Samuel Dean Templeton, 80, a long time area resident, died September 29, 2012 at the Valley View Villa Care Center in Ft. Morgan. He was born February 13, 1932 in Lincoln County near Genoa, Colorado to Jesse and Hazel Templeton. Sam married Wilma Marshall on October 27, 1957 in Last Chance, CO. They ranched south of Brush before moving from Last Chance to Brush in 1981. He enjoyed doing woodworking projects, working especially with oak, and also liked to sing, dance and play the guitar. In his younger years, Sam enjoyed bareback, bronc and bull riding. In 1954 he was Champion Bull Rider at the Morgan County Saddle Club Rodeo and in 1955 he was the A.R.C.A. Bull Riding Champion. He was picked All-Around Cowboy in 1954 & 1955 by the Morgan County Saddle Club. He was also a member of the Woodlin Lions Club. Survivors include three daughters, Patricia Sharp and husband, Tim, Pennie Haller and husband, Larry, all of Woodrow, and Kristen Templeton of Santa Clara, California; one sister, Eva Ross of Missouri; one brother, Floyd Templeton and wife, Jan, of Santa Rosa, California; grandchildren, Sara Rushman and husband, Josh, Kari Blair and husband, Willi, Kelly Bellendir and husband, Mike, Brandy Haller and Austin Spade; and great grandchildren, Zachary and Kailey Rushman. Sam was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Wilma; brothers, Delbert Templeton and Gene Templeton; sisters, Betty Hayes, Violet Ashlock, Ellen Allen and Ilene Uitich, and his grandson, Eric Russel Haller. There will be a visitation on Thursday, October 4, 2012 from 4 – 8 PM at the Heer Mortuary in Brush. A funeral service will be Friday, October 5, 2012 at 10:30 AM also at the Heer Mortuary Chapel. Interment will follow in the Brush Memorial Cemetery.