Dustin Wayne Ratcliffe
Jul 13, 2012
Dustin Wayne Ratcliffe, 42, of Woodrow, died Friday, July 13, 2012 from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. He was born August 22, 1969 in Reno, Nevada to Gordon and Elaine (Hageman) Ratcliffe. Dustin married Kilea Ray Wagner on October 6, 2000 in Fairplay, Colorado. They moved to this area from Idaho Springs about three years ago. Dustin attended...
Anthony N. Galyk
Jul 12, 2012
Anthony N. Galyk, 78, passed away Thursday, July 12, 2012, at the North Colorado Medical Center inpatient hospice unit. He was born June 13, 1934, in Marion, OH, to Michael C. & Mary K. Galyk. Tony served in the US Navy from 1954 until his honorable discharge in 1964. On January 18, 1961, he married Maxine Ingmire in Brush. Following...
Doris Schilling
Jul 12, 2012
DORIS L. SCHILLING, 82, of Brush, died Thursday morning, July 12, 2012 at Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's Disease. She was born in Merino, CO on September 13, 1929 to Wade & Ethel (Jackson) Dilley. She married Martin Schilling Jr. on May 2, 1948 in Brush. Mrs. Schilling was a bookkeeper for...
Alice Mae Rush
Jul 11, 2012
Alice Mae Rush, 74, a long time area resident, died Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at her home in Ft. Morgan. She was born July 2, 1938 in Fall River, Massachusetts to Ernest and Laurenden Pickering. Alice grew up in Fall River and worked in the textile mills until moving to Long Island, New York in the mid 1950's. Alice met...
Annette Lentell
Jul 11, 2012
ANNETTE ELIZABETH LENTELL, 55, of Wiggins, died Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at her home. She was born February 2, 1957 in Pueblo, CO to David & Reva (White) Hudson. She married Michael Lentell on February 25, 1985 in Henderson, NV. They moved to Wiggins from Japan four years ago. Annette was a member of Wiggins Community Church. She enjoyed crocheting,...
James Leroy Wall
Jul 7, 2012
James Leroy Wall, 72, entered into our Lord's embrace from the arms of his loving family on July 7, 2012. He was born on March 19, 1940 to Orin and Nellie Wall in Boulder, Colorado. He attended schools in Brush and Fort Morgan, and graduated from high school in Englewood, Colorado. Jim then attended Colorado State University for two years....
Floyd A. Sanders
Jul 5, 2012
Floyd A. Sanders, 86, passed away Thursday, July 5, 2012, at the Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center. He was born August 10, 1925, Junction City, KS to Leonard & Flora Sanders. On October 30, 1943, Floyd joined the US Navy, where he served until his honorable discharge on February 13, 1946. On March 15, 1951, he married Joan Dishong in...
Norman Duane Crabb
Jul 4, 2012
Norman Duane Crabb, 74, of New Raymer, entered the arms of his loving Savior from the arms of his family on Independence Day. He was born on September 15, 1937 in Genoa, CO to Glennwood William & Leola Fern (Tanner) Crabb. He grew up in Genoa and attended Liberty School, later obtaining his GED. Norman married Marjorie Smith on October...
Evelyn Chartier
Jul 2, 2012
Evelyn M. Chartier, 86, longtime Brush area resident, passed away Monday, July 2, 2012, at the Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center. She was born September 24, 1925, in Sioux Falls, SD to Jens & Anna Lerager. In 1939 the Lerager family moved to the Brush area. Evelyn graduated from Brush High School in 1943. She attended Grand View College in...
Suzanna Holder
Jun 29, 2012
Suzanna Holder, 47, longtime area resident, passed away Friday, June 29, 2012 at her home in Ft. Morgan. She was born May 29, 1965 in Pueblo to Mary Gladys Holder. Her foster parents are Bud and Hazel McCracken. Bud died in 2001. She was a member of the United Methodist Church in Ft. Morgan and had sung in the church...
