Gene Thornton
Dec 12, 2007
Gene Thornton passed away Dec. 12 in Fort Collins surrounded by loving family. This native son of Wyoming was born in Casper in 1925 to Leonard and Grace Thornton and was raised in Thermopolis. Gene attended his senior year at Trinity High School in New York City. This tall, dignified man had a wonderful sense of humor and courage beyond...
Virgil Richardson
Dec 5, 2007
Virgil Dean Richardson, 84, passed away Dec. 5, 2007, at Poudre Valley Hospital. He was born Dec. 16, 1922, to Emil and Sadie Richardson in Shickley, Neb., moved to Gearing and served in the engineering core in WWII, Omaha Beach 3. After the war, he settled in Torrington, Wyo., where he met and married Betty Joan Schnell in 1952 and...
Kenneth Mcgrew
Dec 5, 2007
Kenneth Coleman McGrew, 89, of Wellington, formerly of Walden, died at home on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2007. He was born June 27, 1918, near Ault in Weld County to Robert and Lillian Williams McGrew. Kenneth was the youngest of six children. He was preceded in death by his parents and all of his siblings. Ken graduated from Gill High School...
Charley Townsend
Dec 4, 2007
Charley Eugene Townsend passed away at home Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2007. Charley, son of E.A. and Nelle E. Halsey Townsend, was born July 2, 1929, on the family farm in Decatur County, Kan. After attending school in a one-room schoolhouse, he graduated from Decatur Community High School, Oberlin, Kan., in 1946. Charley then attended and graduated from Kansas State University...
Walter Kruchten
Dec 3, 2007
Walter Roy Kruchten, 81, of Fort Collins, died Dec. 3, 2007, at a local nursing home. Mr. Kruchten was born July 18, 1926, in Devil's Lake, N.D., to Leo Kruchten and Anna Nett Kruchten. Mr. Kruchten lived the past two years in Fort Collins after moving from Minneapolis, Minn. He was a ham radio repairman and operator. Walter was a...
Amanda Rath
Dec 3, 2007
Amanda "Schoeny" Rath, age 101, passed peacefully from this world Dec. 3, 2007. A graveside service will take place in Sioux City, Iowa. A Fort Collins memorial service will be at 9:30 a.m. Friday at the Good Samaritan Home, 508 W. Trilby Road. Born Oct. 7, 1906, in Drake, N. D., to Adam and Ottelia Schoenwald, Amanda spent her childhood...
Kiedis Romero-Castaneda
Nov 27, 2007
Kiedis Zayde Romero-Castaneda, stillborn son of Joe Flores and Crystal Castaneda, of Wellington, died Nov. 27. Preceding Kiedis in death was his grandfather, Gilbert Castaneda. A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday at St. Joseph Catholic Church.
George Fox
Nov 26, 2007
George E. Fox, 71, of Broomfield, Colorado, died November 26, 2007 at Collier Hospice Center, Lutheran Hospital, Wheatridge, Colorado. Mr. Fox was born November 17, 1936 in Greeley, Colorado to Carl E. Fox and Luella L. Hughes. George was raised in Denver and was a graduate of Manuel High School in 1954. He was a supervisor for Bar-S Foods for...
Mildred Sees
Nov 19, 2007
Mildred Sees, 86, died Monday in Fort Collins. Survivors include five daughters, including, locally, Caroly Schultz and husband, Jim, of Bellvue, and two grandchildren, Mike and Tom. Funeral services and interment will be held at Liberty Cemetery in Greenfield, Tenn.
Olive Morgan
Nov 17, 2007
Olive Bell Morgan, 85, of Fort Collins, died Nov. 17, 2007, at Poudre Valley Hospital. Mrs. Morgan was born Jan. 12, 1922, in Irondequoit, N. Y. to Arthur Garfield Bell and Olive Brasser Bell. Olive served in World War II in the Women's Army Air Corp from 1942 to 1945. After World War II, Olive worked for the Travelers Aid...
