Gary Aloysius Alexander
Apr 24, 2016
Gary Aloysius Alexander, 65, long time resident of Byers, Colorado and owner of Tolerance Masters, died April 24, 2016 in Denver. Gary married Maureen J. Duitscher. They were married for 49 years. Survivors include his wife, Maureen; son, Arnold Alexander and his three children of Wisconsin; daughter, Terri Peterson and her husband, John and their three children of Indiana and...
Charles Kevin Mcconnell
Apr 24, 2016
Charles "Kevin" McConnell passed away peacefully in his sleep on Sunday, April 24, 2016 at his home in Fort Collins, Colorado. He was born August 6, 1956 in Kansas City, Missouri to Charles and Beverly Steele McConnell. Kevin grew up in Independence, MO, the oldest of three sons. He spent lots of his time on the farm with Granny and...
Barbara E. Phipps
Apr 20, 2016
Barbara Elizabeth Jones Phipps, born in Fort Collins Colorado on September 4, 1923, passed away April 20, 2016. Barbara was a second-generation native-born Coloradoan, descended from pioneers who travelled by prairie schooner from Missouri to the San Luis Valley in 1887. She was the only child of Ermon Dean Jones and Una Lois Kenton Jones, who met in Fort Collins...
Marian (Mickey) Poole
Apr 18, 2016
Marian (Mickey) Poole, 82, of Fort Collins, CO was promoted to glory on Tuesday, April 18, 2016 at Medical Center of the Rockies. She passed peacefully with her daughters by her side. Mickey was born on January 15, 1934 in Kampsville, Illinois to Thomas G Sevier and Hilda B Preston. She moved to Fort Collins with her family in 1946....
Rod Allen Koch
Apr 18, 2016
Rod Allen Koch, 65, of Fort Collins, died at Poudre Valley Hospital on April 18, 2016. Rod was born October 27, 1950 in Flint, Michigan to Robert and Gerri Koch. Rod married Jan M. Willey on October 17, 1970 in Flint, Michigan, Rod was a veteran of the United States Marines Corps.. Survivors include his mother, Gerri Koch of Bellvue;...
George Sandoval
Apr 16, 2016
George Sandoval,72, of Ft. Collins, Colorado passed away peacefully and met his faithful Savior with his family by his side on Saturday, April 16, 2016 at Medical Center of The Rockies in Loveland, Colorado. George fought a valiant fight with Lung disease and COPD. Visitation will be from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. on Friday, April 22, 2016 with the family...
William Mason Gray
Apr 16, 2016
DEATH OF CSU PROFESSOR AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENTIST SPECIALIZING IN HURRICANES AND CLIMATE William Mason Gray (Bill) passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on April 16, 2016 at the age of 86. He had remained active in his hurricane and climate change research up until the time of his death from heart and renal failure. He was well known for...
Iris L. Gardner
Apr 15, 2016
Iris L. Gardner, 84 of Ft. Collins died April 15, 2016 at a local nursing home. Iris was born October 12, 1931 to Ernest and Susie Shivley. Survivors include her husband of 63 years, Clyde D. Gardner of Ft. Collins; two children. Doyle Gardner (Danette) of Fort Collins and Connie Kaufman (Mark) of Broomfield; four grandchildren, Brandon, Chandy, Dustin and...
Lorene H. Briggs
Apr 13, 2016
Lorene H. Briggs passed away on Wednesday, April 13, 2016. Lorene was born on October 2, 1920, to Carl and Anna Hart, in Shenandoah, Iowa. She was raised with 3 brothers on an Iowa farm, attending country schools and graduating from Shenandoah High School in 1938. After high school, she worked several years as a stenographer for Earl May Seed...
Alma Munroe
Apr 12, 2016
Alma (Blehm) Munroe, 90, of Fort Collins passed away peacefully on April 12, 2016, surrounded by family at the Mirasol Green House Homes in Loveland. She was the tenth child of eleven, born to German-from-Russian immigrant parents, George and Eva (Foos) Blehm, on August 11, 1925, in Windsor, Colorado. Alma was baptized and confirmed at the Evangelical Lutheran Zion Church...
