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...
Justin Covelli
Jan 22, 2011
Justin David Covelli, 37, died Saturday, January 22, 2011, after a short illness at the Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland, CO. He was born June 2, 1973, in Brush, to Barry & Michelle Covelli. Justin graduated from Weldona High School in 1991 and University of Northern Colorado in 1995. At the time of his death Justin was manager...
Grace Nielson
Jan 21, 2011
Grace Nielsen, 91, passed away on January 21, 2011 in Brush, CO, where she lived with her daughter, Grace Jones. She was born on February 14, 1919, the daughter of Elizabeth and John Walker, in Staten Island, NY and was one of nine children. Grace married Vincent Reagan and they had eight children together. She worked at Willowbrook State School...
Betty A. Vondy
Jan 21, 2011
Betty A. Vondy, 62, passed away suddenly at her home near Snyder on Friday, January 21, 2011. She was born April 23, 1948, in Florida to Robert & Mary Folsom. Betty married Chuck Vondy on April 5, 1980 in Antelope Springs. They have lived in Morgan County since 1984. Betty worked as the manager of Duckwall's in Brush for many...
Gerald "Jerry" Ostwald
Jan 20, 2011
Gerald "Jerry" Ostwald, 67, longtime Ft. Morgan resident died early Thursday morning at the North Colorado Medical Center Hospice Unit following a lengthy battle with Leukemia. He was born March 30, 1943 in Ft. Morgan to Reinhold and Nellie Ostwald. He joined the United States Army serving in Germany. Jerry married Gloria Schott November 28th 1965 in Ft. Morgan. They...
Thomas James Marsh
Jan 16, 2011
THOMAS JAMES MARSH, 60, longtime Fort Morgan resident, died Sunday afternoon, January 16, 2011 at East Morgan County Hospital in Brush. He was born September 24, 1950 in North Platte, NE to Donald & Fern (Muirhead) Marsh. He married Dani Sue Bailey on March 1, 1975 in North Platte. They moved to Fort Morgan from Nebraska in 1982. Tom was...
Raymond Sander Sietsema
Jan 12, 2011
Raymond S. Sietsema, 99, longtime area resident, died Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at the Valley View Villa Care Center in Ft. Morgan. He was born June 22, 1911 in Iowa to Herman and Emma (Ludeman) Sietsema. Raymond met his first wife, Maisie Stirling, while he was stationed overseas during WWII. They were married on June 1, 1944 in Edinburgh, Scotland....
Matthew Wayne Kitzman
Jan 10, 2011
MATTHEW WAYNE KITZMAN, 25, of Fort Morgan, passed away January 10, 2011 at his college home in Fort Collins after a short illness. He was born November 29, 1985 in Greeley, CO to Edward & Dorothy (Graves) Kitzman. He attended Wiggins schools and was active in FFA and FBLA while in high school. Matthew was passionate about showing cattle and...
Margaret Wilde
Jan 8, 2011
Margaret Faye Wilde, 78, of Weldona, died Saturday morning at her home in Weldona. She was born February 9, 1932 in Orchard to Bert and Velma Wright. She married Robert Wilde October 4, 1951. in Newmarket, England. They traveled the world with Roberts work before they settled in Weldona to be close to her home town. She was a cook...
Helen Virginia Kauffman
Jan 8, 2011
Helen Virginia Kauffman, 82, lifelong Brush resident, died Saturday, January 8, 2011 at her home in Brush. Mrs. Kauffman was born August 15, 1928 in Brighton, CO to Henry and Anna (French) Brening. At the age of 2 ½ the family moved to Brush where she has lived all of her life. She graduated from Brush High School. Helen married...
