Mary Ruth Gonzalez
Jan 7, 2011
Mary Ruth Gonzalez, 53, longtime Fort Morgan resident, died Friday night, January 7, 2011 at Valley View Villa Care Center in Fort Morgan. Mary was born September 3, 1957 to James and Betty (Reed) Emmitt in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Mary enjoyed quilting, crocheting, camping, fishing and hunting. She was also a member of the American Legion Auxiliary Post 19 in...
Clifford D. Causey
Jan 4, 2011
Clifford D. Causey, 88, longtime area resident, died Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at the Valley View Villa Care Center in Ft. Morgan. He was born March 16, 1922 in Simpson, Colorado to Sidney and Grace (Bolt) Causey. Clifford married Beverly Schmidlap on November 20, 1939 in Sidney, Nebraska. In 1915 the Causey family homesteaded the place Clifford and Beverly made...
Doris Jean Labrayere
Jan 1, 2011
DORIS "DODIE" LABRAYERE, 82, of Fort Morgan, died early Saturday morning, January 1, 2011 at Colorado Plains Medical Center in Fort Morgan. She was born March 28, 1928 in Central City, KY to Delbert & Katherine (Nalley) Newcom. She married Vernon F. LaBrayere in Kansas City, MO on November 8, 1946. Mrs. LaBrayere worked as a lab foreman for Western...
Dorothy W. Shepperd
Dec 29, 2010
Dorothy W. Shepperd of Fort Morgan, Colorado, passed away at the hospital in Eureka Springs, Arkansas on December 29, 2010 at the age of 93 years. She was born outside of Gothenburg, Nebraska on a cattle ranch on July 11, 1917. Dorothy grew up with her parents (Theron and Grace), three older brothers (Harlan, Raymond and Ivan) and two younger...
Joyce Friehauf
Dec 27, 2010
Joyce Friehauf, 59, Life long Brush area resident died Monday afternoon at the Swedish Medical Center in Englewood, after suffering a stroke. She was born January 3, 1951 in Brush to Euel and Lois Morgan. She married Duane Friehauf May 29, 1970 in Brush. They lived in Wichita, KS for three years and then in Greeley for two years before...
Opal Maxine Griffith
Dec 26, 2010
OPAL MAXINE GRIFFITH, 91, former Fort Morgan resident, passed away Sunday, December 26, 2010, in the inpatient hospice unit at North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley, CO. She was born October 1, 1919, near Page Center, Iowa, to Charles & Edna (Tompkins) Dugan. Opal grew up in the Page Center community and attended school and church in College Springs, Iowa....
Steven James Lebsock
Dec 22, 2010
STEVEN LEBSOCK, 53, died Wednesday, December 22, 2010 as a result of injuries he sustained in a two vehicle accident near Hudson, Colorado. He was born May 26, 1957, in Fort Morgan, to Willard & Shirley Lebsock. Steve married Barbara Rehkop on October 1, 1983, in Fort Morgan. Together, Steve & Barbara farmed for nearly 20 years. At the age...
Brian Segelke
Dec 21, 2010
Brian Segelke, 61, of Denver, died Monday, December 21, 2010, at his home. Born in Fort Morgan, Colorado, he was the son of Virgil and Eileen Segelke. He was raised in Wiggins, CO, graduated from UNC in Greeley, CO, and was an art teacher in Santa Maria, CA, and later in Ault, CO. Surviving are his brother, Gary, and his...
Lillian Mae Koll
Dec 20, 2010
Lillian Mae Koll, 83, longtime area resident, died Monday, December 20, 2010 at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. She was born June 17, 1927 in Galveston, Texas to George and Bess (Hasselmeier) Baker. Lillian was a member of the Christ Congregational Church for over 25 years but had been attending of Rankin Presbyterian Church in Brush of late....
Eldon Petrashek
Dec 18, 2010
Eldon "Pete" Petrashek, 80, passed away suddenly Saturday, December 18, 2010, in the emergency room at the East Morgan County Hospital in Brush. He was born November 11, 1930, in Table Rock, NE, to Frank & Fredrica Petrashek. Pete graduated from Table Rock High School in 1948, He served in the US Army. After his discharge, Pete worked for Burlington...
