Robert "Bob" Holzworth
Mar 2, 2011
Robert "Bob" Holzworth, 66, life resident of Morgan County passed away Wednesday, March 2, 2011, at his home following a lengthy illness. He was born November 25, 1944, in Snyder, to Vern & Viola Holzworth. Bob graduated from Snyder High School in 1962. He served in the US Army from 1965 until his honorable discharge in 1967. On December 27,...
Stanley Paul Parsons
Mar 2, 2011
Stanley Paul Parsons, 84, of Wiggins, died Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at the Arvada Health Center in Arvada. He was born January 19, 1927 in Salina, Kansas to Jay and Clara (Wilkins) Parsons. Stanley married Dorothy McCartney on February 22, 1946 in Miltonvale, Kansas. They were proud of being married for over 65 years. They moved from Nampa, Idaho to...
Randall "Ran" Cochran
Feb 28, 2011
Randall Charles "Ran" Cochran, 41, of Wasilla, Alaska, passed away suddenly in Wasilla on Feb. 28, 2011. Ran was born in Ft. Morgan, CO on August 23, 1969 to Ellwyn and Wilma Zimmerman Cochran. He grew up in Ft. Morgan and graduated from Ft. Morgan High School in 1987. While growing up, he acquired a large circle of friends and...
Betty Jo Hinds
Feb 27, 2011
Betty Jo Hinds, 75, longtime resident of the Brush community, passed away early Sunday, February 27, 2011, at the inpatient hospice unit of the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. She was born June 16, 1935, in Wainwright, OK, to Palmer & Ora Henry. Betty Jo graduated from Brush High School in 1953. On September 10, 1953, she married John...
Marilyn Gray
Feb 27, 2011
Marilyn Gray, 73, of Fort Morgan, Colorado died just after midnight, Sunday, February 27th, at Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland, Colorado, following a short illness. Marilyn Kay Raymond was born to Maxine E. (Munn) and Harland C. Raymond in Broken Bow, Nebraska on April 25, 1937. She lived her childhood in Broken Bow and Anselmo, and a short...
Louise Katherine Lapp
Feb 20, 2011
Louise Katherine Lapp, 99, of Wiggins, Colo., passed away Sunday, February 20, 2011 at the Evans, Colorado Beehive Assisted Living Center surrounded by her family. Louise was born on February 11, 1912 in West Point Nebraska to Henry Stratman and Katherine(Uhing) Stratman. The family moved to Loveland, Colorado in 1929 and farmed east of Loveland. On February 27, 1933 she...
Helen Wood
Feb 19, 2011
Helen Ann Wood passed away in the presence of her family on February 19, 2011 in her room at Eben Ezer in Brush about 200 feet from the site of the old Elim Hospital where she was born October 3, 1930 to Chris and Helen Danielsen of Brush. Helen was a life long resident of Morgan County. She died of...
Robert "Bob" R. Anderson
Feb 16, 2011
Robert "Bob" Raine Anderson, 78, died February 16, 2011 at the Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush. He was born in Cope, CO on November 24, 1932 to George and Mary (Queen) Anderson. He married Dorothy Louise Wiese in Sidney, NE on October 4, 1953. Bob served his country in the United States Army. He was a lineman for...
Cecil G. Wessel
Feb 14, 2011
Cecil G. Wessel, 83, longtime area resident, died Monday, February 14, 2011 at the East Morgan County Hospital in Brush. He was born October 1, 1927 in Alliance, Nebraska to Virgil and Grace (Lawrence) Wessel. He married LaVonne Holthus on August 22, 1948 in Alliance. They moved from Alliance to Fort Morgan in 1960 and then to Brush in 1969....
Marilyn Jean Lessman
Feb 14, 2011
Marilyn Jean Lessman - Ft. Morgan, Colorado Born: January 25, 1930 - Died: February 14, 2011 Memorial Service: February 19, 2011 – 11:00 am – Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer, Ft. Morgan, Colorado. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to The American Cancer Society, Lutheran Hour Ministries, or Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer. Marilyn's earthly life ended and...
