Manuel Perez Sr.
Jan 22, 2013
Manuel Perez Sr. 71, life resident of Fort Morgan area, passed away Tuesday, January 22, 2013, at his home. He was born June 17, 1941, in Fort Morgan to Nick & Rafaila Perez. Prior to retirement, Manuel worked for Keith Bath farms as a truck driver. He was a member of Platte Valley Baptist Church. He enjoyed working on machinery,...
Margaret Ellen Miller
Jan 20, 2013
Margaret Ellen Miller, 81, of Lincoln, NE, formerly of Brush, CO, passed away on January 20, 2013. Margaret was born March 24, 1931, to Orlan Maynard and Sara Boyce Toole in Lovell, Wyoming. She married Edwin Charles Miller January 19, 1952. Ed and Margaret lived most of their married life in the Brush area. They farmed for 16 years in...
Beverly Mackey
Jan 19, 2013
Beverly J. Mackey, 74, passed away Saturday, January 19, 2013, at Valley View Villa Nursing Home in Fort Morgan. She was born August 12, 1938, in Winfield, KS, to Wayne & Maxine Prigmore. Beverly married Norman Mackey in Denver on June 12, 1958, and they lived in the Denver metro area for a number of years. In 1980 the Mackey's...
June E. Stoops
Jan 16, 2013
June E. Stoops, 91, longtime Brush area resident, passed away Wednesday, January 16, 2013, at the Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush. She was born February 24, 1921, in Huron, SD, to Clifford & Eda Martin. June married Frank D. Stoops on December 13, 1941, in Brush. The Stoops family farmed south of Brush for many years. June managed...
Gwenith B. Sietsema
Jan 16, 2013
Gwenith B. Sietsema, 100, longtime area resident, died Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at her home in Ft. Morgan. She was born February 19, 1912 in Lane, South Dakota to Justus and Sophie Blaalid. She married Ray Sietsema in August of 1969. He died in 2011. Gwenith worked as budget analyst for the State Department in Washington, DC before moving to...
Ruth A. Simpson
Jan 12, 2013
Ruth A. Simpson, 97, former Brush and Akron area resident, died Saturday, January 12, 2013 at the Heritage Hall Care Center in Broken Bow, NE. A graveside service will be at 2:00 PM on Tuesday, January 15th in the Brush Memorial Cemetery.
Genevieve Mary Campbell
Jan 6, 2013
Genevieve Mary Campbell, 89, formerly of Sidney, Nebraska, died Sunday, January 6, 2013 at the Valley View Villa Care Center in Ft. Morgan, CO. She was born September 22, 1923 in Posen, Michigan to Warren and Nellie Page. Genevieve married Orian H. Campbell in Alpena, Michigan in 1944, he died in 1991. In her earlier years she worked as a...
Corinne White
Jan 5, 2013
CORINNE WHITE, 86, lifelong Brush resident, died Saturday, January 5, 2013 at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. She was born in Brush on July 12, 1926 to Harold & Doris Gray. Corinne attended Brush Schools and then attended Colorado School of Education in Greeley, (now known as UNC). She married George R. White in January of 1947. Corinne...
Lois Waite
Jan 4, 2013
Lois T. Waite, 96, former Brush resident, passed away Friday evening January 4, 2013, at her home in Buena Vista, CO in the company of her family. Lois had been living with her son, Mark and his wife, Paz, for the past 51/2 years. She was born June 13, 1916, in Denison, IA, to Salem H. & Mary C. D....
Anna Marshall
Dec 31, 2012
Anna Marshall, 86, began her life on a farm southeast of Pawnee Pass in Logan County with her parents, Frank and Blanche (Sevic) Hnizdil with assistance from midwife Kitty Otsenberger. She joined two brothers, Frank and Tom Hnizdil on September 15, 1930. She graduated from Merino High School. She was always a hard worker loving a job well done. Before...
