Martin George Eckert
May 11, 2008
MARTIN GEORGE ECKERT, 93, of Fort Morgan, died Sunday, May 11, 2008 at Valley View Villa in Fort Morgan. He was born December 1, 1914 in Eckert, CO to A.M. & Theresa Eckert. The family moved from the Western Slope to Fort Morgan in 1924. Martin attended and graduated from Trinity Lutheran School in 1928, which ended his formal education,...
Theodore Wolfe
May 10, 2008
Theodore W. Wolfe, 76, passed away Saturday, May 10, 2008, at the North Colorado Medical Center Hospice Inpatient Unit in Greeley after battling with pancreatic cancer. He was born October 5, 1931, in Fleming, CO, to Ueal & Evelyn (Hradecky) Wolfe. He was serving in the US Army during the Korean Conflict from 1953 - 1954 when a family emergency...
James "Jim" Fanning
May 10, 2008
JAMES D. "JIM" FANNING, 45, lifelong resident of Fort Morgan, died Saturday, May 10, 2008. He was born January 9, 1963 in Sterling to John & LaDonna (Campbell) Fanning. He married Karen Everett on July 3, 2004 at their home in Fort Morgan. Mr. Fanning worked as a handyman for the majority of his life. He was a member of...
Richard Dwayne Hoffman
May 9, 2008
Richard Dwayne Hoffman, 72, lifelong area resident, died Friday, May 9, 2008 at the Valley View Villa Care Center in Ft. Morgan. Richard was born January 21, 1936 to Fred and Emilie (Frederick) Hoffman on the family farm Northeast of Ft. Morgan. His family raised beans, corn, hay and sugar beets. He has lived on that same farm for over...
Clarence "Slim" Bannon
May 8, 2008
CLARENCE "SLIM" BANNON, 94, longtime Fort Morgan resident, died Thursday afternoon, May 8, 2008 at the East Morgan County Hospital in Brush. He was born November 5, 1913 in Douglass, KS to Wesley & Mae (Chance) Bannon. Slim married Dollie "Lucy" Need. Mr. Bannon has lived in Fort Morgan for the last 45 years of his life. He was a...
David Wilson Russell
May 6, 2008
David Wilson Russell, 71, longtime area resident, died, Tuesday, May 6, 2008 at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. David was born June 8, 1936 in Omaha, Nebraska to William and Helen (Pope) Russell. He moved to the Brush area about 40 years ago from Nebraska. David married Bertha Polk on July 8, 1968 in Sterling, Colorado. He was...
Dallas E. Scott
May 5, 2008
DALLAS E. SCOTT, 69, lifelong Fort Morgan resident, died Monday evening, May 5, 2008 at his home after his nearly one year battle with liver cancer. He was born in Fort Morgan on July 17, 1938 to Harley & Bernice (Meyers) Scott. He joined the US Air Force in 1955, and was honorably discharged in 1957. Dallas married Donna "Elaine"...
Marshall Frasier
May 3, 2008
Marshall L. Frasier, 81, well known rancher in the Woodrow community, passed away Saturday afternoon, May 3, 2008, at the Valley View Villa Nursing Home in Fort Morgan from complications of cancer. He served as a leader in his church, community, and Colorado's cattle industry. He was born October 11, 1926, on the family farm in Wallace County, KS. The...
Dorothy Dytkiewicz
May 1, 2008
Dorothy S. Dytkiewicz, 74, passed away Thursday afternoon morning at the Sterling Regional Medical Center in Sterling, CO. She was born June 15, 1933, in Chicago, IL to Adam & Stephanie Marezak. On April 16, 1955, she married Al Dytkiewicz in Chicago. The Dytkiewicz family moved to Brush in 2005. Dorothy was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in...
Doris Holder
Apr 30, 2008
Doris D. Holder, 70, of Brush, passed away Wednesday, April 30, 2008, at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. She was born August 22, 1937, to John & Florence Smith. She grew up in Brush and graduated from Brush High School in 1955. In 1970 Doris married Wallie Holder in Oklahoma. Because of nature of Wallie's job, he traveled...
