RSSArchive for May 15th, 2023

Maggie Cook-Wilson, Recipient for 6th Annual Eberhardt Memorial Scholarship

    Maggie Cook-Wilson, daughter of Danielle Cook & Bill Wilson, is a graduate of Lamar High School, and the recipient of the 6th Annual Larry D Eberhardt Memorial Scholarship.  Congratulations Maggie! Being raised on a farm, Larry Eberhardt paved his way in an agricultural lifestyle.   He was a member of the Future Farmers of […]

Here Comes Lamar Days, 2023

Here Comes Lamar Days, 2023

    As usual, residents will check out the last-minute forecasts for Lamar for this Friday and Saturday, May 19th and 20th and the annual Lamar Days festivities. Historically, we’ve run the gamut from hot, summer-like days, to balmy spring breezes to cloudy, rainy and shivering temperatures.  Right now, there may be some rain (40% […]

Lamar Seeking Best Option for New Sports Stadium

Lamar Seeking Best Option for New Sports Stadium

    For the better part of a year, the Lamar Re-2 School Board has given a lot of thought to renovating the current football and track stadium, pondering three options while striving to maintain a level of historical preservation for the main wall of the complex located between Pearl and Park Streets. Most recently, […]

Salvador G. Herrera – August 11, 1938 – May 10, 2023

Salvador G. Herrera – August 11, 1938 – May 10, 2023

  A mass of Christian burial for former Lamar, Colorado resident currently of Pueblo West, Colorado will be held at 10:00AM on Thursday, May 18, 2023 at the St. Francis de Sales/Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church with Father Kenny Joe Parlingayan’s.s.s. as celebrant. A rosary service will be held prior to the mass at […]

Winston Sears – April 7, 1940 – November 10, 2022

    A graveside memorial service for Winston Sears will be held at 11:30 a.m., Monday, May 22, 2023 at the Holly Cemetery in Holly, Colorado with Pastor Kurtis Klinghammer officiating.  Military committal rites will be provided by V.F.W. Post #4281. Winston L. Sears was born April 7, 1940, in Holly, CO as the first […]

Christine Howe – February 29, 1936 – May 6, 2023

Christine Howe – February 29, 1936 – May 6, 2023

A graveside memorial service for Christine Howe will be held at the at Bent/Las Animas Cemetery Elder Chapel on Friday, May 26, 2023 at 10:00 a.m.  Per her request, cremation has taken place and there will be no visitation. Rosena Christine (Marlman) Howe, peacefully passed at home on May 6, 2023, at the age of […]