Olga Ruby
Sep 13, 2011
Olga Ruby, 97, longtime Brush / Hillrose area resident, passed away Monday, September 12, 2011, at the East Morgan County Hospital. She was born September 6, 1914, in Colorado City, CO, to John & Elizabeth Steyaert. The Steyaert family moved to the Brush community when Olga was less than a year old. They farmed south of Brush. On February 9,...
Lawrence Leland Stratton Jr.
Sep 13, 2011
Lawrence Leland Stratton Jr. 84, lifelong area resident, died Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at the East Morgan County Hospital in Brush. Lawrence was born November 13, 1926 in Inavale, Nebraska to Lawrence and Inis (McCracken) Stratton Sr. He married Gertrude Bellender on May 10, 1950 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Brush. Lawrence was a life member of the VFW....
Letha J. Walz
Sep 12, 2011
Letha J. Walz, 94, longtime Brush resident, died Monday, September 12, 2011 at the Eben-Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush. She was born June 14, 1917 in Crook to Loyd and Edith (Frese) Stanbary. Letha attended school and graduated from Crook High School in 1937. She married Richard J. Walz on January 16, 1941 in Sidney, Nebraska. They moved to...
Hazel Smith
Sep 11, 2011
Hazel E. Smith, 98, longtime Ft. Morgan resident, died Sunday afternoon at the Valley View Villa Care Center in Ft. Morgan. She was born August 28, 1913 at the family homestead near Stoneham to Edmund and Lettie (Myers) McCloud. She married Elmer (Doc) Smith October 25, 1934. Elmer died April 30, 1984. She enjoyed being a homemaker and babysitting in...
Pauline Martinez
Sep 7, 2011
PAULINE G. MARTINEZ, 69, longtime Fort Morgan resident and schoolteacher, died Wednesday afternoon, September 7, 2011 at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. She was born December 1, 1941 in Delagua, CO to Jose & Natividad Flores. She married Raymond Martinez in Aguilar, CO on June 26, 1965. They lived in Aztec, NM for a short time before making...
Donald Frank Mcclary
Sep 5, 2011
Donald F. McClary, 87, longtime local attorney, died Monday, September 5, 2011 at his home in Ft. Morgan. He was born July 21, 1924 in Denver to William F. and Leona M. (Johnson) McClary. He served his country in the United States Army during WWII, starting in the Army specialized training program and then ending in Battery C of the...
Joshua Folsom
Sep 4, 2011
Joshua C. Folsom, 31, passed away suddenly in the emergency room at East Morgan County Hospital in Brush on Sunday, September 4, 2011. He was born May 12, 1980, in Denver, to Bobby & Dahn Folsom. Joshua worked as a mechanic and heavy equipment operator. He enjoyed building "hot" car & truck motors. He has lived in Brush for a...
Irene Madsen
Sep 2, 2011
Irene F. Madsen, 96, longtime Brush resident, passed away Friday, September 2, 2011, at the East Morgan County Hospital. She was born May 7, 1915, in Medford, OR, to Theodore & Myrtle Hawkinson. In 1921 the Hawkinson family moved to Brush. Irene married Gilbert Madsen on July 26, 1936, in Brush. Irene was a very active member of Bethlehem Lutheran...
Pat Merrill
Sep 2, 2011
Pat Merrill, 48, former Fort Morgan City Manager, died Friday September 2, 2011. He was born September 4, 1962 in Lansing, MI to Paul and Judith Merrill. He married Chelle Warnars on July 5, 2003 on top of the Copper Peak ski jump in Ironwood, MI. Pat and his family moved to Ft. Morgan in November of 2007 to be...
Edward Schneider
Aug 28, 2011
EDWARD SCHNEIDER, 80, former local resident, died Sunday, August 28, 2011 at the Elms Haven Care Center in Thornton. He was born April 10, 1931 in Morgan County to John & Katie (Neb) Schneider. His mother died when he was very young and he was raised by his father and stepmother, Mary. Schneider graduated from Fort Morgan High School and...
