Kathryn Marie Lynch
Mar 21, 2017
Katie Lynch, 99, of Fort Collins, passed away Tuesday, March 21, 2017, leaving a legacy built on the belief in the goodness of all people and the desire to make the world a better place. With kindness, encouragement, curiosity, and undaunted faith, Katie modeled the life well-lived. Kathryn Marie Proffitt Lynch (Katie) was born September 12, 1917, in Western Missouri,...
Saundra Lee Norris
Mar 21, 2017
Saundra Lee Norris was born in New York City to Jack and Gertrude Goldsack (Gertrude's maiden name Knott) on May 12th, 1932. She graduated from Forest Hills High School in New York in 1950 and married Gary Norris on April 18th, 1956 in New York City. She moved to Columbus Ohio for a short while during the time that Gary...
K. Bill Tiley
Mar 19, 2017
K. Bill Tiley passed away on March 19, 2017. He was born on April 16, 1927 in Fort Collins of Mae and Louis Tiley. He attended school in Fort Collins and graduated from Fort Collins High in 1945. FCHS won the state basketball championship in 1944 and 1945. Bill started every game sophomore through senior year. His picture still hangs...
Ruth Schiller
Mar 18, 2017
Ruth Schiller died peacefully in her sleep March 18, 2017, at the age of 101. She was born March 12, 1916, to parents, Clara and Theodore Schoenheit in Clarendon Hills, Illinois. Ruth endured both the hardship of the depression and the early loss of her father with characteristic strength. She married Edward Schiller. They had 3 children and built a...
Paul Grubb Smith
Mar 17, 2017
Paul Grubb Smith, 68, of Ault, CO died March 17, 2017 at Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins. Paul was born March 19, 1948 in Galena, Kansas to Earl Andrew Smith and William Helen Smith (Evans). Paul married Anna Erickson on November 19, 1971 in Greeley. CO. Paul enjoyed camping, fishing and spending time with his family. Survivors include his...
Stanley Leonis Usel
Mar 15, 2017
Stanley Usel peacefully passed away on Wednesday March 15, 2017 in Fort Collins, Colorado at the age of 93. He was born on February 18, 1924 to Leonis and Pierina Betemps Usel on the family ranch near Basalt, Colorado. He graduated Basalt Union High School in 1941 and attended one year of college at CSU. In 1944, he married Maude...
Jo Ann Shera
Mar 11, 2017
Jo Ann Tucker Shera was born in Byrd, Texas in 1931. Her father, R. B. Tucker, worked for the Humble Pipeline Company and like many oil company families, she, her mother, Carmetie, and older brother, Dan followed him throughout the panhandle of Texas. Several of her childhood memories were from her years in Wink. With war-clouds looming in the early...
Louise M. Cox
Mar 9, 2017
Louise M. Cox passed away on March 9, 2017. She was born on September 30, 1924 in Whiteville, North Carolina. Louise was preceded in death by her husband, LaRue W. Cox. She is survived by her daughter, Vivian Blighton (David J. Hare) of Louisville, CO; two grandchildren, David L. Hare of Johnstown, CO and Cynthia Hare of Longmont; nieces, Cynthia...
Frances Eilene Leeper
Mar 8, 2017
Frances Eilene Leeper passed away peacefully at home on March 8, 2017. Frances was born to Henry Hartung and Mary Hartung (Whitman) on July 25, 1930 in Fort Collins, CO. She was a lifelong resident of the Fort Collins area growing up in a family of sugar beet farmers. She quit school in the ninth grade to help the family...
Frieda Alsleben
Mar 5, 2017
Frieda Alsleben, 93, of Fort Collins, passed away peacefully at home on March 5, 2017. Frieda was born September 28, 1923 in Fort Collins. On April 22, 1945 Frieda married Marvin Alsleben, a marriage that would celebrate 58 anniversaries. Survivors include daughter, Joy (Paul) Chapman; and two grandchildren, Joshua (Katie) Chapman and Amy Chapman. Frieda was preceded in death by...
