Wanda Mae Houghton
Oct 25, 2010
Wanda Mae Houghton, 77, longtime Brush area resident, died at her home Monday afternoon. She was born December 30, 1932 in Leoti, KS to Leslie and Helen Hahn. She moved to the Brush area in 1961. Being active in the community, she enjoyed helping people, and volunteering for the Red Cross and the Pregnancy Resource Center. She also enjoyed being...
Eugene Helmberger
Oct 20, 2010
Eugene (Gene) Helmberger, 82, died Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010 at Valley View Villa in Fort Morgan. Born April 10, 1928 in Humphrey, Nebraska, he is survived by his wife of 60 years, Bonnie Helmberger, and four children, Diana Noonan of Denver, Richard Helmberger of Highlands Ranch, Jane Shur of Littleton, and Amy Bricker of Colorado Springs, 10 grandchildren, 3 great-grand...
Diane Mock
Oct 14, 2010
Diane S. Mock, 53, passed away Thursday, October 14, 2010, following a lengthy illness. She was born July 4, 1957, in Huron, SD, to Edward & Donna Paul. In 1969, the Paul family moved to Morgan County. Diane graduated from Brush High School in 1975. On August 12, 1983, Diane married Stanley Mock. Diane worked in area restaurants as a...
Maxine Comer
Oct 13, 2010
Maxine Comer, 91, of Fort Morgan went to be with her Lord and Savior early Wednesday morning, she was at the Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush. Maxine Fredonia Garland was born to Huron and Ruby (Hickman) Garland on January 27, 1919 in Wheelock, Texas. She graduated from Mildred (Texas) High School and attended college in Jacksonville, Texas. She...
Rocky Perez
Oct 11, 2010
Rocky M. Perez, 25, died October 11, 2010, at the Colorado Plains Medical Center in Fort Morgan. He was born October 10, 1985, in Fort Morgan, to Manual & Clara Perez. At the time of his death, Rocky worked in the construction business as a roofer. Rocky attended the Platte Valley Baptist Church. He enjoyed basketball, boxing, working hard, and...
James Lee Savage
Oct 11, 2010
James "Jim" L. Savage, 72, of Walden, Colorado passed away Monday, October 11, 2010 at the East Morgan County Hospital in Brush, Colorado in hospice. Jim was born to William J. and Hazel Katherine Hanna (Weaver) Savage on January 29, 1938 in Holyoke, CO. At the age of four, his family moved to Chappell, Nebraska where he attended kindergarten through...
Robert "Bob" D. Walker
Oct 9, 2010
Robert "Bob" Walker, 85, longtime resident of Brush, Colorado died Saturday, October 9, 2010 at the East Morgan County Hospital in Brush. Bob was born September 7, 1925 to John J. and Martha Walker. On December 31, 1952, he married Mary F. Rees in McCook, Nebraska. Bob served our country in the US Army during WWII. He was a very...
Mildred Louise South
Oct 8, 2010
Louise South, 91, passed away Friday, October 8, 2010, at Valley View Villa nursing home. She was born July 7, 1919, in Vinita, OK. She was married to Raymond South. In 1981, the South family moved to Fort Morgan to be closer to family. She enjoyed baking, working in her flower garden, and writing letters to family and friends. She...
Opal Pierce
Oct 8, 2010
Opal Faye Pierce, 77, of Brush, died early Friday morning at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. She was born December 15, 1932 in Akron to Earl and Edith (Wilson) Hayes. She grew up in the Akron area and moved to Montana for 13 years before moving to Morgan County. She was an active member of the Camp Fire...
Elizabeth Jean Midcap
Oct 8, 2010
Elizabeth Jean Midcap, 87 longtime area resident, died Friday October 8,2010 at the Colorado Plains Medical Center in Ft. Morgan. Elizabeth was born July 14, 1923 in Boulder County, Colorado to Forrest W. and Flora (Windes) Knaus. On December 15, 1942 she married J. Thomas Midcap in Boulder, Colorado. They live south of Ft. Morgan in Adams County for 32...
