obituaries

Mar 21, 2018

On March 21st, 2018, after a long struggle with failing health, Shirley Ann Phillips, 72, passed away quietly at the North Colorado Medical Center with her family by her side. A native of Colorado and longtime resident of Greeley as well as the oldest of three, Shirley was born in Denver on March 4, 1946 to parents Jerry, Sr. and...

Mar 21, 2018

Wanda F. Smith, 89, of Loveland, CO, passed away Wednesday, March 21, 2018. She was born November 17, 1928, in Lima, Ohio to Arnold and Alice (Sherer) Stirn.

She was raised in Lima and graduated from Elida High School. On June 6, 1948, Wanda married...

Mar 19, 2018

James Leo Olsen III, 40, of Wiggins, Colorado passed Monday March 19, 2018 at his parent's home in Wiggins after a valiant battle with brain cancer. He is survived by his loving wife Elizabeth Kopetzky Olsen with sons Devon and Dillon Harshman of Wiggins, grandmother Lois Olsen and parents Dee and Jim Olsen also of Wiggins, his aunt and...

Mar 19, 2018

Bobbi L. Meng, 58, of Englewood, and formerly of Fort Morgan, left us to walk with her Lord & Savior on Monday, March 19, 2018.

She was born in Fort Morgan on December 4, 1959 to Robert & Wanda (Reynolds) Meng. She attended area schools and graduated from Fort...

Mar 19, 2018

Mary Duke, 94, passed away at Valley View Villa, in Fort Morgan on March 19th, 2018. She was born on October 7th, 1923 in De Leon, TX to Russell and Laura Rice.

Mary worked in an accounting office for a peanut factory in De Leon as a...

Mar 15, 2018

Roger C. Norris, 74, of Fort Morgan, passed away Thursday, March 15, 2018 at the Sterling Living Center.

He was born July 13, 1943 in Long Beach, CA to Norman & Margaret (Beedy) Norris. After high school Roger served in the Navy from 1961 to 1964 and was honorably...

Mar 15, 2018

Jamie Willert, 31, and her daughter, Emma, 4, passed away on Thursday, March 15, 2018, of injuries suffered in a motor vehicle crash near Roggen, CO.

A Light of Life Service will be held at the Long Meadow Game Resort & Event Center, 8604 MCR 6 near Wiggins, CO,...

Mar 14, 2018

Lupe Cervantes, 85 of Brush Colorado, passed away Wednesday, March 14 at Washington County Nursing Home in Akron Colorado.

Lupe was born July 25, 1932, in Crowell Texas to Natividad Cervantes & Helena Cano. He was the youngest of 10 children....

Mar 8, 2018

Richard "Dick" L. Travis, 86, life resident of Washington County, passed away March 8, 2018 in Green Valley, AZ.  He was born March 28, 1931, on the family farm north of Flagler, CO, to Frank & Jennie Travis. Dick was the county extension agent in Washington County for many years. Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Shirley; 2...

Mar 7, 2018

Mary E. Eicher, 80, longtime Morgan County resident, passed away Wednesday, March 7, following a lengthy illness. She was born September 23, 1937, in Peoria, IL to Calvin & Jessie Hoar.

The Hoar family moved to Morgan County in the mid-1940's from Peoria, IL. Mary enjoyed reading, sewing, fishing,...

Mar 3, 2018

Thomas Nicholas (Nick) Garland, resident and business man of Fort Morgan, passed away March 3rd at the age of 86 while residing at Valley View Care Center. He was born November 2nd, 1931 in Denver Colorado to Tom and Zella Garland.  As a child Tom grew up in La Jolla California, moving back to Kremmling...

Mar 2, 2018

Lydia Bruntz, 100, longtime area resident, died Friday, March 2, 2018 at the Valley View Villa Care Center in Fort Morgan.

She was born January 16, 1918 in Greeley to Conrad and Mary (Block) Kauffman.

Lydia married...

Feb 26, 2018

Timothy Neal Korby, longtime resident of Fort Morgan, CO. Went to be with the Lord on Monday, February 26, 2018 at the age of 67. Tim was born February 19, 1951 to Victor and Esther Korby, in Ft. Collins, CO.

He spent his childhood growing up in Wellington, CO. Tim attended and graduated...

Feb 26, 2018

Nancy Barrows Dinnsen, 74, passed away and was carried by Angels into the loving arms of her Lord and Savior Christ Jesus on February 26, 2018 at Valley View Villa.  She was born March 14, 1943 in Osage, Iowa to Donald and Elizabeth Barrows.

Her family moved to Fort Morgan, CO in the spring of 1947.  She...

Feb 24, 2018

Cesar Castrellon, 25, of Brush, passed away Saturday, February 24, 2018, in Longmont, Colorado. He was born June 28, 1992, in Van Nuys, CA to Baltazar Castrellon & Rosa Esparza.

Cesar graduated from Brush High School in 2010. He attended the auto mechanics program at Morgan Community College. He...

Feb 24, 2018

God called our uncle, Larry Groves, home on Saturday, February 24, 2018 from East Morgan County Hospital. He was surrounded by his nieces and nephews and passed peacefully.

Larry was born in Orchard, Colorado on October 18, 1936 to Jess and Selma (Burkhart) Groves. He attended school in Fort...

Feb 23, 2018

Virginia "Ginny" Lee Michael did it her way. She passed away on her 96th birthday in Fort Collins, CO. She was born to Otto and Hilda Ficken in New Raymer, C0. She married Fred Michael on June 1st 1941. As newlyweds they were quickly separated as Dec 7th 1941 brought Fred into the war of...

Feb 18, 2018

Ruth Louise Wickham, longtime resident of Fort Morgan, passed away Sunday at the age of 91.  She was born in Denver Feb. 1, 1927 to Julius and Hulda Molberg, and married Homer Wickham in August 1946.  After living in Chicago for a short time and having their first baby, the couple moved to a wheat farm east of Denver. ...

Feb 17, 2018

Donna E. Bolingbroke, 90, longtime Fort Morgan resident, died Saturday, February 17, 2018 at her home in Fort Morgan.

She was born August 16, 1927 to Glenn Reynolds Banker and Frances Morris Banker in Gooding, Idaho. She had four brothers and two sisters.

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Feb 17, 2018

Mary E. Hale, 96, died Saturday, February 17, 2018 at Colorado Plains Medical Center in Fort Morgan.

She was born November 1, 1921 in Tipperary, IA to William & Jessie (Corum) Browning. She graduated from high school in Newton, IA and married Raymond Leo Hale on October 19, 1939...