Carol Joyce Dinkel
Mar 5, 2017
Carol Joyce Dinkel, 76, of Fort Collins, died March 5, 2017. She was the oldest daughter of Earl and Kathryn Bernard. She was born in Canon City, Colorado on July 20,1940. Carol Joyce Dinkel was raised in LaPorte and worked in the timber business along with her family at a very young age. She attended the Cache La Poudre schools...
Fredreco Orlando Garcia
Mar 5, 2017
Fredreco Orlando Garcia, 88, of Wellington, died March 5, 2017 in Ft. Collins. Fredreco was born January 20, 1929 in Chama, Colorado to Juan Garcia and Rosita Cruz Garcia. He lived most of his life in the Wellington area. Survivors include his three sons, Larry and Joe Garcia of Wellington, and David Garcia of Minot, North Dakota; nine grandchildren; and...
Molly Trinidad Valdez
Mar 5, 2017
Molly Valdez, beautiful spirit and the foundation to our family passed away peacefully on her 91st birthday. She was born on March 5, 1926, to Lee and Lena Chavez in Ingleside, CO (near Owl Canyon). She married Al Valdez on August 17, 1947 and they were married 61 years until his death in 2008. Molly a Fort Collins native was...
Virgil Lauvane Hanson
Mar 3, 2017
Virgil Lauvane Hanson March 22, 1930 - March 3, 2017 Virgil Hanson, beloved husband, father, papa, and opa, was called home to be with his Savior and his cherished wife, Hildie, after a brief illness. Virgil was born in Brookings, South Dakota, the second-youngest of nine children raised by Nettie and Albert Hanson. After Albert's death when Virgil was six,...
James Porter Hoffman
Mar 3, 2017
On March 3, 2017, a window to the history of Ft. Collins closed for the last time. James Porter Hoffman, son of Coy and Fay Hoffman, grandson of John and Francis Hoffman and great grandson of John and Emily Coy, homesteader and founder of Ft. Collins, passed away peacefully at home. Jim was born in 1924 in Midwest WY during...
Dennis James Allen
Feb 28, 2017
Dennis James Allen Born in Denver Colorado on July 19, 1942 Died in Fort Collins on February 28, 2017 Dennis is survived by Trudie, his wife of over 50 years. Sons: Troy, Greg, Mike (Kim) and six grandchildren: Danielle, Madison, Siena, Robbie, Derek & Trey. Brothers: Richard and Doug. He is preceded in death by his parents Norval F. Allen...
Orval Ben Poole
Feb 27, 2017
Orval Ben Poole was born July 15, 1929 in Silverton, Texas, and died peacefully on Monday, February 27, 2017 in Fort Collins after a lengthy illness. Ben is survived by his brothers, Leon Poole of Colorado Springs, CO and Dale Poole of Fort Collins, CO; his daughter, Debbie Nix and spouse, Ray of Fort Collins, CO; daughter, Kathy Delaney and...
Esteban Zamora Jr.
Feb 26, 2017
Esteban Zamora, Jr., 92, of Fort Collins, died February 26, 2017 at his home. Mr. Zamora was born February 20, 1925 in Tulia, Texas to Esteban and Elvita Zamora. Estabon married Antonia "Toni" Roybal. Mr. Zamora worked in maintenance at Poudre School District. Survivors include his wife, Toni; children, Mary Anchondo, Rocky Zamora, David Steve Zamora, Ida Rogers. Susano Zamora...
Carolyn Mcphail-Dunning
Feb 25, 2017
Carolyn Elizabeth McPhail-Dunning, 76, beloved wife, mother, and grandmother, died February 25, 2017 following a lengthy struggle with COPD and a short battle with pneumonia. She passed peacefully in hospice care with her family beside her. Carolyn Elizabeth White was born on January 17, 1941 in Hanover, New Hampshire to Marjorie Cookman White and Norman Ford White. She was the...
Beulah Arlene Richardson
Feb 25, 2017
Beulah Arlene Richardson died at Good Samaritan in Fort Collins on February 25, 2017. She was 94 years young. She was born in Syracuse, Nebraska on July 27, 1922 to Claude and Jeanette Rogers. At an early age, she moved to Arriba, Colorado. She grew up with six siblings. She graduated from Arriba High School in 1941. In August of...
