Obituaries
Bill Pire
Aug 19, 2007
Bill Pire went to his eternal home on Aug. 19, 2007. He was born Dec. 11, 1917, to Irwin and Helen Pire in Beloit, Wis. He married Alyce Pribnow on March 7, 1953. Bill was an avid hunter and fisherman, making many trips to Canada with friends and family. He loved flying and was a pilot of a B26 in...
Barbara Walters
Aug 18, 2007
Barbara J. Walters, 73, of Loveland, died Aug. 18, 2007, at a Loveland nursing home. Barbara was born in Fort Collins, July 10, 1934, to Carl and Alberta Knipple. She lived all her life in Fort Collins. Barbara met her husband, John R. Walters, in Cheyenne, Wyo., while he was stationed in Cheyenne, with the U.S. Air Force. John and...
Nancy Moore
Aug 17, 2007
Nancy Shine Moore, adored wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt and friend, passed away on Aug. 17, 2007, after a rapid illness. Nancy was born Feb. 19, 1948, in Oklahoma City. Her family moved to Fort Collins in 1960. She attended Lesher Junior High and graduated in the Class of 1966, from Fort Collins High School, where she was a cheerleader...
Keegan William Rice
Aug 17, 2007
Keegan William Rice, 22 days old, left his loving family on Aug. 17, 2007, at Poudre Valley Hospital. Although here for a very short time, Keegan touched many lives, taught us many lessons and blessed us with his beautiful, big and expressive eyes. Words can not express how much he will be missed. Keegan is survived by his loving parents,...
Glenn Avery
Aug 16, 2007
Glenn S. Avery, 88, of Masonville died Aug. 16, 2007, at a Fort Collins nursing home. Mr. Avery was born Sept. 14, 1918, in Stockdale, Texas, to Sam C. Avery and Cecelia Hardcastle Avery. For 37 years, Glenn was a civil service employee at Kelly Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, retiring in 1972 and moved to Colorado to...
Mary Weiss
Aug 13, 2007
Mary Weiss joined her husband, Karl, in eternal life on Aug. 13, 2007, at Columbine Care Center East after a lengthy illness. Mary was born to Marion and Olive Shetenhelm Corey on Oct. 6, 1924, in Vermontville, Mich. Mary married Karl G. Weiss on May 23, 1948. He preceded her in death on April 27, 1993. Mary and Karl had...
Kevin Mcguire
Aug 10, 2007
Kevin Lucas McGuire, 44, of Fort Collins, died Aug. 10, 2007, at Medical Center of the Rockies following a traumatic motorcycle accident. Kevin was born March 6, 1963, in Los Angeles to Richard McGuire and Joyce Colvett Chase of Modesto, Calif. He served six years in the U.S. Navy as a submariner. He married Tracy D. Parkhurst McGuire on Aug....
Alvin Cordova
Aug 6, 2007
Alvin Cordova passed away Aug. 6, 2007, surrounded by his family. Born in Cheyenne, Wyo., on Oct. 28, 1943, to Philip and Rosie Cordova, he resided in Fort Collins most of his life. He attended school in Fort Collins and worked for Dreher Foods and Holman Cement Plant. He married Virginia Aragon and they had four sons, they later divorced....
Joseph "Joey" Martell
Aug 5, 2007
Joseph "Joey" Michael Martell, 19, of Fort Collins died Aug. 5, 2007. Joey was born Jan. 20, 1988, in Denver, to Michael "Mick" Martell and Laurie A. Martell. He and his family moved 13 years ago to Fort Collins from Aurora. Joey attended Fort Collins High School. He was a construction laborer who enjoyed football, baseball and fishing. Survivors include...
Wynette Stephenson
Aug 4, 2007
Wynette K. Stephenson, 70, died Sat., Aug. 4, 2007, at Medical Center of the Rockies. A celebration of her life will be at 2 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 10 at Bohlender Funeral Chapel. Pastor Michael Lipe will officiate. Wynette Stephenson was born Oct. 5, 1936, in Denver to Rachel Miller Vogel and Daniel Vogel. She was raised in Denver and...
