Martha Blackler
Mar 22, 2008
Martha "Tica" Chavarria Blackler of Fort Collins died March 22, 2008, at her residence. She was born Sept. 9, 1930, in Cartago, Costa Rica, to Ricardo Flores Chavarria and Corena Roseman Chavarria. Tica graduated from Northfield School for Girls, Northfield, Mass., and Fischer College, Boston, Mass. In 1951, she married Edmund "Ted" Blackler of Marblehead, Mass., who preceded her in...
Howard Irvin
Mar 20, 2008
Howard Dean "Corkie" Irvin, 77, died Thursday, March 20, in Cedaredge. Howard was born Aug. 20, 1929, in Franklin, Neb., son of Howard J. and Velma Irvin. The family moved to Fort Collins in 1936. Howard attended St. Joseph School and graduated from Fort Collins High School in 1947. He married Marie M. Hutton on June 10, 1950. They had...
Geneva Strunk
Mar 20, 2008
Geneva Yates Strunk was born Nov. 27, 1911, at Dawson, Neb., and passed away March 20, 2008, at the Fort Collins Health Care Center. Parents were Ernest Prise Yates and Mary Katheran Bodkin. Sisters were Lucille Leach, Alyce Cole and Dorothy Yarger. Brothers were Dean, Paul and Everett Yates. Geneva was united in marriage to Charlie George Strunk who preceded...
Jack Revis
Mar 20, 2008
Jack was born March 4, 1914, in Bingham, Ill., to Emery and Ella Revis. At 7 months of age, they moved to Wetaskwin, Alberta, Canada, where they farmed for 22 years. In 1936, they returned to the U.S. and settled in the Boulder area. He served in the cavalry during World War II in the South Pacific in New Guinea...
Bettie Lee Mckeehan
Mar 19, 2008
Bettie Lee McKeehan, 80, passed away March 19, 2008, in Fort Collins. Bettie Lee was born April 1, 1927, in Sedalia, Mo., to Lloyd Smith and Ruth Busick Smith. She married Charles Tyer in 1945, until his passing in 1960. She then married Eugene "Big Mac" McKeehan in 1961. Bettie and Mac moved to Fort Collins in 1974. Bettie grew...
Bernard Herzog
Mar 17, 2008
Bernard "Stub" Herzog, 87, of Fort Collins, went home to be with the Lord on March 17, 2008, at Centre Avenue Rehab. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Bohlender Funeral Chapel in Fort Collins. Bernard "Stub" Herzog was born on Feb. 15, 1921, to Melvin E. and Anna Herzog in Red Cloud, Neb. The family...
Annalee Bennett
Mar 15, 2008
Leaving her loved and cherished ones, Annalee Bennett of Fort Collins went to be with her Lord and Savior March 15, 2008. She was born April 14, 1938, in Midwest, Wyo., to Walter and Pauline Schultz. She was raised in the Salt Creek Oil field. She married and moved to Wellington, and later to Fort Collins, where she raised her...
Marvin Little
Mar 15, 2008
Marvin E. Little, 80, of Fort Collins, died March 15, 2008, at a local nursing home. Mr. Little was born Oct. 1, 1927, in Fort Collins, to Walt Little and Ellen Kincaid Little. Mr. Little lived most of his life in Fort Collins and was a coal mining welder. He loved the mountains, hunting and fishing. Survivors include his three...
Martha Ann Moore
Mar 14, 2008
Martha Ann Moore passed from Earth to the loving, welcoming arms of her Heavenly Father on Friday, March 14, 2008. Her generous and vivacious spirit will be sorely missed. Born in Lincoln, Neb., on Nov. 14, 1938, to Weston and Thais Wendling, the family later relocated to Prescott, Ariz. Following high school, Martha Ann graduated from the San Francisco Academy...
