April 22, 1911 Anna R. Marks married Fred J. Estes, recorded in Logan County.

In 1920 Logan County, Fred J. Estes is 50, Anna 34, with Ruth 5 and Ray 2.

In 1930 Logan County they have Ruth A. , Ray O., and have added Lendyl, 9.

In 1940 Sterling, Fred, 70, with a "Married" crossed out and a question mark, has no occupation.  Fred J. Estes, 1869-1948 is buried in Riverside.

Cora E. Marks, 95, of Sterling, died May 19, 2010, in Sterling. Visitation will be 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, May 23, at Chaney-Reager Funeral Home. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Monday, May 24, at First Christian Church with the Rev. Susan Barton officiating. Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery.
Mrs. Marks was born Jan. 16, 1915, in Iowa to James and Elsie Stewart.
She married Harry Ivron Marks on the stage of the Rialto Theatre in Sterling during the intermission on July 21, 1932.
She was a stay at home mother for her children.
Mrs. Marks is survived by daughters, Patricia Lambrecht of Sterling, Doris Mock and husband Buell, Cora E. Marks of Fresno, Calif., and Dora Kindsfater of Sterling; and son, Donald Marks and wife Myra of Tucson, Ariz.; 19 grandchildren, 47 great-grandchildren and 19 great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Harry in 1992; son, George Marks; three brothers and two sisters; two sons-in-law; two grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Memorial contributions can be made to the Cora E. Marks Memorial Fund.

George Buell Mock, 90, went home to be with his Lord and Savior Aug. 10, 2012, at VA Central California Health Care System in Fresno, Calif. He was laid to rest at Fresno Memorial Gardens on Sept. 4, 2012. Buell was born on March 5, 1922, in Dailey. Buell graduated from Dailey High School, Class of 1939. Buell entered the U.S. Navy in Oct. 7, 1942, NTS, San Diego, Calif., and served as Yeoman Third Class. He was honorably discharged on March 16, 1946. After the service, Buell attended art school in Chicago. He then moved back to Sterling and found the true love of his live, Doris. After they were married, Buell worked for the U.S. Postal Service; later he started his own sign shop in Sterling. Buell's commercial art talent led him to Ogallala, Neb., then to Greeley, back to Sterling, another trip to Ogallala, and finally to Fresno. Buell is survived by his oldest brother, Cecil Raymond Mock, 92 of Albuquerque, N.M.; wife, Doris I. Mock; son, Delbert I. Mock and his family; Terri M. Mock, Ilyssa M. Mock and Christopher D. Mock, all of Fresno. He was preceded in death by his mother, Pearl Elizabeth (Gabel) Mock, and father, Delbert Newton Mock; also his youngest brother, Richard Dean Mock.

Eugene David Lambrecht, 63, of Sterling, died Wednesday, May 26, 2004, in Fort Collins. Visitation is Monday, May 31 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., and Tuesday, June 1, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Tennant Funeral Home. Mass of Christian burial is Wednesday, June 2 at noon at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Sterling, with Rev. James Baird officiating. Burial will follow at Riverside Cemetery.
Mr. Lambrecht was born Dec. 23, 1940, in Sterling to Joseph and Anna (Stieb) Lambrecht
He graduated from Padroni High School in 1958.
He married Patricia Marks on Jan. 26, 1963, in Sterling. They lived in Sterling and raised their family here.
Mr. Lambrecht worked for Excel for 32 years until the beef plant closed in 1997. He then obtained his commercial driver's license and worked for Logan County in 1998.
He enjoyed digging and looking for fossils, bird watching, gardening, and spending time doing different things with his grandchildren, like riding his three-wheeler, hiking, looking at sites and studying nature.
He is survived by wife Patricia Lambrecht, of Sterling; mother Anna Lambrecht; sons David Lambrecht and friend Judy Knap, and Danny Lambrecht; daughters Debra Irwin and husband John, all of Sterling, and Dana Holdren and husband John, of Lamar; and seven grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his father, Joseph Lambrecht; brother Donald Lambrecht; and sister Jeannette Tscheschke.
Memorial may be made to Special Olympics, care of Tennant Funeral Home, PO Box 1547, Sterling, CO., 80751
 

