonnie Jo Hobbs Jan. 1, 1953-Dec. 28, 2022 Herbert Kues June 25, 1935-Dec. 31, 2022 Frank Mari Aug. 30, 1946-Dec. 29, 2022 Larry Gene Malaby June 8, 1961-Dec. 21, 2022 Larry Barrett Feb. 15, 1950-Dec. 26, 2022 Gerald “Jerry” Ruf March 2, 1935-Jan. 1, 2023 Richard “Dick” Wright July 14, 1935-Jan. 2, 2023 Glenys Owen April 24, 1942-Jan. 6, 2023 Richard Eugene Kerschner March 17, 1924-Jan. 7, 2023 Shirley Alice Grauberger Aug. 18, 1937-Dec. 18, 2022 Kenneth “Ken” L. Nelson Jan. 19, 1954-Jan. 6, 2023 William Kevin Bamford Dec. 28, 1962-Dec. 31, 2022 Althea “Dolly” Henderson Jan. 23, 1940-Jan. 9, 2023 Lilani “Loni” Stumpff Nov. 12, 1953-Jan. 9, 2023 Joyce Elaine Jones Oct. 20, 1932-Jan. 5, 2023 Wyatt Robert Strand May 21, 2021-Jan. 10, 2023 Allen K. Higel April 17, 1940-Jan. 9, 2023 Lavonne “Teri” Debord July 26, 1935-Jan. 13, 2023 Henry “Hank” E. Mcdonald Jr. July 18, 1955-Nov. 18, 2022 Bobbi Adler Aug. 27, 1970-Jan. 14, 2023 Sandra Lee Schroeder Sept. 24, 1940-Jan. 7, 2023 Daniel Hurst Oct. 21, 1953-Jan. 20, 2023 John P. Mares May 6, 1946-Jan. 20, 2023 Verna Aeschliman Jan. 20, 1945-Dec. 18, 2022 Manuela Deanda Sandoval April 1, 1927-Jan. 21, 2023

FEBRUARY

Finnis Dwayne Brown July 28, 1927-Jan. 25, 2023 Donald Henry Debus Sept. 28, 1932-Jan. 27, 2023 Dorothy Elaine Koch April 11, 1938-Jan. 29, 2023 Adam Douglas Schiel Feb. 27, 1953-Nov. 21, 2022 Robert “Bob” W. Montgomery Sr. Aug. 20, 1930-Jan. 28, 2023 Matthew “Jim” Korbe March 6, 1934-Feb. 1, 2023 Silvan A. Tadolini March 29, 1926-Feb. 7, 2023 Mitchell Arlo Fries Jan. 9, 1963-Feb. 3, 2023 Arthur C. Parga Aug. 2, 1963-Jan. 16, 2023 Patrick A. Klinzmann May 15, 1954-Feb. 9, 2023 Mary Marie Jones May 30, 1926-Feb. 8, 2023 William “Bill” Sapien Passed away Jan. 30, 2023 Lavonne Duncan Aug. 6, 1934-Feb. 14, 2023 Julia Kloberdanz May 26, 1927-Feb. 7, 2023 Beverly J. Johnson Sept. 29, 1925-Feb. 18, 2023 James H. Elliff Aug, 31, 1933-Feb. 22, 2023

MARCH

Leo Jerome Stieb Sr. Dec. 14, 1938-Feb. 27, 2023 Stanley August Koester Jan. 30, 1926-March 3, 2023 Lawrence “Larry” Joseph Gaschler Feb. 23, 1927-March 2, 2023 Neva L. Torres (Harms) Sept. 15, 1972-Jan. 31, 2023 Dr. Clark L. Scriven Sept. 21, 1948-March 2, 2023 Christian Weitzel Aug. 7, 1992-March 5, 2023 Helga E. Eriksen June 29, 1936-March 6, 2023 Wilmer L. Johnson Aug. 21, 1926-March 9, 2023 Patricia “Pat” Davis Deatley July 3, 1948-March 9, 2023 Richard Jesse Rosas Passed away Feb. 27, 2023 Caroline Sue Wiseman April 29, 1946-Dec. 20, 2022 William Morrison Walsh Aug. 27, 1951-Feb. 28, 2023 Donna Jean Meyer Sept. 25, 1938-Dec. 20, 2022 Edna I. Schott Jan. 5, 1934-March 16, 2023 Dr. Patricia “Patty” L. Mcpherson Nov. 10, 1970-March 15, 2023 Edna Pilkington April 11, 1930-March 13, 2023 James Richard Ogley Oct. 13, 1925-March 21, 2023 Paul Jon Kaiser, Jr. April 24, 1955-March 11, 2023 Gary Gene Mustard Sr. June 21, 1954-March 17, 2023 Fulton Duane Kloberdanz Feb. 10, 1945-March 18, 2023 Wilmer Leroy Johnson Aug. 21, 1926-March 9, 2023 Ellis Edward Schmidt Sept. 25, 1923-Dec. 30, 2022

