Lance Kerby Mayer
Sep 1, 2012
Lance Kerby Mayer, 60, of Wiggins died Saturday, September 1 at his home. He was born August 9, 1952 to Herbert and Cleo (Deutscher) Mayer. Growing up on a farm a mile and one-half south of Streeter, ND, he recalls walking to Streeter to get groceries after the 1966 blizzard. The snow was so deep in places that he stepped...
Delbert E. Whitney
Aug 30, 2012
DELBERT ELROY WHITNEY, 68, of Fort Morgan, passed away Thursday, August 30, 2012. He was born in Weldona on September 28, 1943 to Frank V. & Ina (Lusk) Whitney. He married Mary Chilson on April 7, 1968 in Fort Morgan. Delbert enjoyed working with his family as a farmer, rancher, and dairyman. Survivors include his wife, Mary Whitney; his five...
Darrell Beckley
Aug 29, 2012
Darrell J. Beckley, 86, passed away early Wednesday, August 29, 2012, at his home in Brush. He was born July 6, 1926, in Salinas, CA, to Paul & Mary Elizabeth Beckley. Darrell served in the US Navy from 1944 until 1947. Upon his discharge he enrolled at the Colorado School of Mines where he received his degree in Petroleum Engineering....
Michael Deherrera
Aug 28, 2012
MICHAEL R. DEHERRERA, 60, former Brush resident, died Tuesday, August 28, 2012 at his home in Phoenix, AZ. Michael was born January 31, 1952 in Phoenix to Lucy Escabel and Joe DeHerrera. Michael was a Vietnam veteran, serving in the Marine Corps. He worked in the oilfield in Colorado before returning to Arizona where he worked as a skilled electrician...
Richard Leroy Roatch
Aug 28, 2012
Richard Leroy Roatch, 72, of Ft. Morgan, died Tuesday, August 28, 2012 at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. Richard was born January 16, 1940 in Denver to Howard and Harriet (Johnson) Roatch. He married Marilyn Billington on February 29, 1980 in Denver. They moved to Fort Morgan from Arvada in 1998. Richard was a member of the American...
Thelma "Chris" Work
Aug 27, 2012
Thelma "Chris" Work, 93, life resident of Morgan County, passed away Monday, August 27, 2012, at the Valley View Villa Nursing Home in Fort Morgan. She was born March 5, 1919, in Brush to Fred & Anna Christensen. Chris graduated from Brush High School in 1937. She than entered Colorado State University and graduated in 1941. On August 1, 1941,...
Claire Lynch Lawrence
Aug 24, 2012
Claire Louise McLagan, 85, passed away Friday, August 17, 2012, at the Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center. She was born July 20, 1927, in Denver, to John McLagan and Martha English Brown, first of their three children. She came to Brush with her parents in 1928, when her father started the McLagan Brothers Creamery. Graduating from Brush High School 1945,...
Kirk Lee Schauermann
Aug 23, 2012
KIRK LEE SCHAUERMANN, 56, of Fort Morgan and formerly of Greeley, died Thursday, August 23, 2012. Kirk was born April 28, 1956 in Denver to Edwin & Nola (Brown) Schauermann. He married Deborah Treinen in Sideny, NE on August 20, 1983. He farmed with his father for a number of years and also worked in banking as a loan officer...
Homer Wayne Wickham
Aug 21, 2012
Homer Wayne Wickham, 88, longtime area resident, died Tuesday, August 21, 2012 at the Colorado Plains Medical Center in Ft. Morgan. Homer was born September 3, 1923 in Greeley to John and Maude (Russell) Wickham. He married Ruth L. Molberg on August 11, 1946 in Denver. Homer served his country in the United States Navy during WWII in the Pacific...
Elvina Brunkhardt
Aug 20, 2012
Elvina Brunkhardt died August 20, 2012 at Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush, Colorado. She was born on March 1, 1920 to Jacob and Mary (Bott) Mohrlang. On February 24, 1940 in Sidney, Nebraska, Elvina was married to August Brunkhardt. The couple farmed and ranched in the Hillrose-Merino area and also built a dairy herd of registered ayrshire cattle...