Donald "Shorty" Gronsten
Aug 22, 2011
Donald "Shorty" Gronsten, 83, passed away Monday, August 22, 2011 at the Valley View Villa in Fort Morgan. Shorty was born April 21, 1928 in Sligo, Colorado to Ewald and Mildred Corcilius Gronsten who ran the local general store, auto mechanic business and post office. The family sold that business in Sligo and moved to Weldona in the fall 1933....
Sybil Wolf
Aug 20, 2011
Sybil Wolf, 89, of Fort Morgan, passed away on Saturday, August, 20, 2011. Sybil was a retired schoolteacher, having taught first grade in the Fort Morgan school district. Sybil did not have any children, and considered her students to be "her kids". She loved to teach. Sybil was involved in her local First Christian Church in many capacities including sunday...
Lydia Weitzel
Aug 19, 2011
Lydia Weitzel, 92, former Fort Morgan resident, passed away Friday afternoon, August 19, 2011, at the inpatient hospice unit at North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. She was born November 19, 1918, in Brush, to John H. & Katherine Marie Koehler. Lydia graduated from Fort Morgan High School. On September 7, 1947, she married Glenn W. Weitzel in Fort Morgan....
Marilyn Meininger
Aug 18, 2011
Marilyn K. Meininger, 60, passed away early Thursday, August 18, 2011, at the inpatient hospice unit at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley following a short illness. She was born August 7, 1951, in Brush, to Melvin and Rachel Meininger. Marilyn graduated from Brush High School in 1969. Shortly after graduation, Marilyn moved to Greeley where she worked as...
Donald V. Drew
Aug 17, 2011
Donald V. Drew, 83, life resident of the Fort Morgan community, passed away Wednesday, August 17, 2011, at the Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland, CO. Don fell earlier in the week and died of complications from his fall. He was born January 23, 1928, in Fort Morgan, to Ralph & Maude Marie Drew. On January 25, 1948, Don...
Clarence James Vogl
Aug 16, 2011
Clarence James Vogl, 91, longtime area resident, died Tuesday, August 16, 2011, at his home in Akron, Colorado. He was born May 12, 1920, in Denver to Walter and Nellie (Gance) Vogl. Clarence honorably served in the United States Navy during World War II and the Korean War, and thereafter worked 30 years in Civil Service with the United States...
Florence Marie Brunkhardt
Aug 12, 2011
FLORENCE MARIE BRUNKHARDT, 78, lifelong Morgan County resident, died early Friday morning, August 12, 2011 at the Porter Memorial Hospital in Denver. She was born February 7, 1933 in Council Bluffs, Iowa to Clarence & Inez (Miller) Hunt. She moved to Morgan County with her mother as a infant. She married William Brunkhardt on January 27, 1952. They farmed for...
John L. Reed
Aug 8, 2011
John Leroy Reed, 55, lifelong Ft. Morgan resident, died Monday, August 8, 2011 at the East Morgan County Hospital in Brush. John was born June 3, 1956 in Ft. Morgan to Harold and Wilyodean (McGee) Reed. He married Linda Rigli on May 1, 1990 in Brush. Work was the driving force in John's life, but he did like to go...
Brenda K. Madsen
Aug 6, 2011
Brenda Kay Madsen, 54, life resident of Brush, passed away suddenly late Saturday, August 6, 2011. She was born July 10, 1957 in Brush. Brenda graduated from Brush High School in 1975. At the time of her death she worked as a paraprofessional for the Brush RE-2J School District at Beaver Valley School where she was fondly known as "Ms....
Marjorie Katherine Mangum
Jul 31, 2011
Marjorie Katherine Allen Mangum was born on October 10, 1919 in Holyoke, Colorado. She passed away on Sunday, July 31, 2011 in Soldotna, Alaska. She grew up in Hillrose, Colorado, where she lived until she graduated from High School. She married Herman Burrell Mangum on January 25, 1941. They lived in Idaho for many years, then Washington State and retired...
