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...
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...
