Dixie Johnson
May 31, 2011
Dixie L. Johnson, age 70, resident of Fort Morgan, died suddenly, Tuesday, May 31, 2011 at the Colorado Plains Medical Center emergency room. She was born July 28, 1940 in Martinez, CA to Thomas and Evelyn Zortman. Ms. Johnson worked as a custodian at Morgan Community College and also was a bartender/waitress at the Scotch & Steer Restaurant and the...
Duane Collins
May 31, 2011
Duane "Pickles" Collins, 72, formerly of Westminster, died Tuesday, May 31, 2011 at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. He was born July 5, 1938 in Denver to James and Vernita (Drotts) Collins. Duane was a diesel mechanic and lived most of his life in Westminster before moving to the Ft. Morgan area in 2004. Collins was a workaholic...
Anna Roberts
May 30, 2011
Anna May Roberts, 90, a twenty-five year resident of Brush, passed away Monday, May 30, 2011, peacefully at home surrounded by her family. She was born August 21, 1920, in Ogallala, NE, to William & Lillie May Armbruster. The Armbruster family moved to the San Luis Valley when Anna was 6 weeks old. Because of Anna's health problems, her family...
Jason Greenwood
May 30, 2011
Jason J. Greenwood, 37, life resident of Morgan County, passed away Monday, May 30, 2011, at the University Medical Center in Denver following a lengthy illness. He was born September 26, 1973, in Aurora, to Morris & Emma Greenwood. Jason served in the US Army having served in the Iraqi war, and following his discharge the US Army National Guard....
Jake Frihauf
May 29, 2011
Jake Frihauf, 99, long time Wiggins resident, died early Sunday morning at Valley View Villa Care Center in Ft. Morgan. He was born January 21, 1912 in Wheatland, WY to Phillip and Catherine Frihauf. He married Vera Mae Anderson December 1, 1933 in Wheatland, WY. They farmed in Wheatland until 1947 when they moved south of Wiggins where they farmed...
Jack Shults
May 27, 2011
E. Jack Shults, 83, passed away Friday, May 27, 2011, at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. He was born December 3, 1927, in Kansas City, MO, to Leo and Lela (Jackson) Shults. Jack served in the US Navy from June 11, 1945 until November 29, 1948, serving as a boatswain's mate. On August 3, 1950, he married Melva...
Robert Cooper
May 27, 2011
Robert Cooper, 86, of Sterling, died Friday evening at the Valley View Villa Care Center in Ft. Morgan. He was born March 20, 1925 in Lawrence, KS to William and Aileen Cooper. His family moved to Sterling where he grew up and graduated from high school. He served in the U.S. Army as an aircraft mechanic working on B17s with...
Anthony Joseph Trujillo
May 26, 2011
ANTHONY JOSEPH TRUJILLO, 63, of Brush, died Thursday, May 26, 2011 at the East Morgan County Hospital in Brush. He was born in Brush on August 16, 1947 to Daniel & Andrea (Montoya) Trujillo. He married Rosi Jimenez on April 29, 1969. Mr. Trujillo was a maintenance mechanic with Excel Energy in Brush for over 26 years before his retirement....
Curtis Umberger
May 24, 2011
Curtis R. Umberger, 73, of Brush, died Tuesday afternoon at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. He was born March 6, 1938 in Berlin, Pennsylvania to Harold and Pauline Umberger. After graduating from high school Curtis served in the United States Navy. He married Jean McIntosh on April 21, 1961 in Denver. He began his career as a diesel...
Harold "Newt" Peterson
May 23, 2011
Harold "Newt" A. Peterson, 88, life resident of the Brush area, passed away Monday night, May 23, 2011, at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. He was born November 9, 1922, on the family farm near Brush to Lewis & Mary Peterson. Newt graduated from Brush High School in 1941. On November 24, 1943, he married Nola Atkinson. She...
