Patty Ruth Sams-Steele
Apr 19, 2012
Patty Ruth Sams–Steele, 77, passed away Thursday, April 19, 2012, at her home near Brush after a 25 year battle with breast cancer. She was born April 23, 1934, in Hudson, CO, to Lester & Millie Sams. Patty married Roger Steele in Denver on January 31, 1953. She worked with Roger pastoring several churches. They pastored the Chapel on the...
Paul Ververs
Apr 16, 2012
Paul Ellsworth Ververs died April 16, 2012. He was born June 19, 1914 near Patoka, Illinois to August Ververs and Clara Hintz Ververs. He attended High School at Sandoval, Illinois. After graduation he attended Browns Business College at Centralia, Illinois. He worked for Superior Oil Company Salem, Illinois. Later he completed a two year course in accounting and taxation. In...
Ruth Krening
Apr 11, 2012
RUTH KRENING, 76, of Fort Morgan, died Wednesday afternoon, April 11th at her home. She was born October 22, 1935 in Wiggins to John Sr. & Katherina (Sagel) Kembel. She married Ralph Krening on June 15, 1957. They lived in Woodrow for a number of years before returning to Fort Morgan where they farmed. Ruth spent her days as a...
Donna L. Lorensen
Apr 7, 2012
Donna Lee Lorensen, 80, lifelong area resident, died, Saturday, April 7, 2012 at the East Morgan County Hospital in Brush. She was born March 29, 1932 in Brush to Claude and Matilda (Fritzler) Starr. Donna married James Lorensen on December 9, 1951 in Brush. James died in 1991. Together they ran Brush Locker for over 34 years. Donna was an...
Wretha M. Neefe
Apr 7, 2012
Wretha Mae Neefe, 92, died Saturday, April 7, 2012 at East Morgan County Hospital in Brush, CO. Wretha was born May 3, 1919 in Wayne County, Illinois to Raymond and Nettie Pennington. On September 14, 1940, Wretha married Victor Neefe in Henderson, Kentucky. They came to Colorado in 1954 from Fairfield, Illinois. Victor died suddenly on October 4, 1961 leaving...
Harold "Harry" Y. Hunt
Apr 6, 2012
Harold Y. "Harry" Hunt, 88, lifelong area resident, died Friday, April 6, 2012 at the Eben-Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush. He was born June 29, 1923 in Brighton, Colorado to Herbert and Franc (Schaal) Hunt. Soon after his birth the family moved to Ft. Morgan, Colorado where the family was raised. Harry graduated from Ft. Morgan High School and...
James "Sonny" Groves
Apr 5, 2012
JAMES "SONNY" GROVES, 79, died Thursday morning, April 5, 2012 at Valley View Villa Care Center in Fort Morgan. He was born in Orchard on September 18, 1932 to Ted & Hazel (Barns) Groves. Sonny was a longtime area rancher for the majority of his life. He enjoyed Roping, Rodeos, fishing, and hunting. Survivors include his five children, Kim Deganhart...
Walter Scheneman
Apr 3, 2012
Walter Scheneman, 91, lifelong Ft. Morgan resident, died Tuesday, April 3, 2012 at the Valley View Villa Care Center in Ft. Morgan. He was born August 5, 1920, in Ft. Morgan to Adam and Elizabeth (Arndt) Scheneman. Walter married Alma Geist on October 2, 1943 in Ft. Morgan. He served his country in the United States Army during WWII and...
Janice Lucille Grayson
Apr 3, 2012
Janice Lucille Grayson, 64, life resident of Morgan County, passed away Tuesday, April 3, 2012, at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. She was born October 14, 1947, in Brush to Russell & Treasa Dobner. Lucille graduated from Snyder High School in 1965. She attended Parks Business College for 2 years. She was a member of the Snyder Homebuilders...
John Miner
Apr 1, 2012
John D. Miner, 61, of Fort Morgan, CO., passed away April 1, 2012. He was born on January 28, 1951 in Sioux City, Iowa, to James K. and Helen P. Miner. He attended school in Fort Morgan and then two years of college at Colorado State University. After school, he worked with his brother in the family business, Builder's Aggregate,...