Ofelia Pineda Mendoza
Jun 28, 2012
OFELIA PINEDA MENDOZA, 70, of Fort Morgan, died Thursday, June 28, 2012 in the emergency room of Colorado Plains Medical Center. She was born in Mexico on May 28, 1942 to Gonzalo & Presentacion (Gutierrez) Mendoza. She married Justino Pineda in May of 1958. They have lived in the Fort Morgan area for the past 20 years. Ofelia was a...
Norma Jean Cole
Jun 27, 2012
Norma Jean Cole, 77, longtime area resident, died, Wednesday, June 27, 2012 at her home in Ft. Morgan. She was born April 17, 1935 in Drumright, Oklahoma to Alden and Mabelle Overstreet. Norma grew up in Oklahoma and moved to the Ft. Morgan area from Wyoming over 60 years ago. She married Joe W. Cole on January 6, 1955 in...
Kathleen Lorraine Dickman
Jun 25, 2012
Kathleen Lorraine Dickman, 90, lifelong area resident, died Monday, June 25, 2012 at the Valley View Villa Care Center in Ft. Morgan. Kathleen was born December 26, 1921 in Thedford, Nebraska to Gerald and Wilma (Harris) Jochum. She married Herman "Dick" Dickman on September 25, 1943 in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Kathleen was a member of the United Methodist Church in Ft....
Clara Mae Morris
Jun 24, 2012
Clara Mae Morris, 89, life resident of Northeast Colorado, passed away Sunday, June 24, 2012, at her home in Brush. She was born May 1, 1923, in Yuma, CO, to Joseph & Dora Krout. Clara Mae married Raymond Morris on January 13, 1942, in Sidney, NE. In 1946 the Morris family bought a farm in Adams County. In 1980 they...
Fanny Lapp
Jun 23, 2012
Fannie F. Lapp, 96, a Fort Morgan resident for over 60 years, passed away Saturday, June 23, 2012, at the Colorado Plains Medical Center. She was born in Palisade, NE, to Bill & Grace LeValley. On April 29, 1935, Fannie married Fred Lapp in Greeley, CO. Before eye sight complications, Fannie enjoyed doing different types of hand work, including ceramics,...
William "Bill" Babcock
Jun 22, 2012
William Benjamin "Bill" Babcock, 84 , longtime resident of Wiggins, died June 22, 2012 at the Sunset Manor Care Center in Brush. He was born October 27, 1927 in Phillipsburg, Kansas to Frank Arthur and Effie (Bugbee) Babcock. Bill moved with his parents to Ft. Morgan, Colorado and settled on the farm located in the Hoyt Community, where he farmed...
Steve Krueger
Jun 20, 2012
Steven M. Krueger, 57, passed away suddenly on Wednesday evening at his home near Hillrose. He was born April 8, 1955 in Brush to Eleanor & Martin Krueger. Steve graduated from Brush High School in 1973. At the time of his death he was a sheet metal contractor. He was a member of the Sheet Metal Worker's Union #9. He...
Davien Santistevan
Jun 18, 2012
DAVIEN IZAE SANTISTEVAN, 3, died early Monday morning, June 18, 2012 in the emergency room of Colorado Plains Medical Center in Fort Morgan. He was born February 13, 2009 in Fort Morgan to Rebecca Anderson and Rick Santistevan. Davien loved playing with his toy cars and motorcycles. He also enjoyed riding his bike. Davien loved his brothers. He was a...
William & Christina Williamson
Jun 15, 2012
CHRISTINA H. WILLIAMSON, 69, died Friday afternoon, June 15, 2012 at the Valley View Villa in Fort Morgan following a lengthy illness. Her husband, WILLIAM D. WILLIAMSON, 73, died Saturday morning, June 16, 2012 after taking ill just a week earlier. Chris was born September 20, 1942 in Julesburg to Raymond & Dorothy Lechman. She attended grade school in Ovid...
Lawrence Henry Bell
Jun 13, 2012
June 14, 2012 Lawrence "Larry" Bell, 87, longtime area resident, died Wednesday June 13, 2012 at the Valley View Villa Care Center in Ft. Morgan. He was born November 9, 1924 on a farm near Goff, Kansas to Everton and Hulda (Bareiss) Bell. Lawrence served in the Coast Guard during WWII aboard the USS Centarus in the South Pacific. He...
