obituaries
Andrew Miller
May 24, 2008
Andrew L. Miller, 41 of Ft. Morgan, died Saturday morning at the Hospice & Palliative Care Center in Greeley. He was born October 10, 1966 in Aurora to Larry L. and Julene (Doyle) Miller. He is survived by one brother Kevin D. Miller of Castle Rock, and his parents. Private Interment services will be held at the Fort Logan National...
Harold Michael Young
May 24, 2008
Harold Michael Young, 57, passed away Saturday, May 24, 2008, at the Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush. He was born July 26, 1950 to Harold and Ruby Young in Englewood, Colorado. Michael was involved with the Eastern Colorado Services for the Developmentally Disabled. He had lived and worked in Fort Morgan at the NORESCO workshop and most recently...
John Travis Solt
May 23, 2008
JOHN TRAVIS SOLT, 77, former Fort Morgan resident, died Friday evening, May 23, 2008 at the Garden Square Nursing Home in Greeley. He was born September 6, 1930 in Fort Morgan to Ralph & Theresa (Travis) Solt. He worked on the farm with his father for the majority of his working years. He moved from Fort Morgan to Greeley nearly...
Edith Peterson
May 21, 2008
Edith Peterson, 92, longtime resident of Snyder – Brush communities, passed away Wednesday, May 21, 2008, at the East Morgan County Hospital in Brush. She was born August 15, 1915, to Swedish immigrants Carl "Chas" & Othilia Carlson The Carlson family moved to the Johnstown / Mead community when Edith was a child. Edith attended area schools and after graduation...
Dorothy Rogers
May 19, 2008
Dorothy J. Rogers, 74, long time Wiggins resident, died Monday morning at her home in Wiggins. She was born November 20, 1933 in Wheatland, WY to John and Marie (Glanz) Frihauf. Her family moved to Wiggins in 1949. She graduated from Wiggins High School in 1951. Dorothy married Mitchel E. Rogers April 19, 1953 in Ft. Morgan. They owned the...
Mervin L. Anderson
May 18, 2008
MERVIN L. ANDERSON, 81, of Brush, died Sunday, May 18, 2008 at Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush after a seven month battle with cancer. Mervin was born in Powers Lake, North Dakota on August 2, 1926 to Hans Christian and Lydia (Broughton) Anderson. He attended Central Bible School in Springfield, MO and was an ordained minister with the...
Dave Loose
May 15, 2008
Dave Loose, 83, Life long Morgan County resident, died Thursday afternoon May 15, at the Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush. He was born January 14, 1921 in Ft. Morgan, to Jacob and Amalia Loose. He married Freda Foos March 6, 1941 in Kimball, NE. He was a member of the Immanuel Evangelical Church in Ft. Morgan. He enjoyed...
Burton Charles Darbin
May 14, 2008
Burton Charles Darbin, 87, farmer. . . fisherman. . . handy man. . . Burton Charles Darbin died at his home in Wiggins on 14 May, 2008 just one day short of his 88th birthday after a long illness. His wife Syble, daughter Diane and son Durwood were at his side when he passed. He was preceded in death by...
Rebecca Roberts
May 14, 2008
Rebecca J. Roberts, 60, passed away Wednesday, May 14, 2008, at the Colorado Plains Medical Center in Fort Morgan. Becky was born May 25, 1947, in Hastings, NE, to Richard & Fern Brown. She has lived in Morgan County most all her life. She graduated from Fort Morgan High School. Prior to ill health forcing her retirement, Becky worked as...
Merle Cameron
May 13, 2008
Merle E. Cameron, 90, Long time Brush resident died Tuesday May 13, at his home in Brush. He was born February 9, 1918 in Beaver City, NE to John (Pete) and Ruth Cameron. His family moved to Limon in 1926. He attended Limon Public Schools graduating in 1936. He married Patricia M. Brady October 13, 1941 in Raton, New Mexico....
Jess Groves Jr.
May 12, 2008
Jess Groves Jr., 77, longtime area resident, died Monday, May 12, 2008 at the Colorado Plains Medical Center in Ft. Morgan. Jess was born February 3, 1931 in Orchard, Colorado to Jess and Selma (Burkhardt) Groves. He married Alyce L. Davis on November 23, 1958 in Derby, Colorado. He has lived in Morgan County most of his life and has...
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...






