Raschelle Shaffer
Mar 5, 2008
Raschelle "Shelly" Renee Shaffer, 15, of Fort Collins, died March 5, 2008 at Poudre Valley Hospital. Shelly was born Jan. 26, 1993, in Tucson, Ariz., and moved to Fort Collins when she was 2 months old. She was a ninth-grader at Preston Junior High School. In school, she loved science, math and reading. She loved her pets, her cousins, her...
Christian Lucas Harvey
Mar 4, 2008
Our sweet little angel, Christian Lucas Harvey, died March 4, 2008, at Children's Hospital in Denver. Lucas was born on Feb. 25, 2008, in Aurora. Survivors include his parents, Heath and Cheryl Harvey; a big brother, Ethan Harvey; a big sister, Anna Harvey all of Fort Collins; his grandparents, Rick and Karen Harvey of Fort Collins, Nana Cindy Dunegan of...
Lillian Schnabel
Mar 4, 2008
Lillian Schnabel of Fort Collins went to be with her Lord and Savior March 4, 2008, at the Columbine Health Care facility in Fort Collins. She was born April 14, 1927, in Eureka, S.D., to John and Katherine Schumacher, one of five children. She was raised on a farm 13 miles east of Eureka. On April 30, 1944, she married...
Genevieve Demeyer
Mar 2, 2008
Genevieve DeMeyer was born Oct. 16, 1913, in Eureka, Calif., the fourth of eight children of Francis and Florinda Early. She died Sunday, March 2, in Fort Collins. She was raised on her parents' dairy farm until her father lost the use of one of his hands in an equipment accident. Then she and her family moved to Eureka, where...
Frances Swan
Mar 2, 2008
Frances Swan, 90, passed away Sunday, March 2, 2008, at the Berthoud Living Center in Berthoud. Frances was born in Sigourney, Iowa, and lived most of her life in the Des Moines, Iowa, area and later in Longmont. She was retired from the Burlington Northwestern Railroad and was a longtime member of the First Christian Church in West Des Moines,...
Robert Martell
Feb 28, 2008
Robert "Bob" Martell passed away peacefully Feb. 28, 2008, after a 10-year struggle with heart and lung disease. He was born in Green Bay, Wis., the only son of Ida and Edward Martell. Bob had four sisters, including Grace and triplet sisters Faith, Hope and Charity. Bob graduated from high school in Green Bay, where he was a star athlete...
Charlotte Jamrozy
Feb 28, 2008
Charlotte E. Jamrozy, 85, of Aurora, formerly of Fort Collins, died Feb. 28, 2008, at her residence. Mrs. Jamrozy was born April 1, 1922, in Wuppertal, Germany, to Oscar Leckenbusch and Emma Niepmann Leckenbusch. When she was 3 years old she moved with her family to New York City. Charlotte married Anthony Jamrozy on July 15, 1942, in New York....
Steve Mosqueda
Feb 27, 2008
Surrounded by his wife, children and grandchildren, Steve Mosqueda, of Fort Collins, passed away Feb. 27, 2008, at the age of 74. Esteban "Steve" Mosqueda was born Sept. 2, 1933, in Fort Collins to Casildo and Trinidad Mosqueda. He lived in Fort Collins his entire life and graduated from Fort Collins High School in 1953. After graduation, he spent four...
Frances Brubeck
Feb 26, 2008
Frances Spurgeon Majerczyk Brubeck, who resided at Lemay Avenue Health and Rehab, Fort Collins, died at 8 a.m. Feb. 26, 2008, at her place of residence. She was born in Tazewell County, Va., on Dec. 1, 1924, daughter of Robert Lee and Laura Yates Spurgeon. She graduated from McLains Business College in September, 1944. Frances was a member of Memorial...
Kenneth Beil
Feb 26, 2008
Kenneth K. Beil, 80, of Fort Collins, died Feb. 26, 2008, at Poudre Valley Hospital. Mr. Beil was born Oct. 19, 1927, in Northampton County, Pa., to Amendus Beil and Carrie Heckman Beil. He graduated from American High School in Chicago, Ill. Kenneth then served in the U.S. Army Air Corps 13th division during World War II in the Philippines....
