obituaries


Joanne Margaret Weber

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,...