Julia "Candelaria" Cardenas
Apr 5, 2008
Julia "Candelaria" Prado Cardenas, 84, of Fort Collins, passed away April 5, 2008, following a lengthy illness. She was born on Feb. 2, 1924, in Nueva Rosita, Coahuila, Mexico, to the late Fidencio and Josefa Prado. Julia lived in Piedras Negras, Coahuila as a young child and afterward immigrated to the United States and grew up in La Pryor, Texas....
Lt. Col. Albert Campbell Jr.
Apr 5, 2008
Lt. Col. Albert "Bert" Campbell, Jr., died April 5, 2008, in Fort Collins. Friends and family will celebrate Bert's life at 10 a.m. Thursday at Christ United Methodist Church, 301 East Drake, Fort Collins. Internment will follow at 2 p.m. at Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver. Bert was born in Wabash County, Ind., on Oct. 13, 1935, the youngest...
Bertha Schnorr
Apr 4, 2008
Bertha Schnorr, 92, of Fort Collins passed away on April 4, 2008. She was born on Dec. 23, 1915, in Eaton to William and Elizabeth Boltz. Bertha married Philip Schnorr on Aug. 25, 1936, in Denver. Bertha farmed with her husband in Windsor and Fort Collins for over 60 years. Her passions included bridge, gardening and caring for her family....
Ellen Hadley
Apr 3, 2008
Ellen M. "Lynn" Hadley, 54, of Loveland, died April 3, 2008, at Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland. Mrs. Hadley was born Feb. 5, 1954, in St. Louis, Mo., to Robert W. Smith and Grace Farthing Smith. Survivors include her father, Robert Smith of Glendale, Calif.; her significant other, Steve Urban; two daughters, Melanie Lynn Hadley of Loveland and...
Betty Vail
Apr 1, 2008
Betty Vail, 90, of Fort Collins, died April 1, 2008. Survivors include her children, Cathy Smith, Larry Evelyn Vail, five grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. A graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Grandview Cemetery.
Betty Lou Bartran
Apr 1, 2008
Betty Lou Bartran was born Oct. 3, 1925, in Pavillion, Wyo., and died April 1, 2008, in Fort Collins. Betty was the eldest child of Thelma and William Bartran and sister of William Bartran, a Fort Collins builder. Her husband, Al Welke, preceded her in death. She is survived by four children, Penny Bolton McDill, Ruth Welke Ferguson, Ann Welke...
Agnes Geiger
Apr 1, 2008
Agnes Marie Geiger of Loveland. Funeral service and interment in Columbus, Ohio.
John Den Besten
Mar 30, 2008
John Den Besten was born Oct. 1 1920, in Doon, Iowa. He was raised on the family farm, until he joined the Army for World War II, where he was a combat engineer. He fought in the battles of the Aleutian Islands, Eastern Mandates and the Southern Philippines Ryukyus. He was married to Helen Marie Bergheim on Dec. 31, 1949,...
Wayne Armstrong
Mar 29, 2008
Wayne Allen Armstrong, 52, of Carr, died March 29. Survivors: daughter, Ricki; mother, Charlyne; sister, Norma Cook. Visitation from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday. Memorial service, 7 p.m. at Bohlender Funeral Chapel. Contributions to Ricki Armstrong Educational Fund in care of Bohlender Funeral Chapel.
Stephen Cumbow
Mar 28, 2008
A graveside service for Stephen Cumbow will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Grandview Cemetery. Survivors include his parents, John and Cecelia Cumbow; a brother, Michael Cumbow, two half-brothers, Douglas and Robert Potter; and a sister, Cecelia Ashliman
Elizabeth Miller
Mar 28, 2008
Elizabeth D. Miller passed away unexpectedly Friday, March 28, 2008. Liz struggled with epilepsy, which eventually took her life. She was 24 years old. Liz was a vibrant, beautiful lady who lit up the room with her smile. Liz's passion was working with youth ministries through her church. She passed into heaven in Fredricksburg, Texas, where she resided for the...
Marie Deines
Mar 28, 2008
Marie B. Deines, 84, of Fort Collins, died March 28, 2008, at a local nursing home. Survivors include her sons, John and Robert Deines, both of Fort Collins. A private family service will be held. Condolences may be sent to www.bohlenderfuneralchapel.com .
Tom Hiestand, Jr.
Mar 25, 2008
Tom passed March 25, 2008, after a long struggle with his heart and lungs working hard to keep up with his creative and active mind. He was born in Tulsa, Okla., Sept. 9, 1927. He graduated from Natrona High School in Casper, Wyo., in 1945. He received his bachelor of science in Agriculture at the University of Wyoming in 1950....
Aili Johanna Whelan
Mar 23, 2008
Aili Johanna Hautala Whelan was born Feb. 23, 1920, to Oscar and Olga Sarkijarvi Hautala in Evijarvi, Finland, and went to be with her Lord on March 19, 2008, after a short illness. Aili immigrated to America with her mother when she was 2 - years old to join her father in Mt. Iron, Minn. She graduated from high school...
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...
