obituaries


Florentino Guzman

Florentino Guzman

Sep 25, 2009

Florentino "Floyd" Guzman, 73, life resident of Brush, passed away Friday, September 25, 2009, at the North Colorado Medical Center. Floyd fell at his home on Thursday and suffered significant neck injury. Floyd was born October 14, 1935, in Brush, to Santos & Celsa Guzman. He graduated from Brush High School in 1953. He joined the US Army and later...

Dorothy Henry

Dorothy Henry

Sep 24, 2009

Dorothy Louise Henry, 80, of Brush, died Thursday evening at the Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush. She was born August 10, 1929 in Chicago to Charles and Bertha Toepfer. She married Claude Henry and they made their home in California where she worked for the Knott's Berry Farms in the Chicken Dinning Room. She and Claude moved back...

Keith Herman

Keith Herman

Sep 23, 2009

Keith Herman, 50, life long Morgan County resident, died Wednesday morning at the McKee Medical Center hospice unit in Loveland. He was born May 17, 1959 in Brush to John and Mable Herman. He attended the Morgan Community College auto body repair classes. He worked for several auto repair shops painting cars. He also worked in the oil field building...

Leota Faye Mcdaniel

Leota Faye Mcdaniel

Sep 20, 2009

LEOTA FAYE MCDANIEL, 44, of Brush, died Sunday night, September 20, 2009 at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. She was born December 6, 1964 in Boulder. Leota married Robin McDaniel on August 29, 1981. They came to the Morgan County area from Loveland fourteen years ago. Mrs. McDaniel most recently worked as an Administrative Assistant for Pepsi. She...

Evelyn Hull

Evelyn Hull

Sep 17, 2009

Evelyn E. Hull, 89, passed away Thursday, September 17, 2009, at Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush. She was born October 18, 1919, in Hutchinson, KS, to Charles & Esther Cogswell. Evelyn graduated from Arlington, KS, High School in 1938. On August 26, 1951, Evelyn married Robert J. Hull in Eldorado, KS. In 1965 The Hull family moved to...

Marjorie Ann Samples

Marjorie Ann Samples

Sep 17, 2009

Marjorie Ann Samples, 77, longtime Morgan County resident, passed away Thursday night, September 17, 2009, at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley following a short illness. She was born October 13, 1931, in Murray, UT, to Raymond Menzo & Kathryn (Emerick) Jones. In 1933 the Jones family moved to Trinidad, CO and then to Denver in 1936. Marge graduated...

Hailey Denise Ramos-Soto

Hailey Denise Ramos-Soto

Sep 15, 2009

Hailey Denise Ramos-Soto, infant daughter of Jennifer Ramos and Gerado Soto of Fort Morgan, died September 15, 2009 at Colorado Plains Medical Center in Fort Morgan. Survivors include her parents; sister, Yolando Ramos; two step brothers, Kevin and Eduardo Soto; grandparents, Jaime and Diana Ramos of Fort Morgan and Victoriano and Justina Soto of El Paso, Texas. Scripture Services will...

Pauline Olson

Pauline Olson

Sep 15, 2009

Pauline R. Olson, 95, passed away Tuesday, September 15, 2009, at the Colorado Plains Medical Center in Fort Morgan. She was born January 30, 1914, to Harry & Mary Cowell, in Peru, Nebraska On August 30, 1936, Pauline married Forrest Olson in Peru, NE. The Olson's lived in Texas for many years. While living in Harlingen, TX, she was a...

Moises Rocha

Moises Rocha

Sep 15, 2009

Moises Victor Rocha, 3 ½ month old son of Victor Rocha Estupinan and Gricelda Martinez, passed away Tuesday, September 15, 2009, at Children's Hospital in Denver. Moises was born May 27, 2009, in Fort Morgan and has been hospitalized all his life. Survivors include his parents; 1 sister Bibian and 1 brother, Jesus all of Brush. A Scripture Service will...

Preston Scott Haney

Preston Scott Haney

Sep 12, 2009

PRESTON SCOTT HANEY, 67, of Fort Morgan, died Saturday, September 12th at his home. He was born September 10, 1942 in Los Angeles, CA to George & Nella (Taite) Haney. Haney had worked in Hollywood at Screen Jims and Orion Pictures, beginning in the 1960's. He moved to Fort Morgan from Arizona in 1996. He worked as the night auditor...