APRIL

Lenard “Buzz” Coakley Nov. 28, 1932-Feb. 8, 2023 Margaret “Peggy” Heintzelman March 24, 1945-March 13, 2023 James Joseph Svacina Jr. Jan. 23, 1927-March 30, 2023 Jerome H. Schell March 3, 1935-April 1, 2023 Marlynn Hewitt Sept. 29, 1960-March 31, 2023 Aline Mary Charles Oct. 3, 1920-March 30, 2023 Jose L. Saenz Sr. Feb. 18, 1944-April 2, 2023 Justin Scott Hayes

March 29, 1969-April 3, 2023 Mary Ann Zink March 28, 1939-March 30, 2023 Doris Williams July 4, 1929-March 21, 2023 Donald Scheck March 15, 1943-April 9, 2023 Rolan “Gene” Leblanc Aug. 29, 1927-April 7, 2023 Arthur C. Parga Aug. 2, 1963-Jan. 16, 2023 Judi Kaye Sander Feb. 22, 1964-March 10, 2023 Lyla Carwin Jan. 29, 1944-April 15, 2023 Francine Marie Virgil April 23, 1948-April 16, 2023 Goldia Mae “Goldie” Knowles Nov. 11, 1931-April 18, 2023 John Raymond Hanna Nov. 1, 1926-April 19, 2023 Bruce Dudley Martin May 14, 1951-April 16, 2023 Kevin Pierce May 13, 1986-April 8, 2023 Tom Engstrom Sept. 12, 1938-April 22, 2023 Lavaughn “Vonnie” Mccormick Dec. 25, 1934-April 21, 2023 Joe D. Brewer Jr. April 8, 1962-April 25, 2023 Clara Wilterdink March 26, 1944-April 26, 2023

MAY

Floyd “Skip” Taylor July 4, 1932-April 17, 2023 Anna Etl May 20, 1935-May 4, 2023 Sam Arthur Moore June 18, 1927-May 3, 2023 Kenneth Dale Wylie May 11, 1936-May 5, 2023

Ronald Stanley Dec. 8, 1941-May 6, 2023 Nancy Lewis March 10, 1952-May 7, 2023 Corlie “Faye” Fehringer June 24, 1930-May 8, 2023 Carol Faye Howard Oct. 4, 1944-May 13, 2023 Marjorie Jean Chapman May 24, 1937-May 15, 2023 Isidro Nunez May 15, 1936-May 12, 2023 Timothy A. Pilkington March 1, 1949-May 10, 2023 Donald Eugene Karg Sept. 9, 1943-May 16, 2023 Ventura “Van” Liufau Sept. 8, 1926-May 18, 2023 William “Bill” L. Carwin July 29, 1944-May 20, 2023 Frank Dvorak July 24, 1941-May 22, 2023 Raymond Schott June 2, 1929-May 23, 2023

JUNE

Betty Jean Souders Nov. 30, 1931-Jan. 6, 2023 Gene Nuss May 12, 1945-May 27, 2023 Vicki Devita Aug. 7, 1942-May 25, 2023 Michael “Mike” Richard Rinaldo March 24, 1951-May 11, 2023 Claudia Kay Hilzer June 23, 1952-May 17, 2023 Rosemary Bahr March 8, 1939-April 17, 2023 Lorraine A. Buchleiter Aug. 11, 1924-May 28, 2023 Mildred Louise (Rieke) Beebe Feb. 2, 1937-May 2, 2023 Wrenlie Larae Frank May 2, 2022-May 31, 2023 Cheri Brundige Nov. 12, 1948-May 28, 2023 Lois Huston Jan. 29, 1934-May 5, 2023 Randy Huston June 21, 1952-Sept. 21, 2022 London Kimberli Carleton Jan. 25, 2007-June 5, 2023 Leanora “Lee” Scripp July 15, 1931-June 6, 2023 Skyler Nestor Feb. 18, 1993-May 23, 2023 Clinton Rose Sept. 21, 1933-May 24, 2023 Megan Eileen Kelly Sept. 9, 1972-June 11, 2023 James Henry Hobbs Feb. 5, 1943-June 13, 2023 Ronald G. Lorenzo July 10, 1986-June 12, 2023 Judith Marie Uhrig Oct. 10, 1941-June 8, 2023 Madonna Lou Debus Nov. 4, 1934-June 17, 2023 Lorraine Clark May 18, 1943-June 24, 2023 Lois Orth May 19, 1940-June 24, 2023 Arthur “Art” J. Roth Passed away June 26, 2023

