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...
Thadus Reed
Jan 28, 2008
Thadus McGay Reed was born March 2, 1918, in Beach, N.D., to Elsie Fiddler-Reed and Jesse Reed. Thad was soon to be blessed with brothers, Leslie and Lynn, and a sister Cleo. Early in Thad's life, the family moved to Glendive, Mont., and continued their lives of ranching and farming. Thad was about 15 when the Depression hit, and the...
Walter Wilson
Jan 25, 2008
Walter Wilson died Jan. 25, 2008, from an illness. Walter was born on March 17, 1939, in Brackettville, Texas. He was an avid cat lover and a very loving man. Even though Walter was a deaf-mute, he spoke volumes through his love and actions toward all who came across his path. Walter's big smile and hearty laugh was loved by...
William Nelson
Jan 25, 2008
William Nelson of Fort Collins, 51, passed away Jan. 25, 2008. He is survived by his father, Charles Nelson; his mother, Alice Joyce Coleman; two beloved sons, Bill and Charles; grandson, Tyler; sister, Diane Reed; and three nieces, Kaitlyn, Madison and Austin; and a host of aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. Bill was born June 16, 1956, in San Bernardino,...
Jean Busch
Jan 24, 2008
Oct. 13, 1921 to Jan. 24, 2008. Fort Collins resident Jean Louise Busch died Jan. 24 at Lemay Avenue Health and Rehab Center after a long Alzheimer's illness. She was 86. Jean Lowe was born in Fremont, Ohio, in 1921. She was third in a large family of seven children, four brothers and two sisters. The family enjoyed Ohio small-town...
Gordon Griffith
Jan 23, 2008
On Jan. 23, 2008, the kind and gentle soul of Gordon Lamar Griffith, 86 years of age, was taken by his Lord as a result of a short illness and its complications. Gordon was born Oct. 12, 1921, in Bogue, Kan., to Orville Whitney Griffith and Maude Lewis Griffith and was the third eldest of four brothers, Orville, Robert and...
Rev. Peter Weller
Jan 22, 2008
The Rev. Peter Weller of Fort Collins died at home Jan. 22, 2008, following a brief illness. He was born Feb. 10, 1926, in Holland, Mich., the son of parents who immigrated from the Netherlands. Peter received his bachelor of science in electrical engineering at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor in 1948. He then decided to become a Unitarian...
Vincente Ayala
Jan 20, 2008
Vincente V. Ayala, 82, of Fort Collins, died Jan. 20, 2008, at his residence. Mr. Ayala was born July 3, 1925, in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, to Vincente Ayala and Maria Valdez Ayala. Vincente married Yolanda F. Flores on Dec. 21, 1946, in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. Mr. Ayala moved in 1950 to Fort Collins. He worked commercial construction and for 13...
Ian Taggart
Jan 19, 2008
Ian James Taggart, formerly of Fort Collins, passed away Saturday, Jan. 19, in La Veta, where he has resided with his family since 2004. Ian, 19, was a senior at La Veta High School, where he participated in wrestling, basketball, 4-H and FFA. Ian worked as an electrician's apprentice during the summer. Ian was an Eagle Scout and organized donations...
Dorothy Holsinger
Jan 19, 2008
Dorothy M. Holsinger was born, July 24, 1921, in Eckley to William F. and Mary Eastin Cain. She died Jan. 19, 2008, at Camillia Care Center in Aurora at the age of 86. She was preceded in death by her parents; her brothers, Melvin, Wayne and Curtis; her son, Lonnie Ferguson; and her husband, Lloyd Holsinger. She is survived by...
Thomas Melville Young
Jan 19, 2008
Thomas Melville Young, 95, of La Porte, died Dec. 22, 2007. He was born July 11, 1912, to Melville Ray Young and Edith Amanda Hansen Young in their home in La Porte. He lived in La Porte until he sold his farm and home and moved to Shamrock Manor in Fort Collins two and half years ago. He passed away...
Christian Mattos
Jan 18, 2008
Christian James Mattos was born on Nov. 29, 1989, and died Saturday, Jan. 12, 2008. He is survived by his mother, Candace Matos; his father, John V. Mattos; his brother, J.D. Mattos; and his sister, April "Rei" Mattos; and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, and countless friends. All who loved him dearly. Christian was the type of young man who...
