obituaries

May 28, 2018

Gary Sagel: God – Family – Music – Farm

Born March 14, 1950 to Ed & Betty Sagel. Married Debbie Westhoff on June 3, 1972.

Preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Jim.

Survived by...

May 26, 2018

Thomas Leo Kopetzky, 56, longtime Morgan County resident, passed away of natural causes on Saturday, May 26, 2018. He was born June 17, 1961, in Denver to Francis & Dorothy Kopetzky.

Tom attended school in Wiggins. On August 18, 1984, he married Wanda Gerstenberger in Fort Morgan.   He was...

May 22, 2018

Esther Louise Weimer-Lough, 86, of Fort Morgan died on Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at Swedish Hospital in Denver. She was born April 24, 1932 to Fred & Katherine Weimer.

She is survived by her children, Val Eugene Lough of Fort Morgan, Deborah Kay McClure of Superior; 2 grandchildren and...

May 20, 2018

Deborah L. Alexander, 49, of Brush, passed away Sunday, May 20, 2018, at Tru Hospice of Northern Colorado in Greeley. She was born September 10, 1968, in Greeley and was adopted shortly thereafter by Don & Burta Pierce.

Debbie graduated from FMHS in 1986. After...

May 20, 2018

Jimmy Wayne Musser, 85, longtime area resident, died Sunday, May 20, 2018 at the Valley View Villa Care Center in Fort Morgan.

He was born November 25, 1932 to Henry and Thelma (Widener) Musser.

Jimmy married Winona...

May 18, 2018

William Lee (Bill) Krening was born September 13, 1928 on the farm north of Fort Morgan, the oldest child of William and Hannah Krening.  He passed away May 18, 2018 at the age of 89 years, at Valley View Villa in Fort Morgan.

Following his high school years, he went back to work on the family farm. ...

May 18, 2018

Alicia Ann Kenner, life resident of Brush, passed away Friday May 18, 2018. She was born July 1, 1972, to Terry and Barbara Garrett.

Alicia graduated from Brush High School in 1990. In 1994 she met the love of her life, George Kenner and they were married June 8,...

May 17, 2018

Brady Forrest Gibson, 20, passed away unexpectedly at home on May 17th, 2018, due to cardiac arrest. He was born October 28th, 1997, to Ron and Melanie Gibson in Fort Morgan, Colorado. Brady graduated from Fort Morgan High School, and had just successfully completed his Sophomore year of college at the University of Colorado Colorado...

May 14, 2018

Kenneth D. Blalock, 83, a Morgan County resident for over 60 years, passed away Monday, May 14, 2018, at the East Morgan County Hospital in Brush following an extended illness. He was born March 8, 1935, in Shawnee, OK.

Ken graduated from Shawnee High School and went to college...

May 12, 2018

Bonnie June August, 83, lifetime resident of Morgan County, passed away Saturday May 12, 2018 at Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush. She was born August 15, 1934 to John & Erna Miller in Fort Morgan.

Bonnie married Leo August on August 23rd, 1953 in Fort Morgan. Together they farmed and ranched south of Brush where...

May 9, 2018

James A. Eiring, 53, passed away Wednesday, May 9, 2018 in a farming accident.

Jim was born in Santa Ana, CA on January 19, 1965 to Robert Eiring & Mary Ann (Eiring) Wiley. The family moved to Colorado where his father started farming and ranching. Jim grew up in Weldona, Wiggins, and Fort Morgan. He graduated from...

May 9, 2018

Elta F. Clay, 94, longtime Snyder area resident, passed away Wednesday, May 9, 2018, at the Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush. She was born December 16, 1923, in Paonia, CO to Walter & Eva Heaston.

On August 20, 1944, Elta married August Clay in Denver. They moved...

May 5, 2018

Steven G. Heidrick, 67, passed away Saturday, May 5, 2018 at Kindred Hospital in Denver. He was born April 3, 1951, in Penokee, KS, to Jack & Helen Heidrick.

On July 13, 1973, Steven married Charlotte Lapp in Fort Morgan. Together, they worked in the maintenance department at the...

May 2, 2018

Elvira Marceleno Franco, 68, died Wednesday, May 2, 2018 after a long battle with cancer in Greeley.

She was born July 29, 1949 in Wichita Falls, Texas to Julian and Victoria (Marceleno) Franco.

She was a member...

May 1, 2018

Helen Lebsock passed away on Tuesday, May 1, 2018, at the Valley View Villa Care Center at the age of 91.

She was born February 22, 1927 in WaKeeney, Kansas to Frederick and Magdalina Dietz. In 1937 her family moved to Fort Morgan. On May 1, 1945, exactly 73...

Apr 30, 2018

LCpl Randy Alan Woodward, 20, of Brush CO, died Monday April 30th as a result of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. He was born April 5, 1998 in Salina Kansas, the son of Mari Cay (Fogle) Kembel and Doug Woodward.

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Apr 29, 2018

Vernon Leslie Anderson died peacefully, surrounded by family, at East Morgan County Hospital in Brush on April 29, 2018 at the age of 89.

Vernon was born in Wildrose, North Dakota on September 26, 1928 to Silas and Signe Anderson. As one of six children in the countryside of...

Apr 28, 2018

Rhonda Kay Holloway Knievel died April 28, 2018 of Metastatic Breast Cancer. She was born May 6, 1955 to Dr. Howard and Marilyn Kay Holloway in Big Timber, Montana.  She attended schools in Harlowton, Montana from Kindergarten through High School; Graduated with honors receiving her BSN from Montana State University.  Rhonda was named Student Nurse...

Apr 25, 2018

Donna Joy Sagel died on April 25, 2018 at Sunset Manor in Brush, Colorado surrounded by her family. She was born in Fremont, Nebraska on August 11, 1932 to Francis Yager and Emma (Nowack) Yager. After the death of her father she was adopted by her stepfather Louis Dick. She had one sister, Jean Dollerschell....

Apr 25, 2018

Ann Derby passed away quietly in the early morning hours of April 25, 2018 at the Colorado Plains Medical Center, in Fort Morgan, CO.  She was surrounded by her loving family and many adoring friends who comforted her during her final days.

Ann was preceded...