JULY

Lynn Forrest Morrison March 16, 1951-June 28, 2023 Roger Maggard Sept. 18, 1947-June 27, 2023 Shirley A. Dickinson Mccune Dec. 1, 1934-May 25, 2023 Kathleen Patricia Werner June 5, 1958-July 2, 2023 Virginia “Gin” Marie Frei Sept. 15, 1929-June 24, 2023 Dennis “Denny” Grauberger Oct. 9, 1948-June 28, 2023 Cody Douglas Waitley June 29, 1997-July 1, 2023 Betty Lou Ramey Aug. 19, 1930-July 2, 2023 Gayle Fayette Fassler-huss Oct. 31, 1961-July 2, 2023 Albert E. Karg March 7, 1929-July 8, 2023 John P. Wernsman July 20, 1939-July 10, 2023 Larry Berg Prestwich March 13, 1935-July 5, 2023 Kenneth Carey Feb. 4, 1940-July 11, 2023 Terry L. Vallegos Nov. 13, 1962-July 9, 2023 Ruth Weisdorger July 21, 1928-July 7, 2023 Walter Amen March 24, 1922-July 8, 2023 Alsey Lee Chandler Dec. 21, 1951-June 19, 2023 Marilyn Kay Gerk Feb. 28, 1957-July 17, 2023 Lyle G. Prussman Oct. 24, 1925-July 19, 2023 Donna Fritzler March 20, 1948-July 17, 2023 Betty Hurley Nov. 4, 1933-July 13, 2023 Marilyn Sue Reigenborn July 5, 1954-July 15, 2023 Sandra Jean Ils Sept. 13, 1937-July 15, 2023 Alma D. Frank Dec. 12, 1928-July 21, 2023 Richard Leibbrand Feb. 21, 1935-July 24, 2023 Bessie “Peachie”fritzler Nov. 10, 1930-Nov. 9, 2020 Marie J. Couch Oct. 26, 1928-July 12, 2023 Carlos Baray Dec. 8, 1970-July 23, 2023 London Carleton Jan. 25, 2007-June 5, 2023 Jerry Fritzler July 1, 1944-July 21, 2023

AUGUST

Penny Lynn Genereux July 26, 1968-July 28, 2023 Jodelle “Jody” Etl Aug. 27, 1944-Aug. 5, 2023 Judith L. Schott July 21, 1939-Aug. 8, 2023 Charles L. “Chuck Cumming Feb. 21, 1951-Aug. 4, 2023 Jean E. Lyne April 17, 1934-Aug. 9, 2023 Ronald Delorn Sherman June 17, 1960-Aug. 7, 2023 Mollie Margaret Sanger Jan. 20, 1930-Aug. 21, 2023 Samuel “Sam” Ray Holman Aug. 25, 1976-Aug. 11, 2023 Zella E. Sager Jan. 10, 1929-Aug. 14, 2023 Todd K. Dysart March 25, 1959-Aug. 13, 2023 Dewey D. Dillenburg Aug. 5, 1946-Aug. 7, 2023 Tom L. Benson Nov. 5, 1967-May 10, 2023 Robert “Bob” G. Meyerholz June 28, 1941-Aug. 18, 2023 Frank Allen Waitley May 10, 1938-Aug. 25, 2023

SEPTEMBER

Florine Rose Griese March 28, 1933-Aug. 25, 2023 Kayle L. Amen July 29, 1957-Aug. 24, 2023 Robin Thistlewood June 9, 1964-Aug. 28, 2023 Eula Mae Green Sept. 17, 1926-Aug. 29, 2023 Janet Rae Schmidt Feb. 27, 1943-Aug. 31, 2023 Joan Catherine Miller Dec. 6, 1962-Aug. 21, 2023 Kristin Rebecca Nichols Jan. 2, 1951-Aug. 31, 2023 Melodee Montgomery Jan. 27, 1954-Aug. 30, 2023 Marjorie Mari Dec. 13, 1934-Sept. 2, 2023 Charles J. Hesse April 25, 1934-Sept. 2, 2023 Kelly Alber June 18, 1977-Sept. 2, 2023 Clinton G. “Sweed” Rose Sept. 21, 1933-May 24, 2023 Rose L. Hasbrouck Jan. 9, 1944-Sept. 5, 2023 Gene H. Mcdonald June 15, 1936-Aug. 13, 2023 Charles Chester Harshfield Nov. 24, 1929-Aug. 24, 2023 Wayne O. “Jack” Falk Sept. 15, 1927-Sept. 12, 2023 Robert Charles Haferman Dec. 28, 1933-Sept. 9, 2023 L. James “Jim” Uhrig Feb. 10, 1943-Sept. 13, 2023 Darlene Hewitt Feb. 9, 1936-Sept. 14, 2023 Jerry A. Barton Feb. 16, 1943-Sept. 16, 2023 George Rogers July 6, 1927-Sept. 13, 2023 Sylvia Jean Smithgall Feb. 13, 1937-Sept. 14, 2023 Cameron Walsh May 14, 1984-Sept. 23, 2023

