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Stella Jane Wyatt was born on 27 November 1886 in Missouri. She and Charles Wesley Kreager, Sr., were married on 15 October 1910 in Jackson County, Missouri.¹ She died on 18 August 1974, at age 87, in Sterling, Logan, Colorado.

Charles Wesley Kreager, Jr., was born on 1 December 1913 in Crook County, Oregon. He and Phyllis Cleland were married on 18 September 1938 in Logan County, Colorado. He died on 2 May 2010, at age 96, in Sterling, Logan, Colorado. He was buried on 10 May 2010 in Riverside Cemetery, Sterling, Logan, Colorado.

Charles Wesley Kreager, Jr., was educated in University of Colorado A.B./ L.L.B./ J.D. He was an Attorney.¹ Charles W. Kreager, 96, of Sterling, passed away May 2, 2010, in Sterling. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, May 7, and from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, May 9, at Chaney-Reager Funeral Home. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 10, at First Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. Michelle D. Witherspoon officiating. Interment will be at Riverside Cemetery.
Charles W. Kreager was born Dec. 1, 1913, to C.W. and Stella (Wyatt) Kreager in the midst of a blizzard in Crook, where he completed 12 years of school. His father was a hardware and implement dealer.
Charlie learned at an early age to hunt and fish. There wasn't much else to do in Crook. One of his most pleasant memories was winning the State Half Mile Race in 1931. Big schools and little schools were all lumped together in those days. There were about 35 fellows in the race.
Charlie attended the University of Colorado. It took him six years but he emerged with two degrees -- an A.B. and L.L.B. (later a J.D.). He earned four letters in track at CU -- 1932, 1933, 1934 and 1935.
Following graduation and the Bar examination in 1937, he commenced work in the law offices of Sauter and Sandhouse in Sterling. In 1938, he married Phyllis Cleland, a CU graduate in Fine Arts. They had one child, Cordelia, who was born in 1940.
Charlie interrupted his career to serve in World War II. He served four years (1942-1945) as a special agent in the FBI. In 1945, he received a personal letter of commendation from J. Edgar Hoover, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
After the war, he came back to Sterling and resumed his practice of law. In 1997, Charlie concluded that 60 years was long enough in the law business -- or any business; so he "folded it up" and gave his books and library away, sold his office building, furniture and fixtures, gave clients their files and documents and closed his law practice. He never looked back.
Charlie belonged to several professional and social organizations, including the American, Colorado, 13th Judicial District and Logan County Bar Associations. He was senior vice president of the Colorado Bar Association in 1959-1960. He was appointed by the Court and served for 25 years as a member of the Supreme Court Pattern Jury Instruction Committee. Other organizations: The First Presbyterian Church, Sterling; Masonic Lodge; Shriner; Elks; Society of former special agents of the FBI.
His hobbies were hunting, fishing, sporting events and cruises. His first cruise was in 1954 to Alaska. The most recent cruise, number 33, was in 2000.
Charlie lost his only child, Cordelia, in 1990, and Phyllis, his wife of 54 years, in 1993. Survivors and his "family" are three grandchildren, Jennifer and her husband Lee, Randy and his wife Natalie, and Jeffrey; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Contributions may be made to the Charles W. Kreager Memorial for NJC scholarships.

Phyllis Cleland was born on 24 December 1914 in Denver, Denver, Colorado. She and Charles Wesley Kreager, Jr., were married on 18 September 1938 in Logan County, Colorado. She died on 19 June 1993, at age 78, in Sterling, Logan, Colorado. She was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Sterling, Logan, Colorado.¹

Phyllis Cleland was educated in University of Colorado Fine Arts.¹ Phyllis Kreager, 78, of Sterling, died Saturday, June 19, 1993, at Sterling Living Center.
A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church in Sterling. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery. The Rev. Dr. Ivan
Rundus will conduct the services.
Mrs. Kreager was born Dec. 24, 1914, in Denver. She was the daughter of Dr. Winfield S. and Cordelia Stein Cleland. She grew up in Delta, where she graduated from high school in 1933. She received a bachelor's degree in fine arts from the University of Colorado in 1937.
She married Charles Kreager Sept. 19, 1938, in Denver, and the couple came to Sterling, where Mr. Kreager had opened a law office the previous year. They had lived in Sterling since that time.
Mrs. Kreager was a potter for the last 25 years of her life, main taining a studio in her basement. She was a volunteer for a pottery class at Northeastern Junior College, and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Sterling.
Mrs. Kreager is survived by her husband, Charles, of Sterling; sister Jane Sublett of Sterling; grand children Jeffrey, Jennifer and Randall Schmidt, all of Fort Collins; and three great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by daughter Cordelia Jane Kreager in 1990.

Cordelia Jane Kreager was born on 12 August 1940 in Delta, Delta, Colorado. She died in June 1990, at age 49.

Lucy M. (?) was born about 1877 in Ohio.

Fred Estle Berkshire was born on 7 October 1888 in Ohio. He and Beatrice Ann Kreager were married on 5 May 1915 in Muskingum County, Ohio.¹ He died on 25 November 1964, at age 76, in Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio.