Jane Kochenburger
Mar 21, 2007
Jane J. Kochenburger of Fort Collins passed away peacefully on March 21, 2007, in Fort Collins. She was born on the family farm a few miles south of Mott, N.D., on Feb. 2, 1931. Her father was Henry Mehrer and her mother was Amelia Wiege Mehrer. Jane attended the Mott public schools until her senior year in high school when...
Roy Hofferber
Mar 20, 2007
Roy Hofferber passed away peacefully March 20, 2007, at Poudre Valley Hospital. Roy was born Feb. 11, 1922, in Loveland to Carl and Anna Hofferber. He graduated from Wellington High School in 1941 and spent the following year in Denver working for Remington Arms. Soon after, he enlisted in the Navy on Dec. 7, 1942, one year after Pearl Harbor....
Harvey Betz
Mar 20, 2007
Harvey H. Betz, 80, of Fort Collins, died at his home March 20, 2007. Harvey was born July 17, 1926, in Ault. Private graveside service will be held at Fort Logan National Cemetery. He was a World War II Navy veteran.
Jerry Sik-Vung Ting, Ph.D.
Mar 20, 2007
Jerry Sik-Vung Ting, Ph.D. was born in Shanghai, China, in 1918, the son of a prominent Chinese physician. At the age of 19, he came to the United States to attend Emmanuel Missionary College. He attended Michigan State Agricultural College, now Michigan State University, and Ohio State University, where he completed his masters degree in horticulture and began a Ph.D....
Lucille Gaston
Mar 19, 2007
Lucille Vivian Gaston, 89, of Fort Collins, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, March 19, 2007. Her service will be held at 2:30 p.m. Friday at Summitview West Church, 1601 West Drake Road. A celebration of life will follow at 5 p.m. in the Fellowship Room. Lucille was born Dec. 14, 1917, to James E. Duncan...
John Rivera, Sr
Mar 16, 2007
John G. Rivera Sr., 62, of Fort Collins, died March 16, 2007, at Oakley, Kan. John was born Jan. 15, 1945, in Saginaw, Mich., to Thomas G. Rivera Sr. and Maria Reyes Rivera. He married Octaviana "Toby'' Leal on March 15, 1965, in Saginaw. John was a carpenter. He devoted his time to helping others. He touched many hearts in...
Russell Keys
Mar 16, 2007
Russell Worth Keys, 59, resident of Red Feather Lakes, departed this life on Friday, March 16, 2007. Family and friends will meet at 11:45 a.m. today for a noon service with full military honors, at Fort Logan Cemetery, Platform A. In addition, all are welcome to celebrate Russell's life at his home 76 Piney Knolls Drive in Red Feather Lakes...
Betty Allen
Mar 16, 2007
Betty J. Allen went to be with the Lord on March 16, 2007. She had been at Columbine Care Center West under hospice care. Betty was born Aug. 28, 1921, in Wichita, Kan., to Carroll and Beatrice Brown. She attended Friends University. On June 14, 1946, she married David R. Allen. While in Wichita, she was employed at Wichita Guidance...
Mary Glessner
Mar 16, 2007
Mary Rose Glessner, 81, of Fort Collins, died March 16, 2007, at her residence. Mrs. Glessner was born Jan. 21, 1926, in Chicago, Ill., to Albert Weber and Frances Marshwick Weber. She was a legal secretary for a law firm in Chicago. She moved in April of 1999 to Fort Collins from Chicago. Mary was a member of St. Elizabeth...
Donald Denby
Mar 15, 2007
Donald William Denby was born near Fallon, Mont., to Vida and Alden Denby. At the age of 16, he joined the CCC in Thompson Falls, Mont. He enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1939. He met Mary Frances Blank and they were married April 29, 1943. The war years took him overseas in 1944 with the 91st Troop...
William "Bill" Lindgren
Mar 15, 2007
William Bill Lindgren was born Feb. 27, 1927, in Wadena, Minn. The family moved to Henning in 1928 and settled in Minneapolis in 1933. He graduated from Washburn H.S. in 1944. At age 5, while passing a public library, he asked his father if he could become a librarian. His father agreed. Bill received his B.S. in history in 1947...
