obituaries


Nancy Lee Bringelson

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Gene B. Peterson

Gene B. Peterson

Nov 2, 2013

Gene B. Peterson, 87, was born May 10, 1926, at the old family farmhouse, to Ben & Gladys Peterson. He entered this world weighing 12 lbs. 6 oz. and lived his entire life on the family farm, which was established in the late 1800's. Having suffered from leukemia, Gene left this earth to go to his heavenly home on Saturday,...

Genevieve Rodman

Genevieve Rodman

Nov 1, 2013

GENEVIEVE ROSE RODMAN, 89, longtime area resident, died Friday, November 1, 2013 at East Morgan County Hospital in Brush. She was born in Venango, NE on January 2, 1924 to Francis Michael & Sophia Victoria (Wetovick) Boro. During WW II Genevieve traveled the word performing in USO Shows. She married Donald Rodman on February 17, 1946 and began her life...

Hazle Mae Mccracken

Hazle Mae Mccracken

Oct 29, 2013

HAZLE MAE MCCRACKEN, 99, died Tuesday morning, October 29, 2013 at the Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush. She was born May 17, 1914 in Atlantic City, IA to William & Birdie (Smith) Parker. She married Bud McCracken in Denver, CO on January 24, 1947. Hazle & Bud were foster caregivers for 49 years, opening their home to over...

Dewayne Brice Dalrymple

Dewayne Brice Dalrymple

Oct 29, 2013

Dewayne Brice Dalrymple, 37, died October 29, 2013 in Lafayette, Colorado. Dewayne was born December 16, 1975 to Dean and Joyce Dalrymple. After graduating from Ft. Morgan High School in 1994, he received a degree from DeVry. He worked in Arizona before returning to Colorado to work for Intel, Hewlett Packard, Timing Solutions and Symmetricom. Dewayne enjoyed photography and worked...

Hope Carol Reyman

Hope Carol Reyman

Oct 28, 2013

Hope Carol (Enger) Reyman, 87, passed from this life at her home in Fort Morgan on October 28, 2013 after a five-month illness resulting from a fractured hip. Hope was born July 18, 1926 in Kindred, North Dakota, to William D. and Effie (Mestad) Enger. During the depression years of the 1930's the family moved to a farm in Mahnomen,...

Dr. Robert L. Kulp

Dr. Robert L. Kulp

Oct 26, 2013

Dr. Robert Lawrence Kulp passed away on October 26, 2013 at 88 years of age after a full, productive life. He was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on February 15, 1925. After graduating from high school in Parkville, Missouri, his college plans were interrupted by WWII. He enlisted in the Navy and was accepted into their wartime V12 engineering program and...

Lonnie V. Thomas

Lonnie V. Thomas

Oct 24, 2013

Lonnie V. Thomas, 34, passed away Thursday, October 24, 2013, of injuries suffered in a one vehicle accident. He was born September 13, 1979, in Greeley, CO, to Tom & Janet Thomas. Following graduation from Wiggins High School in 1998, Lonnie attended, and graduated from, Colorado Aero Tech College. He worked as an airplane mechanic for several years for Hagen...