Mary G. Lara
Mar 10, 2007
Mary G. Lara 83, of ft. Morgan, died Saturday evening at her home in Ft. Morgan. She was born December 27, 1923 in El Paso, Tx to Heraclio and Maria Torrez. Mary married John Lara November 27, 1954 in Brush. She enjoyed taking care of her family. She volunteered to help out with several the clubs and activities the children...
Raymond J. Baltazar
Mar 9, 2007
Raymond J. Baltazar, 74, of Wiggins, died Friday afternoon at his home in Wiggins. He was born March 15, 1932 in Pueblo to Gonzalo and Maria Baltazar. Raymond served in the U.S. Air Force from 1951 to 1955. He married Inez Torrez July 8, 1959 in Pomona, CA. Raymond a loving father, grandfather and great grandfather farmed and ranched for...
Bob Yearous
Mar 7, 2007
Robert "Bob" N. Yearous, 87, longtime Fort Morgan resident , passed away Wednesday, March 7, 2007, at Valley View Villa Nursing Home. He was born September 19, 1919, in Clarinda, IA, to Isaiah & Hazel Yearous. The Yearous family moved to Fort Morgan in 1920. Bob graduated from Fort Morgan High School. He served in the US Army from April...
Frances "Dot" Taylor
Mar 4, 2007
FRANCES "DOT" TAYLOR, 95, of Fort Morgan, formerly of Chattanooga, TN, died Sunday evening, March 4, 2007 at the Eben-Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush, CO. She was born Feb. 23, 1912 in Chattanooga, TN to Douglas & Etta (Bowen) Hall. On Sept. 15, 1934, she married Harold Taylor in Scottsboro, Alabama. Mr. & Mrs. Taylor lived in Chattanooga until...
Danny Steve Smith
Mar 3, 2007
DANNY STEVE SMITH, 49, of Fort Morgan, died Saturday, March 3, 2007 in Casa Grande, AZ from injuries he sustained in an automobile accident. He was born June 11, 1957 in Casa Grande to Sonny & Tommie (Blanchard) Smith. He married JoAnn Rodriguez on July 10, 1996 in Florence, AZ. Smith moved to Fort Morgan from Coolidge, AZ in 2003....
Lorida Arendale
Mar 2, 2007
Lorida M. Arendale, 79, passed away early Friday, March 2, 2007, at the East Morgan County Hospital in Brush. She was born January 4, 1928, in Walsenburg, CO, to Julian & Agnes Montoya. She married Henry W. Arendale. In 2001, she moved to Brush to be with her daughter. She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church. Survivors include...
Irene G. Kautz
Feb 28, 2007
Irene G. Kautz (88) formerly of Ft. Morgan, died Wednesday morning at the Fairacres Manor in Greeley. She was born January 12, 1919 in Logan County to Eli and Elizabeth Adams. She married Herman Kautz May 21, 1937 in Ft. Morgan. They farmed in the area until they retired. She enjoyed cooking, embroidering, word puzzles, making tea towels, quilts &...
James Douglas Pettyjohn
Feb 24, 2007
James Douglas Pettyjohn, 72 went to be with his Lord, February 24, 2007 at St. Luke's Medical Center in Meridian, ID. The family would like to thank the medical staff for their excellent care and compassion during these difficult times. Jim was born October 2, 1934 to William T. and Lucille Pettyjohn in Lafayette, Georgia. He moved to Colorado with...
Viola L. Eckert
Feb 20, 2007
Viola Lillian Voss Eckert, 89, of Fort Morgan, died peacefully on Tuesday, February 20, 2007, at Valley View Villa. She was born in Fort Morgan on March 16, 1917, to Albert and Mary Wiehe Voss. Viola graduated from Fort Morgan High School in 1935 and married Martin Eckert on December 25th, of that year. They recently celebrated their 71st wedding...
Leah Koehler
Feb 18, 2007
Leah Koehler, 92, former Brush and Morgan County resident, passed away Sunday, February 18, 2007, at her daughter's home in Deadwood, SD. She was born June 5, 1914, in Snyder, CO, to George & Mary Wambolt. On June 8, 1932, Leah married William Koehler in Brush. She worked as a cook for the RE 2-J School District for 23 years...