Betty Lee
Aug 4, 2007
Betty Jean Lee, 86, of 246 Mt. Meeker Drive, died on August 4, 2007 in Loveland Colorado. She was born on December 4, 1920, in West Milford, West Virginia, a daughter of the late William James and Minnie Martin Lee. Ms. Lee was a 1941 graduate of the West Virginia University and earned a Bachelor of Science in Journalism. She...
Rosie Cordova
Aug 4, 2007
Rosie Cordova fell asleep in our Lord's arms at home Aug. 4, 2007, surrounded by her family. Born in Cerro, N. M., on July 26, 1921, to Joseph and Ruth Cordova, she resided in Fort Collins most of her life. She was the eldest of 10 and attended school in Fort Collins through the sixth grade. In 1941, after helping...
Albert Craft
Aug 4, 2007
Albert Richard Craft died Aug. 4 at Poudre Valley Hospital. He had been ill for several years. Born Jan 23, 1934, to Marie and Torrance Craft. Attended schools in Wellington and Fort Collins. Married Ruth Juanita Masters on Oct. 30, 1955, in Fort Collins. Growing up he worked on the family farm and later he worked for Ghent Motors and...
Lillian Foster
Aug 1, 2007
Lillian Rupp Welch Foster April 3, 1925 - Aug 1, 2007 Lillian Rupp Welch Foster. Our beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother passed away peacefully Aug. 1, 2007, after a brief illness. She is survived by one son, Jim Welch of Superior, Mont.; two daughters, Lois Arnolfo of Fort Collins and Kathy Polly Jim of Phoenix, Ariz; three grandsons, Zach and...
Cloyd Garwood
Jul 28, 2007
Cloyd Garwood, age 102, passed away peacefully July 28th in Fort Collins, Colorado. Mr. Garwood was born October 20, 1904 in Provo, South Dakota to William and Rachel Garwood. He grew up in northern Wyoming and was a 1922 graduate of Sheridan High School in Sheridan, Wyoming. Following graduation he attended Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois where he received a...
Raymond Wallen
Jul 24, 2007
Raymond James Wallen, 86, of Fort Collins,passed away on July 24, 2007. He was born on Feb. 10, 1921, in Independence, Kan., toHarry R. and Eva Ethel Adams Wallen. At the age of 2 or 3, he was already riding his father's ponies. He was Roman racing and jumpingstanding on as many as three horses as young as 15 years...
James Groves
Jul 24, 2007
James Hampton Groves, 86, of Fort Collins left his family for a better place July 24 at Larimer County Hospice at McKee Medical Center in Loveland. Jim was born in Shelbyville, Ind., and graduated from Arsenal Technical High School in Indianapolis. Jim loved flying and became a licensed pilot by the time he was 16. Jim enlisted in the Army...
Mildred Hanna
Jul 20, 2007
Mildred "Millie" Owens Hanna, 97, passed away, July 20, 2007, after a short illness. Millie was born, July 28, 1909, in Perry, Okla. to Charles and Mary Roberts. She moved to Fort Collins in 1912. She married Harold Owens on Feb. 1, 1928. Harold died in 1964. She married Ralph A. Hanna on April 7, 1972. Ralph died in 1986....
John Rush
Jul 19, 2007
John Marvin Rush of Fort Collins, formerly of Wamego, Kan., died July 19, 2007, at the age of 73, at Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins. Marvin was the loving husband of Judy Duncan Rush for 46 years and the caring and devoted father to JaNiece Rush-Frank of Maplewood, N.J., Mike Rush of Fort Collins, and Jennifer Rush, of Topeka,...
James Snider
Jul 18, 2007
James started out quiet and a little shy. He developed friendships that were strong and long lasting. James LeRoy Snider was born Jan. 16, 1987, in Fort Collins. He passed away July 18, 2007, from injuries in a car accident. Throughout his brief life, he enjoyed basketball, camping, cooking and swimming, but his greatest love was fishing. His dad's fondest...
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