Dola Whorton
Aug 17, 2012
Dola Whorton, 85, passed away Friday evening, August 17, 2012, at the Valley View Villa Nursing Home in Fort Morgan, CO. She was born February 12, 1927, in Greenwood, ARK, to W. T. & Myrtle Wilson. After graduating from Fort Smith High School, Dola married Allen Whorton on March 20, 1948, in Yuma, AZ. The Whorton family lived in the...
Jean Charlotte Ogley
Aug 17, 2012
Jean Charlotte Ogley, 81 lifelong area resident, died Friday, August 17,2012 at her home in Ft. Morgan. She was born September 2, 1930 in Ft. Morgan to Albert and Charlotte (Gneiser) Hahlweg. Jean married James R. Ogley on September 10, 1983. Jean was a member of the Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer in Ft. Morgan. She was also a life...
Alma Scheneman
Aug 13, 2012
ALMA SCHENEMAN, 89, of Fort Morgan, died Monday, August 13, 2012 at Colorado Plains Medical Center in Fort Morgan. She was born May 25, 1923 in Sugar City, CO to Reinhardt & Katherine (Gerringer) Geist. Alma married Walter Scheneman on October 2, 1943 in Fort Morgan. Alma was a school cook for RE-3 school district for several years before her...
Rick Edson
Aug 8, 2012
Rick D. Edson, 53, lifelong area resident, died Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at the Poudre Valley Hospital in Ft. Collins. Rick was born March 17, 1959 in Brush, CO to Victor and Arlene Edson. He married Joyce Vig on August 21, 1982 in Ft. Morgan. Rick was a proud member of the Teamsters Union. He loved spending time at home...
Richard Lewis Kitterman
Aug 5, 2012
Richard Lewis Kitterman, 89, longtime area resident, died Sunday, August 5, 2012 at the Eben-Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush. He was born March 25, 1923 in Glenwood, Missouri to Richard and Hattie Kitterman. He married Wanda M. Moore on March 28, 1945 in Hiawatha, Kansas. Richard was a member of the 1st Christian Church in Ft. Morgan, a Life...
Edward Michael Salazar
Aug 2, 2012
Edward Michael Salazar, infant son of Michael Anthony & Justine Salazar, died at birth on Thursday, August 2, 2012, at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. Baby Edward is survived by his parents, Michael and Justine of Wiggins; 2 sisters, Kira & Mia; his Grandparents, Steve & Jaynez McAden of Wiggins; Kristy Eichinger of Westminster, CO; Ed & Karen...
Betty Leis
Jul 30, 2012
Betty J. Leis, 84, longtime Morgan County resident, passed away early Monday, July 30, 2012, at the Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush. She was born September 4, 1927, in Brush, to Marcel & Ethel May Steyaert. On November 14, 1943, Betty married Harold C. Leis in Brush. The Leis family farmed in the Hillrose community for several years....
Gladys Walker
Jul 29, 2012
Gladys M. Walker, 84, life resident of northeastern Colorado, passed away Sunday, July 29, 2012, at the Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush. She was born October 2, 1927, in Friend, KS, to Charles & Ruby Pickett. Gladys married Jacob Walker and they farmed in the Hillrose community together with their son, Jim. Gladys was very active in the...
Ima Jean Hunt
Jul 28, 2012
Ima Jean Hunt, 81, passed away Saturday, July 28, 2012, in Brush. She was born October 12, 1930, in Brush to Leslie & Lydia Teter. Ima Jean graduated from Brush High School. On October 14, 1947, she married Earl V. Hunt. She was a member of the VFW Auxiliary. Ima Jean enjoyed working with crafts, quilting, and fishing. Survivors include...
Carol Rogers
Jul 27, 2012
CAROL DIANE ROGERS, 66, died Friday, July 27, 2012 at her home in Wiggins after a lengthy illness. She was born December 16, 1945 in Beaver, OK to Claxton & Daisy (Wall) Duvall. She attended first thru sixth grade in a one room schoolhouse in Wild Horse, CO and then graduated from Kit Carson High School. Carol married William Rogers...
