Lois Virginia Havis
Feb 16, 2014
Lois Virginia Hutchinson Havis was born on August 15, 1922 and went to her Lord Savior on February 16, 2014. Lois was raised on the family dairy farm in Mendon, New York, the second oldest of four girls. She graduated from High School at the age of 15 and left home to attend Secretarial school in Rochester. She worked about...
Jimmy N. Duran
Feb 14, 2014
Jimmy N. Duran, 65, of Fort Collins, died February 14, 2014 at his home. Mr. Duran was born March 25, 1948 in Fort Collins to Pat and Inez Duran. Jimmy lived most of his life here in Fort Collins. He retired as a prison guard in Canyon City, Colorado He enjoyed the outdoors; camping and fishing. He also loved to...
Edwin R. Moore
Feb 14, 2014
Edwin R. Moore was born September 14, 1927 to Orlo Harry Moore and Elva Gertrude Moore at his grandparent's farm at Palmyra, Kent County, Ontario, Canada. He was married twice to Dorothy Stanley Moore whom he divorced and second to Stella Juanita Bishop Danbury. Both spouses preceded him in death. He worked for Black and Veatch in Kansas City, Missouri...
Shirley P. Desko
Feb 12, 2014
Shirley Desko, 91, went to be with the Lord on February 12, 2014. Shirley was born and raised in North Haven, CT. She met her future husband, Bernie, who was serving in the Coast Guard in New London, CT. They married in 1947 and made their home in Erie, PA where they raised their 2 children. Shirley and Bernie were...
Ernest Markley Schmidt
Feb 11, 2014
Ernest Markley Schmidt, 71, of Fort Collins, died February 11, 2014 at his home.. Mr. Schmidt was born July 11, 1942 in Laramie, Wyoming to Alex and Edna Schmidt. Mr. Schmidt moved to Fort Collins from Laramie when he was 2 years old. When they were driving here from Laramie they lost everything they had due to a spark from...
Marie R. Bean
Feb 8, 2014
Marie R. Bean, age 91, passed into the arms of the Lord on February 8, 2014 in Fort Collins, CO. She was a resident of Columbine West at the time of her death. Mrs. Bean was born Marie Gebhardt on September 3, 1922 on a farm near Luray, KS. She graduated from Luray High School in 1940 and attended Ft....
Gretchen Anne Carow
Feb 7, 2014
Gretchen Anne Carow, 20 of Ft. Collins died in Grand Junction on February 7, 2014. Gretchen was born on December 2, 1993 in Ft. Collins to Stephen Carow and Diane Gahagan Carow. Gretchen was a great competitor, running cross-country and track at Ft. Collins High School before graduating in 2012. She was most recently attending Colorado Mesa University in Grand...
Maria Olivas
Feb 6, 2014
Maria Olivas, age 38, of Wellington, Colorado, received her wings and was taken to heaven on February 6, 2014. Maria was born in Fort Collins on May 7, 1975 to Marlena Friend Farago and Ray Pigg. Maria graduated from Poudre High School in 1993 and married Christopher Olivas on January 5, 1996. The couple stayed in the Fort Collins area,...
Elva L. Shoultz
Feb 5, 2014
Elva L. Shoultz died February 5, 2014 at a local nursing home. Elva was born January 4, 1917 to Fred Sly and Gertrude Tschop Sly in Nucla, Colorado. Education was very important in her family, Elva and her seven siblings were either valedictorian or salutatorian of their high school classes. She was married on October 29, 1935 in Nucla to...
Madeline Catherine Hyatt
Feb 4, 2014
Madeline Catherine Hyatt passed away at the age of 89, on January 28, 2014 in Logan, Utah. She was born in Leadville, Colorado on November 21, 1924 to Henry J. Smith and Madeline Smith, the youngest of four children. Her father was a Forest Ranger, his career starting soon after the U.S. Forest Service's inception in the early 1900s. She...
