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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,...
Edward Geist
Aug 14, 2009
EDWARD "EDDIE" GEIST, 73, lifelong Morgan County resident, died Friday, August 14, 2009 at Valley View Villa in Fort Morgan after a four month hospitalization. He was born April 17, 1936 in Fort Morgan to Conrad & Elizabeth (Blum) Geist. He grew up attending schools in the local area and he served in the U.S. Army from January 1959 to...
Ruth Brokate
Aug 11, 2009
Ruth E. Brokate, 88, passed away Tuesday evening, August 11, 2009, at the Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush. She was born June 21, 1921, in Cleveland, OH. On October 18, 1939, Ruth married Howard H. Brokate Sr. in Ashland, KY. While living in Port Clinton, OH, Ruth was one of the founders of a civic theater group called...
Phyllis Haws
Aug 8, 2009
Phyllis E. Haws, 77, passed away Saturday, August 8, 2009, at Sunset Manor Nursing Home in Brush. She was born March 31, 1932, in Norton, KS, to Theodore & Ethel Dobbie. On September 28, 1952, Phyllis married Edgar Haws in Raton, NM. The Haws family moved to Fort Morgan in 1971. She was raised in the Christian Church. She enjoyed...
Larry Dunham
Aug 5, 2009
Larry E. Dunham, 72, former Brighton area resident, passed away Wednesday, August 5, 2009, at the Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush. He was born October 17, 1936, in Iliff, CO, to Alfred & Harriet Dunham. Larry married Judy Duckworthh on May 23, 1955 in Taos, NM. Prior to retirement, Larry served as factory manager for Western Sugar Company....
Esther Scheideman
Aug 4, 2009
Esther Scheideman, 93, former Brush resident, passed away Tuesday, August 4, 2009, at her daughter's home in Denver. She was born March 25, 1916, in Brush, to John J. & Marie nee Weimer Koehler. On November 28, 1935 Esther married Harold Scheideman in Brush. She worked many years in retail sales, selling shoes and dresses, including Fortee Fashions in Brush....
John Vaughan
Aug 4, 2009
John Young Vaughan, 83, longtime resident of Morgan County, passed away Tuesday, August 4, 2009, at the Medical Center of the Rockies, Loveland, Colorado. He was born December 30, 1925 in Weatherford, Oklahoma, to Samuel and Anna Vaughan. John grew up and attended school in Thomas, Oklahoma. He married Arla Jean Baker on February 10, 1944 in Williston, North Dakota...
Robert E. Breazeale
Aug 3, 2009
ROBERT E. BREAZEALE, 63, longtime area resident, died early Monday morning, August 3, 2009 at his home in Fort Morgan. He was born in Neosho, Missouri on March 7, 1946 to Robert & Trilla (Lockhart) Breazeale. He married Sandra Hudson in Fort Morgan on July 4, 1987. Mr. Breazeale worked for CDOT for 31 years. He retired in 2007. He...
Ernestina P. Olaguez
Jul 31, 2009
Ernestina Pizarro Olaguez, 50, of Brush, died July 31, 2009 at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. She was born November 11, 1958 in Durango, Mexico to Nicholas and Guadalupe (Hererra) Pizarro. She married Martin C. Olaguez on April 19, 1986 in Santa Anna, California. Ernestina moved to Colorado in 1996 from Santa Anna, California. She enjoyed cooking, reading...
Jacob David Waterman
Jul 31, 2009
Jacob David Waterman, infant son of David and Carole Waterman of Ft. Morgan, died July 31, 2009 at the Colorado Plains medical Center in Ft. Morgan. Survivors include his parents, sister Katelyn, grandparents, Pamela & Kevin Teldon of Arvada, George Molinari of Broomfield, Eugene Waterman of Ogalala, Nebraska and Dixcie Slade of Ft. Morgan, great grandparents, Bernice & Norman Frame...