Eduwiges Ramos
May 18, 2011
EDUWIGES RAMOS, 68, of Fort Morgan, died late Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at her home. She was born January 29, 1943 in Mexico to Valentine & Maria Angela (Hurtado) Ramos. She married Juan Ramos in Mexico on April 11, 1959. They moved to Fort Morgan from California nearly 20 years ago. Mrs. Ramos worked as a cook at Excel in...
Janice L. Rucker
May 18, 2011
Janice L. Rucker, 64, of Brush, passed away Wednesday, May 18, 2011, at the inpatient unit at the Hospice of Northern Colorado. She was born September 21, 1946, in Fort Morgan, to Earl & Rachel Hayes. Janice worked for many years as a waitress in several area cafes. She enjoyed working search-a-word puzzles, crocheting, knitting, and sewing, and spending time...
Jessie Geneveive Thomas
May 17, 2011
Jessie Geneveive Thomas, 67, entered her life here on earth on July 16, 1943 in Denver, Colorado. She departed on May 17, 2011 at her home in the Anton/Cope area. She was the very loving mother of four children, Cindy Lomax of Longmont, Colorado, Ed Thomas of Larkspur, Colorado, Tamera Thomas of Casper, Wyoming and Dianna Hunsicker of Hayes, Kansas....
Virginia Hernandez
May 16, 2011
Virginia R. Hernandez, 91, of Ft. Morgan, died Monday evening at the Valley View Villa Care Center in Ft. Morgan. She was born September 26, 1919 in Bueyeros, New Mexico to Pablo and Emilia Rodriguez. She married Joseph Hernandez August 17, 1936 in Roy, NM. They have made Ft. Morgan their home for many years. She was a member of...
Byron K. Larsen
May 14, 2011
Byron K. Larsen, 66, passed away suddenly on Saturday, May 14, 2011, at the emergency room of the East Morgan County Hospital in Brush. He was born June 25, 1944, in Brush, to Elmore & Barbara Larsen. Byron graduated from Brush High School in 1962. He attended Trinidad Junior College, Northeast Junior College and University of Northern Colorado. He has...
William Lowe Sprague
May 14, 2011
William Lowe Sprague, 69, formerly of Wheat Ridge, died Saturday, May 14, 2011 at his home in Brush. He was born January 17, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois to Leonard and Olive (Swanson) Sprague. On December 18, 1965 William married Diane Mayer in Denver. William was a letter carrier during his working years. He and his wife Diane moved to Morgan...
Betty Johnson-Zimbelman
May 11, 2011
Betty R. Johnson-Zimbelman, 81, of Ft. Morgan, died Wednesday morning at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. She was born May 14, 1929 in Gurley, NE to Walter and Emma Grunwald. Betty married Harold Johnson on February 8, 1948 in Gurley, NE. They moved to Ft. Morgan in 1956 and then moved to Steamboat Springs in 1971 where she...
Margie "Midge" Eaton English
May 10, 2011
Margie "Midge" Eaton English, 84, passed away at her home on Tuesday, May 10, 2011. Margie was born to H.W. and Alice Eaton in Papillion, NE on September 29, 1926. She graduated from Stephens College in Columbia, MO and worked for the Braniff Airlines office in the Brown Palace Hotel, Denver, CO. She married Albert (Al) English on December 28,...
Betty Lou Vance
May 4, 2011
BETTY LOU VANCE, 81, died Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at the Greeley Hospice Unit at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. Betty was born September 15, 1929 in Brush, CO. She was the daughter of John & Suzanne (Engelman) Kress. Betty lived with her parents, sister, and three brothers in Snyder, CO where her father farmed. She started the...
Bevah Starr
May 4, 2011
Bevah E. Starr, 101, longtime Brush resident, passed away early Wednesday, May 4, 2011, at the Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center. She was born August 13, 1909, in Genoa, CO, to Clarence & Emma Burrous. The Burrous family moved to Brush when Bevah was 2 years old. Bevah graduated from Brush High School in 1928. On June 16, 1929, she...
