Louis "Long Iron" Cosme Garcia, Sr.
May 14, 2016
Death tapped Lou Garcia on his shoulder on May 14, 2016, and told him that his ride was here. Having cheated Death several times in his long lifetime, Lou finally shook hands and left. He was surrounded by his loved ones, at his home. That is the way Lou finally accepted Death's terms. Born on September 27, 1923, to Petra...
Dr. John H. Wiese
May 12, 2016
Dr. John H. Wiese, 99, died May 12, 2016 in Fort Collins, CO. He was born January 15, 1917 in Los Angeles, CA. He moved to Fort Collins in 2013 from Kerrville, TX. John had been an Exploration Geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey and ARCO oil Company and a consulting foundation engineer in San Luis Obispo, CA. He graduated...
Chris Strauss
May 12, 2016
Chris Strauss, 50, passed away suddenly May 12, 2016, from a heart attack, while fly fishing on the Miracle Mile. Chris was born to Roger and Margaret Strauss August 12, 1965 in Lincoln, Nebraska. Chris' family moved to Fort Collins in 1977 and Chris attended Lesher Junior High and graduated from Fort Collins High School in 1983. He met his...
Clara Jane Pfeifer
May 11, 2016
Clara Jane (Burch) Pfeifer, was born to Henry Dave and Phoebe Alexander Burch, on November 18, 1925 in McLean, TX. She graduated from Fort Collins High School in 1944. She was preceded in death by her parents, her sisters: Hazel Long, Helen Mapes, Zelma Munroe and Pearl Mair. She is survived by many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and nephews, and great-great...
Terri Dail
May 8, 2016
Terri Dail, 70, passed away at home on May 8, 2016. Terri was born on April 28, 1946 in Daytona Beach, Florida to Berry and Patti Dail. Terri lived in Prescott, Arizona and worked in Superior Court and then moved to West Lafayette, Indiana where she owned and managed an apartment complex. In 1981 she moved to Fort Collins where...
Michael August Millheiser
May 8, 2016
Michael August Millheiser, of Cheyenne passed away at Pathways Inpatient Hospice at the age of 70. Michael was born May 22, 1945 in New York to Simon Millheiser and Margaret Hanlon. Michael served in the USO as a musician, studied at Juilliard playing the trumpet. Music was always a strong passion throughout his life, having performed in multiple bands, but...
Florence Treiber
Apr 30, 2016
Florence Treiber, 95, of Fort Collins, passed away April 30, 2016 at a local assisted living facility. Florence was born November 15, 1920 in North Dakota to Cecila and Joseph Yambra. Florence married Alvin Treiber on October 16, 1943 in North Dakota. Alvin passed away in 2009. Florence lived in Fort Collins since 1952, she farmed in the Laporte, Bellvue...
John Piper Murray
Apr 29, 2016
John Piper Murray, 81, of Fort Collins, Colorado died in hospice care on Friday, April 29, 2016. John was born in Sioux Lookout, Alberta, Canada to Alexander Keith and Mildred Isabella (Wilson) Murray. He moved to New York, then became a United States citizen at the age of 20. He is a graduate of Williston Academy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and...
Jerry Wayne Moore
Apr 28, 2016
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Jerry W. Moore. Jerry was born on December 16, 1939 in Paris, Texas and passed away on April 28, 2016 in Loveland, Colorado. Jerry was a great husband, loving father, grandfather, great-grandfather and friend. He will be missed by all. Jerry, along with his father-in-law, owned Pope Concrete and...
Andrea Adaire Fischer
Apr 25, 2016
Andrea (Andi) Adaire (Radigan) Fischer July 4, 1950 — April 25, 2016 A true, fierce fighter to the end. After a courageous eight year battle with stage IV metastatic breast cancer, Andrea is finally at peace. Andrea grew up in Bay City, MI. She and her husband, Dr. Howard Fischer lived in Tallahassee, FL until his retirement in 2009, then...
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...
