Elsie Mcgonegal
Oct 31, 2007
Elsie McGonegal, 68, of Fort Morgan, passed away suddenly in the emergency room of the Colorado Plains Medical Center on Wednesday, October 31, 2007. She was born August 17, 1939, in LaVeta, CO, to Joseph and Myrtle Beuke. On June 8, 1963, Elsie married Larry McGonegal in Colorado Springs, CO. The McConegal family moved to Fort Morgan in 1991. She...
Donald Burrell
Oct 31, 2007
Donald Burrell, 81, passed away suddenly Wednesday, October 31, 2007, at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. He was born November 22, 1925, in Fresno County, CA, to Ellsworth & Stella Burrell. He served in the US Navy during WW II. He married Corena Potts in Reno, NV. After his discharge, Don worked as a civil engineer for the...
Thomas Theodore Carlson
Oct 30, 2007
Thomas Theodore Carlson 79, of Fort Morgan, died Tuesday, October 30, 2007 at the Select Specialty Hospital in Denver. He was born August 9, 1928 in Oak Park, Illinois to Theodore and Una (Faulkner) Carlson. Thomas married Eileen J. Pearson on June 28, 1952 in Gurnee, Illinois. They moved from Illinois to Morgan County in 1953. He was a member...
Arlene Elma Baggley
Oct 30, 2007
Arlene Elma Baggley 96, of Ft. Morgan, died Tuesday, October 30, 2007 at the Valley View Villa Care Center in Ft. Morgan. She was born October 17, 1911 to Ralph and Elizabeth (Anderson) Bartram at her parents homestead near Stoneham, Colorado. She went to a country school, attended high school in Stoneham, and graduated from Brush High School in 1928....
Leroy Dewey Smith
Oct 29, 2007
Leroy Dewey Smith, 85, former Morgan County resident, died Monday, October 29, 2007 at the North Colorado Medical Center Hospice Unit in Greeley. Leroy was born July 6, 1922 in Dodge City, Kansas to John and Elizabeth (Endsley) Smith . He married Myrtle E. Polk on September 18, 1969 in Wiggins. He was a member of Gideon's International, a member...
Cleo "Jean" Vantries
Oct 29, 2007
CLEO JEAN VANTRIES, 72, of Brush, died Monday, October 29, 2007 at Fairacres Manor in Greeley. She was born October 2, 1935 in Longmont, CO to Walter & Ruth (Cunningham) Nicks. She married Glenn Sullivan in 1957. They later divorced and she married Kenneth Vantries on December 5, 1975. Mr. & Mrs. Vantries moved to Brush from Longmont in 1976....
Gertrude Louise Robertson
Oct 27, 2007
GERTRUDE LOUISE ROBERTSON, 59, of Brush, died Saturday, October 27, 2007 at Valley View Villa Care Center in Fort Morgan. She was born June 16, 1948 in McCook, NE to Walter & Pearl (Kier) Riley. Mrs. Robertson was a member of the Assembly of God. She enjoyed singing, fishing, and camping. She especially enjoyed spending time with her children and...
Robert Duane Hanson
Oct 22, 2007
Robert Duane Hanson, 53, lifelong area resident, died October 22, 2007 at his home in Ft. Morgan. He was born May 9, 1954 in Akron, Colorado to Mark and Hazel (Batterson) Hanson. He married Tomasa Frias in Brush, Colorado. Robert enjoyed his work as a truck driver. He also liked tinkering around the house, was a jokester, a mechanic and...
Harold F. Aikens
Oct 20, 2007
Harold F. Aikens, 68, of New Raymer, died Saturday, October 20, 2007 at the Colorado Plains Medical Center in Ft. Morgan. He was born January 28, 1939 in Detroit, Michigan to Harold and Jessie (Marshall) Aikens. Harold worked with his dad and brothers in the family logging business in Michigan. He met Effie Papple in Mitchell, Nebraska and was married...
Wanda Wright
Oct 19, 2007
Wanda M. Wright, 79, longtime Fort Morgan resident, passed away Friday evening, October 19, 2007, at the Overland Park, Kansas, Medical Center following a short illness. Wanda and Jim were enroute to Branson, Missouri with their family to celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary when she became ill. She was born April 8, 1928, in Colorado Springs, CO to Charles &...
