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...
Lloyd Jones
Dec 30, 2008
Our beloved Husband, Daddy, Dad, Big Pa, Gramps, Grandpa, PaPaw, Poppy, Jones went home to be with his Savior, Jesus, on Dec. 30, 2008. He was 86 years young. Lloyd was born in New Liberty, Mo., to Silas and Myrtle Jones on Feb. 18, 1922. He was one of nine children and grew up on the family farm in Missouri....
Carlene Coff
Dec 29, 2008
Carlene Coff passed away unexpectedly on December 29, 2008. Carlene was born on August 2, 1955 in Chelsea, Massachusetts the daughter of Charlotte OGÇÖBrien Coff and Carl Coff of Loveland, Colorado. Raised in a family with a strong tradition of military service, Carlene lived in various parts of the country before settling in San Jose, California where she graduated from...
Albert Hodgson
Dec 29, 2008
Albert E. Hodgson, 93, of Livermore died Monday, Dec. 29, in Garden Square Assisted Living Center at Westlake, Greeley. Albert was born Feb. 25, 1915, to Earl & Lillie Hodgson in Boulder. He graduated from the 8th grade at Davidson School. On Oct. 3rd, 1937, he married Annie Linnea Benson in Boulder where they dairy farmed until 1959. He and...
Dwayne Ervine Stewart
Dec 28, 2008
Dwayne Ervine Stewart, 73, left us to be with his Lord and Savior on Dec. 28, 2008. A lifelong Fort Collins resident, he was born on Dec. 11, 1935 to Ruby Mansfield and Ervine Stewart. A 1953 graduate of Fort Collins High School, he was a top welder and mechanic at the Ideal Cement Company for eight years. He then...
Sherri Andrew
Dec 26, 2008
Sherri K. Andrew, 39, of Walden, died Dec. 26, 2008 at her residence. Mrs. Andrew was born May 5, 1969 in Loveland to Rodney B. Wyatt and Shirley Risner Thayer. Sherri married Jeffrey A. Andrew on June 23, 1990 in Shopire, Wisc. Sherri lived in Walden for the past 10 years. She was a homemaker, who enjoyed snowmobiling, camping in...
Thomas Marshall
Dec 23, 2008
Thomas "Tom" Theodore Marshall, age 75, of Fort Collins died Tuesday, Dec. 23, at the Centre Avenue Health and Rehabilitation facility. He was born Sept. 7, 1933 at Crestline, Ohio to Alva Marshall and Agnes Jeanette Haugh. He attended Hopewell Louden High School in Bascom, Ohio. He married Kay S. Marshall on Feb. 8, 1964 in Fort Collins and they...
Deborah Wadena
Dec 22, 2008
Our good friend, sister and leader in the community Deborah Ann Wadena was born on April 27th, 1953 in Sioux City, Iowa. She attended Colorado State University and graduated in 1994. As you may know she battled diabetes for many years and underwent two leg amputations and numerous surgeries. She currently lived and passed away on Dec. 22, 2008, in...
Betsy Morehart
Dec 21, 2008
Betsy Leann Morehart, 45, of Fort Collins, died Dec. 21, 2008 at Poudre Valley Hospital. Betsy was born Dec. 20, 1963 in Fort Collins to David Neal Morehart and Evelyn Loraine Smith Morehart. Betsy was raised in Fort Collins, graduated from Lincoln Junior High School and spent her teen years with her family in Virginia and graduated from high school...
