Eugene H. Case, age 83, died Tuesday, October 7, 2014 in La Junta, Colorado.
Graveside Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, October 11, 2014 at the Mills Cemetery in Mills, New Mexico with Rev. Billy Rammage officiating. Viewing will be at 10:30 AM before the service at the Mills Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Hass Funeral Directors of Clayton, New Mexico.
Eugene H. Case was born on January 18, 1931 in Mills, New Mexico to Earl R. Case and Opal M. (Burton) Case. He went to elementary school in Mills, New Mexico and graduated from high school in 1950 from Roy. Gene served two years in the U.S. Army in the Korean Conflict. He went to Barber School on the G. I. Bill and barbered in Farmington, New Mexico until the late 1960’s when he moved back home to Mills, New Mexico to help his dad farm and ranch. Gene also ran the mail route from the Mills Post Office for 28 years retiring in 2010. Gene was preceded in death by his parents Earl and Opal Case, 1 sister; Pearl, 3 brothers; Bill, Ervin and Howard, 2 nephews; Weldon and Melvin Beard, 1 niece, Lena Lee Case, 1 brother-in-law; Fred Beard, 1 sister-in-law; Kay Case Hillock, 2 newborn infants Bella Pearl Beard and Casey Gale Everett. He is survived by his sister Grace Beard who resides in La Junta, Colorado, 2 sisters-in-law; Elaine Case of Seattle, Washington and Ruth Case of Nucla, Colorado. Gene was blessed with 11 nieces and nephews, numerous great-nieces and great-nephews and numerous great-great-nieces and great-great-nephews. Gene never married but enjoyed the peacefulness of the canyons and the outdoors. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and his family. He was known to his family as “Uncle Gene”. Gene played life forward and left some mighty big shoes to fill.
