Yuma County, Colorado
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Yuma County Pioneer Photographs:
Charles D. and Ella Bolander, Laird
ELLEN'S FAMILY
In 1880 Boone County, Indiana,
Willis Deer
77
Nancy Deer
53 Wife
Hiran E. Deer
27 Son
Samuel Deer
19 Son
William H. Deer
16 Son
Nora Deer
15 Daughter
Ellen Deer 12 Daughter.
May 1928 " Mrs. H. H. Deer and daughter, Mrs. S. J. Purintun of Laramie, Wyo.,
arrived Saturday afternoon on No. 14 for a short visit with Mrs. C. D. Bolender and family.
They departed Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Purintun was accompanying her mother to her old home
at Brookfield, Missouri."
June 1932 "Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Purintun and Mrs. H. H. Deer of Laramie, Wyo.,
and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Deer and little daughter Wanda Mae of Brookfield, Mo.,
who have been visiting Mrs. Ella Bolender and the Otis Cox and R. C. Kimberlin families,
departed for Laramie, Wyo., by auto last Saturday.
The R. C. Kimberlin family entertained on Friday. June 3, in honor
of Mrs. H. H. Deer, Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Purintun of Laramie, Wyo., and
Mrs. Raymond Deer and Wanda Mae of Brookfield, Mo. Those present, besides the guests of honor,
were Mrs. Ella Bolender and Mrs. Otis Cox, Alda, Walter and Aimel. "
(Steward A. Purintun
BIRTH
31 Aug 1879
DEATH
3 Nov 1951
BURIAL
Greenhill Cemetery
Laramie, Albany County, Wyoming,
PLOT
Row IOOF, Lot 39, Space 3
MEMORIAL ID
51301348.
Mattie Ellen Purintun
BIRTH
22 Jul 1886
DEATH
10 Jul 1968
BURIAL
Greenhill Cemetery
Laramie, Albany County, Wyoming,
PLOT
Row IOOF, Lot 39, Space 4
MEMORIAL ID
51301407.)
July 1933 Wray "Mrs. H. H. Deer and daughter-in-law, Mrs. Raymond Deer, and Wanda May of Brookfield, Mo., came to Wray for a short visit the first of the week with the C. D. Bolender, Otis Cox, anil R. C. Kiinberlin families. Mrs. Raymond Deer left for her home at Brookfield Monday evening. "
August 1939 " Mrs. R. C. Kimberlin of Montrose, and C. L. Deer and cousin Jennie Smith
of Colorado Springs are guests of Mrs. C. D. Bolender and her daughter, Mrs. Oma Kellar
and Mrs. Bolender's brother R. S. P. Deer and wife of El Paso, Texas,
who are visiting in Wray. C. L. Deer and R. S. P. Deer are cousins. They were born in Franklin,
Ind., and this is their first meeting in 65 years."
CHARLES AND ELLEN
August 1906 "Mr. Charles Bolander and family and his sister,
Miss Stella Bolander of Dayton, Ohio, and Mr. Otis Cox were Sunday visitors at
Mr. O. G. Bolander.
Miss Stella Bolander of Dayton, Ohio, who has been visiting her, brother C. D. Bolander,
for several weeks, has gone to the mountains for a few weeks before returning home."
July 1910 "Miss Anna Bolander, daughter of Chas. Bolander, is quite ill with typhoid fever."
July 1912 "Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Bolander who were shopping in Wray Friday brought in thirty-four pounds of cream which tested fifty-nine, contained twenty pounds of butter fat and brought $4.40."
April 1913 "Mrs. Charles Bolander and daughters, Oma, Cora,
and Anna visited Mrs. Oto Cox Sunday.
Oma Bolander, Doris Jordan and others of this district assisted
Miss Mabel Lohman in the closing exercises of school in the Radnor district last
Saturday evening."
August 1913 "Miss Jewell Deer of El Paso, Texas, arrived in Wray Sunday to visit
her aunt, Mrs. C. D. Bolander."
September 1914 " Mrs. Green, a sister of Mrs. Chas. Bolander,
returned Sunday to her home in eastern Kansas,
after spending a month here visiting her sister."
July 1927 "Mrs. Mattie Phrenton of Laramie, Wyo, a niece of Mrs. Bolander,
left Saturday after having attended the funeral of Mr. Chas. Bolander. "
Charles Darius Bolender
BIRTH
16 Dec 1860
Clermont County, Ohio, USA
DEATH
11 Jul 1927
Wray, Yuma County, Colorado, USA
BURIAL
Grandview Cemetery
Wray, Yuma County, Colorado,
MEMORIAL ID
17005832.
April 1931 "Chas. Howard of Felicity, Ohio, is in Wray visiting his sister-in-laws, Mrs. John Wales, and Mrs. Chas. Bolander."
May 1934 "Mrs. Ella Bolander spent the week end visiting with her daughter, Mrs. Anna Kimberlin."
Cary Ellen "Ella" Deer Bolender
BIRTH
2 Nov 1867
Johnson County, Indiana, USA
DEATH
1942
BURIAL
Grandview Cemetery
Wray, Yuma County, Colorado,
MEMORIAL ID
17005848.
"Mrs. Ella Bolender, a pioneer resident of Wray and one of this locality's highly
esteemed citizens, died suddenly at 7 o'clock Saturday night, about an hour after she was stricken
with a paralytic stroke. She was 74 years old last November 2, and had remained unusually active
for her years until the final day of her life. During the previous week she had helped canvass
the town in the interests of her church and those whom she contacted were impressed with her activity
and her zest for life. Her death was a shock to her family and friends.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the Wray Adventist church,
conducted by Rev. Floyd Byers of Boulder, assisted by L. E. Rogers, who came here from the
Western Slope. She had long been an ardent member of the Adventist faith and her devotion
to her religious beliefs characterized her daily life. She was burled beside her husband in Grandview cemetery.
