Delphine Richards
Nov 6, 2017
Delphine Richards of Fort Collins, Colorado passed away on November 6, 2017. Jessie Delphine French was born on November 13, 1916 near Olpe, Kansas. On October 27, 1935 she married Roy E. Richards. After they were married they spent 2 ½ years living in Council Grove, Kansas before returning to a live on a farm near their home town of...
Christopher Andrew Cederquist
Nov 4, 2017
Christopher Andrew Cederquist was peacefully called away to his Lord this week. He was born in Sumter, South Carolina, at Shaw Air Force Base on November 11, 1969. After Chris settled in Colorado, he married Benita Gomez in May of 1996, and together they had their daughter and joy, Isabella. Saturdays were a special time for beloved daughter, Bella and...
Megan Carroll Housley
Nov 3, 2017
Megan Carroll Housley was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on January 29, 1969 and died in Hospice care at McKee hospital on November 3, 2017. Megan is the daughter of Larry and Trish Housley and sister of Kevin (Kristi) and Matt (Donna McWhorter). Megan was also part of a caring host home family for 11 years: Meitty and John Bells. During...
Megan Carroll Housley
Nov 3, 2017
Megan Carroll Housley was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on January 29, 1969 and died in Hospice care at McKee hospital on November 3, 2017. Megan is the daughter of Larry and Trish Housley and sister of Kevin (Kristi) and Matt (Donna McWhorter). Megan was also part of a caring host home family for 11 years: Meitty and John Bells. During...
Drusilla Edith Ness
Oct 29, 2017
Drusilla Edith Ness "went to be with Jesus forever" on October 29, 2017. She was born to Severin and Petra (Berge) Bortnem near Volga, South Dakota, on September 18, 1925. She graduated from Brookings High School in 1943 and married Laurelle Ness on September 8, 1946. They farmed and lived in the Brookings area for 60 years. They spent 15...
Dale O. Thorne
Oct 28, 2017
Dale is survived by his loving wife and lifelong companion Betty.) Thorne (Long), daughter Donna(Ron), sons Leighton(Pam) and Randy(Mary), 8 grandchildren, and 9 great grandchildren and sister Josephine(Thorne)Spatz. He was preceded in death by his father Francis and mother Bertha, 6 brothers and 1 sister. Dale proudly served his beloved country during World War II as an Army Air Corp...
Patricia "Patty" Geist
Oct 28, 2017
Patricia (Patty) Geist born September 11, 1939 in Greybull, Wyoming. She will be remembered for her unwavering love of her children and grandchildren as well as her love of animals. She was a savvy business woman co-owning service stations with her husband of 40 years, Sam Geist. A woman of incredible fortitude and resolve to survive a life of challenges;...
Victor Herbert Specht
Oct 25, 2017
Beloved Husband, Father and Grandfather, Victor Herbert Specht, 96, of Fort Collins, CO passed away on Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at home surrounded by his loved ones. Born April 23, 1921, in Fort Collins, he was the seventh son of nine brothers and sisters of George and Katherine Specht. Victor enlisted in the Navy during WWII, and was shipped to...
Byron Swanson
Oct 24, 2017
Dr. Byron Ralph Swanson was born on Earth Day, April 22, 1930 in Omaha, Nebraska, Byron Ralph Swanson was an enthusiastic environmentalist way before his time! He spent his life recycling, composting, saving water and picking up trash – and the world is a more beautiful place because of his care and compassion for the earth! The son of Ralph...
Lois Frances Atwood
Oct 22, 2017
Lois Frances Atwood, 98, passed away peacefully in her sleep on October 22, 2017. Born in Logansport, Indiana on October 7,1919, Lois was the last to expire in her family of five siblings with three sisters and one brother. Lois married James Mouroe Atwood on August 7, 1940. Jim and Lois were happily married for 59 years. Lois was an...
