Richard Giessel
Mar 21, 2009
Richard L. Giessel, 73, of Fort Collins, died Saturday, March 21, 2009, at Poudre Valley Hospital. The Fort Collins community will miss Richard, the little guy with the crew cut who was always well dressed and knew everybody; he was a fixture of Old Town. After high school in Long Beach, Calif., he moved to Fort Collins to live with...
Walter Melvin, Jr., M.D.
Mar 20, 2009
Walter W. Melvin, Jr., M.D. of Ft. Collins. No service will be held at this time. Dr. Melvin is survived by his wife, Phyllis Melvin of Ft. Collins.
Estella Fowler
Mar 17, 2009
Estella Fowler, 89, of Loveland, died March 17, 2009 at McKee Medical Center, Pathways Hospice Unit. Mrs. Fowler was born January 2, 1920 in Leola, South Dakota to Fred A. Rueb and Lizzie Fieock Rueb. Estella married Edward J. Albrecht in South Dakota. He died in a car accident in1969 in Loveland. Ten years later she married Billie Fowler. He...
Virginia Santos
Mar 15, 2009
Virginia Ayala Santos, died at home in Fort Collins on March 15, 2009. She lived all 80 years of her life in Fort Collins. Virginia was born on December 6, 1928 at Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins, to Albert Ayala and Rita Maciel Ayala. She married David B. Santos at Holy Family Church in Fort Collins, on September 12,...
Joanne Griffin
Mar 15, 2009
Joanne Marie Griffin was born December 18, 1953 in South Holland, Illinois. She passed away on Sunday, March 15 after a nearly six year long battle with breast cancer. After growing up in South Holland and living for periods in Carbondale, Illinois, and Corpus Christi, Texas, she found her home in Ft. Collins in 1980. Jo graduated from Colorado State...
Winifred Yowa
Mar 15, 2009
Winifred Marie Yowa of Fort Collins died Sunday morning, March 15, 2009, at age 84. Interment will take place in Maple Shade, N.J. Winifred was born Feb. 22, 1925, in Consho-hocken, Pa., to Walter and Frances Beaver. She married Frank Yowa on July 26, 1947, in Maple Shade, N.J. Winnie worked at RCA in Camden, N.J., for seven years. There...
Clarice ''Irene'' Lee
Mar 14, 2009
Clarice "Irene" Lee fought her final war with pain and went home to be with our Lord on March 14, 2009. She fought the good fight, finished her race and kept the faith. She was born in Oilton, Oklahoma on February 9, 1925. Her family moved to Midwest, Wyoming when she was a young girl. She was an avid student...
Eudine Foster
Mar 14, 2009
Eudine Foster, 96, of Fort Collins, died March 14, 2009 at a local nursing home. Eudine was born and raised in Enid, Oklahoma. She completed a BA at Phillips University in English, Education and Spanish. Eudine received her Business Administration degree from Hill Business University. Eudine also pursued additional education at George Washington University, Sanz Spanish School, University of New...
Marguerite Niswender
Mar 12, 2009
Marguerite May Niswender was born April 1, 1921, in Saginaw, Mo., to Clyde and Mary McConnell. Marguerite passed away at Poudre Valley Hospital on March 19, 2009, surrounded by her family. She was preceded in death by her brother, Richard; husband, Cecil; and her daughter, Lynn. Marguerite had four children, Lynn Niswender, Ed and Ken Niswender twin brothers, and Sherry...
David Bondhus
Mar 11, 2009
David Allen Bondhus, 54, a Fort Collins native, passed unexpectedly in his sleep Wednesday, March 11, 2009. Born August 11, 1954, to J. Merlin Bondhus and Dorothy June Bondhus, he was the youngest of their four children. David attended school in Fort Collins Putnum elementary, Blevins junior high and Poudre high school. Subsequently he worked in both residential and commercial...
