James P. Keatley
Jan 12, 2015
James P. Keatley, 87, passed away suddenly at his home near Snyder on Monday, January 12, 2015. He was born August 18, 1927, in Roda, VA. To James & Frances Keatley. Jim served in the US Army Air Corp from 1945 until his honorable discharge in 1947. Following his discharge Jim attended, and graduated from college. He taught school for...
Margaret Schonstrom
Jan 12, 2015
Margaret Schonstrom, 75, passed away Monday, January 12, 2015 at Colorado Plains Medical Center in Fort Morgan. She was born November 2, 1939 in Montrose, CO to Floyd and Merle Leavitt. Margaret married Paul Schonstrom on August 11, 1960 in Lakewood, CO. Margaret was an active member of United Presbyterian Church, serving as a deacon and singing in the choir....
Doris Arlene Gammel
Jan 12, 2015
Doris Arlene Gammel, 83, longtime area resident, died Monday, January 12, 2015 at the Eben-Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush. She was born February, 8, 1931 on their farm north of Fort Morgan, to Fred and Alta (Robertson) Ficken. Arlene married Arthur L. Gammel on December 28, 1947 in Fort Morgan. She was a member of the First Christian Church,...
Helen Feeback
Jan 10, 2015
Helen Feeback passed away Saturday, January 10, 2015 at the Valley View Villa Care Center in Fort Morgan. Helen was born June, 6, 1920 in Fort Morgan to George and Marie Gable Loose. She attended school in Fort Morgan and later went to Denver. While in Denver she met Charles (Chuck) Feeback. They were married on March 31, 1939. Helen...
Grady L. Hough
Jan 5, 2015
Grady L. Hough, 89, died Monday, January 5, 2015 at Colorado Plains Medical Center. He was born December 25, 1925 in Haynsville, Lousiana, to Walter and Audie (Bentley) Hough. He married Nancy Hauschildt on September 18, 1953 in Raton, New Mexico. Grady enjoyed fishing, hunting and almost any activity outdoors. He also enjoyed spending time with his family. He was...
Leah Borum
Jan 2, 2015
Leah Borum, age 95, died on January 2, 2015, at Ebenezer Lutheran Care Center, Brush, Colorado. Born in 1919 in Brush, she grew up as an only child on a ranch twenty-seven miles south of Fort Morgan. In 1946, Leah married Richard Borum and began a life of raising a family. She loved the prairie, horses, hard work, and all...
Evelyn Marie Leathers
Dec 31, 2014
Evelyn Marie Leathers, 85, formerly of Yuma, died Wednesday, December 31, 2014 at the Colorado Plains Medical Center in Fort Morgan. She was born March 30, 1929 in Bird City, Kansas to Charles and Sylvia (Kylander) Fisher. Evelyn and Neel were married May 22, 1949 in Bird City, Kansas. Evelyn was a member of the United Methodist Church for a...
Edna Ruth Von Riesen
Dec 31, 2014
Edna Ruth von Riesen, 93, Brush resident for over 50 years, passed away Wednesday, December 31, 2014, at the Sandalwood long term care facility in Wheat Ridge, CO. She was born July 8, 1921, in McPherson, KS to Asa C. & Emma Schrag Stucky. Edna Ruth met Ronald von Riesen while they were attending Bethel College in North Newton, KS....
Beverly Ann Ingmire
Dec 26, 2014
Beverly Ann Ingmire, 83, longtime area resident, died Friday, December 26, 2014 at her home in Fort Morgan. Beverly was born January 30, 1931 in Westboro, Missouri to Emmet and Alma (Meyer) Lefforge. She married Roy C. Ingmire on August 17, 1952 in Brush. He passed away in 2012. Beverly grew up in Missouri on the family farm and bravely...
Paula June Summers
Dec 21, 2014
Paula June Summers, 67, long time resident of Colorado, passed away Sunday, December 21, 2014, at Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center in Denver. She was born in Hammond, IN on July 29, 1947 to Gerald and Beulah Roadman. Paula married Michael Summers on March 16, 1968 in Olney, IL. She worked at Hach Chemical in Loveland, CO for 18 years....
