David Wortman
Feb 26, 2006
David Edward Wortman, 75, of Greeley, formerly of Fort Collins, died Feb. 26, 2006, at North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. Mr. Wortman was born Jan. 14, 1931, in Loveland to Herman Wortman and Florence Reeves Wortman. David entered the Army in 1951. He then entered the Air Force and retired in 1972, serving in Korea and Vietnam, earning the...
Charles "Mac" Mcphaul
Feb 22, 2006
Charles Wilson "Mac" McPhaul, beloved husband, father, son, brother, uncle, cousin, friend and neighbor, 39, of Bellvue, went home to the Lord on Feb. 22, 2006. Mac was born April 10, 1966, in Pueblo to J. Evander and Jene Sanford McPhaul. He attended Cache La Poudre High School and received his Certificate as a Master Welder from Larimer County Vo-Tech....
John Scovie
Feb 19, 2006
John Scovie, 86, of Fort Collins, passed away on Feb. 19, 2006. John was born to John and Elizabeth Scovie on June 2, 1919, in Chicago. He had two sisters, Lucille Summers and Dorothy Nielsen, and a brother, Robert Scovie. He lived and attended school on the south side of Chicago, graduated from Bowen High School in 1938 and attended...
Anthony "Tony" Babb
Feb 17, 2006
Anthony "Tony" V. Babb, 58, of Wellington, died Feb. 17, 2006, at his home. A family gathering will be held at a later date. Tony was born July 7, 1947, in New York City to Victor Lee Babb and Mary Cristoplos Babb. He lived in Fort Collins for 26 years before moving to Wellington. Tony expressed his love of art...
Harlan Radtke
Feb 6, 2006
Harlan C. Radtke, 83, of Fort Collins, died February 6, 2006 after a short illness. Mr. Radtke was born Nov. 26, 1922, in Springfield, Minn., to Edward and Sophia Radtke. He fought in World War II in the Pacific with the marines. With an interest in art and cartooning he became owner and editor of a small town newspaper in...
Ralph Weiland
Feb 6, 2006
Ralph Weiland passed away peacefully at home on Feb. 6, 2006. A celebration of his life will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Bohlender Funeral Chapel, 121 W. Olive St. Cremation has taken place; interment will be at a later date. Ralph Jacob Weiland was born at home to Ted and Mary Weiland on Nov. 21, 1921, in Kenosha County...
Dale Van Horn
Feb 4, 2006
Dale Raymond Van Horn, 79, of Fort Collins, passed away Saturday, Feb. 4, 2006. He was born March 27, 1926, in Allison, Iowa, to Dick and Marie Van Horn. He was born and raised on a farm and joined the U.S. Navy during World War II. He married the "love of his life," Betty Jean Cowell, on May 29, 1947,...
Cecil Elkins
Feb 1, 2006
Cecil Elkins, 76, of Quanan, Texas, died Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2006. Visitation will be from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Monday at Bohlender Funeral Chapel. Survivors include daughter Janeen; sons, Dauane, Darwin, Dwight and Duran; and six grandchildren.
Jim Whitver
Feb 1, 2006
Our loving dad, brother and grandpa went home to be with the Lord on Feb. 1, 2006. He died of natural causes while at McKee Hospital Hospice Center in Loveland. Jim, as known to family and friends, was born Dec. 17, 1916, in Amboy, Ill., to Joseph Edgar Whitver and Ida Mary Dishong Whitver. Jim graduated from Amboy Township High...
Patricia Wilkins-Wells
Jan 31, 2006
Patricia Wilkins-Wells, of Fort Collins, passed away recently. She was the loving wife of John Wilkins-Wells and mother of Katie Wilkins-Wells. Patricia was born in Denver, Colorado on February 28, 1947, and graduated from Fort Collins High School. She is survived by her brother Scott Wells of Cheyenne, Wyoming, and her sister Judy Guber and brother-in-law Michael Guber of Greeley,...
