Lee Roy Riley
Apr 6, 2010
Lee Roy Riley, 88, of Brush, died Tuesday morning at his home in Brush. He was born August 27, 1921 in Grainfield, KS, to M.M. and Lettie Riley. He married Iris Towers on August 19, 1951 in the home of her parents, Clayton and Letha Nickell, in the Flat Top community south of Last Chance. At the age of two,...
Ralph Edwin Bath
Apr 5, 2010
Ralph Edwin Bath, 88. lifelong area resident, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, May 5, 2010. He was born August 8, 1921 at the Warner Farm on the East side of Ft. Morgan to Jacob and Maria (Kroh) Bath. The family moved to the Curry Farm in 1930. Ralph attended country schools and when Ft. Morgan started their...
Paul H. Frick
Apr 5, 2010
PAUL H. FRICK, 83, of Fort Morgan, died Monday morning, April 5, 2010 at the Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush. He was born February 19, 1927 in Fort Morgan to Jacob & Marie (Scheidt) Frick. He served in Guam in the U.S. Navy during WW II. Paul married Joan Masters on October 19, 1953 in Brighton. Paul drove...
Beatrice Faye Krening
Apr 4, 2010
Beatrice Faye Krening, 87, was born in Oberlin, KS to Nicholas and Josephine Bosler, and passed away April 4, 2010 at Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush, Colorado. Bea was married to Harry Krening of Fort Morgan in June of 1941. She was a loving mother and wife, teacher and telephone operator. All who had the honor of knowing...
Arvilla Anna Patzkowsky
Apr 3, 2010
Arvilla A. Patzkowsky, 95, passed away Saturday, April 3, 2010, at Valley View Villa Nursing Home in Fort Morgan. She was born on June 8, 1914, in Gray, OK, to John & Anna Patzkowsky. The Patzkowky family moved to the Fort Morgan community in 1935. Prior to retirement, Arvilla worked for Duckwall's / Alco for over 30 years, retiring in...
Robert Loose
Mar 30, 2010
Robert Loose, 91, lifelong area resident died Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at the Colorado Plains Medical Center in Fort Morgan. He was born May 26, 1918 in Brush to George and Marie (Goebel) Loose. He attended Fort Morgan schools. In 1935, his family moved to Wiggins to a farm with irrigation wells, which was one of the first irrigated farms...
Eva Weakley
Mar 30, 2010
Eva M. Weakley, 85, life resident of Northeast Colorado, passed away Tuesday, March 30, 2010, at Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush. She was born May 26, 1924, in Sterling, CO, to Pius & Amelia Appelhans. On September 9, 1963, Eva married Gene W. Weakley in Sterling. Eva worked at the St. Benedict Hospital in Sterling for several years,...
Amy R. Andersen
Mar 27, 2010
Amy Ruth Andersen, 88, longtime area resident, died Saturday, March 27, 2010 at her home in Brush. She was born February 19, 1922 in Kenosha, Wisconsin to Rev. Ingvard and Ella (Bertelsen) Andersen. She graduated high school in Waupaca, Wisconsin and nurses training in Boston, Massachusetts, and also Dana College in Blair, Nebraska. She attended the University of Minnesota. Amy...
Pauline Kerksiek
Mar 21, 2010
Pauline Marie Kerksiek, 66, formerly of Wiggins, died Sunday at her home in Colby, Kansas. She was born October 13, 1943 in Artesia, New Mexico to C.R. and Betty Doughty. She married Leroy Kerksiek October 8, 1965 in Fort Morgan. They made their home south of Wiggins where they farmed for many years. She also owned Pauline's Clothing Store in...
Richard Eugene Blake
Mar 21, 2010
Richard Eugene Blake, 61, lifelong area resident, died Sunday, March 21, 2010 in a traffic accident on highway 71 south of Brush. Richard was born August 21, 1948 in Brush to Paul and Maxine(Amsberry) Blake. Richard married Rhonda McGinness on August 15, 1980 in Fort Morgan. He attended both the Howard Methodist Church in Last Chance and the Cowboy Church...