OCTOBER

Kenneth “Skip” Albert Skipworth June 25, 1952-Sept. 26, 2023 Kenneth “Butch” Freeman March 29, 1955-Sept. 21, 2023 Gage G. Ferguson April 27, 2004-Sept. 28, 2023 Norma Marie Timmerman Dec. 11, 1929-Oct. 1, 2023 Joanne Devie May 13, 1938-Sept. 25, 2023 Kip Mayhugh Oct. 10, 1961-Oct. 3, 2023 James “Jim” Coody Dec. 1, 1952-Oct. 7, 2023 Judy Kaye Szabo Feb. 15, 1944-Oct. 18, 2023 Ginger Lynn Wassenaar April 20, 1958-Oct. 20, 2023

NOVEMBER

Roy Wayne Shawcroft Aug. 17, 1938-Oct. 24, 2023 Rose M. Shank April 20, 1928-Oct. 26, 2023 Betty L. Gish Jan. 25, 1946-Oct. 30, 2023 Ginger Whitcomb Wilson Aug. 30, 1950-Oct. 13, 2023 Donald Glen Poe Jan. 14, 1931-Nov. 2, 2023 Danny L. Smith Feb. 18, 1939-Oct. 25, 2023 Patricia Mae Vedsted March 10, 1935-Nov. 6, 2023 Genna Mae Cinocco Dec. 28, 1943-Nov. 1, 2023 Larry Alfred Flesner Feb. 26, 1945-Nov. 9, 2023 Dee Ann (Johnson) Ertle March 13, 1942-Nov. 12, 2023 Leland Russell Hammond Aug. 11, 1932-Nov. 13, 2023 Thomas Miner Jan. 24, 1963-Nov. 12, 2023 Douglas March Aug. 1, 1944-Nov. 20, 2023 Kenneth Gordon Wettstein Jr. April 17, 1956-Nov. 10, 2023 Inez “Jimmie” Mccaffree May 26, 1915-Nov. 15, 2023 Maxine Demers April 19, 1927-Nov. 14, 2023 Carl Patric “Howdy” Nielsen March 17, 1954-Nov. 16, 2023 Donna C. Fitzgerald Nov. 11, 1947-Sept. 24, 2023 Marion L. Dobson Jan. 21, 1927-Nov. 18, 2023

DECEMBER

Delores M. “Lorse” Zink April 24, 1942-Nov. 28, 2023 Marlene Kay Foos June 14, 1937-Nov. 24, 2023 Imogene Getz Aug. 10, 1937-Nov. 22, 2023 Keith R. Humphreys July 4, 1939-Dec. 2, 2023 Lila Sarah Wilson Oct. 31, 1926-Dec. 1, 2023 Lyle Larson May 23, 1948-Nov. 12, 2023 Kenneth Ray “Ken” Bond Sept. 14, 1949-Dec. 5, 2023 Edna Rae Lovell Nov. 15, 1931-Dec. 8, 2023 Shirley Jean Magnuson Feb. 14, 1950-Dec. 9, 2023 Stanley Herbert Kaufman Oct. 25, 1955-Dec. 6, 2023 Mayme Flynn June 27, 1932-Dec. 8, 2023 Lavern Lambrecht May 19, 1950-Dec. 8, 2023 April Potyondy July 25, 1975-Dec. 13, 2023 Edith M. “Edie” Evans March 10, 1927-Dec. 9, 2023 Pete Krohn June 23, 1956-Dec. 16, 2023 Henry “Hank Jr.” Frederick Schaffer III July 5, 1949-Nov. 23, 2023 Charly Atkinson Feb. 22, 1950-Dec. 15, 2023 Edward Lee “Eddie” Breidenbach Jan. 26, 1957-Dec. 12, 2023 Shane A. Kloberdanz Aug. 26, 1966-Dec. 8, 2023 Rex Beede Feb. 26, 1939-Dec. 4, 2023 Ellen J. Tempus Oct. 26, 1947-Dec. 23, 2023 If you would like to obtain a copy of an obituary listed in the In Memoriam 2022, have the name and month ready and call 970-5221990 for information about photocopies or how to find it online at www.journaladvocate.com. If you find a mistake or a name that was left of In Memoriam 2022, call Sara Waite at 970-526-9310. Mistakes will be corrected online, and with a correction in print.