David Parrish
May 6, 2010
C. David Parrish, 57, longtime area resident, died Thursday, May 6, 2010 in St. Joseph, Missouri. He was born September 11, 1952 in Norman, Oklahoma to Bascomb and Colleen (Lockhart) Parrish. David married Lynn Givan on August 10, 1991 in Fort Morgan. David was a member of the Morgan County Gun Club and was president of the club for the...
Ralph Edwin Bath
May 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...
Catherine Linker
Apr 20, 2010
Catherine Wolf Linker, 97, longtime resident of Fort Morgan passed peacefully on April 20, 2010. She was born September 11, 1912 in Frank, Russia to Henry and Anna Elizabeth Hoffner Wolf. The family immigrated to the United States through Baltimore, MD in 1913 and proceeded to Fort Morgan. After arriving in Morgan County and during Catherine's childhood years, the family...
Eileen Ann Weibert
Apr 20, 2010
EILEEN ANN WEIBERT, 77, of Wiggins, died Tuesday morning, April 20, 2010 at the Valley View Villa Care Center in Fort Morgan. She was born December 5, 1932 in Roggen, CO to Joseph & Anna (Zwicke) Linnebur. She married Herman Weibert in Wiggins, CO on February 14, 1977. They farmed southeast of Roggen for several years. Mrs. Weibert was a...
Shirley L. Bray
Apr 19, 2010
Shirley LaVon (Helget) Bray, passed away Monday, April 19, 2010, at her home in Big Piney, WY with her children lovingly at her side. She was born May 6, 1932, in Wiggins, Colorado, to Lawrence J. & Iris M. Helget. Shirley grew up in the Adena community, where her parents worked on a cattle and sheep operation, and she also...
Norma J. Kinsella
Apr 17, 2010
Norma J. Kinsella, 79,died Saturday, April 17, 2010, at the Valley View Villa Nursing Home in Fort Morgan. She was born February 21, 1931, in Muscatine, Iowa to Raymond & Alice Kluesner. Norma married Joseph. L. Kinsella on June 6, 1951, in Dubuque, Iowa. The Kinsella family farmed for several years. They moved to Colorado in 1951 where they lived...
Melvin Schrum
Apr 16, 2010
Melvin J. Schrum, 81, long time Fort Morgan resident, died Friday evening at the Valley View Villa in Ft. Morgan. He was born July 6, 1928 near Kulm, North Dakota, to Jacob and Christina Schrum. He married Patricia May Hudson on November 13, 1965 in Fort Morgan. They made Fort Morgan their home where he worked as a mill operator...
Kayla E. Benage - Avila
Apr 14, 2010
Kayla Elizabeth Benage - Avila, 19, died April 14, 2010 at her home in Brush, Colorado. A memorial service will be held at Faith Tabernacle in Merino on Wednesday, April 21, 2010 at 10:30 AM. Memorial gifts may be given in Kayla's name in care of Heer & Dahl Mortuary, 222 Cameron, Brush, CO., 80723.
Jerry Greene
Apr 12, 2010
Jerry R. Greene, 41, former Fort Morgan resident, died Monday April 12, in Santa Barbara, CA. He was born May 19, 1968 in Bakersfield, CA to Elaine Greene. He grew up and attended school in Fort Morgan. He lived in Santa Barbara, CA for the past few years, where he loved living near the ocean, boating, fishing and working on...
Martha L. Wessel
Apr 10, 2010
Martha L. Wessel, age 89, a Colorado Springs resident since 1955 and formerly of Sterling, Colorado passed away on Saturday, April 10, 2010 at the Springs Village Healthcare Center in Colorado Springs. She was retired after working for many years as an Administrative Assistant in the accounting offices of Penrose Hospital. Martha L. Lauck was born on December 31, 1920...
Regina Krien
Apr 7, 2010
Regina Krien, 94, longtime area resident, died Wednesday, April 7, 2010, at the Eben-Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush. She was born February 9, 1916 in American Falls, Idaho to Ernst and Pauline (Reichenberger) Schritter. Her family moved to St. Francis, Kansas around 1924. Regina married Jake Krien on February 23, 1934 in St. Francis, Kansas. They had two children,...
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...