George "Bud" Bateman
Jan 26, 2006
George "Bud" Bateman, 91, passed away Jan. 26, 2006, at home. Bud was born and raised in Indiana as were his father and grandfather before him. He graduated from DePauw University where he lettered three years each in baseball, tennis and basketball. He had a long career as a high school math teacher and basketball coach and was inducted into...
Richard "Dick" Besta
Jan 25, 2006
Richard "Dick" Besta, of Red Feather Lakes, passed away peacefully on Jan. 25, 2006. He was 86 years old. Dick was born on Dec. 19, 1919, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Louis and Stella Besta. After graduating from high school he attended Coe College of Cedar Rapids where he earned his bachelor's degree in business. During his college years, he...
Arleeta Keller
Jan 23, 2006
Arleeta M. Keller, 91, of Fort Collins, died Jan. 23, 2006, at a local nursing home. She was born Jan. 9, 1915, in Arnold, Neb. Funeral at Valentine, Neb., and interment at Purdum, Neb. Survivors include Phillip Keller and Pat Maynes of Fort Collins.
Florence Dyekman
Jan 22, 2006
Florence L. Hess Dyekman, 101, passed away Jan. 22, 2006, at the Blue Grouse Nursing Home. She was born May 7, 1904, in York, Pa., to Frank and Treava Lantz Hess. When she was 4 years old, the family moved to a homestead at Buckeye. She attended a box lunch social where her future husband, Elmer C. Dyekman, born in...
Robert "Bob" Kenney
Jan 22, 2006
Bob Kenney, 78, of Fort Collins, died peacefully at home on Jan. 22, 2006. Robert "Bob" Kenney was born Aug. 9, 1927 to Mr. and Mrs. William Ethel Kenney in McCook, Neb. Mr. Kenney attended both public and Catholic schools in McCook and Hastings, Neb., after which he joined the Navy to fight in World War II, where he was...
Kenneth Betchel
Jan 18, 2006
Kenneth L. Betchel, 64, of Fort Collins, died Jan. 18, 2006, at Poudre Valley Hospital. Mr. Betchel was born June 4, 1941, in Fort Collins, to E.H. Betchel and Betty Douglass Betchel. He was raised and graduated from high school in Cheyenne, Wyo. Ken was a retired Coast Guard, 3rd Class Chief Warrant Officer for 22 years, serving in Vietnam,...
Lola Summers
Jan 17, 2006
Lola Irene Summers, 81 beloved wife of 65 years to Cecil Summers, died on Jan. 17, 2006, at Blue Grouse Nursing home in Fort Collins after a long battle with Alzheimer's. Born in Lamar on Nov. 24, 1924, she was the daughter of Frank and Edna Clark. She graduated from Eads High School in Eads. She married Cecil Summers on...
Santana Moore
Jan 16, 2006
Santana Moore, 76, passed away peacefully early the morning of Jan. 16, 2006, after suffering her second stroke in several weeks. Santana, daughter of Lee and Eva Martinez, was born July 10, 1929, in Greeley. A member of Holy Family Parish, she lived all of her life in Fort Collins, Colo. A graduate of Fort Collins High School, she married...
Howard "Butch" Roe
Jan 15, 2006
Howard Butch W. Roe, 60, of Nunn and formerly of Aurora, died Sunday, Jan. 15, 2006. Beloved husband of Virginia Gina Castelluccio Roe; much loved father of daughters, Jolene Blazer and Gia-Lorraine Roe; cherished grandfather of John Wesley and Hayden Micheal Blazer; brother of Janice Spease, Shirley Donovan, Irene Matejka and Ernest and William Roe; and uncle to numerous nephews...
Helen Kennedy
Jan 11, 2006
Helen Charlotte Kennedy, 85, of Fort Collins, went to be with the Lord on Jan. 11, 2006, the result of a heart attack at her residence at Oakbrook Retirement Center. BR She was born March 23, 1920, in Charleston, N.C., to Charles Ballou and Helen Valentine Ballou. She graduated from Florida Sate College in Tallahassee, Fla. She married Roy P....