After Mrs. Bolender's death, the following brief obituary, prepared by her own hand was
found among her effects:
'Carrie Ellen Deer, daughter of Willis and Nancy Deer, was born November 2, 1867,
near Franklin. Indiana. At the age of 18, she, with her mother and four brothers,
moved to Shelby County, Missouri. On February 9, 1888, she was united in marriage to
Chas. D. Bolender and they came to Colorado to share the joys and hardships of frontier life.
To this union four girls were born. On December 1, 1885, she was united with the
Christian church at Walnut Grove, Missouri, and in April 1896, she with her husband joined
the adventist church and were baptized by L. F. Truly April 16, 1896.'
Local people will remember much more than this about Mrs. Bolender.
The pioneers of this community made a contribution to this country's growth,
and wielded an influence in its development that cannot be told with brief words on paper.
The family took a preemption on a farm south of Laird after they came to Yuma county,
and they continued to live there until 1917 when they moved into Wray.
Mr. Bolender died on July 11, 1927.
One daughter, Mrs. Otis Cox, died at Moravia, Idaho, in 1937.
The daughters who survive are Mrs. Lee Kellar of Riddle, Oregon;
Mrs. Clair Dillon of Golden and Mrs. Reuben Klmberlin of Montrose.
There are also a brother, Sam Dee of El Paso, Texas, thirteen grand children,
five great-grandchildren and many, less near relatives."
OMA
September 1958 " Mrs. Lee Kellar of Myrtle Creek, Ore., a former resident of this
community and a sister-in-law of Mrs. Albert Wessel and Mrs. Ollie Littlefield,
died Friday night, according to word received by the Wray relatives.
Mrs. Kellar was the former Oma Bolander."
"Oma Leah Bolender, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bolender, was born
December 20, 1891, in a sod house near Wray, Colorado, and died September 12, 1958,
at her home near Canyonville, Ore. She was 66 years, nine months and eight days old
at the time of her unexpected death.
She was married to Lee Kellar on March 27, 1917, at Wray where they farmed,
moving to Oregon in 1920. No children blessed this union, but a nephew, Charles Taylor,
made his home with them. A long time member of the Rebekah lodge, was
ever able and willing to instruct or fill any office or entertain with her comic readings.
She was also a member of the Rebekah club, an extension club, and active in community affairs.
Survivors include her husband, two sisters, Cora Dillon of Golden
and Anna Kimberlin of Montrose, and many less near relatives and friends.
Her parents and an older sister, Mrs. Edna Cox, preceded her in death.
Services were conducted Tuesday afternoon, September 16, from the Ganz funeral parlor
with the Rebekah lodge in charge of the service at the Memorial Garden cemetery in Roseburg.
Attending the services were Mrs. Dillon of Golden, Mrs. Kimberlain and
Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Miles of Montrose, and Mr. Kellar's sister and husband,
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Schlenker (Blanche) of Portland,
who remained ror a longer stay with Mr. Kellar and the Taylor family."
"Mrs. Gordon King received a telephone call on Saturday morning from her cousin,
Charles Taylor of Myrtle Creek, Ore., telling of the death that morning of Lee Kellar,
following a heart attack. Mr. Kellar, a brother of Mrs. Albert Wessel and
Mrs. Ollie Littlefield of Wray and Mrs. Blanche Sehlenker of Portland, Ore., had visited
his sisters and other relatives and friends In Wray in January of this year.
Services were held at Roseburg Ore., on Tuesday of this week."
ANNA
March 1929 "Rube Kimberlin and family moved to the Bolander place Monday. The young daughter Isla entered school the same day."
May 1935 " The Legion Auxiliary gave a farewell party and handkerchief shower
Monday afternoon for Mrs. Rube Kimberlin, who is moving to Montrose, Colo."
November 1946 " Also from the mailbag comes a letter of protest from the western slope.
Mrs. Anna Kimberlin, who formerly lived here and will be remembered by many,
writes from Montrose to object to our libel of that favored part of terra firms.
Says Mrs. Kimberlin, 'In your paper of November 7 you have an article headed Widespread
Storm Blankets State with Heavy Snowfall.’
I want to let you know that we’ve never had any snow at our place, only a few flakes in the air
at times. It isn’t such a large territory here, but we live in the state.
There are mountains in every direction with snow on and we (had a little rain,
but never any snow in or around Olathe and very little at Montrose.
Having once lived not far from where Mrs. Kimberlin now resides,
I should have known that that particular part of Colorado, where good weather is as common as a
John L. Lewis coal strike, would probably be spared even the recent snow and ice that
hit the other parts of the state. "
August 16, 1974
September 2, 1983 
Thaks to the Mesa County Library for the obituaries.
CORA
September 1916 "The marriage of Clair Dillon and Miss Cora Bolonder was solemnized
at the Presbyterian manse last Sunday evening, Rev. A. N. Wolff officiating.
The ceremony took place in the presence of the immediate relatives of the contracting parties.
These are two of the popular young people of the county,
and the wedding is tho culmination of a happy courtship. The bride is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Chas, Bolander, south of Laird. Both have resided in Yuma county nearly
all of their young lives, and have a host of friends who wish them well.
They will make their home for the winter on tho Neinabor farm, but next year will take charge
of the Tinsley farm. The Rattler joins with their friends in extending congratulations."
March 1929 "The Clair Dillon family left Monday for their new home near Golden, Colo.
Their many friends wish them happiness in their new home."
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