Ray Dean Schlichenmayer  --  1962

         Ray Dean Schlichenmayer, 19-year-old Idalia youth, died Sunday morning, Feb. 18, of injuries received in an automobile accident.  The accident occurred about 2 am Sunday on Highway 385 one mile north of the county line in Yuma County.  He was taken to the hospital in Wray where he died seven hours later of head and chest injuries. 
        State patrolman Ernest Ankenman said a passenger, Gordon Wayne Stutheit, 19, also of Idalia, was injured when Schlichenmayer's car left the road and rolled 2 1/2 times.  Stutheit was also taken to the Wray Hospital with a broken wrist, shoulder injury and cuts and bruises.
        Ray is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Reinhart Schlichenmayer of Bethune.  Other survivors include three sisters, Geraldine Carter of Longmont, Phyllis Griffith of Otis and Linda of Bethune; two brothers, Lee of Idalia and Dale of Bethune; and other relatives and friends.
        Funeral services were conducted Wednesday, Feb. 21, at 2 pm at the Immanuel Lutheran church north of Bethune.  The Rev. Walter Rath officiated at the services and the Hendricks mortuary was in charge of arrangements.
        Ray Dean Schlichenmayer was born June 21, 1942, at the Burlington Hospital and departed this life Feb. 18 at the age of 19 years, 7 months and 28 days.
        He grew up in the Settlement north of Bethune and attended the Bethune schools, graduating in May of 1960.  He was baptized and confirmed into the Christian faith at the Immanuel Lutheran Church, Bethune.
        Ray had been employed at the Idalia Oil Co. in Idalia since August of 1961.  He was well like by all who knew him and will be missed by all.
        He is survived by his parents, Reinhart and Anna Schlichenmayer; three sisters, Geraldine Carter of Longmont, Phyllis Griffith of Otis and Linda Schlichenmayer of Bethune; two brothers, lee of Idalia and Dale of Bethune; two brothers-in-law, Vern Carter and Bill Griffith; a sister-in-law, Jaque Schlichenmayer of Idalia; two nieces and two nephews; his grandfather, Martin Weiss of Bethune; and a host of other relatives and friends.
        Funeral services and burial were at the Immanuel Lutheran Church north of Bethune Wednesday, Feb. 21, at 2 pm.  Services were conducted by the Rev. W. H. Rath of the First St. Paul Lutheran Church of Burlington.  Pall bearers were Ralph Stolz, Virgil Eslinger, Clord Adolf, Nolan Carroll, Jerry Meyer and Harold Adolf.