Verle "Sy" Atkinson
Apr 29, 2008
Verle R. Atkinson, 82, better known as "Sy", died Tuesday April 29, 2008, at Valley View Villa Nursing Home in Fort Morgan. He was born February 2, 1926, in Brush, to Carey & Irene Atkinson. He was born & raised on the Break "O" Day Ranch, south of Brush. Sy spent many productive years farming, growing prized alfalfa seed, and...
Aurelio "Al" Sanchez
Apr 28, 2008
AURELIO "AL" SANCHEZ, also commonly known as "Hon", died Monday evening, April 28, 2008 at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. He was 75. He was born March 18, 1933 in Taos, NM to Alberto & Gomecinda (Sierra) Sanchez. He married Bella Sanchez on March 10, 1953 in Akron, CO. Mr. Sanchez worked as a mechanic for the Standard...
Charlotte Kay Olsen
Apr 24, 2008
Charlotte Kay Olsen, 49, died Thursday, April 24, 2008 at the Colorado Plains Medical Center in Ft. Morgan. Charlotte was born August 18, 1958 in Waukeene, Kansas to Louis and Louella (Deringer) Gordon. She married Bryce Olsen in 1976 in Idaho Springs, Colorado. He died June 8, 2006. She enjoyed working on puzzles and her cats. Survivors include her daughter,...
Esther Peters
Apr 23, 2008
Esther Peters, 86, life resident of Morgan County, passed away Wednesday, April 23, 2008, at the Colorado Plains Medical Center in Fort Morgan. She was born April 16, 1922, in Brush to George & Katie Walter. Esther graduated from Brush High School in 1940. Prior to retirement, Esther had worked as a sales clerk at several retail establishments including John...
Robin L. Dalsted
Apr 23, 2008
ROBIN L. DALSTED, 49, of Fort Morgan, died Wednesday morning, April 23, 2008 at University Hospital in Aurora after her nearly two year battle with breast cancer. She was born February 10, 1959 in Carroll, IA to Raymond & Florence (Baker) Guth. She married Galen Dalsted on August 1, 1987. Mrs. Dalsted lived in Laramie, WY for a year before...
Carolyn Burham
Apr 22, 2008
Carolyn B. Burham, 50, Fort Morgan, passed away Tuesday, April 22, 2008, at the Colorado Plain Medical Center following a short illness. She was born December 9, 1957, in Englewood, CO to Donald & Charlene Schmidt. Prior to ill health forcing her retirement, Carolyn worked as a certified nurse assistant. Carolyn enjoyed taking care of her grandchildren. Survivors include her...
Robert Lawrence Cooper Sr.
Apr 21, 2008
Robert Lawrence Cooper, 92, died Monday, April 21, 2008 at the Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush. Robert was born March 24, 1916 in Atchison, Kansas to Eli and Geneva (Siever) Cooper. After high school, he attended the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, NY. Following his junior year at West Point, he contracted tuberculosis, for which he was...
Edwin C. Miller
Apr 21, 2008
Edwin Charles Miller, 78, former Brush resident, died April 21, 2008, in Lincoln, NE where he has lived since July, 2007. Ed was born June 18, 1929, in Sterling, CO, to John & Amalia Miller. He served in the US Navy during the Korean Conflict. He will be remembered as a farmer, hotel manager, fuel deliveryman, school bus driver, sportsman,...
Leora Sharp
Apr 18, 2008
Leora D. Sharp, 92, Life Long resident of Ft. Morgan, died Friday evening at the Valley View Villa in Ft. Morgan.. She was born January 28, 1916 on the family farm just south of Ft. Morgan, to William and Rosena (Steinhoff) Tormohlen. She married Lyle Sharp November 1, 1937 in Denver. Leora was a active member of the United Presbyterian...
Melesia Delgado
Apr 17, 2008
Melesia Delgado, 91, of Ft. Morgan, died Thursday evening at the Valley View Villa nursing home in Ft. Morgan. She was born January 18, 1917 in Penasco, New Mexico to Juan and Teresita Marion-Maestas. She married Willie L. O'Dell in 1942, they divorced in 1954. She married Eugenio P. Delgado in June of 1961 in Ft. Morgan. She was a...
