Gerhart Fritzler
Aug 10, 2015
Gerhart Fritzler, 85, passed away Monday, August 10, 2015 at home in Fort Morgan. He was born May 20, 1930 in Fort Collins, to Conrad and Katherine Fritzler. Gerhart married Ilene Brehm on December 1, 1962, in Windsor. He worked as a farmer for Morie Bros. until his retirement. He was a member of the Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer...
Fred D. Marick
Aug 10, 2015
Frederick Dean Marick entered life eternal on Monday, August 10, 2015, in Grover, Colorado. Fred Marick was born on May 15, 1954, in Brush, Colorado to Clayton and Josephine (Herzberg) Marick. He was baptized in 1962 at the First Baptist Church in Fort Morgan. Fred and his parents moved to Grover, Colorado in 1966, where the family ranched and farmed....
Dwayne G. Jackson
Aug 9, 2015
Dwayne G. Jackson Jr., 92, lifelong Fort Morgan resident and business owner, died early Sunday morning, August 9, 2015 at Colorado Plains Medical Center in Fort Morgan. Dwayne was born in Fort Morgan on May 20, 1923 to Dwayne Sr. and Anna (Klingbiel) Jackson. He attended local schools and graduated from Fort Morgan High School before serving his country during...
John E. Wehrer
Aug 2, 2015
John E. Wehrer, 72, lifelong area resident, passed away at his home early Sunday morning, August 2, 2015 after a lengthy battle with cancer. John was born February 7, 1943 in Brush to William and Annie Wehrer. He was raised and attended school in the Snyder area. John worked as a police officer and then a truck driver before his...
Darlene S. Castrup
Jul 31, 2015
Darlene S. Castrup, 80, life resident of the Otis & Brush communities, passed away Friday, July 31, 2015, at the Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center. She was born September 1, 1934, in Otis, CO to Howard & Helen Neal. Darlene graduated from Otis High School in 1952. She married Harry Castrup on June 18, 1953, in Otis. They later separated....
Viola Query
Jul 28, 2015
Viola A. Query, 87, life resident of the Genoa / Woodrow communities, passed away Tuesday, July 28, 2015, in Fort Collins. She was born March 2, 1928, on the family farm near Genoa, CO to Carl & Mary Paulson. Viola graduated from Woodrow High School in 1945. She completed Barnes Business College. She worked for a short time in Denver...
Marvin J Soule
Jul 26, 2015
Marvin J. Soule was born to Floyd and Ruby Hanks Soule April 25, 1933 in Banner County, Nebraska. He joined the Air Force in April 1953 and married Carolyn Kaufman July 12, 1953 in Biloxi, Mississippi. He lived in the corner of Wyoming, Nebraska and Colorado most of his life. He is survived by his loving wife Carolyn of 62...
Timothy John Shriver
Jul 25, 2015
Timothy John Shriver, 49, longtime area resident, died, Saturday, July 25, 2015 at the Eben-Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush. He was born October 14, 1965 in La Junta, Colorado to Melvin and Sharon (Kash) Shriver. Timothy enjoyed riding his Harley, working in his yard, and 80's music. You could always count on him to help out when it was...
Ronald Emil Sand
Jul 23, 2015
Ronald Emil Sand, 84, of Fort Morgan, passed away Thursday morning, July 23, 2015 at his home after battling Leukemia. Ron was born in Brush on July 2, 1931 to Emil Sand and Blanche (Foster) Ragland. He served in the US Navy for four years and he was in the National Guard for seven years. He met and married Guinevere...
Dean R. Bentley
Jul 23, 2015
Dean R. Bentley, 80, passed away Thursday, July 23, 2015, at the Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins, CO. He was born October 29, 1934, in Broadwater, NE, to Albert & Gladys Bentley. Dean married Arlene Oliverius on August 13, 1959, in Lodgepole, NE. Dean worked as a rancher in Nebraska during his working career. In 2010 Dean & Arlene...