Clara Byron
Feb 24, 2008
Clara Rosalie Byron, 77, of Fort Collins, died Feb. 24, 2008, at Poudre Valley Hospital. Mrs. Byron was born Aug. 24, 1930, in Fort Collins, to Leonard Verellen and Clara McGinnley Verellen. Clara married Paul A. Byron on Aug. 24, 1948, in Fort Collins. Rosalie lived all her life in Fort Collins. She was a homemaker and a member of...
Merilee Lube
Feb 22, 2008
Merilee Jean Lube, born Oct. 10, 1948, in Casper, Wyo., died in her sleep on Feb. 22, 2008, at her home in Fort Collins. She was the daughter of Dan and AllaJean Smith Evan. She graduated from Natrona County High School in Casper in 1966. She was a very successful businesswoman in Casper for many years and owned and operated...
Sharon Toomey
Feb 21, 2008
Sharon Lynn Ross Toomey was born in Kansas City, Mo., on Dec. 2, 1954, and died Feb. 21, 2008. She graduated from Topeka West High School and attended Washburn University in Topeka, Kan. She will be remembered by her family and friends for her ready smile and warm and loving heart. She is survived by her parents, Robert and Cheryl...
Frank Michael
Feb 18, 2008
Frank "Bill" Winfield Michael, 89, of Fort Collins, died Feb. 18, 2008, at a local nursing home. Mr. Michael was born June 28, 1918, in Nashua, Iowa, to Harry J. Michael and Laura M. Michael. He attended elementary and school I Pomeroy, Iowa. Bill briefly attended Colorado A & M and then continued his engineering with the E.I. Dupont de...
Helen Kowing
Feb 15, 2008
Helen Marie Kowing, 88, of Fort Collins, died Feb. 15, 2008, at a local nursing home. Mrs. Kowing was born June 23, 1919, in Wakeeney, Kan., to Richard Selbe and Ruth Agnes Tupper Kowing. Helen married John Wesley Kowing on Dec. 31, 1950, in Ulysses, Kan. Mrs. Kowing moved to Fort Collins in 1994 from Grants Pass, Ore. She was...
Gordon Jesser
Feb 14, 2008
Gordon Lee Jesser, 80, of Fort Collins, died February 14, 2008 at Poudre Valley Hospital. Mr. Jesser was born October 17, 1927 in Fort Collins to Frank H. Jesser and Frances Blado Jesser. Gordon graduated in 1945 from Ft. Collins High School, lived his entire life in Ft. Collins. He was a veteran and served in the Army. Gordon married...
Mabel Rice
Feb 14, 2008
Mabel M. Rice, 97, died Feb. 14 at Fort Collins Health Center. She was born in Mars Hill, N.C., on Dec. 9, 1910. After her marriage to Ben Rice, the couple moved to Wellington, where they farmed for many years. She was a homemaker and a cook for 16 years for the Poudre School District. She is survived by her...
Gust Lymber
Feb 12, 2008
Gust A. Lymber, 77, of Fort Collins, died Feb.12, 2008, at a local nursing home. Mr. Lymber was born Aug. 21, 1930, in North Platte, Neb., to Andrew Lymber and Matilda Lungquist. He served in the United States Army during the Korean War. Gust married Rosemary Wilson on Sept. 31, 1977, in Cheyenne, Wyo. Mr. Lymber moved to the Fort...
Katherine Miller
Feb 9, 2008
Katherine Miller died Feb. 9, 2008, in Loveland. She was 93 years old. Katherine was born Dec. 28, 1914, in Evans. She was raised in Windsor, where she married Emmanuel Jekel and had three children. Emmanuel preceded her in death. She later married Elmer Miller. He also preceded her in death. Katherine was an excellent cook and well known for...
Chad Munoz
Feb 1, 2008
Chad Manuel Munoz, infant son of Juan Manuel Munoz and Charley Anna Mercado, of Fort Collins, died February 1, 2008 at Children's Hospital, Denver, Colorado. Chad was born January 11, 2008 in Ft. Collins, Colorado. Survivors include his parent; grandparents, Evelyn Louise Troxell, Carrie Lynn Earhart, Pat Munoz, Jesus Manuel Munoz, and Charlie Mercado; special friends, Sarah, Chad, and Daniel...
