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...
Margaret Lee
Jan 18, 2008
Margaret M. Lee passed away Jan. 18, 2008, at Centre Health and Rehab Facility in Fort Collins surrounded by her family. She was born Dec. 31, 1911, to John and Hazel Hinrichs in Kimball, S.D. She married Walter O. "Bud" Lee on Nov. 10, 1934, in Chadron, Neb., and they later moved to Fraser, where Bud worked in the timber...
Helen Beaugh
Jan 18, 2008
Helen G. Beaugh, 80, of Fort Collins, died Jan. 18, 2008, at Poudre Valley Hospital. Mrs. Beaugh was born April 15, 1927, in Cheyenne County, Kan., to James Franklin Cheney and Grace Adeline Egly Cheney. Mrs. Beaugh had lived in Fort Collins since she was 3 years old. Helen graduated from Waverly High School in the class of 1946 as...
Jeanette Valentine
Jan 18, 2008
Jeanette Valentine, 80, of Wellington, passed away Jan. 18, 2008, at Lemay Ave. Health and Rehab Center. Jeanette was born Oct. 2, 1927, in Wyandot County, Ohio, to Glenn Smythe and Charlotte Secoy Smythe. She married Earl Valentine June 5, 1948, in Melmore, Ohio. In 1968, the Valentines moved to the Wellington area where they resided for 32 years. Jeanette...
Esther Schilling
Jan 16, 2008
Esther R. Schilling, 90, of Fort Collins, died Jan. 16, 2008, in Eckert. Mrs. Schilling was born June 24, 1917, in Fort Collins to Daniel Schaefer and Amelia Mehling Schaefer. Esther married William "Bill" Schilling on Sept. 22, 1934, in Fort Collins. Mrs. Schilling lived most of her life in Fort Collins and recently moved to Eckert to be close...
Charlotte Duling
Jan 15, 2008
Charlotte Nadine Duling Curtis, 74, of Loveland, died Jan. 15, 2008, from lung cancer. She was born Jan. 24, 1933, to Floyd and Delta Curtis and was raised on a farm near Roosevelt, Okla. She graduated from Consolidated No. 8 High School in 1951. She married Doris Ray Taylor in May 1951 and lived in Weed, Calif., until 1965. They...
Khristine Lewis
Jan 14, 2008
Khristine Marie Maycroft/Lewis passed away Jan. 9, 2008, at Hospice of Larimer County at McKee Medical Center in Loveland. She was 37 years old. A closed casket service will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the Fort Collins Seventh-day Adventist Church, pastors Paul Eagan and John Martin officiating. Interment will follow at Resthaven Memory Gardens Cemetery. Khristine was born Aug....
Vernelle Homan
Jan 13, 2008
Vernelle W. Homan, 93, passed from this world on Jan. 13, 2008, in Fort Collins. She was born in Christopher, Ill., on April 21, 1914, to Fred and Mabel Adkins Weber. She grew up in Christopher and graduated from high school there. She moved to St. Louis, Mo., in 1937 to attend business school and worked as a secretary and...
George Brautigam
Jan 13, 2008
George Brautigam passed away on Jan. 13, 2008, at McKee Hospice Center in Loveland following complications from hip surgery at the age of 91. George was born in McCook, Neb., on Aug. 18, 1916. He was one of 10 children born to George Brautigam Sr. and Katie Brungardt Brautigam. The family moved to Brush in 1922. George attended schools in...
Arthur Smith
Jan 13, 2008
Arthur Francis Smith of Laramie, Wyo., formerly of Walden, died Jan. 13, 2008. Survivors include son, Richard; granddaughter, Shannon Waugh and husband, Bruce; grandson, Ty Powell and wife, Dawn; four great-grandsons; and three nephews. Bohlender Funeral Chapel is handling the arrangements.
Piedad Rodriguez
Jan 12, 2008
Our beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother went home to be with the Lord on Jan. 12, 2008. Piedad was born June 17, 1933, in Sonora, Texas, to Manuel Baldez and Elisa Sanchez de Baldez. She was an only child. On Jan. 18, 1950, she married Anacleto Rodriguez in Sonora, Texas. Piedad and Anacleto then moved to Plainview, Texas, and started...
Loretta Burdette
Jan 11, 2008
Loretta C. Burdette, 93, of Fort Collins, died Jan. 11 at a local nursing home. She's survived by her daughter, Pat Salas of Denver. Preceding Loretta in death are her husband and daughter, Rebecca Moens. A private family service will be held.
Dolores Binder
Jan 9, 2008
Dolores Margaret Binder left this Earth on Jan. 5, 2007, after a long, hard-fought battle against ovarian cancer. She was born April 7, 1929, in Victoria, Kan., to Nicholas and Catherine Gabel. She graduated from Marian High School in Hays, Kan., in 1947. In October 1949 she married Floyd J. Binder Sr. in Hays, Kan., and moved to Fort Collins,...
Dick Jones
Jan 5, 2008
Dick Jones, 59, died at his home on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2007. Richard Louis Jones was born Feb. 24, 1948, in Fort Collins, to Floyd I. and Pearl Mae Jones and lived his entire life in Fort Collins. He graduated from Fort Collins High School in 1966 and attended CSU and UNC. In March 1992 he married Patricia Alger Peterson...
Dr. Betty Broadhurst
Jan 4, 2008
Dr. Betty P. Broadhurst, 88, a Denver, Colorado native passed away peacefully December 31, 2007. Dr. Broadhurst practiced social work and was an educator for over 50 years. Her higher education began at Colorado College, graduating in1940. She then received her MS in Psychiatric Social Work from Smith College in 1942, and was a caseworker in one of the first...
Wilberth Vargas Valdez
Jan 4, 2008
Wilberth Jesus Vargas Valdez, age 25, of Forest City, N. C., died in a car accident, in Forest City, N. C. Wilberth was born Dec. 25, 1981, in Chihuahua, Mexico, to Tomas Vargas and Elvia Valdez. He was raised in Fort Collins and was an auto mechanic. Survivors include his wife, Eriverta Cervantes Ramos; sons, Jesus Valentine Vargas, Wilberth Vargas,...
