Obituaries

December 2, 1959 — September 6, 2022 A Memorial Mass for former longtime Lamar resident currently of Las Animas, Colorado, John S. Armendarez will be held at 10:00AM on Friday, September 16, 2022 at the St.

July 12, 1940 — September 6, 2022 A celebration of life memorial service for longtime Lamar resident, Oscar Riley will be held at 11:00AM on Thursday, September 15, 2022 at the Lamar Christian Church with Ian Blacker of the Lamar Christian Chur

Wilma Evelyn Brueggeman was born April 21, 1928 to Fredrick and Erna (Schildmeier) Brueggeman in Wray, Colorado. She passed away September 8, 2022 at the Wray Community District Hospital in Wray, Colorado.

January 19, 1967 - September 4, 2022 Jack was born in Danville Illinois on January 19 th 1967 to Michael & Brigitte Olinger, and older brother Mike Olinger. He moved to Colorado in 1971 where he attended school.

November 16, 1951 - September 4, 2022 Susan passed away peacefully into the lord’s hands on September 4 th at MCR after a short battle with a rare disease. Susan was born to Duane Florin and Janette (Marx) Florin in Cochran, Wisconsin.

May 21, 1947 ~ August 26, 2022 (age 75) John F Bergen was born in Trenton, NJ on May 21st, 1947, to Kathleen and “Sam” Bergen. He was married 45 years to Nancy Bergen and had two sons, Matt and Joey.

July 20th, 1938 - September 3rd, 2022 Kenton DeWayne Skeels was born on July 20, 1938 in Concordia, Kansas to Kenneth and Lydia Skeels.

James Lee Smith “Jim” at age 84, passed away on August 31, 2022. Jim was born in Denver, Colorado in 1938, as a 4th generation Coloradoan. He was a son of the late Lee and Lillian Smith.

JANUARY 4, 1936 – AUGUST 30, 2022 DeWayne Lauridsen, rode away from his Earthly body on 8/30/2022. DeWayne was born in Greeley, Colorado to Vernon and Vivian Lauridsen.

October 22, 1951 - August 31, 2022 Rocky Lee Rogers, age 70, of Loveland, Colorado, passed peacefully on Wednesday, August 31, 2022. Rocky was born to Clifford Rogers and Donna Anderson and had three siblings.