Dorothy Schrum
Mar 26, 2012
Dorothy Schrum, 88, lifelong Ft. Morgan resident, died Monday evening at the Valley View Villa in Ft. Morgan. She was born August 23, 1923 in Cheyenne Wells to Henry and Rosa (Schrum) Gentz. Dorothy's mother died when she was young. Joseph and Josie Helget took Dorothy in as one of their own children. She worked at Eben Ezer in housekeeping...
Justin Lee Wilson
Mar 23, 2012
Justin Lee Wilson, 17, of Ft. Morgan, died Friday, March 23, 2012 at the Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland. He was born December 16, 1994 in Roswell, New Mexico to Curtis and Carmen Wilson. Justin was a student at Fort Morgan High School. He moved to Ft. Morgan with his family two years ago from Dexter, New Mexico...
Charlotte A. Rudnik-Larson
Mar 23, 2012
CHARLOTTE RUDNIK-LARSON, 49, lifelong area resident, died Friday, March 23, 2012. She was born July 7, 1962 in Fort Morgan to Delbert & Florence (Nelson) Rudnik. Charlotte married James Larson on May 10, 2008. Charlotte enjoyed making flower arrangements, sewing, and writing poetry. She loved music and did singing telegrams with her bouquet business, "The Basket Case". Survivors include her...
Henry Thiel
Mar 20, 2012
Henry "Hank" Thiel Jr., 89, of Fort Morgan, died Tuesday evening at the Colorado Plains Medical Center in Fort Morgan. He was born February 21, 1923 in Minatare, NE to Henry Sr. and Anna (Temple) Thiel. Henry served our country by enlisting in the Navy in 1942. He married Doris Flohr on June 11, 1944 in Fort Morgan where they...
Nancy Ruhl
Mar 17, 2012
Nancy J. Ruhl, 72, lifelong Ft. Morgan area resident, died early Saturday morning at the Valley View Villa in Ft. Morgan. She was born April 19, 1939 in Ft. Morgan to Samuel and Roberta (Lee) Schwindt. She married Wilbert Ruhl on July 18, 1958 in Ft. Morgan. They have made Ft. Morgan their home where she enjoyed taking care of...
Gary Walter
Mar 16, 2012
Gary Alan Walter, 52, of Wiggins, died Friday afternoon near Wiggins in a pick-up/motorcycle accident. He was born October 6, 1959 in Sterling to Earl Jr. and Ginny Walter. He married Leslie Williams September 12, 1981 in Ft. Morgan. They have made Wiggins their home since 1994, where he has enjoyed ranching and raising bucking bulls. He also enjoyed riding...
Russell "Rusty" E. Woodward
Mar 16, 2012
Russell "Rusty" E. Woodward, 85, former Snyder area resident, passed away Friday, March 16, 2012, at the Fort Collins Health Center in Fort Collins, CO. He was born March 5, 1927, in Brush, to Russell & Lorraine Woodward. After graduating from Snyder High School, Rusty joined the US Navy where he served during WW II. After his discharge, Rusty came...
Raymond Segura Jr.
Mar 15, 2012
RAYMOND "KAT" SEGURA, 56, lifelong Morgan County resident, died Thursday, March 15, 2012 as a result of a work related accident. He was born Raymond Segura Jr. on January 28, 1956 in Fort Morgan to Raymond Sr. & Pomposa (Vaquez) Segura. He attended Fort Morgan schools and graduated from Fort Morgan High School with the class of 1974. Kat worked...
Norine Nelson
Mar 12, 2012
NINA "NORINE" NELSON, 90, of Fort Morgan, went home peacefully, surrounded by her family, Monday morning, March 12, 2012. She was born July 13, 1921 in Umpire, Arkansas to Ed & Sallie Luster. Norine was one of 13 siblings, growing up in and around DeQueen, Arkansas. She married her childhood friend, Dewey Nelson, on October 7, 1941. They were married...
Naomi H. Yearous
Mar 12, 2012
Naomi Yearous, 91, lifelong resident of Fort Morgan, died Monday, March 12, 2012 at the Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush. Naomi was born April 5, 1920 in Fort Morgan, to Dewey & Ferne(Plumb) Henness. She married Joe (Breezy) O. Yearous on November 20th, 1938. She worked as the secretary at the Junior High School in Fort Morgan for...