Gladys M. Alexander
Oct 8, 2010
GLADYS M. ALEXANDER, 71, of Fort Morgan, died Friday, October 8, 2010 at North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. She was born in Fort Morgan on January 31, 1939 to Samuel & Adeline (Fritz) Kidd. She attended Fort Morgan schools and graduated from Fort Morgan High School. She married Loris "Sonny" Alexander on November 17, 1979. Mrs. Alexander worked at...
Charles R. Fields Jr.
Oct 5, 2010
Charles R. Fields Jr., 60, passed away Tuesday, October 5, 2010, at his home near Brush. He was born September 30, 1950 in Natchez, Mississippi to Charles & Jayne Fields. He served in the United States Air Force for 2 years. Charles worked as a carpenter for many years. He later changed occupations and drove a truck. In 1998 Charles...
Dennis Moss
Oct 3, 2010
Dennis C. Moss, 60, passed away Sunday, October 3, 2010, at his home southeast of Wiggins. He was born January 8, 1950, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Donald C. & Jeanne Moss. Dennis has lived in Morgan County for 32 years. He married Deborah Herr on July 7, 1972, on the family ranch. At the time of his death, Dennis...
Barbara Ann Kacnik
Sep 29, 2010
Barbara Ann Kacnik, 57, longtime area resident, died Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at her home in Ft. Morgan. Barbara was born February 15, 1953 in St. Louis, Missouri to Louis E. and Minetta (Blackwell) Ahrens. On October 18, 1975 she married Paul M. Kacnik in Commerce City, CO. They moved to Ft. Morgan that same year. Paul worked at the...
Patricia Lee
Sep 29, 2010
Patricia Ann Lee, 84, of Brush, passed away peacefully, September 29, 2010, at the Hospice and Pallative Care of Northern Colorado Inpatient Unit in Greeley, Colorado She was born August 18, 1926 in King City, Missouri to Alice (Shea) and Adam Eiberger. She attended country schools in King City, and later graduated from Chillicothe Business College. On November 15, 1947...
Carl Comer
Sep 29, 2010
Carl Comer, 65, former Fort Morgan resident, passed away Wednesday, September 29, 2010, in Yuma, CO. Carl graduated from Fort Morgan High School in 1964. Survivors include his wife, Barb of Joes, CO; his son, Tad, and his wife, Mary of Greeley and their children, Olivia and Emma all of Greeley; his daughter, Teri Tepper, and her husband, Troy, and...
Clara May Weimer
Sep 28, 2010
Clara May Weimer, 90, long time Morgan County resident, passed away Tuesday evening, September 28, 2010, at the inpatient hospice unit at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. Clara May was born December 24, 1919, in Chester, IL, to Rudolph & Annie Meyer. When Clara May was a child, the Meyer family moved to Morgan County. She graduated from...
Lavonne J. Wessel
Sep 28, 2010
LaVonne Janice Wessel, 81, longtime resident of Brush, died Tuesday, September 28, 2010 at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. She was born October 9, 1928 in Alliance, Nebraska to George and Lena Holthus. She married Cecil Wessel on August 22, 1948 in Alliance. They moved to Fort Morgan in 1960 and then to Brush in 1969. She and...
Max A. Nichols
Sep 27, 2010
Max A. Nichols, 63, of Brush died Monday, September 27, 2010. Heer & Dahl Mortuary and Crematory is in charge of the cremation arrangements.
Dorothea Wagers
Sep 23, 2010
Dorothea M. Wagers, 84, longtime area resident, died Thursday, September 23, 2010 at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. She was born in Denver, Colorado on November 14, 1925 to John and Chloe MacDonald. Mrs. Wagers was a resident of Brush for the past 60 years and a first grade teacher in the Brush schools for 21 years. Dorothy...
