All Obituaries

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our daughter, sister, aunt, and fur baby mom Frances Maria Sinel of Woodland Park, Colorado. She passed peacefully on March 13, 2023, which was her 60th birthday. Maria loved that she was born on the 13th and now this day will forever belong to her. Maria experienced a fabulous and glorious life that ended much too soon. She was a lawyer for many years before retiring from private practice. Being an attorney was perfect for her. She...

Timothy Sullivan, 71, of Woodland Park, Colorado passed away Tuesday March 7, 2023 at the Penrose Regional Hospital in Colorado Springs and will be buried in St. Mary’s Cemetery in Storm Lake, IA.  He was born September 29, 1951, in Wichita, KS and resided there for approximately 50 years.  He graduated from Wichita Southeast High School in 1970 and Wichita State University in 1975 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Administration of Justice.  Mr. Sullivan was...

Our mother, Betty Lou Anderson Smith, left our existence on Monday, March 6, 2023. She died peacefully, in her bed, just shy of her 98th birthday. Healthy and mobile, she caught Covid during the last week of February. Mom was born March 18, 1925, in Duluth, Minnesota to parents Alice and Ivor Anderson and joined a couple years later by brother Jimmy. She grew up and graduated from high school in Proctor, Minnesota and had happy memories of the Norwegian-side family farm at Pike Lake. She...

Craig Baker died peacefully on March 5, 2023 in the timber-framed cabin he lovingly built at the foot of Pikes Peak, in Florissant, Colorado. He was 74 years old. Craig was born in Amarillo, Texas on November 6, 1948. His family eventually settled in Wheaton, Illinois where his friends and classmates called him “Tex”. He graduated from Wheaton High School in 1967. He served bravely in the Army in Viet Nam and was honorably discharged as a Sergeant at the age of 20. He headed...

Orene Newman, (Cricket) passed away at the age of 94, in Woodland Park on March 3, 2023. Daughter to Omar Mills and Ollie Mills, she was born May 19, 1928 in the mountains of Tennessee. Cricket was the eldest sister to Ozelle, Oma Lee, and Ophelia. Orene attended beauty school, and was a hairdresser for many years. When she moved to Colorado from Tennessee she was given 3 months to live, that was in 1954. Cricket met her husband Glenn Newman after moving to Colorado, where they built a...

Michael Scott Murray, age of 71 and resident of Divide, Colorado passed away peacefully from natural causes on February 22, 2023. Michael was born October 14,1951 in Seattle, Washington to Gordon and Diane Murray. Michael had five siblings, Gordon Murray, Chris Murray, Timothy Murray (deceased), stepbrothers Doug and Gordon Doman. Michael grew up in Southern California and joined the United States Army in 1970.  During his service he earned the Army Commendation Medal, National...

Gloria Kay (Pullen) Howard 80 years old June 30, 1942 – February 21, 2023 of Divide, CO/Dallas, TX Gloria Kay Pullen was born in Bedford, Iowa to Bill and Fay Pullen.  She graduated from Bedford High School in 1960. After graduation she moved to Omaha, NE and worked at Mutual of Omaha earning enough money to get electricity for her parent's farm and buy herself a 1960 convertible Chevy Impala.  She then met the love of her life Ray Howard and they were married April 10,...

Mary Louise Rudzik Fagan, Grandma Mary, died peacefully beside her husband at home on Sunday, February 19, 2023.   She was 79 years old.   She lived with the love of her life, Ron, in Florissant, Colorado. Mary was born October 7, 1943, in Dodge City, Kansas to Doris Rudzik.   She was raised in the Dodge City area until she met Ron in high school, and they got married June 25, 1961 in Jetmore, Kansas.  Mary and Ron were married for 61 and half years. She is...

Sidney Albert Ward lll, Sid, passed away at the age of 64, while at a hospital in Denver, on Sunday February 19, 2023. He died from congestive heart failure and A Fib.  He has lived in Highland Lakes in Divide, Colorado for the past 11 years. He was born in New Haven, Ct in 1959. His Parents were Sidney A Ward Jr and Florence Ward He grew up with a younger sister Sally Ann Ward and married Paula Smith on June 6 in Fairfield Ct. Sid graduated from Amity High School in Bethany Ct. He...

Daniel Gene Casey was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and was the middle of 5 children. While in Wisconsin he made many lifelong friends. When it came time he started his employment in a cranberry marsh in Wisconsin. He then had the desire to explore the United States, moving to Louisiana and working on an off shore drilling rig. The oil industry pulled him to New Mexico and then to Wyoming where met and married Roxanne Casey. The two of them moved to Colorado to enjoy their love of skiing and...