Judy Crumley
Apr 22, 2020
Judy Lynn Crumley, 79, longtime Washington County resident, passed away Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at the East Morgan County Hospital in Brush. She was born July 11, 1940 in New Mexico to Richard & Maxine Comer.
Work in the oilfield brought the Comer family back to Colorado in 1953. Judy attended Fort Morgan High School, where she...
Selma Fuerst
Apr 22, 2020
Selma R. Fuerst, 90, longtime Brush resident, passed away Wednesday, April 22, 2020, at the East Morgan County Hospital. She was born May 29, 1929, in Merced, California, to Sam & Della Fisher.
Selma married Elmer Fuerst in 1945 in California. In 1952 the Fuerst family moved to Brush. She was a very active member of Bethlehem...
Michael Jay Demanche
Apr 20, 2020
Michael Jay DeManche was born on July 21, 1966 in Julesburg Colorado and passed away at Sierra Vista Healthcare Facility in Loveland Colorado on April 20, 2020.
He graduated from Revere High School in 1984. He attended Wyoming Technology College after high school for auto mechanics. Michael enjoyed hunting and fishing, Denver Bronco football, good movies and...
Ruby Deluciio
Apr 20, 2020
Ruby DeLucio, 67, passed away Monday, April 20, 2020, at the Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush. She was born September 6, 1952, in Brush to Charles & Marjorie Harbert.
Ruby graduated from Woodlin High School. After working as a secretary at the Paynter Law Office in Brush for a couple of years, Ruby moved to...
Elsie Marie Lauck
Apr 19, 2020
Elsie Marie Lauck, age 96, passed away on April 19, 2020 at Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush.
She was born on July 13, 1923 in Fort Morgan to Philip and Marie Fries. She married Benjamin Lauck on Feb 2, 1947, and she began her life of being a farmer's wife and mother of three children. ...
Barbara Wilson
Apr 19, 2020
Barbara Jean Wilson
March 14, 1955-April 19, 2020
Barbara Jean Wilson, 65 passed away April 19, 2020 at Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush Co.
Barbara was born on March 14, 1955 in Salt Lake City, UT to John Migliaccio and Elaine Marie Migliaccio.
She was loved by everyone who...
Vira Jean Waltman
Apr 18, 2020
Vira Jean Waltman, 91, former Brush resident, passed away Saturday, April 18, 2020, at the Bonell Good Samaritan Center in Greeley. She was born June 30, 1928, in Alief, TX to Rufus Lonnie & Frances Lucille Lowe. Vira was affectionately referred to as "Neany" by many family members.
Vira was a music teacher. An accomplished pianist, Vira...
Marjorie Ruppel
Apr 17, 2020
Marjorie Ruppel, 87, lifelong resident of Fort Morgan, CO passed away Friday, April 17, 2020.
Marge was born, raised and spent her lifetime in the Fort Morgan community. She worked for the Wells Lamont Glove Company, raised her family and retired from the local Kmart store after more than 21 years.
She will be sadly...
Richard "Dickie" Williams
Apr 13, 2020
Richard Leroy "Dickie" Williams was born on September 8, 1936 at the family farm north of Snyder, Colorado. He was the second child and the first-born son to Richard Lewis Williams and Bessie Catharine (Hastings) Williams. Richard had two brothers; David and Virgil and four sisters; Joyce, Enid, Linda and Cathie.
While in high school, Richard participated...
Ransom K. Boone
Apr 12, 2020
Ransom K. Boone, lifelong Fort Morgan resident and owner/operator of Ransom Boone Excavating, passed away on Sunday, April 12, 2020 at his daughter's home in Granbury, TX, at the age of 96.
Ransom was born in Fort Morgan on October 9, 1923 to Robert & Margaret (Kinder) Boone. He attended local schools until the ninth grade and...
