Patricia Michel
Jan 28, 2009
Patricia Michel, 82, of Fort Collins, died Jan. 28, 2009, in Wheatridge. She is survived locally by her daughter, Jill Ehrfurth-Michel. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Bohlender Funeral Chapel. Interment will follow at Grandview Cemetery.
Patricio Maes
Jan 27, 2009
Patricio Louis Maes, born April 17, 1956, passed away peacefully at Poudre Valley Hospital on Jan. 27, 2009, with family and friends at his side. Survivors include special friend, Marge Timmerman; mother, Betty Medina; sons, Jerame Maes and Jason Maes; brothers, John Maes, David Maes and Tomas Maes. Preceded in death were his father, Rudy Maes; and brother, Michael Maes....
Margaret Fisch
Jan 27, 2009
Margaret Fisch, 86, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009 in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. She was born on March 8, 1922 in Storm Lake, Iowa. She was one of three children born to the late Walter and Elsie Hale. Margaret married the love of her life, Frank Fisch on Sept. 27, 1944 in New Ulm, MN. She was a...
Laverne Johnson
Jan 25, 2009
Laverne Johnson, 77, of Fort Collins, moved on to a better place on Sun., Jan. 25, 2009. He was born on June 28, 1931 in Aledo, Ill. He was one of three children born to the late George and Nellie Johnson. He served in the Army and fought in the Korean War. Laverne married his beloved, late wife on May...
Iris Butts
Jan 25, 2009
The Lord called Iris Wilma Butts home on Sun., Jan. 25, 2009, at the age of 96, at the Lemay Rehabilitation & Care Center where she was lovingly cared for the past few years. A native of West Texas she grew up in Muleshoe on her family's farm with her three sisters and brother. Iris moved to Fort Collins in...
Murial Bertsch
Jan 22, 2009
Muriel Agnes Bertsch, 92, of Fort Collins, died January 22, 2009 at her residence. Mrs. Bertsch was born May 9, 1916 in Sidney, Ohio to Perry Petty and Birdie White Petty. Muriel married Christopher W. Bertsch on April 19, 1941 in Anna, Ohio. He preceded her in death in 1995. She was an office manager at Copeland Refrigeration for 24...
Robert Stegner
Jan 21, 2009
March 9, 1916 to Jan. 21, 2009 Robert Arthur Stegner passed away Jan. 21, 2009 on the farm he had lived on for 60 years. He was surrounded by three generations of children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren after a life of nearly 93 years. His was a life of unwavering love and devotion to his family. He was born March 9,...
Alma "Jean" Tucker
Jan 20, 2009
Alma "Jean" Tucker went to be with the angels on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009 after a brief illness. Mrs. Tucker was born October 17, 1937 in Severance, to Harry Adler and Mollie Schneider Adler. Jean married Glen H. Tucker, Sr. on Feb. 5, 1955 in Denver. They lived in Wellington from 1955 to 1978 and then moved to Fort Collins....
Mary Baretta
Jan 20, 2009
On Jan. 20, 2009, Mary Margaret Baretta, our much loved wife, mom, Lala, friend and teacher, has traveled from this earth and her physical being to Heaven holding the hand of Jesus. Our prayers for total and complete healing were answered as she is joyfully held in the arms of God. She is the most beautiful, loving, kind, tough, strong,...
Norbert Pirkl
Jan 18, 2009
Norbert E. Pirkl, 89, of Pueblo, formerly of Fort Collins, died Jan. 18, 2009 at his residence. Mr. Pirkl was born Nov. 19, 1919 in Blooming Prairie, Minn. to Joseph Pirkl and Matilda Skalisky Pirkl. Norbert served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Norbert married Juanita F. Malone on Aug. 12, 1945 in Denver. Mr. Pirkl moved to...