Shirley Linton
Apr 11, 2016
Shirley Linton, 87, of Fort Collins, CO passed away April 11, 2016. She was born October 24, 1928 to George and Ruth Arbogast in Hardin, Montana. Shirley's Dad was a railroad agent for Colorado Fuel & Iron Corp. She began school in Padroni, Colorado, where piano was one of her social activities. The family moved to Wyoming where she attended...
Betty Anne Martell-Husted
Apr 11, 2016
Betty Anne Martell-Husted 95 of Fort Collins, passed away April 11, 2016. Betty Anne was born September 19, 1920 at home in Fort Morgan, Colorado. Her parents were Ace and Nelle Gillett. She grew up in Fort Morgan where her father owned the Navajo restaurant and a car dealership. Betty Anne was a Camp Fire Girl and she continued friendships...
Cleopatra E. Franco
Apr 11, 2016
Cleopatra E. Franco, 78, of Fort Collins died April 11, 2016 at McKee Medical Center, Pathways Hospice Unit. Cleo was born January 15, 1938 to Felix Martinez and Ursula Meastas Martinez in San Luis, Colorado. Survivors include her husband Louis Franco; three daughters, Verna Herrera, Cathleen Franco, and Deanna Whiteaker; a foster daughter Janet K. Howard; a brother Amos Martinez;...
Jodie Beth Bell
Apr 10, 2016
Jodie Beth Bell passed away peacefully at home on April 10, 2016 surrounded by her family. Jodie was born to Joyce Watts (Maguire) and James Bell in Dallas, Texas on May 31, 1969. She graduated from Texas A&M University in 1991with a Bachelors degree in Wildlife Ecology. Jodie worked as a biologist in Florida, Alabama and Georgia before relocating to...
Donald Arthur Grogan
Apr 7, 2016
Don Grogan of Steamboat Springs, Colorado and Salome, Arizona was born February 16, 1938 to Donald Virl Grogan and Glynnellen Batman Grogan and was raised in the Pierce, Colorado farming community. He graduated from Pierce High School in 1956. Don and Jane Foster of Ault, Colorado were married on August 26, 1961 and lived in Ault until 1977 when they...
Geraldine E. Crain
Apr 6, 2016
Geraldine E. Crain, 82, of Fort Collins, passed away April 6, 2016 at her home. Mrs. Crain was born November 26, 1933 in Rocky Ford, Colorado to Carl and Mildred Strode. Geraldine married William L. Crain, Sr. on December 20, 1952. Geraldine and William had 4 children, Nancy Crain (Gary West) born in 1952; Robert Crain born in 1955, William...
Marion N. Heikes
Apr 6, 2016
Marion (Watterberg) Heikes, 90, died Wednesday, April 6, 2016, in Fort Collins, CO, surrounded by family. Marion was born at home on a farm near Vauxhall, Alberta, Canada on August 27, 1925, to Charles and Mary Watterberg. She attended Montana State University where she studied art. There she met Parker Eugene "Gene" Heikes, and they were married on September 14,...
Claudene June Ryden
Apr 5, 2016
Claudene June Ryden passed away April 5, 2016, at The Windsor Health Care Facility in Windsor, Colorado. She was 82. Claudene was born June 30, 1934 in Guide Rock, Webster County, Nebraska to Lyman Harold Hansen and Janice Anetta Liles Hansen. She was the oldest of four children. Raised on the family farm northeast of Mankato, Kansas, Claudene's childhood consisted...
Pauline Buderus
Apr 1, 2016
Pauline Buderus, 100, formerly of Ft. Collins died April 1, 2016 at a nursing care facility in Loveland. Pauline was born September 30, 1915 to Pete and Anna Day Rein in Ft. Collins. She married Paul Buderus on March 1, 1934 in Ft. Collins. They farmed in the Timnath and Ft. Collins area all of their lives. Survivors include her...
Jan Ederveen
Apr 1, 2016
Jan Ederveen our beloved husband, father, Opa, and Great Opa 82, of Fort Collins passed away peacefully with his family at his side April 1, 2016. Born in Ressen, The Netherlands on January 27, 1934 to Hendrik Peter Ederveen and Pietertje Ederveen (Emmerzaal), the middle child of 3. His father died in a motorcycle accident when Jan was 4 leaving...
