Ada Bristol
Nov 13, 2011
Ada Belle Bristol, 86 lifelong area resident, died, Sunday, November 13, 2011 at the Peak Care Center in Longmont. Ada was born March 18, 1925 in Yuma, CO to Charles and Nettie Darbin. Ada married Lester Bristol in November of 1949 in Ft. Morgan. Ada enjoyed knitting, working crossword puzzles and oil painting. In fact, she had a painting of...
Betty C. Schreiner
Nov 13, 2011
Betty C. Schreiner, 81, lifelong area resident passed away early Sunday, November 13, 2011, at the Colorado Plains Medical Center. She was born November 24, 1929, in Fort Morgan to Albert & Eva Nichols. Her mother died when she was ten years old. Betty grew up in the Adena area and either walked or rode her horse to school. She...
Hector Garcia
Nov 11, 2011
Hector D. Garcia, 53, passed away Friday, November 11, 2011, at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley following a short illness. He was born March 15, 1958, in Lubbock, TX, to Victor & Helen Garcia. On July 26, 1984, Hector married Lola Arreguin in Lubbock, TX. The Garcia's moved to Morgan County in 1998. Prior to ill health, Hector...
Joshuah Atkins & Katie Griggs
Nov 11, 2011
Joshuah E. Atkins, 2, and his Mother, Katie A. Griggs, died of injuries suffered in a one vehicle accident on I-80 near Gothenburg, NE. The accident happened on November 7, 2011. Joshuah died in Lincoln, NE after being airlifted from the scene. Katie died at the Good Samaritan Medical Center in Kearney, NE on November 11. Joshuah was born May...
Ben Schreiner
Nov 9, 2011
Ben A. Schreiner, 97, former Brush resident, passed away Wednesday, November 9, 2011, at the Bonnell Good Samaritan Center in Greeley. He was born February 5, 1914, in Otis, KS, to June & Emma Schreiner. While living at the Tabor Apartments at Eben Ezer in Brush, Ben helped with the yard care of the Eben Ezer campus. At Ben's request,...
Lydia Reidle
Nov 7, 2011
Lydia Reidle, 97, long time Brush area resident died Monday morning at the Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush. She was born March 8, 1914 in Brush to John J. and Marie Koehler. She married Alex Reidle on January 1, 1932 in Hillrose. They farmed near Hillrose for many years. They moved to Brush when Alex retired from farming....
Joyce Slama
Nov 7, 2011
JOYCE SLAMA, 78, longtime Fort Morgan resident, died Monday morning, November 7, 2011 at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. She was born in Trenton, NE on October 23, 1933 to Roland & Pearl (Hinkle) Barritt. She married Clifford Slama in Wray on March 11, 1955. They have lived in the Fort Morgan area nearly 30 years. Mrs. Slama...
Patricia Hurlbert
Nov 7, 2011
Patricia Ann Hurlbert, 64, longtime area resident, died Monday, November 7, 2011, at the Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland. She was born February 4, 1947 in Rushville, Nebraska to Albert and Isabelle (Miller) Thomas. Patricia enjoyed cooking, sewing, the outdoors and especially enjoyed being with her grandchildren. Survivors include her three sons, Scott Lanz of Fort Morgan, Stacy...
Barbara Ann Rohach
Nov 4, 2011
Barbara Ann Rohach, 64, of Akron, died Friday, November 4, 2011 at her home in Akron. She was born January 24, 1947 in Camden, NJ to Frank and Rose Kopack. She is survived by two daughters, Anne Rohach Hogan and her husband, Aden Hogan Jr., of Commerce City, CO and Rose Bull and her husband, Andrew Bull, of Akron; two...
Darlene Joy Araujo
Nov 3, 2011
Darlene Joy Araujo, 74, longtime area resident, passed away peacefully at her home in Ft. Morgan on Thursday, November 3rd, 2011. Darlene, the daughter of Willard and Emma Steinshouer, was born October 23rd, 1937 in Alma, NE. Her family moved to Colorado, where she attended school in Wiggins, CO. It was there she met and married Leo Araujo. In 1967,...
