obituaries

Maria Perez

Jan 22, 2018

Maria Perez, 65, former Hillrose area resident, passed away Monday, January 22, 2018, following a short illness. She was born May 7, 1952 in Brush to Jesus & Teodosia Perez.

Maria graduated from Brush High School in 1971 and the University...

Jane Taylor Wagers

Jan 20, 2018

Jane Taylor Wagers, 104, longtime Brush area resident, died January 20 in Colorado Springs.  She was born in Springer, New Mexico, on December 22, 1913 to L. I. & Milly Taylor. Growing up on the family ranch, she enjoyed periodic trips to Santa Fe, where her father served in the New Mexico state...

Kenny Weimer

Jan 20, 2018

Kenny Weimer of Fort Morgan passed away on January 20th, 2018 in his home. He was 60.

He was born in Fort Morgan on April 11, 1957 to Henry and Anna Mae (Preston) Weimer. He attend Fort Morgan schools until he started working for Kaiser Heating in 1975. He then worked multiple oil...

Jose Tobias Pacheco

Jan 19, 2018

Jose Tobias Pacheco Jr. "Toby", 72, passed away peacefully at his home, surrounded by loved ones, January 19, 2018. He was born December 20, 1945 in Del Norte, CO to Jose T. Pacheco and his "Momma" Mary Darlene Baca. Toby enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping, and traveling. He was a member of the Elks Lodge in Creede, CO. His passion in...

Leroy Alvin Koch

Jan 16, 2018

LeRoy Alvin Koch, 77, of Wiggins, passed away at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley with family by his side on January 16, 2018.

He was born to Walter Alvin and Murial Ann (Vahldick) Koch, in Denver Colorado. He met the love of his...

Robert Donez

Jan 16, 2018

Robert Donez, 63 of Fort Morgan passed away at Medical Center of the Rockies on January 16th, 2018.

He was born in Scottsbluff, NE on July 12, 1954 and moved with his family to Colorado in 1966. He was an avid athlete and enjoyed being...

Peter Ruhl

Jan 15, 2018

Peter Ruhl, Jr., more commonly known as Pete, of Fort Morgan, passed away peacefully with his family at his side on Monday, January 15, 2018 at Highline Place in Littleton. He was 92.

He was born in Fort Morgan on February...

Harley W. Friehauf

Jan 14, 2018

Harley W. Friehauf, 89, life resident of the Brush community, passed away Sunday, January 14, 2018, at the Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center. He was born January 31, 1928, in Brush to William & Mollie Friehauf.

Harley graduated from Brush High School in 1946. On February 1, 1948, he...

Joe E. Kollruss

Jan 13, 2018

Joseph E. Kollruss, 84, passed away suddenly on Saturday, January 13, 2018, in Brush, CO. He was born September 5, 1933, in Colorado Springs, CO, to John & Georgia Kollruss.

Joe served in the US Army from 1953 – 1956. Following his honorable discharge he began working as a...

Margaret Pray

Jan 12, 2018

Margaret (Mardie) Ruth Rehkow Pray was born October 20, 1927, in Denver Colorado. She passed away in the loving presence of family and friends on January 12, 2018, at the Colorado Plains Medical Center in Fort Morgan at the age of 90.

Mardie was preceded in death by her...

Ruth Ann Schocke

Jan 10, 2018

Ruth Schocke of Fort Morgan passed away January 10, 2018, at the Eben-Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush, Colorado, where she had been a resident for the last several years.

Ruth was born May 9, 1925 at Weldona, Colorado, to Warren and Verna Blodgett. She graduated from Weldona High School and received her Registered...

Phyllis Musgrave

Jan 10, 2018

Phyllis Maxine (Curry) Musgrave, 97, born to a homesteading family near Adena, passed away on Wednesday, January 10, 2018, at Valley View Villa. She was born May 17, 1920, in Fort Morgan, CO, to Guy and Florence (Maxwell) Curry.

Phyllis attended elementary and middle school at Sunnydale...

Esther Pflager

Jan 9, 2018

God called our mother, Esther Pflager home on Tuesday, January 9, 2018 from Colorado Plains Medical Center in Fort Morgan.

She was born March 3, 1919 in Fort Morgan to George & Anna Margaret (Frick) Lapp. She was united in marriage to Dale Pflager on December 16, 1937. Together...

Mary Rose Bostrom

Jan 9, 2018

Mary Rose Bostrom, 100, longtime Morgan County resident, passed away Tuesday, January 9, 2018, at the Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush. She was born March 23, 1917, in Peckham, CO to Henry & Lydia Kembell.

Mary married Robert Bostrom on January 15, 1939,...

Robert D. Hobbs

Jan 7, 2018

Robert "Bob" Hobbs, 91, passed away Sunday, January 7, 2018 at Valley View Villa in Fort Morgan, CO.  He was born November 15, 1926 in Haxton, CO, to Frank and Ethal Hobbs.

Following school he enlisted in the Army on March 8, 1947 during WWII, where he served as a cook.  He was honorably discharged on December...

Bob Wardell

Jan 7, 2018

Robert L. "Bob" Wardell, June 28, 1936 – January 7, 2018, Age 81 of Brush, CO.

Bob was born in Greeley, CO to Anna (Harper) Hall and Robert Hall. Bob's first Dad died while Bob was still a toddler and a couple of years later his Mother, Anna, married...

Bill Hammer

Jan 4, 2018

William "Bill" L. Hammer, 77, former Brush resident, passed away Thursday, January 4, 2018, at the Sterling Regional Med Center in Sterling, CO. He was born November 13, 1940 in Whitney, NE to William G. and Velma Hammer.

Bill married Jeannette Fetzer in Fleming, CO on June 3, 1962....

Robert C. Danielsen

Jan 3, 2018

Robert Charles Danielsen (Bob)

Born October 31, 1936 in Brush Colorado

Was called home peacefully on January 3, 2018 at Valley View Villa in Fort Morgan, Colorado

Robert was born in Brush Colorado to Chris Danielsen and...

Arlan Lee Halverson

Jan 1, 2018

Arlan Lee Halverson, 75, of Log Lane Village passed away peacefully Monday, January 1, 2018, at home. Arlan was born July 4, 1942 in Buzzle Township, MN to Adolph and Clara Halverson.

Arlan married the love of his life Etta Coyle on July 11, 1959 in Shevlin, MN.  He enjoyed working with his hands, woodworking or metal....