Charlene P. Shramek
Feb 4, 2014
Charlene P. Shramek, 59, of Loveland, died February 4, 2014 at McKee Medical Center. Mrs. Shramek was born November 9, 1954 in Endicott, New York to Gene and Elizabeth Wright. Charlene married Joseph "Joe" J. Shramek, Jr. Mrs. Shramek moved to Colorado in 1980 and has lived in Loveland for 28 years. Charlene was very involved as a children's Sunday...
Colonel James Buckley Tapp, Sr. Usaf Retired
Jan 31, 2014
Colonel James Buckley Tapp, USAF retired, passed away on January 31st at the Poudre Valley Hospital, Fort Collins, Colorado surrounded by his loving family. Jim was born in Eveleth, Minnesota on December 6th, 1920 where attended elementary and high school before attending Eveleth Junior College and learning to fly in the Civilian Pilot Training Program. Colonel Tapp enlisted in the...
Connie Daylene Mccormick
Jan 31, 2014
Connie Daylene McCormick, a long-time resident of Bellvue, passed away on January 31, 2014 at the Lemay Avenue Health and Rehabilitation Facility in Fort Collins. Connie was born on August 28, 1940 in Glenvil, Nebraska to Dayton and Margaret Schliep and soon after the family moved to Holyoke, Colorado. It was there in 1959, she met the love of her...
Gerald "Jerry" Anthony Poduska
Jan 30, 2014
Gerald "Jerry" Anthony Poduska was born in Spencer, Iowa on September 25, 1952. On January 30, 2014 he joined his parents, Dennis & Dolores Poduska, his wife Colleen Poduska and many other relatives in heaven. As friends and family respond to our loss, there is one theme that is continuous. Jerry made them smile. Jerry made them laugh. How blessed...
Patrick P.C. Hu
Jan 30, 2014
Patrick P. C. Hu, Hu Pei Chwen, sailed into the arms of Jesus on Thursday, January 30, 2014. Born in Anhui, China, on March 25 in the Year of the Dragon, 1916. Official records list 1918 Both parents died when he was young. Elder brother left home to find work and Pei Chwen and his younger brother became beggars. They...
Harold Kolstoe Hagen
Jan 29, 2014
Harold Kolstoe Hagen, 89, of Fort Collins, died January 29, 2014 at Poudre Valley Hospital. He was born November 18, 1924, to Gudor and Severine Hagen. During World War II, he served as a sergeant with the 10 ' Mountain Division in Italy. When he returned from the war, he earned a BS degree from the University of Wyoming, worked...
Sid Batty
Jan 29, 2014
Sid Batty closed his eyes for eternity Wednesday, January 29th, 2014. He was born March 24, 1944 to Phillip and Inez Batty. He is survived by his wife, Betty Smith; two step-daughters, Becky Mark Muth, and Sandy Kenny Brown; step-son, Casey Mindy Smith; step grandchildren, Charity Tim Caryl and Blair Petersen; great step grandchildren, Trevor, Ryan, Becca, and the twins,...
Raymond F. Lewis
Jan 28, 2014
RAYMOND F. LEWIS – 1921 TO 2014 Raymond Frederick Lewis, 92, passed away Tuesday, January 28, 2014 at home in Fort Collins, Colorado. Ray was born to Raymond and Nettie Lewis on August 17, 1921 in Highland Park, New Jersey. Ray lived and raised his family in Edison, New Jersey for many years before relocating to Fort Collins, Colorado in...
Dorothy Irene Schneider
Jan 28, 2014
Dorothy I. Schneider passed away on January 28, 2014 at the age of 91. At her request, there was no funeral service. A family memorial will be held this spring. Dorothy's family and friends are familiar with her many special qualities. She was proud to be a farmer and worked diligently for years alongside her husband Alvin Babe in their...
Willene F. Stoll
Jan 28, 2014
Willene F. Stoll died peacefully Tuesday evening, January 28th at Hospice of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Colorado after a brief battle with cancer. Willene was born November 4, 1927 to Marian and Godfrey Weber on the family farm in Okene, Oklahoma. She was an only child. Even so, she was surrounded by uncles and aunts and cousins who gathered frequently....
