obituaries
Ruth Morgan
Dec 11, 2007
Ruth B. Morgan, 88, of Loveland, CO, went home to her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Tuesday, December 11, 2007. She was born March 4, 1919, in Brush, CO, to Henry & Barbara (Kauffman) Brandt. She grew up and attended schools in the Fort Morgan area. Ruth also attended Parks Business School in Denver where she studied bookkeeping. She...
Leslie Leroy Holland
Dec 8, 2007
Leslie Leroy Holland, 83, died Saturday, December 8, 2007 at the Valley View Villa Care Center in Ft. Morgan. He was born December 10, 1923 in Onawa, Iowa to Leslie and Florence (Goodwin) Holland. Leslie grew up in Illinois. He moved to this area from Boulder in 1979. He was a member of the Pipe Fitters Local # 208 and...
Raymond S. Anderson
Dec 8, 2007
RAYMOND S. ANDERSON, 74, of Fort Morgan, died Saturday, December 8, 2007 at Swedish Medical Center in Englewood. He was born May 18, 1933 in Wild Rose, ND to Silas & Signa (Johanson) Anderson. He married Betty Kane on April 21, 1988 in Brush. Mr. Anderson drove a semi-truck all of his working life. He drove a water truck in...
Philip Vondy
Dec 6, 2007
Philip D. Vondy, 84, life resident of Morgan County, passed away Thursday, December 6, 2007, at his home. He was born November 30, 1923, near Antelope Springs, CO to Victor & Edna Vondy. He attended school at the Welcome Hollow School District 19 near Snyder and Brush High School. Prior to his enlistment in the US Army for WW II,...
Hester Rogers
Dec 5, 2007
Hester C. Rogers, 94, former Brush resident, passed away Wednesday, December 5, 2007, at her daughter's home in Longmont, CO. She was born June 30, 1913, in Smith Center, KS, to Fredrich & Ida Holmes. Hester graduated from high school in Arriba, CO. On June 30, 1931, she married Claude Rogers Sr in Burlington, CO. After the death of her...
Hannah Krening
Dec 4, 2007
Hannah Krening, 98, died Tuesday, December 4, 2007 at the Valley View Villa Care Center in Ft. Morgan. She was born May 27, 1909 in Otis, Kansas to Henry and Sophie (Heardt) Pope. Hannah's parents were German immigrants and settled in Otis, Kansas. Her mother and infant son died in childbirth when Hannah was eight years old. Following their death...
Dorothy Reich-Adkins
Dec 3, 2007
Dorothy J. Reich – Adkins, 78, life resident of northeast Colorado, passed away early Monday, December 3, 2007, at the inpatient unit at North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. She was born August 25, 1929, in Hillrose, CO, to Jacob & Mary Mohrlang. She graduated from Brush High School in 1947. Dorothy married William Reich in 1947. He died in...
Harley Vern Davis
Dec 3, 2007
Harley Vern Davis, 77, died Monday, December 3, 2007 at his home in Fort Morgan He was born March 31, 1930 in Yuma, Colorado to John and Mary (Hanniford) Davis. He has lived in the Ft. Morgan area since 1964. Harley worked as a Rig Superintendent in the oil field in his younger years. Work was his hobby. Survivors include...
Izel Labounty
Dec 3, 2007
IZEL LABOUNTY, 97, of Fort Morgan, died Monday evening, December 3, 2007 at the Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush. Mrs. LaBounty was born February 13, 1910 in Cawker, KS to Noah & Anna Bishop. She attended high school in Jamestown, KS. She married Charles Franklin Wiss on November 26, 1927, with whom she had three children. Mr. Wiss...
Orthy Brown
Dec 3, 2007
Orthy J. Brown, 77, Long time resident of Ft. Morgan, died Monday morning at the Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush, surrounded by his family after a long battle with multiple myeloma. He was born January 8, 1930 in Long Pine, NE to Alfred and Wanda Brown. Orthy served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. His...
