obituaries


Joshua Michael Sewald

Joshua Michael Sewald

Jul 12, 2014

Joshua Michael Sewald, 29, lifelong area resident, died, Saturday, July 12, 2014 at his home. He was born July 26, 1984 in Ft. Morgan to Michael and Kathy Sewald. He married Amanda Hergenreter on August 10, 2010 in Brush. Joshua enjoyed snowboarding, fishing, hiking, Halloween, and the 4th of July. He loved being with his children. Joshua is survived by...

Dorothy June Nestor

Dorothy June Nestor

Jul 12, 2014

Dorothy June Nestor, 90, died Saturday, July 12, 2014 at the Hospice of North Colorado in Greeley. She was born October 14, 1923 in Kersey, Colorado to Clem and Annie Wright. Dorothy grew up in and around Ft. Morgan. Dorothy enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1943 and served as a librarian. After her honorable discharge from the...

Eric Alan Henry

Eric Alan Henry

Jul 12, 2014

Eric Alan Henry, 45, former local resident, died unexpectedly Saturday, July 12, 2014 at his home in Loveland. Eric was born October 28, 1968 in Brush to Cliff & Marilyn (Stark) Henry. He attended schools in Brush. He lived in the Brush, Loveland, Laramie, and Fort Collins areas throughout his life. Eric was an avid outdoorsman. He enjoyed fishing, old...

Ernestine V. Sullivan

Ernestine V. Sullivan

Jul 11, 2014

Ernestine V. Sullivan known by family as "Tiny" passed away peacefully on July 11th at Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush, CO. She was born in Elkhard, KS on August 28, 1927. Ernestine married Earl Leroy Sullivan in May of 1946. They were married for 68 years until Earl's death in April of 2013. Her children were blessed with...

Porfirio Pena

Porfirio Pena

Jul 10, 2014

Porfirio Pena, 84, of Brush, passed away Thursday, July 10, 2014, at the Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center. He was born February 26, 1930, in Mexico. At Porfirio's request, no service was held. Inurnment was in the Brush Memorial Cemetery

Margy B. Van Dyke

Margy B. Van Dyke

Jul 9, 2014

Margy B. Van Dyke, 86, longtime area resident, died peacefully Wednesday, July 9, 2014 at the Valley Villa Care Center in Ft. Morgan. Margy was born April 18, 1928 in Ansley, NE to Roy and Helen (Kaelin) Fox. She was the sixth child born into a close and lively family of nine children. The Fox family moved to Julesberg, Colorado...

Mary T. Fausnaught

Mary T. Fausnaught

Jul 9, 2014

Mary T. Fausnaught, 53, passed away Wednesday, July 9, 2014, at the Colorado Plains Medical Center in Fort Morgan. Mary was born August 4, 1960, in Las Cruces, NM to Thomas & Maria Shoemaker. On June 26, 1980, Mary married Elvis Fausnaught in Danville, PA. In 2008 the Fausnaught family moved to Brush. Mary enjoyed shopping, cooking, and working in...

Erminia Deluna Garcia Gomez

Erminia Deluna Garcia Gomez

Jul 6, 2014

Erminia "Minnie", Garcia Gomez, 56, longtime area resident, passed away peacefully, at her home in Ft. Morgan. She was born March 28, 1958 in Scottsbluff, NE to Everardo and Julia (DeLuna) Garcia Sr. Minnie was raised in McGrew, NE, attended school in Bayard, NE, and then enrolled in cosmetology school in Sidney, NE. She began her working career in Scottsbluff....

Hazel M. Taylor

Hazel M. Taylor

Jul 5, 2014

Hazel M. Taylor, 90, longtime Fort Morgan resident, died Saturday, July 5, 2014 at Colorado Plains Medical Center in Fort Morgan. She was born in Lequire, OK on August 14, 1923 to James & Ora Lee (Berryman) Brown. Hazel married Emmitt L. Taylor on January 22, 1942 in Amarillo, TX. Mr. & Mrs. Taylor made Fort Morgan their home in...

Michael Eugene Cullop

Michael Eugene Cullop

Jul 2, 2014

Michael Eugene Cullop, 62, of Fort Morgan, died Wednesday, July 2, 2014 at the Select Specialty Hospital in Denver. He was born May 24, 1952 in Ashland, OR to Paul and Mary Cullop. Michael's favorite things were spending time with his grandchildren, going to the park, watching movies, and of course, eating ice cream. He developed a love for motorcycles,...