Virginia Baltazar
Feb 16, 2007
Virginia Baltazar, 68, former Hillrose area resident, passed away Friday at the Camellia Health Care Center in Aurora, CO. She was born May 13, 1938, in Hillrose, to Ignacio & Frances Jimenez. She graduated from Hillrose High School. On March 9, 1957, Virginia married Emilio Baltazar in Fort Morgan. Shortly after their wedding, the Baltazar's' moved to the Denver area....
Lionel Ward
Feb 16, 2007
Lionel E. Ward, 60, longtime area resident, died Friday, February 16, 2007 at his home in Ft. Morgan. He was born February 4, 1947 in Hurricane, West Virginia to Richard and Dorothy (Gibson) Ward. He married Carol L. Adams on June 27, 1968 in Riverton, Wyoming. They moved to Ft. Morgan in 1975. Lionel was a member of the Calvary...
Chester Chiara
Feb 13, 2007
Chester L. Chiara, 75, Fort Morgan resident , passed away Tuesday, February 13, 2007, at Valley View Villa Nursing Home in Fort Morgan. He was born May 26, 1931, in Weldona, CO, to Chester J. & Burdetta Chiara. Chester enlisted in the US Marine Corp in 1949 and served until 1951. Upon his discharge, he came back to Weldona and...
Franklin "Frank" Mercer
Feb 12, 2007
Franklin "Frank" Mercer 93 longtime Brush resident died Monday, February 12, 2007 at the Valley View Villa Care Center in Ft. Morgan. He was born May 10, 1913 in Vinita, Oklahoma to Ivan H. and Bessie (Franklin) Mercer. He graduated from high school in Trinidad, Colorado in 1931 and received his teaching degree from the Colorado State College of Education...
Kathryn Laufer
Feb 11, 2007
Kathryn E. Laufer (92) of Ft. Morgan, died Sunday evening at the Valley View Villa in Ft. Morgan. She was born June 23, 1914 in Lincoln, NE to Peter and Anna (Rudolph) Harris. She married Henry Laufer March 1, 1936 in Crook, CO. Henry died February 4, 1978. She was a member of the Christ Congregational Church in Ft. Morgan....
Verna Allen
Feb 11, 2007
Verna Margery Higgins was born January 13, 1907 in Lincoln, Nebraska. She died peacefully Sunday morning, February 11, 2007 twenty-nine days after celebrating her 100th birthday with family and loved ones. Verna was born in Lincoln, Nebraska to Charles Higgins and Nellie Morton Higgins. She was the youngest of the four siblings with Edna, Doris, and Morton Higgins all preceding...
Enid Erie
Feb 10, 2007
Enid Lynette Erie, 67, of Wellington, Colorado died Saturday, February 10, 2007 near Snyder, Colorado. Enid was born in Snyder, June 8, 1939 to Richard and Bessie (Hastings) Williams. In her youth she was a member of 4-H and graduated from Snyder High School in 1957. Enid married Kenneth James Erie on June 14, 1959 in Snyder. He died on...
Sharon Shriver
Feb 8, 2007
Sharon Lee Garcia – Shriver, 68 of Ft. Morgan, died at her home in Ft. Morgan. She was born in Kansas to Russell and Silvia ( Sullivan ) Kash. She first married Melvin Shriver and later married Joseph Garcia. After Joseph died in July of 2004, Sharon moved to Ft. Morgan to be closer to her family. She worked doing...
Clarence Walker
Feb 7, 2007
Clarence Walker, 74, former resident of Fort Morgan, passed away Wednesday, February 7, 2007, at the University of Utah Medical Center in Salt Lake City. He was born October 30, 1932, in St. Francis, KS, to Everett & Ella Walker. He moved to Fort Morgan in 1945 and worked in construction and on the railroad until 1970, when he moved...
Alva Wiley
Feb 7, 2007
Alva L. Wiley, Sr. 79 died Wednesday, February 7, 2007 at his home in Fort Morgan, Colorado. He was born July 18, 1927 in Fairfax, Missouri to Ova Ben and Zeta Marie Wiley. He married Janie Josephine (Fletchall) Wiley on August 30, 1945 in Troy, Kansas. Alva worked on a farm in Fairfax, Missouri before moving to Edgerton, Wyoming to...