Darlene Kiefer
Oct 22, 2017
Darlene Mae Kiefer of Fort Collins, beloved wife, mother and grandmother passed away October 22, 2017. She was born on July 13, 1939 to Clement Peatrowsky and Ida Ortmeier. Darlene grew up with six brothers and sisters on a farm in West Point, Nebraska. They all have stories of the many antics with the cows, chickens and each other. Just...
Kenneth Jacob Kechter
Oct 22, 2017
Kenneth Jacob Kechter, 83, of Fort Collins Colorado. Passed away peacefully October 22, 2017, Kenneth passed away due to a heart condition. Kenneth was born in Fort Collins Colorado on August 7, 1934 to Jacob Kechter and Elizabeth (Yeager) Kechter. Kenneth was the youngest of two sons. His brother Arnold Kechter passed away in 1973. Kenneth grew up on Akin...
Robert Owen Colwell
Oct 20, 2017
Robert Owen Colwell of Cotopaxi, Colorado was born in Rural Kelly, PA to Helen and John Colwell. He attended Douglas MacArthur High School in San Antonio, Texas and later attended Colorado Mountain College. Rob is survived by his wife, Rachel Colwell, and daughter and son-in-law, Angela and Adam Burke, along with his mother, Helen, and siblings: Richard Colwell, Linda Chitsey,...
Norma Thaemert
Oct 20, 2017
Norma was born to Otto and Theresa (Schultze) David in Kansas City, Missouri, on 28 March 1941, and proceeded into eternal life on 20 October 2017 at North Shore Health & Rehab in Loveland after a long and valiant battle with interstitial lung disease and rheumatoid arthritis. Norma loved the Rocky Mountains, particularly vacationing and then working summers at the...
Eugene Jess Castellanos
Oct 18, 2017
Eugene "Geno" Jess Castellanos, (64) of Fort Collins passed away on Wednesday the 18th of October 2017, at UCHealth PVH in Fort Collins, Colorado. Geno suffered a major stroke which led to his sudden and early passing. Eugene was born on January 6, 1953, to Joe Castellanos, Jr and Nora (Trujillo) Castellanos. Eugene graduated from Poudre High School and attended...
Joseph Lloyd Gomez
Oct 17, 2017
Joseph Lloyd Gomez passed away peacefully on Tuesday, October 17, 2017. Born in Erie, Colorado, to Florencio and Gertrude Gomez on November 15, 1931, Lloyd was raised in the Rocky Mountains of Crested Butte. After serving in the US Army from 1952 to 1954, he married Mary O. Garcia on October 31, 1954, in Pueblo, Colorado. Completing barber school in...
Leon Feifer
Oct 15, 2017
Leon Feifer, age 99 of Fort Collins passed away October 15, 2017 from heart failure. He was born in Liberty, New York on July 6, 1918. He married Earlene Hain in 1943 who remained the love of his life for 74 years. Together they had three children, Lannis Feifer, Monte Feifer, and Marsha Schmidt. They were blessed with a granddaughter,...
Charles Propp
Oct 12, 2017
Charles E. Propp, 5-6-1936 to 10-12-2017. Born to Mary and Henry Propp, German emigrants from Russia. Charles married Ruth Lind, the love of his life, on September 4, 1954. They were blessed with Sharon Demcsak (Michael) of Santa Fe, NM and Mark Propp (Misty) of Portland, OR. Another blessing was Grandson Alec Propp of Denver, CO. Charles was always happy...
M. Darrell Leach
Oct 11, 2017
Darrell Leach was born on June 1, 1935. He was the seventh and youngest child of James and Emma (Segebartt) Leach. He was born in Collbran, Colorado. Emma, being rather short and round, none of the older siblings knew that another child was on the way. She told them she was going to visit her sister for a couple of...
Rachael Maureen Max
Oct 10, 2017
Rachael Maureen Max, 32, was born September 24th, 1985, in Fort Collins and was a life-long resident. She worked at True Line Builders and had a love for the mountains, animals, and her family. Rachael died on October 8th, 2017 in an early morning house fire in Fort Collins, Colorado. She is survived by her Father and Mother, Doug and...