Wallace E. Ewing

Wallace E. Ewing

Sep 7, 2009

WALLACE EUGENE EWING, 60, of Fort Morgan, died Monday, September 7, 2009 at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley, CO. He was born April 5, 1949 in Greeley, CO to Joe W. & Alice (Newlon) Ewing. He grew up in Wiggins, CO and attended Wiggins schools. He married Marilyn Amen in Eaton, CO on July 9, 1977. Mr. Ewing...

Orville Funk

Orville Funk

Sep 3, 2009

Orville H. Funk, 94, of Brush, passed away Thursday, September 3, 2009, at the Sunset Manor Care Center. He was born June 16, 1915, in Albia, Iowa, to Harry & Mabel (Day) Funk. The Funk family moved to the Brush area in 1920, where Orville grew up on the family farm north of Snyder (Antelope Springs.) He attended grade school...

David Stanley Tarver

David Stanley Tarver

Sep 3, 2009

David Stanley Tarver, 52, of Fort Morgan, died unexpectedly Thursday in Granby. He was born September 13, 1956 in Canon City to Roy and Shirley Tarver. David enjoyed fishing, hunting, woodworking, gardening and especially enjoyed being with his family and friends. He worked for Tri State Generation and Transmission in Brush for 31 years. He was a loving husband to...

Annabelle Yearous

Annabelle Yearous

Aug 23, 2009

ANNABELLE YEAROUS, 85, lifelong Fort Morgan resident, died Sunday evening, August 23, 2009 at the Valley View Villa in Fort Morgan. She was born January 30, 1924 in Fort Morgan to Marion & Ella (Duncan) Meekins. She married Glen U. Yearous on September 14, 1941 in Sidney, NE. Mrs. Yearous worked for Brush Livestock, Fort Morgan Middle School, and then...

John Henderson

John Henderson

Aug 20, 2009

John Henderson, 53, of Brush, died Thursday, in an auto accident near Eau Claire, Wisconsin. He was born July 15, 1956 in Denver. He married Julie Kravig July 2, 1976 in Pueblo. They have made their home in Morgan County for the past 30 years. John has worked for the Pawnee power plant since the building of the plant 30...

Maxine Weimer

Maxine Weimer

Aug 20, 2009

Maxine Weimer, 76, longtime area resident, died Thursday, August 20, 2009 at the Valley View Villa Care Center in Ft. Morgan. She was born June 8, 1933 in Midwest, Wyoming to Vaughn and Opal (Motes) Adams. She married Jacob D. Weimer on November 24, 1951 in Ft. Morgan. Maxine was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church in Ft. Morgan....

Lillian K. Seaman

Lillian K. Seaman

Aug 16, 2009

Lillian K. Seaman, 81, life resident of Northeast Colorado, passed away suddenly Sunday, August 16, 2009, at her home near Hillrose, CO. She was born March 1, 1928, in Kirk, Colorado to Henry & Agnes Klassen. Lillian grew up in Joes & Kirk, Colorado, and came from a proud stock of farmers. She graduated from Joes High School and later...

Myrna J. Gassman

Myrna J. Gassman

Aug 14, 2009

Myrna J. Gassman, 71, passed away Friday, August 14, 2009, at the East Morgan County Hospital in Brush. She was born March 15, 1938, in Fort Morgan, CO, to George & Pearl Jones. When Myrna was a child the Jones family moved away from Morgan County. On July 15, 1955, Myrna married Marvin J. Gassman in Denver. Prior to retirement,...

William Jackson

William Jackson

Aug 14, 2009

William D. Jackson, 81, passed away Friday, August 2009, at the East Morgan County Hospital. He was born July 29, 1928, in Seattle, WA, to William S> & Anna Jackson. Bill served in the US Navy during the Korean Conflict. Prior to retirement, Bill was a master electrician. He worked in constructing electric power plants around the country. He moved...

Clara Hosier

Clara Hosier

Aug 14, 2009

Clara May Hosier, 78 , of Ft. Morgan, died unexpectedly Friday morning at her home in Ft. Morgan. She was born May 20, 1931 in the Eben Ezer Hospital in Brush, to Verne and Dollie Robb. Clara married Jack Hosier February 5, 1950 in Ft. Morgan. She was an active member of the First Christian Church, a loving wife, mother,...