Ronald Joseph Banks
Mar 17, 2010
Ronald Joseph Banks, 80, of Fort Morgan, died Wednesday evening at the Valley View Villa in Fort Morgan. He was born March 3, 1930 in Mystic, Connecticut to George and Alice Banks. He married Vivian Wheeler on January 19, 1951 in New London. Ronald served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam War as a...
Carol Elaine Beauprez
Mar 16, 2010
CAROL ELAINE BEAUPREZ, 89, of Fort Morgan, died Tuesday morning, March 16, 2010 at Colorado Plains Medical Center in Fort Morgan. She was born March 17, 1920 in New Raymer, CO to Lloyd & Edith (Johnson) Erford. She graduated from Fort Morgan High School in 1938. She married Harold Graves in 1938. Mr. Graves died in 1960. She married Al...
Alejos Francisco Molina
Mar 16, 2010
ALEJOS FRANCISCO "AL" MOLINA, 76, of Brush, went to be with the Lord on March 16, 2010. Alejos was born August 23, 1933 in Falfurrias, TX to Francisco & Cristina (Moreno) Molina where his family spent many years migrating from Texas throughout the U.S. to work as laborers. Alejos "Al" was married to Crisanta Gonzalez on April 4, 1954 in...
Betty Kugler
Mar 15, 2010
Betty Kugler, 66, passed away Monday night, March 15, 2010, after a short illness. She was a patient at the Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland. She was born January 17, 1944, to Virgil & Mary Kay Green. The Green family moved to the Buckingham, Colorado community in 1956. On February 14, 1973, Betty married Dennis Kugler in Fort...
Burris Joann Ruppel
Mar 8, 2010
Burris Joann Ruppel, 73, lifelong Morgan County resident, died early Monday morning at the Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland. She was born March 6, 1937 in Brush to John Wesley and Darlene Mae Harris. Joann married Richard P. Ruppel November 19, 1960 in Fort Morgan. They have made Fort Morgan their home where she has been involved as...
Donald W. Jordan
Mar 7, 2010
Donald W. Jordan, 67, longtime area resident, died Sunday, March 7, 2010 at his home in Ft. Morgan. He was born March 5, 1943 in Wichita County, Texas to John and Bernice (Walker) Jordan. He married Neva N. Greathouse in Cheyenne, Wyoming in 1973. Don was a member of Moose Lodge in Brush. He enjoyed camping, fishing and reading. Survivors...
Lemuel Bernard Linder
Mar 6, 2010
Lemuel "Bernie" Linder, died Saturday, March 6, 2010, at Colorado Plains Medical Center in Fort Morgan, Colorado. Arrangements will be announced later.
John Hallahan
Mar 5, 2010
John Hallahan, 88, lifelong area resident, died Thursday, March 4, 2010 at the Swedish Medical Center in Denver. He was born March 28, 1921 in Gary, Colorado to Cornelius and Theresa (Geisert) Hallahan. He married Margaret Steyaert on December 26, 1950 in Brush. John was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Brush. Mr. Hallahan was also a member...
Marjorie A. Shelton
Mar 4, 2010
Marjorie A. Shelton, 64, lifelong area resident, died Thursday, March 4, 2010 at her home in Brush. She was born October 3, 1945 in Ft. Morgan to Jacob and Irene (Frye) Schantz. Marjorie attended the Trinity Baptist Church in Brush. She enjoyed country and western music and riding horses. She also enjoyed dogs, birds, (she had parakeets), and gardening. Marjorie...
Ricardo Moran
Mar 2, 2010
Ricardo Moran, 39, died Tuesday, March 2, 2010, of injuries suffered in an assault. He was born December 7, 1970, in Mexico to Antonio & Margarita Moran. At the time of his death Ricardo worked for Cargill Meat Solutions. Survivors include his wife, Irma Barajas and 2 children, Ricardo Jr. and Jessica all of Log Lane Village; 1 brother, Juan...