Helen Heidrick
Dec 18, 2014
Helen M. Heidrick, 88, formerly of Brush, died Thursday, December 18, 2014, at the Fairacres Manor in Greeley. She was born in Jennings, KS in 1926. Helen moved to Brush in 1969 with her husband, Jack, and two sons, Steven and Jack. She worked as a Kindergarten instructor, Sunday School teacher, creamery worker, restaurateur, telephone switching operator, sales clerk for...
Marie Mayhugh-Ebendorf
Dec 17, 2014
Marie Mayhugh-Ebendorf, 96, former Brush resident, passed away Wednesday, December 17, 2014, at the North Platte Care Center in North Platte, NE. She was born February 18, 1918, in Froid, MT, to Andrew & Katherine Schledewitz. Marie lived in the Greeley community in 1959 and moved to Brush in 1961. In 1996 she moved to North Platte to be closer...
Robert H. Hansen
Dec 17, 2014
Robert H. Hansen Sr., 87, life resident of Morgan County, passed away Wednesday, December 17, 2014, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Cheyenne, WY. He was born December 13, 1927, in Brush, to Henry & Helen Hansen. Following graduation from Brush High School, Bob attended CSU for 1 year. He then joined the US Navy. Everyone in the Navy...
Claudetta Marie Sanchez
Dec 16, 2014
Claudetta "Marie" Sanchez, 76, longtime area resident, died Tuesday, December 16, 2014 at the Eben-Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush. Marie was born July 28, 1938 in Guthrie, Oklahoma, to Wiley and Anna (Geren) Luster. She married Jose Sanchez on March 25, 1966 in Lovington, New Mexico. He died earlier this year. She enjoyed woodworking, crocheting, and traveling. She also...
Cleo D. Berry
Dec 14, 2014
Longtime Brush resident, Cleo D. Berry, passed away December 14, 2014, at Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center. Mrs. Berry was born October 19, 1919, in Wellington, Kansas. She married Jack G. Berry in Douglas, Wyoming on December 24, 1939. They had two children, Barbara Bartels (Dale) of Brush and Jack D. Berry (Sharon) of Casper, WY. Following Mr. Berry's retirement...
Warren Rosenfield
Dec 13, 2014
WARREN EDGAR ROSENFIELD, 71, longtime area resident, died Saturday morning, December 13, 2014 at his home in Hillrose. He was born May 11, 1943 in Loveland to Harold & Bessie (Metcalf) Rosenfield. Warren married Janet Scott in Fort Morgan on December 7, 1962. Warren was a truck driver for the majority of his working years. He had also worked for...
Elmer E. Fuerst
Dec 13, 2014
Elmer E. Fuerst, 87, passed away Saturday, December 13, 2014. He was born March 2, 1927, to Paul & Ardeth (St. Clair) Fuerst on the family farm southwest of Yuma, near Hyde, CO. Elmer attended elementary school at East Hyde in Washington County, and high school in Yuma. He joined the US Navy on April 21, 1945. On September 27,...
Wallace Dean Kracke
Dec 11, 2014
Wallace Dean Kracke, 83, died Thursday, December 11, 2014 at his home in Brush. He was born January 28, 1931, in Gage County, Nebraska to Lee Kracke and Johanna (Ulrich) Kracke. He was baptized into the Christian faith on February 15, 1931 at Clatonia Zion Lutheran Church and confirmed on June 10, 1945 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Julesburg,...
Ralph J. Rowley
Dec 9, 2014
Ralph J. Rowley, 82, of Georgetown, passed away on Tuesday, December 9, 2014. Visitation will be held on Saturday, December 13, 2014 from 4:00PM to 6:00PM at The Gabriels Funeral Chapel, 393 North IH 35, Georgetown, TX with a Rosary being recited at 5:00pm. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday, December 19, 2014 at 1pm at...
Theresa J. Roybal
Dec 7, 2014
Theresa J. Roybal, 95, passed away Sunday, December 7, 2014, at Sunset Manor Nursing Home in Brush. She was born October 15, 1919, in Atwood, CO to Gregorio & Fedelia Carrasco. Theresa married Elick Roybal on September 10, 1938, in Sterling, CO. In 1965 the Roybal's moved to Brush. Theresa Roybal entered Sunset Manor on November 21, 2012. Survivors include...
