Helen Becker
Dec 9, 2013
HELEN BECKER, 96, longtime Fort Morgan resident, died Monday, December 9, 2013 at Valley View Villa in Fort Morgan. She was born September 12, 1917 in Bayard, NE to Jacob & Elizabeth (Hart) Blitz. She grew up and attended schools in McGrew, NE. Helen married Carl Becker on January 11, 1936. Helen was a member of Immanuel Evangelical Church in...
Pat Van Every
Dec 7, 2013
Pat Van Every, 87, of Fort Morgan, died Saturday, December 7, 2013 in Fort Collins. She is survived by her sons, James Van Every of Cortez, CO, and William Van Every of Fort Collins, CO, and their families. A memorial service will be at 10:30 AM on Friday, December 13th at the Heer Mortuary Chapel, 225 E. Platte Ave., Fort...
James Pierce Wright
Dec 5, 2013
James "Jim" Wright, 89, longtime Fort Morgan resident, died Thursday morning in a peaceful sleep. Jim was born December 12, 1923 in Colorado Springs, CO to Cory and Ruth Wright. He served in the Navy Air Corps in WWII from 1943 to 1946. After the war, he worked as a civilian for an air craft mechanics outfit. He married Wanda...
Shannon R. Davy
Dec 5, 2013
Shannon Renea Davy, 28, of Akron, died Thursday, December 5, 2013, at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. Shannon was injured in a one-vehicle rollover on November 27, near Akron. She was born November 20, 1985, in Anchorage, Alaska to Richard & Rhonda Davy. Shannon has lived in the Akron community since 1997. Shannon graduated from Akron High School...
Vernon "Bud" Headley
Dec 1, 2013
Vernon "Bud" Headley, 84, of Brush, passed away Sunday, December 1, 2013, at the East Morgan County Hospital in Brush. He was born May 29, 1929, on the family ranch near Pawnee Pass in the Stoneham - Willard, CO area, to Amos Edgar & Grace Maude (Evans) Headley. Bud grew up in the Stoneham, Willard & Snyder-Hillrose communities, striking out...
Louise Appenzeller
Nov 30, 2013
Louise M. Appenzeller, 91, former Brush resident, passed away Saturday, November 30, 2013, in Chandler, AZ. She was born in Brush on April 2, 1922, to William C. & Iva Mae (James) Alexander, who were homesteaders southeast of Brush. After the death of their Mother in 1925, Louise, her brother & sister lived with their paternal grandparents in Brush. Louise...
Vernon L. Jefferis
Nov 30, 2013
Vernon L. Jefferis, 82, passed away Saturday, November 30, 2013, at the West Lake Care Center in Lakewood, CO. He was born February 10, 1931, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, to Vernie & Edna Jefferis. Vernon served in the US Army during the Korean Conflict. After his honorable discharge, Vernon attended the University of Iowa, where he received his BA degree....
Nancy Lee Bringelson
Nov 30, 2013
NANCY LEE BRINGELSON, 66, longtime New Raymer resident, died Saturday, November 30, 2013 at Valley View Villa in Fort Morgan after a long, courageous battle with Alzheimer's Disease. Nancy was born to Paul & Nellie (Cnockaert) Johnson in Brush on September 8, 1947. She attended Fort Morgan Schools and graduated From Fort Morgan High School in 1965 where she was...
Agnes Irene Columbia
Nov 29, 2013
AGNES IRENE COLUMBIA, 102, A plains homesteader's daughter, escaped the pain of a worn out and broken body to live in the Lord's House on Friday, November 29, 2013 from the Hospice & Palliative Care of Northern Colorado in Greeley. Agnes was born to Aaron & Ethel (Birt) Mimmert in Mayetta, KS on December 17, 1910. She moved with family...
Dorothy "Joan" Price
Nov 19, 2013
Dorothy "Joan" Price, 84, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, November 19, 2013. She was born May 14, 1929, to Leslie & Dorothy Elberg in Kansas City, MO. Joan met John "Jack" H. Price Jr. while he was in dental school. They married on April 2, 1950. After his graduation from dental school, they moved back to...
