obituaries
Joanne Margaret Weber
Jun 10, 2007
JOANNE (ZWETZIG) WEBER, 70, Lifelong Fort Morgan resident, died Sunday morning, June 10, 2007 at Valley View Villa Care Center in Fort Morgan. She was born in Fort Morgan on July 7, 1936 to Alex & Eva Margaret (Bauer) Zwetzig. Joanne married Edward Weber on November 13, 1955 at the Christ Congregational Church in Fort Morgan. Joanne was a member...
Emanuel Weibert
Jun 7, 2007
Emanuel Weibert, 85 Longtime area resident, died Thursday, June 7, 2007 at his home in Weldona. He was born July 23, 1921 in Gill, Colorado to Emanuel and Anna (Oestrich) Weibert. Emanuel grew up on the family farm near Gill and attended Gill School until 1936 when he left school to work on the farm. He did all kinds of...
Sarah Koehler
Jun 5, 2007
Sarah Koehler, 89, of Brush, passed away early Tuesday, June 5, 2007, at the East Morgan County Hospital in Brush. She was born April 8, 1918, in Eads, CO, to George & Emma Louise Gerlock. She married Reinhold Koehler in Brush on December 22, 1935. Sarah had worked as a nurse's aide for several years at the Eben Ezer Lutheran...
Barbara Trimbach
Jun 3, 2007
Our loving mother, grandmother and sister Barbara Ann Trimbach, 64, of Ft. Morgan, died at her home Sunday afternoon. She was born April 22, 1943 in Manhattan, New York, to Donald and Mollie McCoy. She worked for Leprino Foods for 8 years before ill health force her retirement. She enjoyed going to the lake, cooking for family gatherings, and spending...
Kay Mitchell
May 31, 2007
Kathryn "Kay" Reed Mitchell, 84, passed away Thursday, May 31, 2007, at her home near Brush. She was born October 24, 1922, in Boulder, CO, to Walter & Kate Reed. She received her BA degree from the University of Colorado in 1945. During WW II, she traveled to Long Beach, CA, to marry a Brush native, Donald M. Mitchell who...
Kurt Schilling
May 30, 2007
Kurt D. Schilling, 52, of Brush, died of injuries suffered in a semi-truck / train collision near Gilcrest, CO on Wednesday, May 30, 2007. He was born February 12, 1955, in Brush, to Robert & Shirley Schilling. He graduated from Brush High School in 1974. After spending a couple of years in Arizona, Kurt moved back to Brush and began...
Lola Mae Peterson
May 26, 2007
LOLA MAE PETERSON, 71, of Snyder, died Saturday afternoon, May 26, 2007 at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. She was born January 17, 1936 in San Diego, CA to Henry Blair & Irene Daisy (McComas) Cooper. She married Eric Peterson on November 6, 2002 in Las Vegas, NV. Mr. & Mrs. Peterson moved to Snyder from San Diego...
Harold Arthur Forbes
May 23, 2007
HAROLD ARTHUR FORBES, 91, longtime Fort Morgan resident, died Wednesday afternoon, May 23, 2007 at the Eben-Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush. He was born October 24, 1915 in Woodward, Oklahoma to Willard & Permelia (Ross) Forbes. He married Martha Nellie Lusk on March 17, 1940 in Max, NE. Mr. & Mrs. Forbes moved to Morgan County from Yuma, CO...
Beulah Madeline Tieman
May 22, 2007
Beulah Madeline Tieman (November 26, 1921 – May 22, 2007) Beulah Madeline (Boone) Tieman, 85, former Fort Morgan resident, passed away Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at the Castle Rock Convalescent Center in Green River, Wyoming. She was born November 26, 1921 in Boulder, Colorado, to Robert and Margaret (Kinder) Boone. The Boone family moved to Fort Morgan in 1922. Beulah...
Margaret Andersen
May 19, 2007
Margaret M. Andersen, 85, lifelong resident of Brush, died Saturday, May 19, 2007, at the East Morgan County Hospital in Brush. She was born February 3, 1922, in Brush, to John & Oline Jensen. She graduated from Brush High School in 1939. On November 14, 1943, Margaret married Alvan Andersen in Brush. The Andersen family farmed SW of Brush after...