Irvin Lee Stumpf

Irvin Lee Stumpf

Jun 27, 2014

Irvin Lee Stumpf, 91, died Friday, June 27, 2014 at the Collier Hospice Center in Wheat Ridge. He was born November 17, 1922 in Fort Morgan to Jacob and Katherine Stumpf. Irvin started school in Fort Morgan and graduated from high school in Hillrose. He then attended the Colorado School Mines. Irvin married Dorothy M. Fries on March 19, 1950...

Cleo Belle Zarbock

Cleo Belle Zarbock

Jun 22, 2014

Cleo Belle Zarbock, 97, lifelong area resident, died Sunday, June 22, 2014 on the family ranch north of Ft. Morgan. She had been cared for by Betty Longacre and her family. Cleo was born July 31, 1916 in Banner County, Nebraska, on their homestead near the old town of Freeport, south of Wildcat Hills and McGrew. Her parents were Walter...

Verna J. Seeley

Verna J. Seeley

Jun 21, 2014

Verna J. Seeley, 89, passed away Saturday, June 21, 2014, at the Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush. She was born January 17, 1925, in New Raymer to Genneive (Addington) & Wilbur Fiscus. Verna attended grade school in New Raymer for two years, then Clifton, CO, school thru grade 6. She graduated from Appleton High School as valedictorian in...

Theodore Cuyler

Theodore Cuyler

Jun 19, 2014

Theodore Cuyler, 90, of Brush, passed away Thursday, June 19, 2014, at the inpatient hospice unit at North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. He was born August 5, 1923, in Menominee, MI, to Theodore J. & Stella Cuyler. Ted served in the US Navy during WW II. On June 2, 1956, he married Jean Walsh in Oak Park, IL. In...

Cheryl Lynn Rapue

Cheryl Lynn Rapue

Jun 18, 2014

Cheryl Lynn Rapue, 29, lifelong area resident, died Wednesday, June 18, 2014 in Riverton, WY as a result of a work related auto accident. Cheryl was born June 23, 1984 in Denver to Terry Lee & Rita Kay (Doehling) Rapue of Wiggins. She grew up in Wiggins where she attended school and graduated in 2002. Respiratory Therapy in college was...

Louie C. Ferguson Jr.

Louie C. Ferguson Jr.

Jun 18, 2014

Louie C. Ferguson Jr., 87, longtime area resident, passed away Wednesday, June 18, 2014 at his home in Brush. He was born July 12, 1926 in Hoxie, Kansas to Louie and Sophia (Baumann) Ferguson. Junior moved with his family to Colorado in 1929. He graduated from Otis High School in 1945. On April 26, 1953 he married Arlene Smith in...

Ardythe Marie Anderson

Ardythe Marie Anderson

Jun 17, 2014

Ardythe Marie Anderson (Crowell), 96, of Brush died June 17, 2014. She was born on October 17, 1917 in Bussey, Iowa to George Malcolm and Grace Richardson Crowell. Ardythe grew up in the Willard community and graduated from Willard High School. She often spoke of her wonderful childhood on the farm with her loving parents and siblings. As a Child...

Audrey Marie Willis

Audrey Marie Willis

Jun 16, 2014

Audrey Marie Willis, 91, lifetime Morgan County resident, passed away June 16, 2014. She was born June 30, 1922, in Fort Morgan, CO, to Robert and Grace Henson. Audrey married Everett "Bud" Willis on December 19, 1940, in Benkelman, NE. They were married for nearly 55 years till she lost Bud in 1995. She ran her own daycare for years,...

Jose Sanchez

Jose Sanchez

Jun 16, 2014

Jose De La Cruz Sanchez, 75, died Monday, June 16, 2014 at his home in Fort Morgan. He was born May 20, 1939 to Vidal & Manuela (Baeza) Sanchez. Jose has lived in the Fort Morgan area for nearly 50 years. He worked as a Section Man on the railroad for Union Pacific for the majority of his working life....

Dale Leroy Nichols

Dale Leroy Nichols

Jun 15, 2014

Dale Leroy Nichols, 67, lifelong area resident, died Sunday, June 15, 2014 at his home west of Ft. Morgan. Dale was born August 16, 1946 in Brush to Douglas and Alverda (Carver) Nichols. He served his country in the United States Navy from 1964 until 1967 during the Viet Nam Conflict. Dale enjoyed reading, word search puzzles, woodworking, and taking...