Janice Penfold
Jul 20, 2015
Janice Penfold, 68, of Wiggins, Colorado passed away Monday, July 20, 2015 after a hard-fought battle with cancer. She was born in Brush, Colorado to Jake and Esther Baumgartner and she attended Wiggins schools. Jan is survived by her husband, Melvin Penfold of Wiggins; her children, Shelley (Steve) Gray of Seattle, WA, Chance (Becky) Ruhl of Wiggins, Laci Byers of...
Mary Emma Warboys
Jul 20, 2015
Mary Emma Warboys, 93, longtime area resident, died Monday, July 20, 2015 at the Eben-Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush. She was born February 21, 1922 in Dayton, Ohio to Stephen and Elizabeth Hallda. Mary married Lewis L. Warboys on July 29, 1939. He died in 1991. Mary was a farmer and a rancher on their place north of Fort...
Patsy Castrup
Jul 19, 2015
Patsy P. Castrup, 80, passed away Sunday, July 19, 2015. She was born April 7, 1935, in Bloomington, NE, to Earl & Clista Watson. Patsy married Lester Null in 1953. The Null family lived in Fort Morgan for many years. Lester died in 1982. Patsy worked as an environmental service technician at the East Morgan County Hospital in Brush. On...
Asencion "Chon" Garcia
Jul 17, 2015
Asencion "Chon" Garcia, 61, passed away Friday, July 17, 2015, at the North Colorado Medical Center Hospice Unit. He was born April 18, 1954, in Mexico to Gil Antonio & Tomasa Garcia. On January 9, 1976, Chon married Candee Halverson in Missouri. After living in Iowa for a short time, the Garcia's moved to the Brush community. Chon has worked...
Bill Noel
Jul 15, 2015
Bill D. Noel, 71, longtime Brush resident, passed away and joined his loving wife Mary on Wednesday evening, July 15, 2015. Bill was born August 9, 1943 in Seibert, CO to Clarence "C.B." and Helen Marie Noel. He married Mary Gregg in Fort Morgan on March 17, 1966. The family moved to the Brush area from Seibert in 1983. Bill...
Audrey Patricia Kennedy
Jul 15, 2015
Audrey Patricia Kennedy, 25, lifelong area resident, died Wednesday, July 15, 2015 at her home in Orchard. She was born April 19, 1990 in Fort Morgan to Robert and Julie (Schulte) Kennedy. Audrey had a spirit that was larger than life. She had a gift for touching the lives of those around her, a gift of laughter and joy that...
Melvin Van Meter
Jul 10, 2015
Melvin Edward Van Meter, 56, longtime area resident, died Friday, July 10, 2015 after a work related accident in Washington County. Melvin was born June 12, 1959 in La Junta, CO to Merle and Adalee "Faye" Van Meter. He graduated from Wells High School in Wells, NV in 1977. Melvin has worked for the Morgan County REA for the last...
Marvin A. Troudt
Jul 9, 2015
Marvin Albert Troudt, 81, long-time area resident of Fort Morgan, died Thursday, July 9, 2015 at his rural home southwest of Fort Morgan, following a valiant battle with lung cancer. Marvin was born March 12, 1934, the oldest of four sons, to Albert and Emma (Gorr) Troudt at his grandparent's home northeast of Scottsbluff, Nebraska. He was the husband of...
Irven Chenoweth
Jul 8, 2015
Irven Merit Chenoweth passed away on July 8, 2015, at the Eben-Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush, Colorado. Irven Chenoweth was born February 17, 1934 on the family farm one mile south of Grinnell, Kansas. He was the fourth and youngest child of Orval Miles and Lydia Janet Chenoweth. Eight and a half years separated Irven from his next older...
Donald Roy Jones
Jul 8, 2015
Donald R. "Butch" Jones Jr., 68, lifelong area resident, died Wednesday, July 8, 2015 at his home in Fort Morgan. He was born May 15, 1947 in Fort Morgan to Donald and Betty (Murphy) Jones. Butch married Chris Deal on November 2, 2007 in Fort Morgan. He enjoyed fishing, camping, yard work, listening to old country music, watching westerns on...