Virginia Ruth Patterson
Feb 13, 2011
Virginia Patterson, 87, died February 13, 2011 at her home in Ft. Morgan. Born May 3, 1923 in Wheatridge, Colorado, Virginia Ruth Marsh Clark was raised by parents Leigh and Florence Clark, Monticello, Iowa. Over the course of her life she was blessed with love for three husbands, Earl Rynerson, Robert Thomas and Jack Patterson (all preceded her in death)....
Lois Schoeber
Feb 11, 2011
Lois O. Schoeber, 101, passed away Friday, February 11, 2011, at the East Morgan County Hospital in Brush. She was born August 31, 1909, in Naponee, NE. The Morse family homesteaded at Great Divide, CO, now known as Craig, CO. Lois was a pioneer farm wife. She helped her family on the family farm, delivered mail on horseback, worked the...
Eunice Needens
Feb 8, 2011
Eunice E. Needens, 75, longtime Brush resident, passed away Tuesday, February 8, 2011, at the East Morgan County Hospital in Brush following a lengthy illness. She was born November 8, 1935 in Wray, Colorado to Homer & Hazel Noffsinger. Eunice graduated from Brush High School in 1953. She attended Bethany Nazarene College in Bethany, OK. On November 6, 1955, Eunice...
James Deganhart
Feb 7, 2011
JAMES P. DEGANHART, 54, of Weldona, died Monday, February 7, 2011. He was born in Sterling, CO on September 5, 1956 to John & Elizabeth (Carstens) Deganhart. He married Kimberlee Groves on September 10, 1977 in Fort Morgan. Jim was a longtime area farmer and he also owned AJ's Corner Tavern in Weldona for the past eight years. Jim was...
Bryan Gorrell
Feb 5, 2011
Bryan L. Gorrell, 53, life-long Morgan County area resident, died Saturday evening under hospice care at the Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush. He was born October 4, 1957 in Ft. Morgan to Dale and Rose Gorrell. He married Barbara Frick on July 7, 1998 in Las Vegas, Nevada. They have made Morgan County their home since. Bryan worked...
Miguel Lopez - Maldonado
Feb 2, 2011
Miguel Lopez-Maldonado, 64, passed away Wednesday, February 2, 2011, at Swedish Medical Center in Englewood, CO. He was born January 16, 1942, in El Granienal, Puruandiro Michoacan, Mexico, to Leobardo & Maria Maldonado Lopez. The Lopez family moved to Morgan County in 1996. Prior to retirement, Miguel worked at Jensen's Onion. He was a member of the Catholic Church. Survivors...
Melvin Caughman
Jan 31, 2011
Melvin D. Caughman, 89, Life Long Ft. Morgan resident, died Monday morning at the Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush. He was born May 1, 1921 in Ft. Morgan to Charles and Barbara Caughman. He enjoyed spending time and working with his friends at Noresco here in Ft. Morgan. He is survived by his sister Charlotte Switzer of Fresno,...
Richard C. Timpe
Jan 31, 2011
Richard Charles Timpe, 86, a lifelong resident of Fort Morgan, died Monday, January 31, 2011 at the Valley View Villa Care Center in Fort Morgan, CO. He was born to Karl and Mary (Whitson) Timpe on September 5, 1924 and married Margaret E. Curry on December 30, 1947. He was a farmer at heart and, after 18 months in the...
Joyce Hansen
Jan 30, 2011
Joyce Hansen, 78, lifelong area resident, died Sunday, January 30, 2011 at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. She was born October 10, 1932 in Ft. Morgan to Robert and Ferne (Plumb) Henness. Joyce married Robert H. Hansen on November 27, 1955. Joyce was an active member of the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Brush and was a member of...
Virginia Lee Walker
Jan 26, 2011
Virginia Lee Walker, 70, died January 26, 2011at the Colorado Plains Medical Center in Ft. Morgan, CO. She was born October 2, 1940 in Horace, Kansas to Charles and Doris Pooley. Virginia married Ray T. Walker on June 14, 1957 in Denver. Mrs. Walker enjoyed reading, traveling and taking care of her yard and vegetable garden. She also made jelly...