Maria Padilla
Oct 15, 2007
Carmen Mary (Maria) Padilla 1930- 2007 Carmen Mary Padilla, 77, went to be with her Lord on Monday October 15, 2007. She was born on March 13, 1930 in Chupadero, New Mexico. She is survived by her children; Robert Padilla of Brush, CO, Eloy H. Padilla of Fort Morgan, CO, Michael Padilla of Pueblo, CO and Beatrice Padilla of Aurora,...
Katie Schmick
Oct 14, 2007
KATIE SCHMICK, 92, lifelong Fort Morgan resident, died Sunday afternoon, October 14, 2007 at Colorado Plains Medical Center in Fort Morgan. She was born April 29, 1915 in Fort Morgan to George & Anna (Sagel) Schmick. Survivors include three sisters; Martha Bauer and Lydia Bostron, both of Fort Morgan, and Marion Brozovich of Denver, and two brothers; Henry Schmick of...
Goldie Irene Curtis
Oct 13, 2007
Goldie Irene Curtis 87 longtime area resident, died Saturday, October 13, 2007 at the Colorado Plains Medical Center in Ft. Morgan. She was born June 9, 1920 in Concordia, Kansas to Samuel and Bessie Baughman. Goldie married Kenneth L. Curtis on November 13, 1941 in Sidney, Nebraska. Goldie was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day...
Velveth Edson
Oct 11, 2007
Velveth P. Edson, 97, of Brush, passed away Thursday, October 11, 2007, at the East Morgan County Hospital in Brush. She was born June 28, 1910, in Loyal, OK, to Finis & Matilda Young. In 1928, Velveth married Arthur Edson in Oklahoma City, OK. Arthur died in 1983. In 1990, Velveth moved to Brush, CO to be closer to her...
Claude Henry
Oct 9, 2007
Claude M. Henry, 82, longtime Brush area resident, passed away Monday, October 9, 2007, at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. He was born March 30, 1925, in Wainwright, Oklahoma, to Arthur & Susie Henry. When Claude was an infant, the Henry family came on the train to Akron, CO, and they walked to a homestead south of Akron,...
Evelyn Jeanette Jones
Oct 8, 2007
EVELYN JEANETTE JONES, 71, former Brush resident, died Monday afternoon, October 8, 2007 at her home in Ramona, CA. She was born in Brush on June 16, 1936 to John & Clara (Lee) Blum. She married Charles Jones on May 13, 1967. Mrs. Jones is survived by her husband Charlie Jones of Ramona, CA; one daughter and one son; Pamela...
Margaret Chapin
Oct 7, 2007
Margaret (Mint) Chapin died peacefully on Sunday, October 7, 2007, in Brush, CO, with her son Bo (Robert), her daughter Ming (Mary Anne) and other family members by her side. She was 90 at the time of her death. Mint was born and raised in Petersburg, Virginia, and attended art school in New York. During the early stages of WWII,...
Jolene Janelle Castillo
Oct 4, 2007
JOLENE JANELLE CASTILLO, 30, of Denver, died Thursday, October 4, 2007. She was born August 11, 1977 in Denver. She married Jorge M. Castillo on February 6, 1998. Janelle worked at Porter Place Retirement Center in Denver as a CNA at the time of her death. Mrs. Castillo enjoyed shopping. Her family was most important to her. She especially enjoyed...
Anita Eloise Frihauf-Reiber
Oct 2, 2007
ANITA ELOISE (FRIHAUF) REIBER, 59, of Fort Morgan, died early Tuesday morning, October 2, 2007 at her home. She was born June 5, 1948 in Fort Morgan to George Jacob & Vera Mae (Anderson) Frihauf. She graduated from Wiggins High Scool in 1966. Anita was married to Clifford Tripp and John Kendall Jr. before her marriage to Richard Reiber on...
Cristela Rios
Oct 1, 2007
Cristela Rios, 90, of Ft. Morgan, died Monday at the Valley View Villa in Ft. Morgan. She was born February 18, 1917 in Laredo, Texas to Modesto and Gregoria Rios. She married Andres G. Rios Sr. December 27, 1937. She is survived by her children, Andres Rios Jr. and Dolores Faz both of Ft. Morgan, Esperanza Rendon of Temple, TX...
