obituaries
Virgil Brungardt
Nov 27, 2010
Virgil Brungardt, 75, of Brush, died Saturday morning at the East Morgan County Hospital in Brush. He was born May 10,1935 to Ed and Catherine (Wasinger) Brungardt in St. Peter, KS. He married Virginia Matson on July 28, 1956. They moved their family to Brush in 1974 when he transferred to the new Sigmans Meat Packing Plant that had opened....
Aleatha Neuschwanger
Nov 26, 2010
Aleatha I. Neuschwanger, 79, life resident of Morgan County, passed away Friday evening, November 26, 2010, at the Sunset Manor Nursing Home in Brush following a short illness. She was born March 25, 1931, in Brush to Adam H. & Madalan Reich. Aleatha worked as a certified nurse assistant for many years. On September 24, 1970, Aleatha married Richard D....
Rueben Reyes
Nov 23, 2010
Rueben Reyes, 20, of Fort Morgan, passed away Tuesday, November 23, 2010, at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. Survivors include his wife, Amanda Rodriguez of Fort Morgan. A Graveside service was held at Memory Gardens.
Rueben Reyes
Nov 23, 2010
Rueben Reyez, 20, of Fort Morgan, passed away Tuesday, November 23, 2010, at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. Survivors include his wife, Amanda Rodriguez of Fort Morgan. Graveside service will be Friday, December 3, 2010
Harold Claude Robins
Nov 23, 2010
Harold C. Robins, 76, formerly of Fort Morgan died, November 23, 2010 in Casa Grande, Arizona. Harold was born March 24, 1934 in Boise City, Oklahoma to Claude and Iva (Potter) Robins. He married Georgia Mathias on December 15, 1956 in Monte Vista, Colorado. They moved from Denver to Wiggins in 1965. Robins was a member of the Wiggins Volunteer...
Arla Vaughan
Nov 21, 2010
Arla Jean Vaughan, 83, a longtime resident of Morgan County, passed away November 21, 2010, at Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush, Colorado where she had been living for the past four years. Mrs. Vaughan was born on December 19, 1926 in Williston, ND to Harry J. and Helen I. Baker. She grew up in Williston and graduated from...
Ida Ruth Jumper
Nov 20, 2010
Ida Ruth (Buckridge) Jumper, 93, passed away Saturday, November 20, 2010, at the Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush. She was born February 7, 1917, in Brush, to William M. & Melvina Allen. Survivors include 1 brother, Bill Fawver of Chula Vista, CA. She was preceded in death by her husband Bill Jumper, 1 brother, Donald, and her parents....
Abbigail Leigh Salberg
Nov 19, 2010
Abbigail Leigh Salberg, 3, of Evans, Colorado was born Friday, July 27, 2007 and entered Heaven as a peaceful angel on Friday, November 19, 2010. Abbie was on the constant go... from the time she attempted to be born feet first, to her "mowglie" crawl...from running instead of walking, to jumping and dancing all the time. As she grew, Abbie...
Phoebe E. Mcfarland
Nov 19, 2010
Phoebe Elizabeth McFarland was born April 26, 1992 in Fort Morgan, CO to Randy McFarland and Tami Chapman. At an early age, Phoebe was known to be honest, candid and passionate about everything she believed in. Her love of music was heard through her voice, guitar and drums, in addition to her passion for drawing and poetry. Phoebe touched the...
Kathleen "Kathy" Marie Kelley
Nov 18, 2010
Kathleen Marie Kelley, affectionately known as "Momma" to all who knew and loved her, was called home to heaven Thursday morning at East Morgan County Hospital in Brush, Co after a long battle with cancer. She was 63. Kathleen Kelley, born Kathleen Curran March 20th 1947 in Girard, Kansas was the third or four children to Charles and Pauline Curran....
Bonnie Helmberger
Nov 17, 2010
Bonnie Helmberger, 79, died Wednesday, November 17, 2010 at home and surrounded by her children in Fort Morgan. Born March 27, 1931 near St. Bernard, Nebraska, Bonnie was the youngest of 14 children of Isabelle Schaefer and Frank Albracht. She is survived by her four children, Diana Noonan of Denver, Richard Helmberger of Highlands Ranch, Jane Shur of Littleton, and...
Chester Merlyn Hamilton
Nov 14, 2010
Chester Merlyn Hamilton, 76, formerly of Ft. Morgan, died November 14, 2010 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He was born March 19, 1934 in St. Francis, Kansas to Dave and Rozelle Hamilton. Hamilton was a carpenter by trade and served his country in the Army where he achieved the rank of Sergeant. Survivors include his son, Jason Chester Hamilton of Des...
Marie Lind
Nov 14, 2010
Marie Lind, a resident of Fort Morgan, passed away at Valley View Villa early Sunday morning, November 14 at the age of 91. She was born May 14, 1919 in Snyder, CO to Alex and Mary Stark and married Edward Lind February 27, 1938 at Immanuel Evangelical Church where they were lifelong members. They farmed SW of Fort Morgan until...
Jack Albert
Nov 13, 2010
Jack D. Albert, 75, life resident of Morgan County, died Saturday, November 13, 2010, at the Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland. Jack was injured in a two vehicle crash east of Brush on November 5, 2010, and died of complications of those injuries. He was born November 12, 1935, in Fort Morgan, to Henry & Elsie Albert. Prior...
Guinevere "Judy" Mckellips
Nov 12, 2010
GUINEVERE "JUDY" MCKELLIPS, 80, died Friday, November 12, 2010 at North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. She was born August 27, 1930 in Brush to Leon & Erma (Addington) Lake. She grew up on a dairy farm in Snyder and has lived in Brush for the last ten years. Judy worked as a accredited records technician for Denver Health Medical...
Doris Haug
Nov 10, 2010
Doris Evon Ross Haug, devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, passed from this life on November 10, 2010, near her home in Hot Springs, SD. Doris and her best friend and husband, Edward (Sandy) Haug, have lived happily outside of Hot Springs in a lovely and peaceful area of the Black Hills since 2000. Doris was born on March...
Wilda Harless
Nov 10, 2010
Wilda D. Harless, 93, passed away Wednesday, November 10, 2010, at her home. She was born March 18, 1917, in Imperial, NE, to Benjamin & Rose Welton. Wilda married Lyle Harless on September 28, 1936 in Haigler, NE. He passed away April 22, 1988. The Harless family moved to Morgan County in 1945. Wilda enjoyed gardening, sewing, hunting, fishing, collecting...
Earl Wilson
Nov 8, 2010
Earl D. Wilson, 86, passed away on Monday, November 8th, at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. He was born August 18th, 1924 to Orin and Opal Wilson on a ranch-farm north of Wray, CO. He attended school through the 8th grade in a country school house and graduated from high school in Wray. After high school he was...
Barbara Rae Durbin
Nov 8, 2010
Barbara R. Durbin, 81, of Wiggins, died November 8, 2010 at the Colorado Plains Medical Center in Ft. Morgan. At her request there will be no obituary published and there is no memorial service scheduled at this time.
James William Shelton
Nov 7, 2010
JAMES "JIM" WILLIAM SHELTON, 64, of Fort Morgan, died Sunday, November 7, 2010 at Valley View Villa in Fort Morgan. He was born in Fort Morgan on January 23, 1946 to Francis & Hazel (Stutz) Shelton. The family farmed in Wiggins and later moved to Greeley. Jim graduated from Greeley Central High School in 1964, then he returned to Fort...






