August 2021 Wyoming crop production highlights from the USDA.

August 2021 crop production highlights for Colorado and the United States from the USDA.

Michiel E. Morlan

July 10, 1949 - September 7, 2021.

A celebration of life for longtime Kit Carson resident Michiel “Mike” Morlan will be held at 11:00 a.m.  Monday, September 13, 2021, at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Kit Carson with Pastor Marty Davis officiating. Graveside service and interment will be held at 2:00 p.m. at the Wiley Cemetery.

Visitation for Mike will be held from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Sunday, September 12, 2021, at the Peacock Funeral Home in Lamar.

Sandra "Sandy" Gale Barlow

July 15, 1939 - August 19, 2020

Graveside inurnment will be held Sunday, September 12, 2021, in the Eads Cemetery at 2:30 p.m.  A reception will follow at the Praise Community Church in Eads.

Sandra Gale Barlow passed away peacefully August 19, 2020, in Northglenn.

Sandra (Sandy) was born July 15, 1939, in Woodward, Oklahoma.

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Photo of the week for September 10, 2021, from the Kiowa County Press in Eads, Colorado - Tomatoes ripening on the vine in Kiowa County, Colorado - Chris Sorensen

Samantha Cait Zordel 

April 26, 2006 - September 8, 2021

A celebration of life for lifelong Wiley resident Samantha Cait Zordel, affectionately known to her family and friends as Cait, will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, September 17, 2021, at the Lamar Christian Church with Ian Blacker officiating.

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