Gladys L. Campbell
Feb 28, 2008
Gladys L. Campbell, 92, a resident of the Brush community for over 50 years, passed away Thursday, February 28, 2008, at the Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center. She was born March 21, 1915, in Brush, to James & Lena Clark. She attended the Brush schools. On November 15, 1936, Gladys married Arthur J. Schippert in Windsor, CO. The Schippert family...
Franklin J. Ford
Feb 26, 2008
Franklin J. Ford, 55, passed away early Tuesday morning at the East Morgan County Hospital emergency room in Brush. He was born January 24, 1953, in Gary, Indiana, to Walt & Anna Ford. He graduated from Lafayette, CO, High School. On June 10, 1972, he married Marisa Alexander in Broomfield, CO. The Ford family has lived in Brush for the...
Iona Mae Cox
Feb 26, 2008
IONA MAE COX, 78, longtime area resident, died late Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at her home in Brush. She was born April 7, 1929 in a farmhouse in Holyoke, CO to Clarence & Bertha (Badertscher) McGaughey. Her father died she was two and a half years old and her mother married Harve Dodge in 1932 who raised her as his...
Doloris "Tripie" Wingstrom
Feb 24, 2008
Doloris "Tripie" Wingstrom, 85 life long resident of Ft. Morgan, died Sunday evening at the Colorado Plains Medical Center in Ft. Morgan. She was born May 11, 1922 in Ft. Morgan to Merle and Mayme (McMullen) Triplett. She married Frederick Wingstrom November 24, 1940 in Imperial, NE. She drove a bus for the Ft. Morgan school district for 32 years...
Carolyn M. Christensen
Feb 23, 2008
Carolyn M. Christensen, 77, longtime resident of Morgan County, passed away Saturday evening, February 23, 2008, at Swedish Medical Center in Englewood, CO. She was born December 18, 1930, in Scottsbluff, NE, to Henry & Florence Meyer. The Meyer family moved to Colorado shortly after Carolyn was born.. She graduated from Hillrose High School in 1948. She attended Colorado University...
Elva Miller
Feb 22, 2008
Elva R. Miller, 74 of Fort Morgan, passed away Friday, February 22, 2008 at the Colorado Plains Medical Center. She was born June 15, 1933 in Yuma, Colorado to Henry and Johanna (Busing) Trautman. When she was 10 years old the family moved from Longmont, CO, to Fort Morgan when her father opened a farm implement business. Elva married Clyde...
Gail A. Springer
Feb 19, 2008
GAIL A. SPRINGER, 84, of Fort Morgan, died early Tuesday morning, February 19, 2008 at Colorado Plains Medical Center in Fort Morgan. He was born May 1, 1923 in Waterville, KS to Gerald & Ruth (Anderson) Springer. Springer grew up on a farm during the depression. After graduating from high school he joined the Army in April of 1943 and...
Earnest Earl Amsberry
Feb 14, 2008
Earnest Earl Amsberry, 85, longtime resident of Snyder, died Thursday, February 14, 2008, at the Colorado Plains Medical Center in Ft. Morgan. He was born April, 24, 1922 in St. Francis, Kansas to Alfred and Susanna (Talmon) Amsberry. He served his country in the US Marines during WW II. Earnest married Betty Billington on December 20, 1945 in St. Francis,...
Alexander K. Luna Sr.
Feb 14, 2008
ALEXANDER K. LUNA SR., 91, of Fort Morgan, died Thursday afternoon in the emergency room at Colorado Plains Medical Center in Fort Morgan. He was born September 16, 1916 in El Paso, TX to Reyes & Pilar (Hernandez) Luna. He married Benilda Salas in Chappel, NE on July 13, 1940. Mr. Luna was a farm laborer, construction worker, and he...
Carl Harold Strand
Feb 14, 2008
Carl Harold Strand, 78, passed away Thursday, February 14, 2008, at the inpatient hospice unit at North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. He was born October 11, 1929, in Bertrand, NE, to Aaron & Beda Marie Strand. He was the youngest of nine children. When Harold was 5 years old, the Strand family moved to Colorado where they farmed north...
