obituaries
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...
Elizabeth "Betty" Thompson
Nov 7, 2010
Elizabeth "Betty" Thompson, 90, longtime Snyder area resident, went to be with her Lord, Sunday, November 7, 2010 at her home. Betty was born June 10, 1920 to Zita and Theo Metz in Brush, CO. They lived in Snyder until she was six years old when they moved back to Culbertson, NE. They worked the family ranch (Stone Ranch) for...
Breanna May Hall
Nov 4, 2010
Breanna May Hall, infant daughter of Derek Hall and Cassidy Keiter, passed away Thursday, November 4, 2010 at her home in Brush, Colorado. Breanna was born June 2, 2009 in Fort Morgan, CO. Survivors include her parents and two brothers, Tyler Hall and Talan Keiter. She is also survived by her maternal grandfather, Wayne Keiter of Dacono, CO and maternal...
Ione Collette Cary
Oct 31, 2010
Ione Collette Cary, 78, of Ft. Morgan, died Sunday, October 31, 2010 at the Colorado Plains Medical Center in Ft. Morgan. She was born March 10, 1932 in Denver to Charles and Marjorie (Gershner) Meyers. Ione married Robert Cary on September 18, 1967 in Las Vegas, Nevada. They moved to Ft. Morgan from Brighton about sixteen years ago. Ione enjoyed...
Clara Mary Ringo
Oct 28, 2010
CLARA RINGO, 88, former Fort Morgan resident, died Thursday, October 28, 2010 in Fort Collins. Visitation will be Thursday, November 4th from 4 -7 PM with a Rosary Vigil beginning at 7:00 PM at the Heer & Dahl Mortuary Chapel in Fort Morgan. Mass of Christian Burial will be Friday, November 5th at 10:30 AM at Saint Helena's Catholic Church...
Jeanette L. Kautz
Oct 28, 2010
Jeanette Lavonne Kautz, 70, longtime area resident, went peacefully to be with her Lord and Savior on October 28, 2010 at her home in Hillrose, CO. She was born October 23, 1940 to Dale and Violet Allen in Colby, Kansas. The family later moved to Fort Morgan where Jeanette graduated from Fort Morgan High School in 1958. On October 25,...
Rodney Kent Cross
Oct 26, 2010
Rodney Kent Cross, 57, lifelong area resident, died Tuesday, October 26, 2010 at the East Morgan County Hospital in Brush. He was born February 3, 1953 in Ft. Morgan to Ronald and Betty (Unbehauen) Cross. Rodney enjoyed hunting, fishing, mechanical work and his little dog Tuffy. Survivors include his parents, Ron and Betty Cross of Ft. Morgan, one son, Chad...
Larry Guernsey
Oct 26, 2010
Larry Guernsey, 65, former Brush Police Officer, passed away Tuesday, October 26, 2010, at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley following a lengthy illness. He was born September 8, 1945, in Holyoke, CO, to Melvin & Rubye Guernsey. Larry graduated from Wray High School in 1963. He started with the Brush Police Department on June 9, 1967. After a...
Marie Michael
Oct 25, 2010
MARIE MICHAEL, 87, died Monday morning, October 25, 2010 at Valley View Villa Care Center in Fort Morgan. She was born December 24, 1922 in Fort Morgan to Jacob G. & Katherine (Sigwardt) Loose. She married Manuel "Cope" Michael on March 17, 1940 in Sidney, NE. Mrs. Michael worked as a sales associate for A. G. Eaker for 27 years...
Mary Pauline Hardee Woodard
Oct 25, 2010
Mary Pauline Hardee Woodard, 75, of Loveland, died Monday afternoon at the Valley View Villa Care Center in Ft. Morgan. She was born July 17, 1935 in Enfield, NC to Dwight and Mary Hardee. She married James Edward Woodard on December 17, 1961 in Enfield. They made their home in Enfield for many years. She was active in her church...






