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Bennett Thurmond ‘Buzz’ Easterling physically ‘gave out’ on Tuesday, June 1, at his townhome in Albuquerque, New Mexico, at 87 years old. He was ‘rode hard and put up wet’ but a tough buzzard through the challenges, as a Lea County and then Catron County cowboy and rancher.
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Doris Beken Albright, age 96, passed away into eternal rest Sunday, June 13, 2021. She gave everything she could to her earthly life. She was born on October 17, 1924, as the only child of Paul Dietrich and Lydia Klockmann Beken. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband Melvin H. Albright. She was the last surviving member of the Weimar High School class of 1941 and the last grandchild of J. F. Beken (her grandfather).
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Charlene Louise (Gully) Dvorak, 83, of Frelsburg, Texas, passed away on June 4, 2021, in Columbus, Texas.
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Clarence James Kuhn, AKA Redbird, Joe, and C J, passed away on June 6 at the age of 88. He was born on March 12, 1933 in Glidden to Otto John Kuhn and Tekla (Munke) Kuhn. He attended Glidden school then graduated in 1952 from Columbus High School. He was a member of the unbeaten and untied 1950 Regional Champion Columbus football team, which was as far as a team could advance in the state at that time. The late Bill Hartley coached him.
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Billie Mitchell, Jr. of Columbus, passed away May 16. He was born in Corpus Christi Nov. 9, 1953, to Ollie Jane and Billie Mitchell. He attended high school at Carroll High School in Corpus Christi and received his degree in Marine Biology from Texas Lutheran College. After college, Billie married his college sweetheart, Carol Stolle, and lived for a short time in San Antonio before settling down in Columbus.
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Trent Allan Kohleffel was born Feb. 20, 2006 to Paul and Jacqueline Kohleffel in Kingwood. Trent and his family moved to Columbus in 2011.
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Harvey Edward Skow, of Columbus, passed away May 13 in Katy at the age of 84. He was born to Jeppa Madsen Skow and Gudrun Margrete Hansen Skow Jan. 27, 1937 in El Campo. He married Beverly Dean Brieger June 12, 1960.
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