Ruth Blue
Oct 31, 2006
On Oct. 27, 2006, our mother, grandmother and great-grandmother went to Our Heavenly Father's home. She leaves behind many wonderful memories of family and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, Darrell Blue. Ruth and Darrell were both active members in the Fort Collins Chapter #412-Moose Lodge. Ruth was enrolled into the Women's Moose Chapter in September 1978....
Esther Clark
Oct 25, 2006
Esther Blake Clark was born in Baltimore, Md., on Sept. 16, 1909, the daughter of James M. and Esther M. Blake. She graduated from the Roberts-Beech School in Catonsville, Md., and attended Connecticut College for Women in New London, Conn. During World War II, Mrs. Clark resided in Springfield, Mass. She was a civilian employee of the U.S. Army during...
Margaret Tapp
Oct 24, 2006
Margaret Mary Hobyan Tapp died peacefully at home, surrounded by her family, on Oct. 24, 2006. She had been residing in Fort Collins with her devoted husband of 61 years, James B. Tapp, USAF Ret. Margaret was born in Eveleth, Minn., to John and Francis Hobyan on Nov. 29, 1921. After graduating from Eveleth High School, she attended Kahler School...
Walter Winter
Oct 22, 2006
Walter J. Winter "Wally", 75, of Fort Collins, died at home on Sunday, Oct. 22, 2006. He was born March 3, 1931, in Fort Collins to Gerhard and Elsie Maves Winter. He attended Fort Collins High School and served in the U.S. Navy Reserve. On Aug. 12, 1951, he was united in marriage to Marjorie A. Camerzell in Fort Collins....
Ben Hajek
Oct 14, 2006
Bernard Ben Franklin Hajek, 77, passed away Saturday, Oct. 14, 2006 at home. Cremation is planned and only Veterans Memorial Honor Services will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, in front of his home at 4006 Harrison, Wellington, Colo., with military Honors, American Legion George Beach Post #4, Fort Collins All Veterans Honor Guard. Ben has been a resident...
Kali Palmier
Oct 14, 2006
My name is Kali Mahrea Palmier, and I was born June 9, 2006. I fought hard to live but lost the fight on Oct. 14, 2006. My family I will watch over from heaven above. My mother Candi Peters. My father Ted Palmier. My big sister Kelsey Palmier. My two big brothers, Teddy and Tevin Palmier, and my twin sister,...
Eileen Boxberger
Oct 5, 2006
Eileen L. Boxberger passed away Oct. 5, 2006 after a short hospital stay. Eileen is a true native of Fort Collins. She was born on Jan. 24, 1931, in Fort Collins to John G. and Esther Yost Yeager. She graduated from Fort Collins High School in June 1949 and spent 26 years working at Colorado State University. In July 1949,...
Vern Blehm
Oct 4, 2006
Vern Lee Blehm, 60, passed away the morning of Oct. 4, 2006. Vern was at home with Hospice care, surrounded by loving family and in sight of his old friends Farmall, International and John Deere. Vern lived his entire life in Fort Collins and was blessed to spend the last few days of his life on this land that he...
Nelda Griffith
Oct 2, 2006
On October 2, 2006, the wonderful spirit of Nelda LoRae Griffith, 86 years young, was taken by her Lord as a result of complications from a broken hip and a massive stroke. Nelda was born on January 6, 1920, in Hill City, Kansas, to Lester Ray Worcester and Octa May Worcester, and was the 13th of their 13 children. Upon...
Patty Grant
Oct 1, 2006
A person cannot properly be discussed without placing them in the context of their history, past and present. Patricia Patty Grant passed away Sunday, Oct. 1, 2006, from injuries suffered in an automobile accident. Patricia savored a very private life with her husband and family. She gathered friends like a magnet and kept them faithfully through her life. She anticipated...
Gale Downing
Oct 1, 2006
Gale Downing, 73, of Fort Collins, died Oct. 1, 2006, at Poudre Valley Hospital. Service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Timberline Church. Survivors include wife, Iona; sons, Danny, Joseph, Jerry and Yale; daughters, Shannon and Michele; five brothers; two sisters; 18 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by son, Edward.
Robert Mcmillan
Oct 1, 2006
Robert E. McMillan, 54, died Oct. 1, 2006, after a long, courageous battle with cancer. Bob was preceded in death by his father, Ralph; grandparents, Ralph and Jessie McMillan, and Leland and Faye Hartzell. He is survived by his loving wife, Brenda; stepdaughter, Samantha, and her two children, all of Fort Collins; his mother, Merry June Neely of Cheyenne, sisters,...
Francis Kintzley
Sep 23, 2006
Francis Gregory Kintzley, 91, of Fort Collins, died Sept. 23, 2006, at his residence. Mr. Kintzley was born May 5, 1915, in Ames, Iowa, to William P. Kintzley and Susan Kelly Kintzley. His family moved in 1926 to Fort Collins from South Dakota. Francis attended St. Joseph School and was a student in the school's first year. He was a...
Roger Brickman
Sep 20, 2006
Roger L. Brickman of Fort Collins passed away quietly at his home with family and friends with him after a lengthy and courageous battle with a brain tumor on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2006. Roger was born Aug. 6, 1966, in Denver to Donald R. and Marjory Moody Brickman. He grew up in Longmont and graduated from Longmont High School &...
Frances Chris Switzer
Sep 20, 2006
Frances Chris Vivian Switzer, 94, of Fort Collins and Lake Metigoshe, died Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2006. Frances V. Christianson was born July 11, 1912, in Minot, N.D., to Ellen Marie and Christian Marion Christianson. She was raised on a farm her parents homesteaded south of Minot, and later moved to Minot, where she would graduate from Minot High School and...
Edwin Art Burrill
Sep 19, 2006
Edwin Arthur "Art" Burrill, 89, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2006, after a short illness. Art was born June 22, 1917, in Fort Collins to Ruth Collamer Burrill and Frank Burrill, attending schools in Fort Collins throughout his young years. He graduated from Fort Collins High School in 1935. He attended Colorado Agricultural College, which...
Dorothy Uhrich
Sep 17, 2006
Dorothy E. Uhrich, 81, of Fort Collins, died Sept. 17, 2006, at a local nursing home. Mrs. Uhrich was born Oct. 24, 1924, in Berthoud, to John Sterkel and Katherine Wilt Sterkel. Dorothy married Herman H. Uhrich on March 2, 1947, in Loveland. She lived in Fort Collins for 60 years. She worked hard her whole life at Teledyne Water...
Rudy Maes
Sep 14, 2006
Rudolpho Rudy A. Maes passed away Sept. 14, 2006 at Poudre Valley Hospital, Fort Collins. He was born March 29, 1933 to Jose Louis and Maria Carmela Romero Maes in Aguilar. He was in the armed forces with the 81st artillery and the 110th Signal Corps. He was a longtime member of Holy Family Church, the Knights of Columbus, the...
