Nikolaus Kuenneke
Apr 30, 2009
Nikolaus William Kuenneke, 75, of Evans, died April 30, 2009 at North Colorado Medical Center, Greeley, CO. Mr. Kuenneke was born October 4, 1933 in Bremen, Germany to Wilhelm Künneke and Hilda Groh Künneke. He immigrated to the United States in 1951 and lived in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. Nikolaus served in the U.S. Air Force for 14 years. He received a...
Rich D. Bircumshaw
Apr 29, 2009
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – Touchdowwwwn, Colorado State! That's how many fans, all of whom considered him as much a part of the CSU family as any head coach, will remember Voice of the Rams Rich Bircumshaw, who passed away Wednesday night at the Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland after suffering a stroke. Bircumshaw, 54, was a member of...
Ronald Specht
Apr 29, 2009
Ronald Adam Specht, 72, of Fort Collins, died April 27, 2009 at his residence. Mr. Specht was born on November 2, 1936 in Ft. Collins to Adam Specht and Emma "Kurtz" Specht. Mr. Specht married on October 8, 1955 to Barbara Jane "Fritzler" Specht. Mr. Specht was FFA for three years. He received a full ride scholarship from Union Pacific...
Magdalen ''Lena'' Gefroh
Apr 27, 2009
Magdalen Lena Gefroh, age 99, of Karlsruhe, North Dakota, and Fort Collins, Colorado went home to be with the Lord on April 27, 2009. Lena was born in Towner, North Dakota to Peter and Mary Anna Jager on October 8, 1909. In 1939, Lena was united in marriage to Peter Gefroh. Together they lived in Karlsruhe until Peter's death in...
Ruby Hixon
Apr 23, 2009
Ruby K. Hixon, 91, of Ft. Collins, died April 23, 2009. A funeral service and interment will be held in Lincoln, Nebraska. She is survived by three sons, Gary and Tim Hixon of Ft. Collins, and Ron Hixon of Iowa.
Mary Breitman
Apr 19, 2009
Mary Breitman of Fort Collins, died April 19, 2009. A Funeral Service will be held at Bohlender Funeral Chapel on Thursday, April 23 at 1:00 pm. Interment will follow at Foothills Garden of Memory in Longmont, CO. Those who desire may view Mrs. Breitman on Tuesday, April 21 from 12 to 4 pm and Wednesday, April 22 from 9 am...
Jared Glass
Apr 18, 2009
A celebration of life for Jared Anthony Glass, 26, of Fort Collins, will be held at Timberline Church, 2908 Timberline Rd., on Saturday at 10:00 a.m. Jared was born June 17, 1982 in Ft. Collins to Dennis Anthony Glass and Victoria Lynn Bois Glass. He lived all his life in Ft. Collins. Jared was a plumber for Lind's Plumbing. He...
Sylva Dickinson
Apr 16, 2009
Sylva M. Dickinson of Fort Collins went home to be with the Lord, our Saviour, a far better place on Thursday, April 16, 2009. Sylva was born to Fred and Elsie McPherson Groves in Bayfield, on January 17, 1921. She married Aaron Dickinson on July 4, 1942. Sylva and Aaron had a farm and dairy near Fort Collins. They were...
Ricardo ''Ricky'' Cruz
Apr 15, 2009
Ricardo "Ricky" H. Cruz, 51, of Fort Collins, died April 15, 2009 at Poudre Valley Hospital. Mr. Cruz was born March 24, 1958 in Lubbock, Texas to Pedro Cruz and Petra Hernandez Cruz. Mr. Cruz was self-employed as a custodian and mechanic. Survivors include his ex-wife, Maria Ortiz of Ft. Collins; a son, Gary Cruz of Loveland; four daughters, Ruby...
Charlotte Bigelow
Apr 14, 2009
Charlotte Louise Bigelow of Fort Collins, passed away peacefully at her home on April 14, 2009. Charlotte Louise Sawin was born on December 31, 1923 in Gardner, Massachusetts to Alton and Irene Smith Sawin. In 1943, she graduated from North High School in Worcester, Massachusetts. She then attended Salter Secretarial School and worked at Heald Machine Company. On February 29,...