Harold West
Dec 27, 2012
Harold E. West, 86, longtime Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center resident in Brush, died Thursday, December 27, 2012 A graveside service will be in Crown Hill Cemetery in Wheat Ridge, CO at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, January 2, 2013.
Melvin Hawthorne Meekins
Dec 25, 2012
Melvin Hawthorne Meekins, 91, longtime area resident, passed away, Tuesday December 25, 2012 in Sterling. He was born September 28, 1921 in Humphries, Missouri to Noel Lee and Edna Lee (Hawthorne) Meekins. Melvin moved to Limon, Colorado in 1925 where his family had a sheep ranch. Soon after, he moved to Fort Morgan, Colorado. After graduation from Fort Morgan High...
Ross Bernhardt
Dec 22, 2012
Ross J. Bernhardt, 66, passed away early Saturday, December 22, 2012, at Valley View Villa Nursing Home in Fort Morgan. He was born in Denver on August 17, 1946. He was adopted by Jacob & Lovie Bernhardt. Ross was raised on the Bernhardt family farm near Wiggins. He graduated from Wiggins High School and continued to work on his parent's...
Mary Soto
Dec 20, 2012
MARY SOTO, 86, longtime Fort Morgan resident, died Thursday, December 20, 2012 at Swedish Medical Center in Englewood. She was born March 3, 1926 in Floresville, TX to Eugenio & Antonia (Flores) Maruquin. She married Marcelino Soto in 1943. They moved to Fort Morgan from the Lubbock, TX area in 1966. Mrs. Soto was a member of Saint Helena's Catholic...
Betty A. Matson-Moser
Dec 19, 2012
Betty A. Matson-Moser, age 94,of Brush, passed away early Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at the Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush, Colorado. She was born May 19, 1918 in Clay, New York to Howard and Anna Hess. The Hess family moved to a farm in Rushville, Nebraska in 1921. Following her graduation from Rushville High School, Betty attended business...
John Lockhart
Dec 17, 2012
John H. Lockhart, 57, former Morgan County resident, passed away unexpectedly on December 17, 2012, at his home near Eaton, CO. He was born February 20, 1955, in Culver City, CA, to James & Marylouise Lockhart. The Lockhart family lived in Morgan County for several years before moving to the Greeley area. John graduated from Greeley Central High School. At...
William Thomas Thornsby
Dec 16, 2012
William Thomas Thornsby, 84, lifelong area resident, died Sunday, December 16, 2012 at the Colorado Plains Medical Center in Ft. Morgan. Bill was born May 6, 1928 in Brush to William and Hazel (Tennant) Thornsby. He married Dorothy Price on December 17, 1950 in Brush. Bill loved his family and they were very important to him. Bill was a member...
Samuel E. Jameson
Dec 15, 2012
Samuel Edward Jameson passed way Saturday, December 15, 2012, at the East Morgan County Hospital in Brush. He was born August 12, 1933, to Samuel Jasper & Ida Lee Jameson in Jackson County, OK. Following graduation from Altus High School in Altus, OK, in 1951, Sam enlisted in the US Army serving his country in the Korean Conflict. Following his...
Jerry Lee Bryan
Dec 14, 2012
Jerry Lee Bryan, 60, longtime area resident, died Friday, December 14, 2012 at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. He was born June 25, 1952 in Hemet, California to Gerald and Helen (Slemp) Bryan. Jerry was an avid sports fan and enjoyed watching most sports. His favorite professional team was the Pittsburg Steelers. He enjoyed visiting the library and...
Lois Buchanan
Dec 14, 2012
Lois Darlene Buchanan, 79, passed away peacefully in her sleep at her home in Fort Morgan Friday evening. Lois was born to D.T. and Laura (Johnson) Stevens on September 7, 1933 in Akron. She was raised in Akron and graduated with the Class on 1951 from Akron High School. Following graduation she attended and completed cosmetology school and worked in...
