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Mary Dillon gravesite

Steamboat Springs residents Jonathan Richey, Paxton Richey and their mother, Synthia Richey, stand near the new headstone for Mary Dillon, who was buried on the site in January 1915. The gravesite is on a hill above Janet Gerber’s home west of Craig. The Richeys, who are friends of Gerber’s, offered to help set up the headstone.

A.G. & Augusta Wallihan gravesite

Augusta Wallihan Chapter of the
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution

August 21, 2010

Wallihan family members pose with members of the DAR
at the newly installed renovations to the Wallihans’ gravesite.

Left to Right: Shannan Koucherik, Organizing Regent; Mary Morris, Peggy Gonzales, Arloa Gerber, Registrar; Barbara Ficke, Vice-Regent; Debbie McLain, Chaplain; Barbara Blackstun, Alma Harris, Chaplain; Melody Villard, Historian; Debbie Homburger, Dave Homburger, Carol Atkins, Sophia Homburger, Andrew Homburger, Liam Homburger, Phil Homburger, Teresa Sparkman, Steve Homburger, Amy Homburger.

Andrew Jackson Williams Gravesite

Andrew Jackson Williams was born in July 1839 in Hamilton County, Ohio. On July 16, 1861 at the age of 22, he volunteered for service in the Union Army. He was discharged in 1865 at Montgomery, Alabama. The 1885 Census of Western Routt County, Colorado shows him living at Lay, Colorado where he was married and was employed as a mail carrier. He died in 1888 and is buried on a hill above Lay.

On Memorial Day, 2003, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #4265 paid tribute to Mr. Williams with a memorial service at the gravesite.

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