Getrudis "Trudy" Furtaw
Nov 18, 2013
GETRUDIS "TRUDY" FURTAW, 80, longtime Fort Morgan resident, died Monday, November 18, 2013 at Valley View Villa in Fort Morgan. She was born on September 5, 1933 in Las Vegas, New Mexico to Juan & Eusebia (Sandoval) Martinez. She married Lloyd Furtaw in 1977. Trudy came to Fort Morgan from Phoenix, AZ in 1982. Trudy worked in housekeeping at hotels...
Jose Angel Becerra-Delacruz
Nov 14, 2013
JOSE ANGEL BECERRA-DELACRUZ, 53, of Fort Morgan, died Saturday, November 16, 2013 at Hospice of Northern Colorado in Greeley. He was born September 4, 1960 in Rio Grande, Zacatecas, Mexico to Angel & Guillermina (Delacruz) Becerra. He worked for Empire Dairy for several years before ill heath prevented him from working. Jose was a hardworking man, seeing to it that...
Lorraine Florinda Esty
Nov 12, 2013
Lorraine Florinda Esty, 62, died Tuesday, November 12, 2013 at the Sunset Manor Care Center in Brush. Lorraine was born August 15, 1951 in Llano, New Mexico to Odilio and Lydia Lujan. Lorraine was a member of the Spanish Assembly of God Church. She grew up in Ft. Morgan and graduated from high school here. She enjoyed fishing, drawing, listening...
Louis "Sonny" Lorenzini
Nov 11, 2013
Louis J. "Sonny" Lorenzini, passed away on November 11, 2013 at his home in Weldona. He was born the second of five children to Katie (Chiara) and Americo Lorenzini on March 29, 1925 in Weldona. Sonny lived his whole life in Weldona. He graduated from the Weldon Valley High School in 1944. He served in the Colorado National Guard in...
Ricardo Mendez - Alfaro
Nov 10, 2013
Ricardo Mendez - Alfaro, 14, passed away Sunday, November 10, 2013, at Children's Hospital in Aurora, CO. Ricardo had been diagnosed with cancer in February, 2013. He was born January 25, 1999, in Greeley, CO to Jorge & Marta Mendez. Ricardo has lived most of his life in the Wiggins community. At the time of his death he was a...
Harriet Ann "Tanny" Eastman
Nov 8, 2013
Harriet Ann "Tanny" Eastman, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on November 8, 2013 at the age of 92. Tanny was born January 29, 1921 in Sterling, CO, one of ten children born to Paul and Neva Blankenship. She graduated from Sterling High School with the class of 1938. She was married to Max Pershing Morris in 1941....
Denis Brian Mcgrath
Nov 8, 2013
Denis Brian McGrath, 62, passed away suddenly in New Raymer on Friday, November 8, 2013. He was born January 5, 1951, in St. Louis, MO to Eugene and Eloise McGrath. Denis married Margaret Martinez on April 1, 2000, in Walsenburg, CO. He moved to Morgan County about 16 years ago from Springfield, CO. Denis worked for USDA as a Loan...
Mary Ann Walter
Nov 8, 2013
Mary Ann Walter, 89, longtime Morgan County resident, passed away Friday evening, November 8, 2013, at the East Morgan County Hospital in Brush. She was born February 26, 1924 in Gilcrest, CO. to Henry & Anna Brening. The Brening family moved to Brush in 1931. Mary Ann graduated from Brush High School in 1941. She married Victor E. Walter on...
Malvin Lee Walter
Nov 7, 2013
Malvin Lee Walter, 75, longtime area resident, died Thursday, November 7, 2013 at his home in Weldona. Malvin was born in 1938 in St. Francis, Kansas to Albert and Edna Walter. He married Carolyn K. Hubbell on April 12, 1969 in Ft. Morgan. Malvin was an avid sportsman and liked camping, hunting and fishing, archery and bowling. He always had...
Gladys L. Richard
Nov 6, 2013
Graveside Memorial Service for Gladys L. Richard will be held on Saturday, July 5, 2014, at 10:30 AM at the Brush Memorial Cemetery Interment Chapel, officiated by Pastor Phil Vogels. A reception will be held at the Brush United Methodist Church following the graveside service. Gladys L. Richard, 104, former Brush resident, passed away peacefully on November 6, 2013 at...