Dorothy Giauque
Dec 1, 2007
Dorothy M. Giauque, 93, longtime Brush resident, passed away early Saturday, December 1, 2007, at the Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center. She was born June 28, 1914, in Brokenbow, NE, to Elmer & Eva Willis. The Willis family moved to Brush in 1920. She graduated from Brush High School in 1932 and then attended beauty college. She married Clayton L....
Betty Jean Tarman
Nov 30, 2007
Betty Jean Tarman, 86, died Friday November 30, 2007 at her home in Brush. She was born November 3, 1921 in Independence, Kansas to Charles and Mabel (Van Deventer) Neighbors. Her early years were spent in Butler County Kansas, mainly in El Dorado. She attended school in El Dorado, graduating from El Dorado High School in 1939 then graduating from...
Philip Scott
Nov 28, 2007
Philip J. Scott, 70, life resident of the Lindon, CO community, passed away Wednesday, November 28, at the Poudre Valley Medical Center in Fort Collins, CO. He was born February 2, 1937, in Brush, to Raymond & Icil Scott. Philip graduated from Lindon High School in 1955. ON December 20, 1969, he married Lois Slise in Fort Collins. Philip farmed...
Richard "Dick" Eicher
Nov 28, 2007
RICHARD N. "DICK" EICHER, 80, of Brush, died Wednesday night, November 28, 2007 at North Shore Health & Rehab Center in Loveland. He was born in Brush on January 9, 1927 to Orville & Ethel (Suttle) Eicher. He attended Brush schools and graduated from Brush High School in 1945. Eicher served in the US Air Corp. during WWII. He married...
Edward Leroy Zwetzig
Nov 24, 2007
Edward Leroy Zwetzig, 80, Lifelong Ft. Morgan resident, died Saturday, November 24, 2007 at his home in Ft. Morgan. Edward was born May 5, 1927 in Fort Morgan to A.G. and Eva Margaret (Bauer) Zwetzig. He was the second of five children, having two brothers and two sisters. He was baptized on July 4, 1927 in the Evangelical and Reformed...
Florence Kauk
Nov 24, 2007
Florence I. Kauk, 73, life resident of Morgan County, passed away Saturday, November 24, 2007, at the East Morgan County Hospital in Brush. She was born October 9, 1934, in Fort Morgan, to Carl & Hilda Cook. She graduated from Fort Morgan High School in 1952.. On January 18, 1953, Florence married Robert Kauk in Fort Morgan. Florence enjoyed being...
Grace Scott
Nov 23, 2007
Grace E. Scott, 94, longtime resident of Washington and Morgan Counties, passed away Thursday, November 23, 2007, at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley, CO. She was born January 25, 1913, near Rago, CO to Oscar T. & Lois (England) Evans. Due to her Mother's failing health, Grace stayed home when she was a young teenager to care for...
Steve C. Swanson
Nov 22, 2007
STEVE C. SWANSON of Fort Morgan, CO, passed away peacefully on November 22, 2007 after a courageous four year battle with cancer. He was born May 24, 1948 in Rawlins, Wyoming to Reynold & Eileen Swanson. Steve graduated from Rawlins High School in 1966. He graduated from from Chadron State College in 1971 with a degree in Business. Steve loved...
Larry Rothe
Nov 20, 2007
Larry E. Rothe 60, of Ft. Morgan, died at his home Tuesday morning. He was born June 28, 1947 in Greeley to Elmer and Mildred Rothe. He graduated from Greeley Central High School in 1965 and from the Colorado State University in 1970. Larry married Mary Anne Carson December 4, 1971 in Littleton. They moved to Ft. Morgan in 1973...
Inez Youngblood
Nov 18, 2007
Inez Youngblood 90, of Ft. Morgan died Sunday morning at the Bee Hive Assisted Living Center in Ft. Morgan. She was born May 19, 1917 in Estacada, Oregon to Carl and Edith Montgomery. Inez married William Arlys Youngblood January 19, 1939 in Miami, Oklahoma. William died in 1942. She started her teaching career in 1944 with two years of college...