Amelia Saracino
Mar 9, 2009
Amelia Saracino, daughter of Sam and Teresa Carroccia Saracino. Born January 20, 1915 and graduated from Fort Collins High School in 1934. A native Coloradoan and resident of Fort Collins since August, 1927. A 42 year employee of Public Service Company of Colorado, retired January, 1985. Survived by one brother, Louis Saracino, five nieces and five nephews, many great nieces...
Ronald ''Ronn'' Warren
Mar 7, 2009
Ronald "Ronn" Eugene Warren died March 7, 2009. Ronn was born on December 19, 1943 to Lewis Eugene and Lydia Reifschneider Warren in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. He attended school in Scottsbluff and graduated from Western Neb r a s k a Coll e g e . He was a gifted athlete that participated in mult i p l e sports gaining...
Daphne Maier
Mar 6, 2009
Daphne Maier, 86, of Fort Collins, died March 6, 2009. Survivors include sons, John and Gary Fetters; daughter, Kathryn Brown, Fort Collins; six grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren. A private family service will be held.
Ovid Bay
Mar 5, 2009
Ovid Updegraff Bay, 91, of Fort Collins, passed away on March 5, 2009. He was born on August 25, 1917 in Wayne County, Iowa, the oldest of four sons of Michael and Marie Bay. Ovid graduated from Trenton Missouri High School and earned Bachelor and Masters degrees in Agriculture Journalism from the University of Missouri. During World War II, he...
Lawrence Kimber
Mar 4, 2009
Lawrence D. Kimber passed away peacefully on March 4, 2009, at age 93 years' young, surrounded by many loving family members. He was born October 4, 1915 in Mullen, Neb. His mother and dad traded two homesteads for a 650 acre ranch near Livermore. Lawrence graduated from the Owl Canyon School in 1932. He had the same teacher for his...
Clara Deines
Mar 4, 2009
Clara Deines, 97, passed away on March 4, 2009. One of 11 children, Clara was born to Adam George Kaiser and Katharine Elizabeth Hoffner on Nov. 3, 1911, in Windsor. Clara married Sig Deines on Feb. 18, 1932, in Laramie, Wyo. They lived in Russell, Kan., for nearly 30 years before moving to Fort Collins in 1962. Although Clara was...
Peggy Brown
Mar 3, 2009
Peggy J. Brown, 76, of Fort Collins, died March 3, 2009 at a local nursing home. Mrs. Brown was born April 24, 1932 in Marietta, Ohio, to Frank Reckard and Louise Allelly Reckard. Peggy married Delbert Thomas "Tom" Brown on November 6, 1955 in Wellington. Mrs. Brown was the bookkeeper at First Baptist Church for 21 years. She taught Sunday...
Derald Clevenger
Feb 24, 2009
Derald Clevenger passed away to join his wife of 60 years on February 24, 2009. Derald was born on June 4, 1920 in Haxton to Clara and Arthur Clevenger. He met Shirley in Sterling in January of 1941 and they were married on March 23 of that same year. He is preceded in death by his parents; his son, Roy...
Thelma Kennedy
Feb 24, 2009
Thelma L. Kennedy, 87, of Fort Collins, died Feb. 24, 2009, at her residence. Mrs. Kennedy was born July 10, 1921, in Avant, Okla., to Alba Belew and Ona Reese Belew. Thelma married Grover Fossett in 1937, in Mountain View, Mo. He preceded her in death in 1949. She then married Leslie R. Kennedy in August of 1950, in Ft....
Juan "Sammy" Cruz
Feb 22, 2009
Juan "Sammy" H. Cruz, 56, of Fort Collins, died Feb. 22, 2009, at St. Mary's Hospital in Pueblo. Mr. Cruz was born July 2, 1953, in Tahoka, Texas, to Pedro G. Cruz and Pedra Hernandez Cruz. Survivors include his wife, Richelle Roth-Cruz of Fort Collins; three children, Hector and Juanita Cruz of Fort Collins, Miranda Cruz of Shafter, Calif.; seven...