Jeremy Matthew Young
Dec 16, 2010
JEREMY MATTHEW YOUNG, 24, longtime area resident, died Thursday morning, December 16, 2010 in Brush. He was born March 15, 1986 in Kimball, NE to David & Teresa (Carey) Young. He joined the U.S. Army on September 19, 2006. He was currently in active duty and recently returned home after serving in Iraq from April of 2009 to March of...
Olive Sprague
Dec 15, 2010
Olive G. Sprague, 96, passed away Wednesday, December 15, 2010, at the Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush. She was born November 8, 1914, in Huron, SD to Albert & Julia Swanson. Olive was married to Leonard D. Sprague. The Sprague family lived in San Diego for many years. Prior to retirement, Olive worked as a medical secretary. In...
Kay Marie Neb
Dec 14, 2010
Kay Marie Neb, 44, passed away Tuesday, December 14, 2010 in Denver, Colorado. A funeral service will be held Monday, December 20, 2010 at the Calvary Assembly of God, in Brush, Colorado at 10:00 AM. Interment will follow in Memory Gardens in Fort Morgan. A full obituary will follow.
Charles Morgan
Dec 12, 2010
Charles D. Morgan, 92, of Brush, formerly of Hayden, died peacefully Sunday, December 12, 2010 at Sunset Manor in Brush. Don was born on July 10, 1918 to Otto Lee and Emma Mae Morgan in Parkville, MO. He grew up and attended school in Denver. He then attended Colorado Teachers College in Greeley. On December 23, 1941, he married Jacqueline...
Floyd Edward Weber
Dec 11, 2010
Floyd Edward Weber, 80, Life long Ft. Morgan area resident, died Saturday evening at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. He was born March 3, 1930 in Ft. Morgan to Henry and Mary Weber. He married Joanne Zwetzig November 13, 1955 at the Christ Congregational Church in Ft. Morgan. Ed was a life time member of the Christ Congregational...
Carl Nicks
Dec 9, 2010
Carl Nicks, 85, passed away at his home near Brush. He was born January 18, 1925 in Limon, CO, to George F. & Cora Nicks. Carl served in the US Navy during WW II & the Korean Conflict. He moved to Morgan County in 1978 to help in the construction of Pawnee Power Plant. Carl enjoyed playing his guitar &...
Zayden Braun
Dec 9, 2010
Zayden David-Dwayne Braun died a few hours after birth on Thursday, December 9, 2010, at the Colorado Plains Medical Center in Fort Morgan. He was born to Travis & Kayla Braun. Survivors include his parents, 1 brother, Zander Braun; grandparents, Linda (Jim) Sinnott of Canon City; Gene & Shirley Braun of Roggen, CO; Tina Mese of Fort Morgan, CO; Mike...
Harold Temple
Dec 7, 2010
Harold Temple, 80, life resident of Morgan County, passed away Tuesday, December 7, 2010, at his home near Fort Morgan. He was born January 13, 1930, in Fort Morgan, to Reinhard & Mollie Temple. Harold married Joyce Christensen on August 5, 1951, in Brush. The Temple's farmed for several years near Hillrose. They later moved to Fort Morgan and Harold...
Henry Dones
Dec 6, 2010
Henry Dones, 93, passed away early Monday, December 6, 2010, at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. He was born November 19, 1917, in Denver, to Peter & Katherine Dones. Henry has lived in Washington & Morgan Counties most all his life. On June 1, 1941, Henry married Eleanor Stumpf in Chappell, NE. Prior to retirement, the Dones family...
William David Beauprez
Dec 5, 2010
William David Beauprez, 73, longtime area resident, died Sunday December 5, 2010 at his home in Wiggins. He was born March 16, 1937 in Johnstown to Maurice and Margaret (Decnick) Beauprez. He married Lillian M. Dinkel on August 13, 1960 in St. Peter's Catholic Church in Greeley. William was a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Wiggins....
