Raymond L. Ortiz, Sr.
Jul 19, 2010
Raymond L. Ortiz, Sr., 87, of Fort Collins, died July 19, 2010 at his home. Raymond died close to the ones he loved! Mr. Ortiz was born August 9, 1922 in Jalisco, Mexico to Guiermo and Jesusita "Valasquez" Ortiz. Raymond married Martha Labadie. Mr. Ortiz lived most of his life in the Fort Collins area, growing up in Owl Canyon....
Betty Lujan
Jul 17, 2010
Betty Lujan, 87, of Fort Collins passed away peacefully on July 17, 2010. Betty was born January 7, 1923 in Mora, New Mexico to parents, Jose Muniz and Lionirez Chavez. Betty and Marcos Lujan were married on March 25, 1950 in Las Vegas, New Mexico, shortly after they moved their family to Fort Collins, Colorado. Betty was preceded in death...
Billie Joe Patterson
Jul 17, 2010
Billie Joe Patterson August 1, 1943 – July 17, 2010 Billie Joe Patterson was born in Colorado Springs, August 1, 1943 to Bill J Patterson and Violet Ohlson Patterson. He graduated from Cheyenne Mountain High School with his high school sweetheart and love of his life. Billie and Alene Ruth Plamann were married September 16, 1961 at the Poudre Canyon...
Robert Eliot Amidon
Jul 17, 2010
Robert Bob died peacefully on July 17, 2010 at Poudre Valley Hospital, Fort Collins, surrounded by his beloved family. Bob was born December 18, 1929 to Russell Wendle and Helen Banning Amidon of Los Angeles, Calif. Bob's family moved to Worcester, Mass., when he was 4yrs old. He graduated from North High School, Worcester, Mass., in 1947. He earned his...
Sally H. Durkee
Jul 16, 2010
My mother... Sally H. Durkee of Wellington, Colorado passed away from a short illness on July 16, 2010 at Poudre Valley Hospital. Sally was born April 30, 1937 in Jensen Beach, Florida. No viewing is planned and the memorial service will be held at a later date in Jensen Beach, Florida. Her remains will be spread along with her two...
Mary Elizabeth Kerbel
Jul 16, 2010
Mary Elizabeth Kerbel died on July 16, 2010 at the age of 82. Mary was born in Fort Collins, Colorado on June 17, 1928. After graduating from Fort Collins High School in 1946, Mary worked at the Bell Telephone Company as a telephone operator. On November 23, 1948 Mary married Earl C. Kerbel, also of Fort Collins. Mary owned and...
Alpha Jean Bowman
Jul 16, 2010
Alpha Jean Bowman passed away at home on the Stegner Farm near La Porte on July 16, 2010. She lived a life dedicated to her family, especially to her four nephews, Gary, John, and Bob Stegner and Lyle Bowman. If there was ever a person who carried the mantle of a "Second Mom," it was Alpha. She was dearly loved...
Marcella S. Essen
Jul 15, 2010
Marcie was born March 27, 1927 to Dominic and Marie Spawn in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. During her childhood years she played with her nine siblings. At age 15 she had polio and was at the Sister Kenny Hospital in Minneapolis. After recovering she graduated from high school in Hibbing, Minnesota and received a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University...
Sandra M. Gibson
Jul 14, 2010
Sandra Gibson, age 73, of Felton, DE formerly of Ft. Collins, CO passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Wednesday, July 14, 2010. Sandra was born in Bayard, Nebraska on December 3, daughter of the late Herman and Emily Salzman. She graduated from Fort Collins High School and retired from the City of Fort Collins where she worked as...
John Wesley Briggs, Jr.
Jul 9, 2010
John Wesley Briggs, Jr. passed away July 9, 2010. He was born in Fort Collins on April 25, 1942. Wesley was the son of John Wesley Briggs, Sr. and Anita Freyer-muth Briggs. He attended St. Joseph's, Lincoln Junior High, Fort Collins High School and the University of Northern Colorado, Wesley enlisted in the Navy on his 19th birthday. Boot Camp...
