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...
Jean Odette Culbertson
Apr 2, 2009
Jean Odette Culbertson, 86, of Fort Collins, died April 2, 2009 at Pathways Hospice Unit at McKee Medical Center in Loveland. Mrs. Culbertson was born July 12, 1922 in Golden, Colorado to Seymour Warren and Odette Waite Warren. Jean married William "Bill" R. Culbertson in March of 1942. Jean was recently honored by Poudre Valley Hospital for over 20, 000...
Georgia Mae Colter
Apr 1, 2009
Georgia Mae Colter, 77, of Fort Collins, died April 1, 2009 at her residence. Georgia was born May 8, 1931 in Napoleon, Missouri to Daniel William Overhelman and Edna Charlotte Struewe Oberhelman. Georgia moved to Laramie, Wyo. with her husband, Virgil; and son, Chris, where they were involved in Sqaredancing and bowling. She worked as a seamstress, and as a...
Richard Curtis Shaffer
Mar 31, 2009
Richard Curtis Shaffer passed peacefully after a short and unexpected battle with lung cancer on March 31, 2009. He celebrated his 70th birthday the week before. There are many places he will be missed in Fort Collins. Perhaps on the city bus routes he drove for a decade till his retirement in September. From the seat of a bus you...
James Young, Colonel Usmc Retired
Mar 30, 2009
James Roland Young, Colonel USMC Retired, passed away on March 30, 2009. Jim was born August 23, 1926, in Fort Collins, the only child of Roland A. Young, formerly Superintendent of Roads and Parks for the City of Fort Collins and Edith Childers Young. Jim's parents and several uncles, such as "Red Feather" Lou Young and Harry Young, homesteaded during...
Robert Mosher
Mar 29, 2009
Robert L. Mosher, 71, of Ft. Collins, died March 29, 2009 at a local nursing home. A private graveside will be held at Grandview Cemetery.
Laura ''Laurie'' Leflet
Mar 28, 2009
Laura "Laurie" Renee Leflet, 19, of Gill, Colorado passed away March 28, 2009, after suffering a major aneurism . Laurie attended Kindergarten through 3rd grade at Namaqua Elementary in Loveland, and 4th through 6th at Eyestone Elementary in Wellington. She attended Wellington Jr. High and Graduated in the top 10% of her class from Poudre High School in 2008. She...
Ursula Gallegos
Mar 28, 2009
Ursula Gallegos was born in Keeler, N.M., on August 1, 1921. Her parents were Elena and Telesfor Duran. She was a devoted Catholic and attended services regularly at Holy Family Catholic Church and St. Joseph Catholic Church, besides being a loving, caring, mother, grandmother, aunt, sister, cousin, Madrina, neighbor, and friend to many more. Ursula was preceded in death by...
Donald Coming
Mar 26, 2009
Donald E. Coming, 86, of Fort Collins, died March 26, 2009. Mr. Coming was born May 23, 1922 in Ft. Collins to Alfred I. Coming and Reeta Mary Sullivan Coming. Don's family was one of the first founding families living in Ft. Collins. He also served his country during WWII in the U.S. Navy. Donald married Mary Grace Smith on...
Jerry Miller-Zapata
Mar 22, 2009
Jerry DeLain Miller-Zapata, 78, of Fort Collins, died March 22, 2009, at her residence. Jerry was born February 6, 1931, in Haxtun, to Lee Miller and Maxine Richardson Miller. She was married to Adolfo Guadalupe Zapata for 36 years. She lived most of her life in the Fort Collins area. She worked as a cook for many years at the...
