Archive for July 9th, 2025
Brian Nunnery – August 17, 1953 – July 7, 2025
A celebration of life for longtime Lamar, Colorado resident, Brian Nunnery, will be held at 11:00AM on Monday, July 14, 2025 at the Peacock Family Chapel with Pastor Paul Floyd of the High Plains Fellowship Church officiating. Interment will follow at the Fairmount Cemetery. Visitation for Brian will be held on Monday, July 14, […]
Colorado Commissioner of Agriculture issues statement on the passing of Lamar’s John Stulp
Broomfield, Colo. — Colorado Commissioner of Agriculture Kate Greenberg issued the following statement after the passing of John Stulp, who served as the Colorado Commissioner of Agriculture from 2006 to 2010 and water advisor to Governor John Hickenlooper from 2010 to 2018. “I am deeply saddened by the passing of John Stulp, one of my predecessors […]
Frank Perez – November 28, 1973 – July 7, 2025
A celebration of life for longtime Lamar resident, Frank Perez will be held at 10:00AM on Thursday, July 17, 2025 at the Lamar Christian Church with Pastor Manuel Tamez of the LifeCenter Church of Lamar officiating. Visitation for Frank will be held on Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from 4:30PM until 6:30PM at the Peacock Family […]
‘Operation Sky Hammer’ funds surge capacity helicopters to fight Colorado wildfires
The U.S. Forest Service is funding a new firefighting team based out of the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport, bringing two SkyCrane helicopters to the region. According to the U.S. Forest Service, the project is dubbed “Operation Sky Hammer” and has placed two new SkyCrane helicopters at the base of the Rocky Mountains, pre-positioned to […]
John R. Stulp, Jr. – December 27, 1948 – July 7, 2025
A memorial service is pending for longtime Lamar resident John R. Stulp, Jr. John was born on December 27, 1948 at Yuma, CO to John and Nina (Dunafon) Stulp Sr. and passed away on July 7, 2025 at the age of 76 at the Prowers Medical Center in Lamar with his family by his side. […]
Lamar Fire Department is gifted 9/11 memorial scrapbook by Betty Blanco of La Junta
Lamar Fire Department Chief Jeremy Burkhart holding donated scrapbook from Betty Blanco, along with Fire Department employees and Doug Harbour (Tri-State 9/11 Memorial Foundation, third from right) In 2005, the Lamar Fire Department acquired a fire truck with a somber past. Lamar’s Quint 1 was previously in service as Arlington County, VA’s Quint 104. Quint […]