Shirley L. Degenhart
Apr 12, 2020
Shirley L. Degenhart, 84, longtime area resident, died Sunday, April 12, 2020 at her home in Fort Morgan.
She was born February 29, 1936 in Powell, Wyoming to Carl and Mary (Isle) Will.
Shirley grew up on the family homestead east of Cornish, Colorado. She attended Cornish schools thru the 8 th grade and graduated...
Violanda R. Rodriguez
Apr 12, 2020
Violanda R. Rodriguez, 49, of Fort Morgan, died unexpectedly, Sunday April 12, 2020 at the Banner Health Hospital.
She was born June 26, 1970 in Fort Morgan to Roy and Perfecta Rodriguez. She attended school in Fort Morgan. Violanda worked for the RE-3 School District for a number of years as a TA and for janitorial. She...
Gary Lee King
Apr 11, 2020
A belated celebration of life for Gary Lee King of Brush is going to be held Saturday, July 10, at 11:00 AM at the Rankin Presbyterian Church in Brush, CO. Gary passed away April 11, 2020, at the Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center. He was born in 1936 in Furnas County, Nebraska to Albert "Ray" and Lourien (Breinig) King....
Karen Donna Haws
Apr 10, 2020
Karen Donna Haws, 67, passed away Friday, April 10, 2020, at the Medical Center of Aurora in Aurora, CO. She was born in Colorado Springs on April 10, 1953, to Edgar & Phyllis Haws.
Karen graduated from high school in Andrews, TX. During her working career, Karen worked in a variety of customer service positions,...
Inez Marie Schwanke
Apr 9, 2020
Inez Marie Schwanke, 100, life resident of Morgan County, passed away Thursday, April 9, 2020, at the North Shore Health & Rehab Center in Loveland, CO. She was born on the family farm south of Brush on September 17, 1919, to Charles E. & Rosa Anna Herrmann Sr.
In 1923 the Herrmann family moved to Brush. Inez...
Willimina Hernandez
Apr 6, 2020
Willimina Hernandez, 72, longtime Brush resident, passed away Monday, April 6, 2020, at North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. She was born October 11, 1947, in Laredo, TX to Albaro & Amparo Mata.
Willie graduated from Brush High School in 1965. On April 30, 1967, she married Ralph Hernandez in Fort Morgan. Willie worked as a bookkeeper...
Elsie Clark
Apr 5, 2020
Elsie Clark, 90, was born in Keota, Colorado on May 5, 1929 to John and Mary Weiss. Elsie died Sunday, April 5, 2020 at the East Morgan County Hospital in Brush, Colorado.
Elsie was raised on a large ranch with her brothers Carl, Alex, Harry, Walter, and sisters, Pauline, Rosie, and Bertha. When Elsie graduated from High...
Hakeem & Zaviah Ortiz
Apr 4, 2020
Zaviah and Hakeem Ortiz, infant children of Alondis & Destiny Ortiz, passed away shortly after birth at University Medical Center in Aurora, CO on April 4, 2020.
A memorial service, using social distancing, will be held on Monday, April 27, 2020, at 1:30 PM at the Heer Mortuary Chapel in Brush. The service will conclude at the...
Robert "Bob" Gilbert
Mar 30, 2020
Robert D. "Bob" Gilbert, 78, passed away at the Lincoln Community Hospital in Hugo, CO following a short illness. He was born June 29, 1941, in Climax, CO to Harry & Beulah Gilbert.
Bob graduated from Woodrow High School. He worked on the family farm following graduation. In 1963 he joined the US Army. Following his honorable...
Denise Whitehouse
Mar 29, 2020
Denise Lee Whitehouse, 51, of Fort Morgan, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, March 29th, 2020 at Colorado Plains Medical Center in Fort Morgan.
Denise was born February 16, 1969 in Canoga Park, California to Gerald and Christine (Corral) Vlha. She attended Our Lady Of Fatima School. She finished her high school years in Colorado and graduated from...