Pauline Sena
Feb 10, 2008
Pauline Sena, 75, of Ft. Morgan died at her home Sunday morning. She was born July 23, 1932 in Antonito to Jose and Rosa Chavez. She married Manuel Sena December 15, 1950 in Ratone New Mexico. They have made Ft. Morgan their home since 1968. Pauline enjoyed fishing, dancing, Reading, planting flowers, and cooking. She especially enjoyed spending time with...
Jack Emerson
Feb 9, 2008
Jack E. Emerson, 74, of Brush, died Saturday, February 9, 2008, in the emergency room at East Morgan County Hospital in Brush. He was born August 22, 1933, in East St. Louis, IL, to Jack & Mildred Emerson. He served in the US Army during the Korean Conflict. On March 22, 1966, Jack married Marcie Lou Swenson in New Orleans,...
Marjorie Simpson
Feb 9, 2008
Marjorie Simpson, 78, passed away Saturday, February 9, 2008, at the inpatient hospice unit at North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. She was born December 29, 1929, in Gallatin, MO, to John & Coreen Harper. On October 17, 1952, Marjorie married Robert "Buddy" Simpson in Chillicothe, MO. In 1968 the Simpson family moved to Brush. While living in Brush, Marjorie...
Margaret Maria Perez
Feb 8, 2008
MARGARET MARIA PEREZ, 67, of Fort Morgan, died Friday, February 8, 2008 at Colorado Plains Medical Center in Fort Morgan. She was born May 17, 1940 in Las Vegas, NM to Eliseo & Frances (Encinas) Maestas. She married Manuel Perez in Fort Morgan. Mrs. Perez was a member of the Platte Valley Baptist Church in Fort Morgan. She enjoyed yard...
Thelma Whittington
Feb 4, 2008
Thelma Muriel (Sailsbery) Whittington died in Fort Morgan, CO, on Monday, February 4, 2008, about noon. Thelma was born on April 24, 1914, on the Sailsbery homestead north of Weldona, to Bemine D. and Eleanora (Lamons) Sailsbery, the third child in their home. She graduated from Fort Morgan High School in 1931. On September 17, 1941 she married John James...
Ramon G. Diaz
Feb 3, 2008
RAMON G. DIAZ, 84, of Fort Morgan, died Sunday morning, February 3, 2007 at the Hospice of Metro Denver Center in Aurora. He was born April 2, 1923 in Edinburg, TX to Ignacio & Refugia (Yanez) Diaz. He married Sara Torres on April 25, 1942 in Monterey, Mexico. The family lived in Denver for a short time before moving to...
Edward Harper
Feb 3, 2008
Edward Harper, 70 of Brush, died Sunday at the Swedish Medical Center in Denver. He was born January 3, 1938 in Kiowa to Edward and Faye Harper. He joined the United States Army in 1955 and served 9 years. Edward married Evelyn Tharp August 22, 1959 in Ozark, Alabama. While Edward was in the service they lived in Alabama, Germany,...
Elnora Mae Mctaggart
Feb 3, 2008
Elnora Mae McTaggart, 90, of Fort Morgan, died Sunday, February 3, 2008 at the Colorado Plains Medical Center in Ft. Morgan. She was born August 26, 1917 in Brush, Colorado to David "Alick" and Lillian (Dixon) Olson. She married Mark Raymond McTaggart on June 30, 1934 in Akron, Colorado. Elnora was a lifelong member of the Morgan Nazarene Church. She...
Lonnie Ray Jackson
Feb 3, 2008
Lonnie Ray Jackson, 66, of Ft. Morgan, died Sunday, February 3, 2008 at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. He was born April 10, 1941 in Sterling to Samuel and Gertrude (Ahrens) Jackson. Lonnie married Ila Neitz on June 6, 1964 in Sidney, Nebraska. He had lived in Ft. Morgan since 1970 coming here from Commerce City. Lonnie enjoyed...
Paul Lorensen
Feb 2, 2008
Paul Eugene Lorensen, 52, passed away Saturday, February 2, 2008, at the Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush. He was born August 16, 1955, at the Eben Ezer Lutheran Hospital in Brush, to Robert and Dorothe (Peterson) Lorensen. The Lorensen family moved to Fort Morgan when Paul was two years old. Paul attended school in Fort Morgan and graduated...
