Letha Anna Meyer
Mar 12, 2008
Letha Anna Meyer, 83, longtime area resident, died Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at the Colorado Plains Medical Center in Ft. Morgan. Letha was born November 19, 1924 in Pittsburg, Kansas to John and Letha (Roberts) Parsons. Letha's mother died when she was a young child. Her father later married Margaret (Fritts), who helped raise her. Letha married Solomon Meyer on...
Norma Richardson
Mar 12, 2008
Norma P. Richardson, 89, passed away Wednesday, March, 12, 2008, at the Colorado Plains Medical Center in Fort Morgan, CO. She was born April 20, 1918, on the family farm near Center, KY, to James D. & Pernie M. Nunn. Following graduation from Center, KY High School in 1939, Norma attended nursing school in Louisville, KY, until she was stricken...
Rosemary (Dennis) Price
Mar 12, 2008
ROSEMARY (DENNIS) PRICE, 86, passed away, March 12, 2008 at her home. Rosemary was born in Roggen, CO on April 7, 1921 to Lawson & Jennie (Lane) Dennis. At the age of 23 she worked at the Arms Plant in Denver where she was a supervisor. She also worked at Montgomery Ward store. She met James Evans Price and was...
Helen Caroline Comer
Mar 11, 2008
Helen Caroline Comer, 88, died Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at the Valley View Villa Care Center in Ft. Morgan. She was born September 4, 1919 in Otis, Colorado to Emil and Dora (Myers) Rehnberg. She married Donald D. Comer on August 13, 1938 in Imperial, Nebraska. They moved to this area in 1957 from Chase County, Nebraska. Helen was a...
Betty Hellyer
Mar 5, 2008
Betty M. Hellyer, 77, passed away Wednesday, March, 5, 2008, at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. She was born May 10, 1930, in Brush, to Henry & Nettie Teter. She graduated from Brush High School in 1948. On June 14, 1949, Betty married Richard Hellyer Jr. in Brush. The Hellyer family has lived in Northeast Colorado most all...
Art Kalous
Mar 2, 2008
Art Kalous, 71, Long time area resident, died in the comfort of his home Sunday morning following a long illness. He was born September 11, 1936 in Milo, Missouri to Anton and Mary (Kral) Kalous. His family moved to Woodrow in 1942 where he grew up on the farm. He served in the U.S. Marines for a short time before...
Mary Violet Seely
Mar 1, 2008
Mary Violet Seely, 52, former local resident, died Saturday, March 1, 2008 at the Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland. Mary was born September 30, 1955 in Wichita, Kansas to Jerry and Betty (Orcutt) McGilvray. She married Allen L. Seely on October 7, 1978 in Cripple Creek, Colorado. Seely moved to Morgan County in the late 1980's from Morrison...
Ivan Lee Mesmer
Feb 29, 2008
IVAN LEE MESMER, 91, longtime area resident, died Friday, February 29, 2008 at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. He was born November 7, 1916 in Soldier, KS to Edward & Sadie Mae (Buckley) Mesmer. He married Letha Dwinell on May 27, 1934 in Newton, KS. The family moved to Orchard in 1941. They later moved to Goodrich and...
Dorothy Marie Helzer
Feb 28, 2008
Dorothy Marie Helzer, 72, Longtime area resident, died Thursday, February 28, 2008 at her home in Ft. Morgan. Dorothy was born at their family home on February 7, 1936 near Keenesburg, Colorado to Dustin R. and Midia V. Hart. She graduated from Wiggins High School in 1954. Dorothy married Darwin "Fritz" Helzer on June 14, 1954 in Raton, New Mexico....
Harold Ruhl
Feb 28, 2008
HAROLD RUHL, 84, lifelong area resident, died Thursday morning, February 28, 2008 at the Life Care Center of Greeley. He was born February 27, 1924 in Fort Morgan to David & Mary Ruhl. Mr. farmed for the majority of his life but he was also a seismic engineer. He was a member of the Wiggins Community Church where he had...
Opal Irene Parker
Feb 28, 2008
Opal Irene Parker, 90 of Ft. Morgan, died Thursday, February 28, 2008 at the Colorado Plains Medical Center in Ft. Morgan. She was born March 6, 1917 in Brainard, Minnesota to Charles and Myrtle (Kinney) Wright. In 1948, Opal married Edmond E. Parker in Las Vegas, Nevada. She moved to this area from Arkansas in 1980. Mrs. Parker enjoyed reading,...
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...