Linda Gher
Jul 8, 2010
June 16, 1946–July 8, 2010 Linda died at PVH early Thursday morning. She is survived by her nephew, Brian Noel of Fort Collins; niece, Danielle Noel; brother in law, Paul Noel of Colorado Springs; her aunts, Jan Davis of Wellington, and Jean Keller of Fort Collins; nephews, Ron Mitchell of Deatsville, AL and Danny and Jim Mitchell of Colorado Springs....
George H. Weitzel
Jul 6, 2010
George H. Weitzel left us peacefully on Tuesday, July 6, 2010 to go to heaven and be with his beloved wife, of 50 years, Betty Jean Erickson Weitzel and his much loved dog, Tinker May Bell. George, like his father Louis Weitzel who was 97 years young, was lucky enough to live independently at home until the end of their...
Edna Jane Day
Jul 5, 2010
Our beloved mother, Edna Jane Day, passed peacefully July 5th, 2010 to be with her Lord. Jane was born August 1, 1917 in Barkeyville, Pa., the eldest of 8 children. She married Ralph F. Day in 1938 and they had 3 children. They moved their family to Colorado in 1948 where Jane was a homemaker and Ralph's life partner. In...
Betty A. Pepper
Jul 3, 2010
Betty "Bobbie" A. Pepper, 83, of Fort Collins, died July 3, 2010 at her home. Mrs. Pepper was born September 20, 1926 in Batavia, Illinois to Hobart and Ellen Anthony. The family moved to California where she grew up and married Frank Brown. Mr. Brown passed away unexpectedly leaving Betty and their small daughter. Betty met Clifford R. Pepper in...
Frances Booth Howard
Jul 3, 2010
Frances Booth Howard went to be with her Lord on July 3, 2010. Fran was born in Brooklyn, New York on March 28, 1923 to Frank and Edith Booth. She graduated from Smith College, earned a Masters degree from the Yale School of Nursing and practiced public health nursing in both Connecticut and Chicago. While attending Yale, she met Robert...
Ginger Lee Mohs
Jun 28, 2010
On Monday, June 29, 2010, Ginger Lee Mohs passed from our sight. She was born in Fort Collins and lived here nearly all of her life. And what a life it was! She went to CSU after high school, and after working in the dispatch office on the CSU campus, decided that her passion was to be a police officer....
Robert A. Lamana
Jun 27, 2010
Robert ?Bobby? Lamana came into the world as a lion on January 3, 1944 and left like a lamb on June 27, 2010. Born in Rockville Centre, New York to Marie and Anthony Lamana, he spent his formative years wreaking havoc on the eastern shore. He studied drafting and worked as a construction foreman until he started a business as...
James William Ortivez
Jun 21, 2010
James William Ortivez, 58, of Fort Collins, died June 21, 2010 at Poudre Valley Hospital. Mr. Ortivez was born August 22, 1951 in Redwing, Colorado to Mariano and Della "Cordova" Ortivez. Jim married Belinda Jane Alvarez on January 24, 1981 in Fort Collins at Holy Family Catholic Church. Mr. Ortivez lived in Colorado Springs and Fort Collins most of his...
Frances Maxine Smith
Jun 21, 2010
Frances Maxine McRae Smith, 91, of Wellington, died June 21, 2010 at her home. Fran was the daughter of Elva and Archie McRae. She was the fourth of eight children. She was born February 3, 1919 in Ft. Collins at home, after a difficult birth she surprised all by proving the fates wrong by living a full and colorful life...
Daniel T. Ephland
Jun 20, 2010
Daniel T. ?Danny? Ephland, 69, of Loveland, passed June 20, 2010, at Horsetooth Reservoir, the place he loved most, located in Fort Collins, Colorado. Mr. Ephland was born June 13, 1941, in Nevada, Missouri, to John and Ethel ?Ditto? Ephland. Danny married Connie Gilbert on August 14, 1960, at the Methodist Church in Edgewater, Colorado. Mr. Ephland moved from Lakewood,...