They became acquainted through social activities such as school socials, church youth activities and pie social. “That’s what you did in the country,” he said. They started out as the young kids, the tag-alongs for older siblings. Cal says in the early days, “She had an older sister, I had an older brother. They kind of went together for a while,” Cal said. “If we did like each other, we didn’t want to admit it,” Bev says. She says sometimes it makes a person wonder why. What draws the attraction between people who appear to be completely opposite, yet develop life-long relationships. “As much as you don’t want to sometimes, you’re drawn (to the other person),” she said. She said it is likely related to shared activities: school, church and community activities. “We’d go to a youth service, fellowship, things like that,” Cal said. “It was pretty much the community events that we attended, enjoyed,” she said. Cal said his realization that something was happening between them occurred between their freshman and junior years of high school. They were married when she was 20 and he was 21 on Jan. 22, 1946. “I was in the Army, got home in January 1946. Mother had to sign for me because I wasn’t 21,” Cal said. Men couldn’t sign There were a lot of tight relationships in the Kelly and Harding area.

Cal says the clear revelation of his interest in Bev didn’t fully hit him until the day he was working on his dad’s car and Bev came visiting with a rhubarb pie, her first pie. “It was delicious,” he says. Cal worked his last two years a wheat field in the New Haven area. Bev earned a scholarship to Northeastern Junior College, but went to work at Platte Valley Title as typist instead. Their marriage started with a challenge; he was still in active duty with the U.S. Army. He enlisted in the Army after his two brothers were in service, one was wounded and the other shot down over Europe. Cal was stationed at Fort Hood, Texas, teaching new recruits in Basic Training. “I didn’t like it so I re-enlisted for one year,” he said. He gained a PFC rank when he re-enlisted, and an incentive bonus besides. Their honeymoon was a trip to California to visit family. He continued on to San Francisco, Calif., and she returned home by train. He was also eventually transferred to the Aleutian Islands where he finished his tour in the Army. The train ride west was cold enough it lent to cuddling, she says, to stay warm. Being a honeymoon trip just added to the experience. It was tough, she says, but they were young with very little money. The question many might ask is how can two people stay together for so many years. “The church and The Lord,” is their answer. “One key is having worship together. You can go to church and all kinds of things, but you have to have a personal relationship,” Bev said. Cal agreed; the church and their faithfulness is the glue that keeps them together. He says you need to have a relationship with your wife, and The Lord. “You can’t pull them apart. You pull them apart, you pull the family apart,” he says. Bev grew up in a family of four sisters, Cal had five boys and two sisters in the family. Cal and Bev had three sons. They have lived in Sterling all of their adult life, still occupying the family home he built.

Clarice M. Rohr, born January 14, 1929, died August 22, 2005, last residence La Habra, California.

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Melvin Judson Johnson, 83, of Denver, died Tuesday, Jan.12, 1999, in Wheat Ridge after a long illness.
The funeral service was held Friday, Jan. 15 at the Moore Howard Berkeley Park Chapel.
Mr. Johnson was born on Sept. 25, 1915 in LeRoy to A. Judson and Elsie (Marks) John son. He grew up and went to the Harding School and Sterling High School. He worked at the Safeway and Albertson's food stores in the Denver area.
He is survived by his wife, Hazel; three brothers, B. Edgar and wife Kathryn of Nampa, Idaho, Arthur and wife Pauline of Sacramento, Calif., and Cal and wife Beverly of Sterling; two sisters, Marion Lynch and husband Hugh of Sterling and Clarice Rohr of LaHabra, Calif.; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Sheryl Johnson, on Sept. 10, 1985; and by a brother, Walter Johnson. 
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Walter William Johnson 1919-1975 is buried in Forest Lawn, Glendale California.

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B. Edgar Johnson joined our Lord Jesus Christ in Glory on February 17, 2012. A celebration of his life of service will be held at 1:00 p.m. Monday, February 20, 2012, at the Brandt Center of Northwest Nazarene University.

Benjamin Edgar was born to Judson and Elsie Johnson on the family farm, October 30, 1921, in rural Sterling, CO, the third of seven children. He committed his life to Jesus in 1929 during a revival meeting held in a storefront and was called to ministry at age 16.

He earned a degree from Pasadena College in 1943, completing dual majors in history and philosophy/religion. During those college years, he served as a summer circuit minister in Colorado, was involved in the Los Angeles City Mission, was youth director of the Pasadena Salvation Army Corps, and pastor of Long Beach First Evangelical Church.

On February 8, 1944, B. Edgar married his college sweetheart, Kathryn Pierret, who was his loving partner in life and ministry for 63 years. He became associate pastor of the historic Los Angeles First Church of the Nazarene, followed by pastorates in Whittier, Santa Ana, and Upland. Dr. Johnson served as district secretary 15 years and editor of the Southern California.