Henry Garcia
Mar 13, 2008
Henry Daniel Garcia, 67, of Fort Collins, died March 13, 2008, at Poudre Valley Hospital. Mr. Garcia was born Nov. 6, 1940, in Cheyenne, Wyo., to Joe Andrew Garcia and Madeline Vasquez. Henry served his country in the U.S. Marine Corps. He lived the past 20 years in Fort Collins and was a carpenter who loved the mountains and shooting...
Eleanore Schumanski
Mar 12, 2008
Eleanore, beloved mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend, passed away March 12 after a long illness. She was born in Chicago in 1920 and lived most of her life there before moving to Colorado with her mother in 1987 to be with her only daughter, Sandy, and her only grandchild, Nick. Eleanore lived with Sandy and Nick for 12 years,...
Hope Dehaes
Mar 11, 2008
Hope Lorraine DeHaes, 89, of Fort Collins, died March 11, 2008, at McKee Medical Center, Hospice of Larimer County Unit in Loveland. Mrs. DeHaes was born Jan. 7, 1919, in Norden, Neb., to Holly Carl Carlson and Frances Adelia Cannon Carlson. Lorraine married John DeHaes on March 9, 1962, in Norfolk, Neb. She was previously married to John Ford. Lorraine...
Louis Otterman
Mar 10, 2008
Louis William Ottermann passed away on March 10, 2008. Originally from New Orleans, La., Lou spent over 50 years in Chicago, Ill., and his last few years in Fort Collins. Lou was a 50-plus year member of the Masons, Palace Lodge 765, also a member of the Allied Trades Painters' Union, local 265. He was a veteran, having served in...
Moses Valdez
Mar 10, 2008
Moses B. Valdez, 67, of Fort Collins died March 10, 2008, at Poudre Valley Hospital. Mr. Valdez was born Oct. 3, 1940, in Walsenburg to James Valdez Sr. and Sadie Martinez Valdez. Moses moved to Fort Collins with his family when he was 3 days old. Moses married Carmen M. Trujillo on May 29, 1976, in Fort Collins. He was...
Clara Warner
Mar 8, 2008
Clara Marie Warner, 96, died peacefully at the Hospice Unit at McKee Medical Center on March 8, 2008. Born Feb. 1, 1912, in Virginia Dale to parents Ed and Ida Kincaid. Her siblings were sisters, Ellan Little, Hattie Bartlett, Rosie Foster, Loretta Dauthett, Julia Norton, Opal Hodges; and brother, Jim Kincaid. Clara married Jack Warner on June 8, 1930, and...
Rex Leben
Mar 8, 2008
Rex Walter Leben was born Aug. 18, 1923, in Amherst to Walt and Anna Schmidt Leben and passed away March 8, 2008. He was baptized into the Lutheran church Sept. 2, 1923, and confirmed in March 1937, both in St. Paul's Lutheran Church. He attended parochial and public schools in Amherst. Rex entered the Army in 1943 and served during...
The Rev. Orville Emery
Mar 7, 2008
The Rev. Orville Jesse Emery, age 84, triumphantly left this life Friday, March 7, 2008, after a short but fierce battle with pulmonary fibrosis. Orville's last days were spent receiving loving medical attention from the ICU personnel at the VA hospital in Cheyenne, as well as the loving care administered by the staff at the Fort Collins Care Center. In...
Edward Wilson
Mar 7, 2008
God took a rare breed ... my loving husband, my best friend on March 7, 2008, after a lengthy battle with leukemia. He will be missed by many and never forgotten. Edward Monroe Wilson was born Sept. 25, 1940, in Gillette, Wyo., to Charlie and Mary Wilson. Edward served in the navy for four years. He married Lois Marie Thomas...
Pauline 'Bluebell' Hall
Mar 6, 2008
Pauline "Bluebell" Eleanora Hall, 90, of Greeley died March 6, 2008. Pauline was born Aug. 17, 1917, in Elbert. She married Perry Hall in 1933. They started their lives together in Greeley. Over the years, they lived in Arizona, Fort Collins, LaPorte and then back in Greeley. They were both devout Christians with the Fort Collins Seventh Day Adventists. Pauline...