Teodora Castillo-Ruiz
Jan 16, 2009
Teodora Castillo-Ruiz, wife of Hilario Ruiz passed away on Friday, January 16, 2009. She was 77 years old. Dora was the mother of Richard Ruiz, Jamie Ruiz, Aurora Ruiz, David Ruiz, Stephen Ruiz, and Louisa Ruiz. Dora has 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. She came from a family of 10 siblings. Five of her siblings still live in Texas. Dora...
Lawrence "Larry" Lane
Jan 16, 2009
Lawrence Larry died on Jan. 16 at Columbine West. He was born April 6, 1913 in Bloomington, Neb. His parents were Mary C. Lane and Martin F. Lane. His family moved from Bloomington to Windsor in 1927 and then to Fort Collins in 1928. He graduated from Cache La Poudre High School. He served in the Army during World War...
Clifford Ingraham
Jan 15, 2009
Cliff was born in Clinton, Ind., to Clarence Ingraham and Mary Sahm Ingraham on Sept. 18, 1914. The family moved to the Chicago area when he was about twelve. After graduating from high school in 1932 he and his older brother spent a year in Oregon working with the Civilian Conservation Corps. He also spent a year working on a...
Richard Boresen
Jan 13, 2009
Richard Byron Boresen, age 83, of Wellington and Fort Collins, Colorado died January 13, 2009 at his home after a lengthy battle with ParkinsonGÇÖs Disease. Richard was born October 30, 1925 to Byron and Nannie Redmond Boresen in Greeley, Colorado. He grew up in the Greeley area and served in the US Army Aircorp during WW11 as a radar mechanic....
Frank Baker
Jan 12, 2009
Frank Raymond Baker, 94, of Rist Canyon, died Jan. 12, 2009 at his residence. Mr. Baker was born Oct. 29, 1914, in Redding, Iowa, to Ira Clarence Baker and Lula Bell Herrington Baker. Frank married Mona Viola Crockett on Feb. 6, 1935, in Fillmore, Mis. He later married Mildred Bell Mapes Pittington, Aug. 18, 1948, in Boulder. Both of his...
Shirley Brown
Jan 12, 2009
Shirley Joy Brown maiden name Turner was born on Valentine's Day in 1927 and passed Jan. 12 in Loveland. Two very fitting symbols for the arc of her life--for she was truly a sweetheart. She graduated from Greeley High in 1945, attended secretarial school in Denver and worked as a bank teller, legal secretary and business owner until retiring in...
Clinton Hiney
Jan 12, 2009
Clinton Matthew Hiney was born on May 31, 1978 in Fort Collins to Doug and Linda Hiney. Tragically, his life was cut short on Jan. 12, 2009. Clinton spent most of his life in Fort Collins. He had a fantastic sense of humor. It seems that he always had a joke of some kind to tell. Wherever he was he...
Maurice Albertson
Jan 11, 2009
Maurice Lee Albertson was the first child born to Ruby Mullen Albertson and Fred Albertson in Hays, Kan., on Aug. 30, 1918, followed by his sister Mildred, four years later. He grew up in Hays, attended Fort Hays State College now University, and graduated from Iowa State University in 1941. The next day he married "Dolly" Myrtle Marie Campbell in...
Ethel Mcmillen/Mccurry
Jan 7, 2009
Ethel McMillen/McCurry died Jan. 7, 2009 at home in Fort Collins. The eldest of three children, Ethel was born to John R. Watts and Maude R. Ward on Nov. 23, 1914 in Eaton. Ethel grew up in LaSalle where she lived in the back of the county telephone office where her mother worked. She loved school and was always involved...
Owen Bob Steward, Jr.
Dec 31, 2008
Owen Bob Steward, Jr., of Fort Collins passed away on Dec. 31, 2008 at Poudre Valley Hospital. "Bob" was born Dec. 21, 1925, to Owen Bob Steward, Sr., and Margaret Alice Martin Steward in East St. Louis, Ill., He attended Laurel Elementary School, Lincoln Jr. High School and graduated from Fort Collins High School in 1943. Following graduation, he worked...
