William Prangen
May 21, 2007
William Bill Prangen, 87, of Fort Collins, died Monday, May 21, 2007, at the Hospice Care Center in Loveland. Bohlender Funeral Chapel is handling arrangements. Per Bill's wishes, cremation has taken place and there will be no services. William Prangen was born Feb. 23, 1920, in Rochester, Minn., to Avery and Alice Prangen. He was a doctor of ophthalmology and...
Louise Doughty
May 20, 2007
Violet Louise Doughty, 82, of Greeley, died May 20, 2007, at her residence. Mrs. Doughty was born July 28, 1924, in Ault to William Henry Glidewell and Anna Elizabeth Green Glidewell. Louise married Walter Vernon Doughty on Dec. 24, 1944, in Fort Collins. They farmed west of Ault and moved to Fort Collins in 1968. In the year 2000 she...
Irene Polnau
May 20, 2007
Irene Emily Polnau, 96, passed away Sunday, May 20, 2007. Irene was born in the Sisseton, S.D., area on Dec. 31, 1910, to Anna and Peter Polnau. Her baptism and confirmation were in Immanuel Lutheran Church. As a young girl, Irene went to country school for eight years. Then she attended Sisseton High School and graduated as Valedictorian. After two...
Mary Ramirez
May 20, 2007
Mary B. Ramirez, 93, of Fort Collins, died May 20, 2007, at Longmont United Hospital, Longmont. Mrs. Ramirez was born March 6, 1914, in Walsenberg, to Eliseo "Levi" Belo and Gertrudes Pacheco Belo. She attended local area schools. Mary married Florencio Ramirez in October 1932 in Fort Collins. She lived 92 years in Fort Collins. She enjoyed arts and crafts,...
Lenard Hickman
May 18, 2007
Lenard James Hickman passed away May 18, 2007. A funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Bohlender Funeral Chapel. Interment with Military Honors by the FortCollins All Veterans Honor Guard will follow at Grandview Cemetery. Those who desire may view Mr. Hickman from noon to 4 p.m. Monday at Bohlender Funeral Chapel. Lenard James Hickman was born in...
Mary Rawley
May 17, 2007
Memorial services for Mary Rawley, 83, of Loveland, will be at 2:30 p.m. today at First United Methodist Church, 533 Grant, Loveland. Survivors: son, Jerry Rawley, Loveland; brother, Charles Pinckney; five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren. Contributions to charity of choice c/o Bohlender Funeral Chapel.
Sarah Hicks
May 14, 2007
Joined her eternal family on May 14, 2007, at the age of 91. She was born in Wellington on Feb. 4, 1916, to James Silbert "Seeb" Hagans and Luciena Mae Rogers. As did many of the children of her era, she worked with her family in the beet fields, helped her father with the harvest of his truck garden and...
Delphine White
May 12, 2007
Delphine Mae White, 75, of Bellvue, died May 12, 2007, at Poudre Valley Hospital. Mrs. White was born July 10, 1931, in Ault to Arlie Cooper and Ruth Hamilton Cooper. She lived most of her life in the Fort Collins area. Delphine married William H. White Jr. in 1949 in Cheyenne, Wyo. Delphine was a restaruant cook and homemaker who...
Benjamin Sanchez
May 11, 2007
Benjamin F. Sanchez, 82, of Fort Collins, died May 11, 2007, at the Hospice Unit at McKee Medical Center in Loveland. Mr. Sanchez was born July 24, 1924, in Espanola, N.M., to Frank Sanchez and Mary Gallegos Sanchez. Ben married Beatrice M. Guerrero on Oct. 27, 1972, in Fort Collins. He lived most of his life in Fort Collins. Ben...
Kenneth Robbins
May 11, 2007
Kenneth L. Robbins, beloved husband, father and grandfather, age 67, passed away peacefully May 11, 2007, surrounded by his loving family. He is survived by his wife, Nancy, of 48 years; sons, Douglas, Michael and Gregory; and daughter, Susanne; their wives, Kelley, Allyson and Teri; and grandchildren, Tyler, Shaun, Trace, Alexis and Kyle. Ken was born in Denver. He was...