Martha Mary Thornton
Mar 13, 2007
Martha Mary Thornton passed away peacefully March 13, 2007, at 6:45 p.m. She was born Sept. 5, 1916, in Kansas City, Kan., to Clyde and Mena Osborne. She attended school in Decatur, Ill. Later she moved to Springfield, Ill., where she worked at Sangano Electric as a lathe operator for the World War II war effort. On Jan. 25, 1940,...
Clarence "Bud" Goetz
Mar 13, 2007
Clarence Otto Budd Goetz, 85, of Loveland, is together again with his wife, Regina, as of Tuesday, March 13, 2007. Budd was born to Otto and Mary Goetz on May 7, 1921, in Rochester, N.Y. He married Regina Bernice Benka on Feb. 16, 1946, in Rochester. Budd served with the United States Merchant Marines during World War II and retired...
Gregory Wheeler
Mar 11, 2007
Gregory Kent Wheeler, 52, entered into eternal rest Sunday, March 11, 200,7 after a brief illness in Las Vegas. Gregory was born April 14, 1954, in Columbus, Ohio. He is survived by his daughter, Kendall Wheeler of Las Vegas; parents, Robert and Dorothy Wheeler; sister, Janet Flower; and nephew, Casey Flower, all of Fort Collins; brother and sister-in-law, Bob and...
Kermit Wells
Mar 5, 2007
Kermit V. Wells, age 77, passed away peacefully at home March 5, surrounded by his family. Surviving are his wife of 56 years, Pat; his son, Dr. Gordan Wells Suzy; his daughter, Gwen Forbes Gerald; five grandchildren, Douglas Heisel Lori; Dr. Arica Abrames Dan, Matthew Wells, Stephanie, Kaitlin Heisel and Aubrey Wells, and two great-grandchildren, Wesley Wells and Paige Abrames....
Philip Myers
Mar 5, 2007
Philip F. Myers of Fort Collins died Sunday, March 5, 2007. He was born in Springfield, Mass., on Feb. 16, 1915, to Florence Walberg and Rene Myers. A member of Phi Beta Kappa, Phil graduated magna cum laude from Brown University in 1938. In 1943, he met and married Jean Wetmore. After WWII broke out he attended a 14-month intensive...
Penny Johnson
Mar 4, 2007
Penny A. Johnson, 79, of Fort Collins, died March 4, 2007, at Poudre Valley Hospital. Mrs. Johnson was born Dec. 8, 1927, in Osage, Kan., to Harry Lindholm and Helen Groves Lindholm. Penny married Robert F. "Bob" Johnson on Nov. 30, 1946, in Denver. They were married 59 years. She lived 57 years in Fort Collins after moving from Littleton....
Eldon Jensen
Mar 3, 2007
Eldon F. Jensen was born near Lyons, Neb. He died in Fort Collins, March 3, 2007, at age 89. Eldon and his wife Elna moved to Fort Collins with their daughter, Vi, in 1955. He was known by everyone as The Bike Man, after retiring from CSU in 1987. He referred to his hobby of fixing bikes as his "mission"...
Richard "Dick" Herbert
Mar 3, 2007
Richard D. Herbert Dick of Fort Collins formerly of Longmont died at home Saturday, March 3, 2007, with his family by his side. Dick was born Jan. 10, 1936, in Marshalltown, Iowa, to Clara and Clifford Herbert. He graduated from Marshalltown High School and attended Marshalltown Junior College. He worked as a youth director at the YMCA in Marshalltown, where...
Fred Sansouci
Mar 3, 2007
Fred L. Sansouci, 89, passed away Feb. 27, 2007, at Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins, as his grandson was telling him goodbye. Fred was born June 5, 1917, to Homer Sansouci and Emma Owens Sansouci in Mountain View, Mo. He married Nellie Wallace Osler in June 1939 and they headed west in the early '40s. Fred worked on a...