Art Carlson
May 15, 2007
Ralph "Art" Carlson, 90, passed away early Tuesday, May 15, 2007, at the Inpatient Hospice Unit at North Colorado Medical Center. He was born November 14, 1916, in Windsor, CO, to Hulda & Pete Carlson shortly after they arrived from Blekinge and Gothenberg, Sweden. His first home was 2 miles southwest of Windsor. He grew up in the Windsor area...
Elsie Fairchild
May 14, 2007
Elsie J. Fairchild, passed away at her home on Monday, May 14, 2007, after a year long battle with cancer. Elsie was active in the Fort Morgan area with careers in the mental health field for over 25 years. She began her career as a Social Worker in Special Education with the South Platte Valley Board of Cooperative Educational Services...
Ruby Moore
May 14, 2007
Ruby (Tormohlen) Moore, 97, longtime Morgan County resident, passed away Monday, May 14, 2007, at the East Morgan County Hospital in Brush. She was born July 16. 1909, in Mayetta, Kansas to Aaron & Ethel Mummert. In 1914 the Mummert family moved to south of Fort Morgan where her father homesteaded 320 acres of land. She attended rural schools and...
Steven Carl Schlothauer
May 13, 2007
STEVEN CARL SCHLOTHAUER, 58, of Fort Morgan, passed away at his home on May 13, 2007. Steven was born March 11, 1949 in Fort Morgan to Carl & Lucille Schlothauer. He was baptized and confirmed at the Christ Congregational Church in Fort Morgan. He attended schools in Fort Morgan and graduated in 1967. After attending two years of agriculture college,...
Verdie Leona Schocke
May 10, 2007
Verdie Leona Schocke 92 Longtime area resident, died Thursday, May 10, 2006 at the Colorado Plains Medical Center in Ft. Morgan. She was born November 30, 1914 in Edmond, Kansas to Allen and Alice (Gordon) Nevins. Verdie graduated from Fort Morgan High School in 1933. She married Harold Schocke on January 21, 1934 in Ft. Morgan. Verdie was a member...
Ione Lucile Dick
May 9, 2007
Ione Lucile Dick 97 Longtime area resident, died Wednesday May 9, 2007 at the Colorado Assisted Living in facility in Littleton. She was born October 30, 1909 in Aline, Oklahoma to Roy and Vera (Sparks) Sanders. She married Olie Dick May 21, 1937 in Weldona. She was a teacher and a homemaker. Mrs. Dick enjoyed gardening, teaching, cooking and spending...
Tillie Anderson
May 9, 2007
Tillie (Starr) Andersons, 96, passed away Wednesday, May 9, 2007, at the East Morgan County Hospital in Brush. She was born October 14, 1910, in Lincoln, NE, to Jacob & Jennie Fritzler. Before Tillie started school, the Fritzler family moved to Brush. She graduated from Brush High School in 1929. She married Claude Starr in Fort Morgan on June 28,...
Richard Simmons
May 5, 2007
Dr. Richard A. "Doc" Simmons, retired veterinarian, passed away peacefully at Valley View Villa in Fort Morgan on Saturday, May 5, 2007. Born in Crawford, CO, on May 23, 1921, to Lillian & Carl Simmons, he was the youngest of their four sons. By 1989, his parents, and brothers, Les, Roe and Bill had predeceased him. Doc graduated from Delta...
Fred "Ace" D. Weimer
May 2, 2007
FRED D. "ACE" WEIMER, 89, former Fort Morgan resident, died Wednesday afternoon, May 2, 2007 in Highlands Ranch. He was born December 31, 1917 in Brush to Fred & Marie (Kembel) Weimer. He attended public schools in Fort Morgan. Weimer served in the US Army during WWII where he was stationed in the South Pacific. He married Leah Schlothauer on...
Wilbur Dick
May 1, 2007
Wilbur "Olie" Dick, 97, longtime area resident, died Tuesday, May 1, 2007 at Colorado Assisted Living in Littleton. He was born December 10, 1909 in West Wheatfield, Pennsylvania to William and Bessie (Mack) Dick. Olie married Ione Sanders on May 21, 1937 in Weldona. They farmed and ranched near Ft. Morgan until his retirement in 2000. Olie enjoyed nightly walks,...