Rose Chavez
May 11, 2007
Rose Mary Chavez, 73, of Johnstown, died May 11, 2007 in the Hospice Unit at McKee Medical Center, Loveland. Mrs. Chavez was born March 24, 1934 in Denver to Ezekiel Sandoval and Augustina Roybal Sandoval. She lived in Fort Collins since 16 years of age and lived the past year in Johnstown. Rose married Roy Chavez in Fort Collins. She...
Goldie Burk
May 9, 2007
Goldie H. Burk, 95, of Wellington, died May 9, 2007, at Wellington Assisted Living. Mrs. Burk was born March 10, 1912, in Flora, Ind., to Henry Franklin Taulman and Blanche Miller Burk. Goldie married William F. Burk on Feb. 19, 1927, in Lamar. They lived and farmed in the Lamar area until 1941 when they moved to and farmed in...
Randy Stegner
May 6, 2007
Randy Stegner, 44, of Fort Collins went home to be with his Lord and savior on May 6, 2007. Randy was born in Fort Collins on March 2, 1963. He grew up on a dairy farm north of town and graduated from Poudre High School in 1981. He then attended Aims Community College in Greeley. However, anyone who knew Randy...
Helen Haden
May 6, 2007
Helen Louise Haden, age 90, passed away at Poudre Valley Hospital on May 6, 2007. She was born in Sedgwick on March 27, 1917, to Anna and Fred Johnson. She attended high school in Ovid and after graduation attended Marinello Beauty College in Denver. She married Bon Ira Biggs in 1938 in Denver and had two daughters. After 12 years...
Stanley Brines
May 6, 2007
Born May 1, 1926, died May 6, 2007 He was born in Boulder on May 1, 1926, to Everett and Daisy Irene Brines. Stan grew up at the Power Plant in Boulder Canyon. Those were wonderful, carefree, happy days growing up in the canyon with his five brothers and sisters, Dale, June Renfro, Bill, Dorothy Smith, and Tom. Stan was...
Kenneth Coffman
May 6, 2007
Kenneth W. Coffman entered into rest on May 6, 2001, surrounded by his loving family at Hospice Care Center in Loveland. Ken was born March 18, 1925, in Yellow Springs, Ohio, to J. Millard and Margaret McCarty Coffman. He was raised on a farm in Xenia, Ohio. He graduated from Xenia Central High School in 1943, and entered the Army...
Ernest Affa
May 3, 2007
Ernest M. Affa, 63, of Fort Collins, passed away May 3, 2007, surrounded by his loving family. Ernest was born in Allentown, Pa., to Ernest Pete Affa and Catherine Lisowski. Ernest is survived by his wife of 40 years, Bonnie Affa; his brother, Rosario Affa; his son, Dean Affa, daughter-in-law Megan and daughters Madison and Abigail; his daughter, Coriann Batz,...
Harold Stroh
May 3, 2007
Harold Stroh was born in Lincoln, Neb., to Henry Z. Stroh and Barbara Hersch Stroh. At one year of age his family moved to Loveland, then in 1922 they moved to the Fort Collins area. He was a farmer and cattle feeder. ADVERTISEMENT He married Pearl Louise Hunter on July 3, 1937. She died June 17, 2005. They farmed together...
Mathew "Ski" Gulakowski
Apr 30, 2007
Mathew Edward "Ski" Gulakowski, born Jan. 8, 1972, Fort Collins. Raised in Littleton. Graduated Littleton High School, 1990; CSU, 1995 with a degree in business. Died April 30, 2007. There is no one word that describes Mathew and how he lived his life. A few thoughts are: Son / Brother / Husband / Grandson / Generous / Thoughtful / Loyal...
Verdie Lohse
Apr 29, 2007
Verdie L. Lohse, 99, of Fort Collins, died at a local nursing home. He was born April 12, 1908, in Lovelock, Neb. Survivors are a daughter and her husband, Jean and Larry Helburg. Private family memorial service will be held.