Wilma Sidman
Nov 17, 2007
Wilma R. Sidman, 80, of Fort Collins, died Nov. 17, 2007, with her family by her side at her daughter's home in Kersey. Mrs. Sidman was born Oct. 7, 1927, in Page, Neb., to Lawrence Finley and Berniece Finley. She moved to Fort Collins in 1933 and attended Fort Collins schools and graduated from Fort Collins High School in 1945....
Marion Benedict
Nov 16, 2007
Marion R. Benedict, of Fort Collins, died at his residence Friday, Nov. 16, 2007. He was born Oct. 18, 1921, in Iliff to Stella and Irwin F. Benedict. Upon graduation from Brighton High School, he entered the armed forces, where he served in World War II while traveling through North Africa, Sicily and Italy. He then married Dorothy Schulz on...
Mark Sonquist
Nov 14, 2007
Mark Sonquist, 47, of Fort Collins, died Nov. 14, 2007. Survivors include a daughter, Brittany Sonquist; and two stepsons, Brandon and Bryson Kruk, all of Fort Collins. A memorial service will be at 4:30 p.m. Friday at Bohlender Funeral Chapel.
Gertrude Puck Mcmillan
Nov 13, 2007
Born Jan. 8, 1915, in Grand Junction, Gertrude McMillan learned early that she played a vital role in the economic success of the family. Her father was an engineer for the North Poudre Irrigation Company, and Gertrude was charged with taking the work horses to Cameron Pass each spring. She did the solo two-day horseback journey for most of her...
Dr. J. Stanley Ahmann
Nov 13, 2007
Dr. J. Stanley Ahmann, 86, of Fort Collins, died Nov. 13, 2007, at his residence. Dr. Ahmann was born Oct. 17, 1921, in Struble, Iowa, to Henry Francis Ahmann and Philomine Wictor Ahmann. He is a descendent of Adolf Otto Ahmann of Marl, Germany. Dr. Ahmann received his BA from Trinity College and his MS and Ph.D. from Iowa State...
Lt. Colonel Loren Reid
Nov 8, 2007
Lt. Col. Loren D. Reid United States Army Ret. 74, passed away Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007, at his home. He was born Oct. 22, 1933, in Fort Sill, Okla., the son of the late Col. Gerald J. and Olive Gurwell Reid. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy Westpoint in 1958, as a 2nd lieutenant in the Artillery Branch. After...
Bill Mclane, Jr.
Nov 8, 2007
William "Bill" C. McLane Jr., 82, of Fort Collins, died Nov. 8, 2007, at the Medical Center of the Rockies. Mr. McLane Jr. was born April 14, 1925, in Rockford, Ill., to William C. McLane Sr. and Anna Malone McLane. Bill served in the Navy as a member of the Seabees in the South Pacific during World War II. Bill...
Henry Perez
Nov 7, 2007
Henry P. Perez, 73, of Fort Collins, died Nov. 7, 2007, at Poudre Valley Hospital. Mr. Perez was born May 17, 1934, in Fort Morgan, to Nick Perez and Rafila Antones Perez Henry married Helene W. Dyer on Nov. 23, 1991, in Fort Collins. Mr. Perez moved 20 years ago to Fort Collins from Fort Morgan. He was a foreman...
Clara Wiedeman
Nov 6, 2007
Clara Wiedeman, 100, of Fort Collins, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2007, at Blue Grouse Health Care Center, where she was a resident since August. The first of 10 children, Mrs. Wiedeman was born Feb. 7, 1907, at Russell, Kan., to Sophia Margheim and Henry Wiedeman. She was very proud of the fact that she helped raise all of her...
Sidney Miller
Nov 3, 2007
Sidney Miller, 93, died Nov. 3, 2007, at a Fort Collins nursing home. A brother, Stanley I. Miller survives. He is preceded in death by his wife, Maxine Miller. Graveside services will be held at Har Nebo Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. Bohlender Funeral Chapel is handling arrangements.