From 1964 to 1990, B. Edgar served as General Secretary of the International Church of the Nazarene. The role might best be described as the Chief Operating Officer for the denomination, managing the operations of a worldwide church during a period of major growth. He authored Refereeing the Meeting Game in 1979.

B. Edgar's service included: the American Bible Society Board of Trustees, World Relief Corporation, president of National Association of Evangelicals, president of Religious Conference Management Association, president/executive director of the Christian Holiness Association and president of Hands of Hope.

He received a Doctor of Divinity from Pasadena College in l965 and a Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, from Northwest Nazarene University in 2005.

In 1990, B. Edgar and Kathryn moved to Nampa, ID, where he was on staff at College Church of the Nazarene and actively involved with Northwest Nazarene University. In his "retirement," he worked to create ways to bring families together and strengthen the Nampa community. He was instrumental in launching 15 non-profit organizations and coalitions to benefit families, underserved and at-risk youth, and seniors in Nampa. He loved his church, but his passion was to bring together people of all denominations and walks of life.

Kathryn passed away February 2, 2007. On June 21, 2009, B. Edgar married Vada Kellerer and embraced her family as his own. Together they continued to enjoy the blessings of community service and active participation with numerous Nampa service organizations.

B. Edgar is survived by his wife, Vada Johnson, of Nampa; children Lois (Dale) Van Hooser, of Nampa; Jan (Dana) Bonstrom, of Kettle Falls, WA; Elesia (Nat) Maffei, of Fortuna, CA; Alan (Patty) Kellerer, of Arcata, CA; Karen Kellerer of Sacramento, CA; Glen (Debi) Kellerer, of Daly City, CA; Rhonda (Ron Weaver) Kellerer and Eric (Paula) Kellerer, of Nampa, ID; 13 grandchildren, including Adrian (Melissa) Van Hooser, of Kirkland, WA, Alysha (Tim) Schlack, of Nampa, and Logan (Grayson) Belleque, of Pullman, WA; 11 great-grandchildren, including Kathryn Van Hooser and Abigail Schlack; siblings, Arthur (Polly) Johnson, of Fair Oaks, CA, Calvert (Beverly) Johnson and Marion (Hugh) Lynch, of Sterling, CO; and numerous nieces and nephews.

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Arthur Reuben Johnson , 88, of Citrus Heights, Calif., died March 16, 2012, at home.
Arthur was born June 1, 1923, to Adoniram Judson and Elsie Johnson in rural Sterling. He graduated from Harding High School.

Arthur enrolled in Pasadena College in 1941 and there met Pauline Gilmore.

He enlisted in the Army Air Corp in December of 1942. He was shot down over Yugoslavia (now Croatia) and spent the next seven weeks walking more than 300 miles to safety.

Art came home to his sweetheart, Polly, Jan. 5, 1945, and they were married the same day. After the service, Art graduated from Pasadena College in 1947. He went on to earn his master's degree from USC in 1949.

Art had a long, successful career in education, retiring in 1986. He served on various boards and committees, including serving on the Board of Trustees for Point Loma Nazarene University (formerly Pasadena College). He was a churchman at heart, and known for his faithfulness and service to his God and his church.

Art is survived his wife, children, eight grandchildren; five step-grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; seven step-great-grandchildren; siblings, and numerous nieces and nephews.
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Marion E. Lynch, 85, of Sterling, passed away Jan. 3, 2013, in Sterling. Visitation will be from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 6, and with family receiving friends from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 7, at Chaney-Reager Funeral Home. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 8, at the Berean Church, with Pastor Daniel A. Holsten officiating. Interment will be at Riverside Cemetery.

Marion was born March 7, 1927, in the Kelley community of Logan County, to Adoniram Judson and Elsie Lydia (Marks) Johnson. She graduated from high school, Northwest Nampa College in Nampa, Idaho, and Pasadena College in Pasadena, Calif.

On June 19, 1955, she married Hugh A. Lynch in Sterling.

Marion was a charter member of the Berean Church, was a member of and state president for the Women Christian Temperance Union, and was a church pianist for more than 40 years.

She is survived by her husband, Hugh A. Lynch of Sterling; daughters, Susan Russell and husband James of Aurora and Donna M. Lynch of Sterling; sons, Dennis Lynch and wife Denise of Parker, Rick Lynch and wife Virginia of Severance, Brian Lynch and wife Donna R. of Brush; brother, Cal Johnson and wife Beverly of Sterling; and 11 grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; five brothers; and three sisters.

Memorials may be made to Marion E. Lynch Memorial Fund in care of the Berean Church.