obituaries

Sep 21, 2022

Saadet "Liz" Williams, 74, of Fort Morgan, passed away Wednesday night at her home while surrounded by family.

Saadet moved to Greeley in 2021 while going through chemotherapy treatment for lung cancer. She was born March 28th, 1948, in Adana, Turkey. After traveling through Europe, she moved with her daughter Sheila, to the United States. After a...

Sep 21, 2022

Charles "Chuck" Evan Preedy passed away September 21, 2022. He was born December 22, 1942 in Limon, Colorado to Oscar "Chick" Preedy and Helen "Peg" Laurence.

Chuck moved with his parents to Fort Morgan in 1945, where they farmed east of town. He graduated from Fort Morgan High School in 1960, and then enlisted in the U.S....

Sep 20, 2022

Bonnie passed away peacefully September 20, 2022 at Valley View Villa. Bonnie was born May 02, 1942 to Simeon and Bessie Turner. Bonnie lived her life boldly! She was a truck driver, a restaurant owner and worked on oil pipelines.

Bonnie is survived by her husband Rudy of Fort Morgan, Her son Tom (Christine) Sears of Wiggins,...

Sep 20, 2022

Doris Darlene (Blazer) Buhring, 74, died of a car accident on September 20, 2022, at the St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood, Colorado. She was born on September 7, 1948, in Limon, Colorado to Helen Blazer.  Doris was married to Ronald Buhring on June 11, 1967.  They celebrated 54 years of marriage before Ronald passed away in 2021.  She worked...

Sep 19, 2022

Judith Ann Roberts, beloved mother, daughter, sister and grandmother, passed away from a car accident on September 19, 2022.

Judy was born to Stub and Jo Roberts in Fort Morgan, Colorado, on December 6, 1951, the second daughter of twin girls. Judy grew up in Wiggins and graduated in 1969. She attended Central Business College in Denver....

Sep 18, 2022

Thor Johnson: Children's Pastor, mentor of boys and men, archery enthusiast and instructor, Royal Ranger leader and trainer, former employee at Fresh Foods, guest speaker at Brush Museum's Sack Lunch Program, aspiring author, storyteller, puppeteer, and historical reenactor went peacefully to be with the Lord on Sunday morning, September 18 after battling metastatic lung cancer for three months.

Sep 10, 2022

Guy Lawrence Cook passed away at his home surrounded by his family on September 10 th , 2022.  He was born to George and Margaret Cook on April 2 nd , 1946.  Guy was the youngest child and he has two surviving older siblings, Dr. Thomas Cook and Gay Sladky.  Guy's childhood was in Chicago, IL.  He attended Taft...

Sep 9, 2022

Warri Joan Scott was born on January 7, 1938 in Beloit Kansas to Jerry and Lila Neifert. She passed peacefully on September 9, 2022 at Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush.

Warri attended school in Hillrose and was a band majorette and an active member of the 4-H Club before graduating from Hillrose High School in...

Sep 7, 2022

Michael J. Bates was born on May 4, 1950 in Sheridan, Wyoming to Nilo and Anna (Johnson) Bates. He passed on September 7, 2022 in Fort Morgan, Colorado. He is survived by his wife Pat whom he married on August 20,1976 in Sheridan, Wyoming, his daughters Jennifer Finn (Ashley Gill) of Colorado Springs, Stephanie Bates (Demetrius Dixon) of Lochbuie,...

Sep 6, 2022

Taniah Elizabeth Cheatham was born November 25, 2015, and was called home to Heaven on Tuesday, September 6, 2022. Taniah was born at Presbyterian/St. Luke Hospital for Children, with many health problems. This never kept her from being a very happy little girl, with a beautiful smile on her face most of the time. Taniah had just started 1...

Sep 6, 2022

Lee Crawford, my husband of 44 years, passed peacefully from Earth on Tuesday, September 6, 2022 at the age of 79.

Lee's requests were cremation, no somber obituary, and no formal services. I am honoring those wishes.

Lee lived his life enthusiastically and was always in search of his next adventure. His career in the...

Sep 4, 2022

Mary Lynn McBride, 73, of Log Lane Village passed away unexpectedly September 4 th , 2022, in Fort Morgan, CO. The funeral services will be held at 1:00 pm on September 22 nd at Life Fellowship in Fort Morgan, Co. The address of the church is:

Life Fellowship

17723 County Road 20

Fort...

Aug 30, 2022

Anna Marie was born September 20, 1939 to Jacob and Pauline Bickert in the old Eben-Ezer hospital in Brush, CO.  She grew up on a farm south of Brush and attended grade school in the country at the Gary School.  She attended high school in Brush, graduating on May 30, 1957.  Ann passed away on August 30 th ,...

Aug 28, 2022

Melba Irene Farnik, 89, passed away at Valley View Villa on Sunday, August 28 th .

She was born December 24 th , 1932, in Brush to Lloyd E. Pollock and Florence L. (Hancock) Pollock. The family also lived in Nevada and California before returning to Fort Morgan in the mid-1940s. As a teenager, Melba worked the...

Aug 27, 2022

Amber Seward, 45, passed away early Saturday morning August 27 th , 2022, after a battle with Cancer. Amber was born in Brush on November 15 th , 1976, and recently moved back to Brush to be with her family.

Although Amber never had any children of her own, she was happiest when she was around them....

Aug 26, 2022

Joyce "Ann" Smedes passed away August 26, 2022. She was born Jan 1, 1939 in Bellville, Illinois to Melvin and Juanita Carter. She lived in Brush, Colorado after moving 4 years ago from Arvada, Colorado, and before that resided in Jefferson County and Boulder County.

Ann Met her husband Randy while they both lived in the mountains....

Aug 25, 2022

John Robert Kress II, 75, of Rockport TX / Wiggins CO, passed away peacefully at his home in Rockport TX August 25th, 2022. John was born April 26, 1947, in Fort Morgan CO to John Robert Kress Sr and Donna Darlene (Turpin) Kress.

John is preceded in death by his parents, sister's Linda (Kress) Richardson and Sharon...

Aug 20, 2022

Donald Jon Schutter, 70, passed away Saturday, August 20, 2022 at his home in Weldona. He was born November 14, 1951 in Muskegon, MI to John Eugene and Harriet Lou Schutter.

Don married his high school sweetheart, Deborah, and they had twin sons, Donnie and John Ray. Don was a carpenter for the majority of his life,...

Aug 19, 2022

James Arthur Ruhl, 77, of Wiggins, Colorado passed away on Friday, August 19 th in Longmont, Colorado.

Jim was born to Fred and Helen Ruhl on July 21, 1945 in Fort Morgan, Colorado. He attended schools in both Wiggins and Prospect Valley. In 1963, he married Janice Baumgartner and moved to Hoyt, Colorado where they lived and...

Aug 15, 2022

Doc / Bobby / Papa / Robert / Santa , The Man, The Myth, The Legend, was an amazing husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, brother, and friend.

Bobby was born to Robert D. and Dorothy L. Rasmussen on October 4, 1950, in Denver, Colorado.

Bob married the ...