Edward Kindsfather
Apr 14, 2009
Edward Kindsfather of Fort Collins, died April 14, 2009. Survivors include a sister, Wilma Frank of Tuscon, AZ and a niece, Sharon Larry Muirhead of Bellvue. A service will be Monday at 1:00 pm, Fort Collins Good Samaritan Retirement Village.
Viola Alumbaugh
Apr 13, 2009
Viola Mae Alumbaugh, 85, formerly of Fort Collins, died April 13, 2009 in Casper, Wyoming. Mrs. Alumbaugh was born August 12, 1923 in Grand Junction, Colorado to Alva C. Holloway and Amy E. Scarlett Holloway. Viola married Jesse Earl Alumbaugh on January 20, 1946 in Grand Junction. Viola was very active at American Baptist Church, in the Women's Ministry, Day...
Ruth ''Honey'' Knox
Apr 10, 2009
Ruth K. "Honey" Knox, 93, of La Porte, Colorado, died on Good Friday, April 10, 2009 at the Columbine Care Center West of natural causes. She was born May 2, 1915 in Roodhouse, Illinois to Mark Ward, and Vera King. She grew up and attended high school there where she met her life long mate Gerald W. Knox. They were...
Dorothy Duffy
Apr 10, 2009
Dorothy Duffy, 85, died April 10, 2009. Survivors include her children, David and Sarah Duffy; siblings, Clarence Anthony and Betty Pepper; six grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Dorothy's husband, John and her son, Daniel preceded in death. Private Services will be held. Contributions may be made to Pathways Hospice, c/o Bohlender Funeral Chapel, 121 W. Olive St., Fort Collins, CO, 80524.
Velma Stewart
Apr 10, 2009
Velma E. Stewart died in her sleep, April 10, at her home in Loveland Good Samaritan. She was 96 years of age, born August 19, 1912, in Cambridge, Nebraska. Preceeded in death by Chancey Stewart, her husband of 67 years. Survived by son CJ Jim Stewart, of Richmond, VA; daughter Melva Jean Colby and husband Ron Colby of Longmont, CO;...
Leon ''Lee'' Larrabee
Apr 10, 2009
LeeLeon Leroy Larrabee, 83, of Fort Collins, died Friday, April 10, 2009 at home surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Sisseton, S.D., on January 1, 1926, to Howard and Lucy Cooper Larrabee. He married Velma Casey Swearengin November 3, 1945, shortly after his discharge from the U.S. Navy, having served in World War II on the submarine...
Edna G. Hu
Apr 7, 2009
June 11, 1922 - April 7, 2009 Edna Gertrude Fenske Hu, resident at Columbine West nursing home in Fort Collins, for the past several years, was carried home to heaven Tuesday, April 7, 2009. Edna was born June 11, 1922, in Arlington, S.D., to Walter Otto John Fenske and Therese nee Kautz Fenske. She was baptized and confirmed at St....
Ruth Ryan
Apr 5, 2009
Ruth Mae Ryan passed away on Sunday, April 5, 2009 at Poudre Valley Hospital of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. She was born in Excelsior Springs, Mo., on August 21, 1952 to Fred and Edith O'Hare. She lived there until 1979, when she moved to Fort Collins. She met her perfect match in 1988 and married him, Randy Ryan, in June 1990. They...
Ruth Mcpeek
Apr 5, 2009
Ruth V. McPeek, 83, of Elizabethtown Pa., formerly of Fort Collins, Dayton, Ohio, and Billings, Mont., died Sunday, April 5, 2009, at the Masonic Village Health Care Center, Elizabethtown Pa. She was the widow of Marshall "Mac" J. McPeek who died Jan 9, 1983; they had been married almost 32 years prior to his passing. Born in Lewistown, Mont., Ruth...
Ruth H. Doyle
Apr 3, 2009
Ruth H. Doyle died April 3, 2009. She was born Oct. 18, 1925 in Ashland, Ohio, to William and Bertha Kestner. She attended Ashland schools, Capitol University and Western Reserve University. She married James H. Doyle of Ashland, on March 27, 1947. As many other young people did following World War II, they moved to Fort Collins, where Jim graduated...