Lela B. Lanning
Oct 31, 2011
Lela B. Rhamy, daughter of Jim and Ruth Mosier Rhamy, was born December 4, 1930 at Gem Kansas. Her parents moved to a farm northwest of Cope, Colorado in April 1931. She graduated from Palmer Valley Grade School, Cope High School, and attended Morgan Community College. Marrying Harold L. Lanning September 25, 1949, she was an active partner in their...
George Brening
Oct 29, 2011
George A. Brening, 76, life resident of the Brush community, passed away Saturday, October 29, 2011, at the Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center following a short illness. He was born April 7, 1935, to Henry & Anna Brening on the family farm just south of Brush. George graduated from Brush High School in 1954. On November 4, 1956, he married...
Alberta Louise Zittle
Oct 27, 2011
ALBERTA LOUISE ZITTLE, 92, lifelong Fort Morgan resident, died Thursday morning, October 27, 2011 at Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush. She was born April 5, 1919 in Denver to Albert K. & Elsie Mae (Jones) Carruth. After graduating from Fort Morgan High School, Alberta attended Barnes Business College in Denver and then worked for A.C. Berryhill at a...
Rita Frances Coates
Oct 26, 2011
Rita Frances Coates, 74, longtime area resident, passed away Wednesday, October 26, 2011 in Ft. Morgan. She was born at home on the farm south of Ogallala, Nebraska on April 26, 1937. She attended a 1 room school thru the 8th grade and then attended St. Patrick's Academy in Sidney, NE thru grade 12. She then took her nursing training...
Helen Toft
Oct 25, 2011
Helen E. Toft, 82, passed away Tuesday, October 25, 2011, at Sunset Manor Nursing Home in Brush. She was born December 3, 1928, in Bennett, CO, to Peter & Sena Hawk. On April 21, 1946, Helen married Howard Toft in Strasburg, CO. The Toft family moved to Brush in 1963. Helen worked for several years at the Kozy Kort Motel....
Raymond L. Covelli
Oct 25, 2011
Raymond Lee Covelli, 81, passed away peacefully at his home in Weldona on Tuesday, October 25, 2011. He was born on May 7th, 1930 in Fort Morgan to Kelly and Pauline (Thiel) Covelli. He married Sammie E. Jacobson on November 19th, 1950 at the First Christian Church in Fort Morgan. Raymond lived in Weldon Valley where he farmed for most...
Harold "Dan" Chilcote
Oct 24, 2011
HAROLD "DAN" CHILCOTE, 88, of Fort Morgan, died Monday evening, October 24, 2011 at the North Colorado Medical Center Hospice Unit in Greeley. He was born in Binkelman, NE on March 16, 1923 to Oral & Lethel (Griffith) Chilcote. He married Freda Ruth Dietz in Saint Francis, KS on April 6, 1947. Mrs. Chilcote died in 1996. He married Barbara...
Dearld Lynn Chapman
Oct 23, 2011
DEARLD LYNN CHAPMAN, 81, former Yuma resident, died Sunday evening, October 23, 2011 at the Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush. He was born May 30, 1930 in Eckley, CO to William & Beulah (Wells) Chapman. He married Laura Forbes in Yuma on April 2, 1950. Mr. & Mrs. Chapman lived in Loveland for 36 years where they managed...
Jersey Ann Dilka
Oct 20, 2011
Jersey Ann Dilka, infant daughter of Robert Dilka & Brittany Anzlovar, passed away Thursday, October 20, 2011, at the Presbyterian / St. Luke's Medical Center in Denver. She was born August 3, 2011, in Denver. Survivors include her parents; a brother Robert Dilka Jr. and Olivia Dilka all of Wiggins; her grandparents, Steve & Deborah Dilka of Wiggins and Shirley...
Opal Ophelia Campbell
Oct 19, 2011
Opal Ophelia Campbell, 90, formerly of Fort Morgan, died Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at the Rehabilitation and Nursing Center of the Rockies in Fort Collins. She was born February 1, 1921 in Beggs, Oklahoma to Frank and Annabell Green. Opal married Paul W. Campbell on March 20, 1953 in Vallejo, California. He died in 2007. Opal and Paul owned and...
