Ruth Morris Leinhart
Mar 24, 2020
Ruth Morris Leinhart passed from life on this Earth on the evening of March 24, 2020, after a gradual decline in health. Ruth was born in Paterson, New Jersey, on January 20, 1919. She was the last survivor of 13 children. In her younger years, life was happily filled with family, trips to the Jersey shore, cooking, and tap dancing....
Joan M. Pease
Mar 22, 2020
Mrs. Joan (Vogel) Pease, 90, of Fort Collins, Colo., passed away early Sunday, March 22, 2020 at Columbine West in Fort Collins. A Private Mass of a Christian Burial will be held at St. John XXIII Catholic Church in Fort Collins. Grave-side service and interment will be in Washington, Iowa at Elm Grove Cemetery, April 6, 2020. In lieu of...
Kevin Wesley Pinon
Mar 21, 2020
Kevin Wesley Pinon, of Fort Collins, CO, 11-2-69 BirthDate, went to his heavenly home on 21 March 2020 due to a massive heart attack at his earthly home. He was 50 years of age. He is the beloved son of Melba Pinon and loved brother to Michael Pinon. He was a most caring and loving son and brother. We look...
Robert Thomas Zakely
Mar 20, 2020
It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved husband, father, brother and friend Bob. He passed away as a result of a heart attack suffered at his home in Fort Collins on Friday, March 20th, 2020. He was 75. Bob was born on September 22nd, 1944 at Fort Bragg, NC just three days before his...
Doris Irene Specht
Mar 17, 2020
Doris Irene Specht, age 94, of Fort Collins, CO passed away peacefully Tuesday morning, March 17, 2020. She was born on a farm in Nebraska, on July 2, 1925, and had four brothers and sisters of Louis and Ida Richardson, who predeceased her. Doris met her future husband, Victor at a USO dance in California. After Victor returned from WWII,...
Earl R. Bernard
Mar 12, 2020
Earl "Butch" Raymond Bernard 75 of Wellington passed away March 12, 2020 at his home surrounded by his wife, son, sister, and 3 faithful dogs. Butch was born May 22, 1944 in Hawthorne, NV to Earl and Kathryn Bernard. The family lived up in Cherokee Park when Butch contracted polio in 1948. He was paralyzed from the chest down. He...
Lucille Ruth Takes
Mar 12, 2020
LUCILLE RUTH TAKES 1927-2020 Lucille Takes passed away peacefully in her sleep on March 12, 2020 at Spring Creek Health Facility. Lucille was born in Michigan where she attended Michigan State University to pursue a career in teaching Physical Education and English. She met her lifetime partner while working for the summer in Estes Park, CO. After they were married...
Iris Ileene Hughes
Mar 9, 2020
Iris Ilene Hughes, 89, passed away on Monday, March 9, 2020 in Greeley, Colorado. Iris was born on the family farm in La Salle, Colorado on October 13, 1930 to Jacob John Bohlender and Martha Gaede Bohlender. She married Charles "Wayne" Hughes on August 21, 1949 in Greeley. They were married for 54 years. Iris was a church organist for...
Richard Irvin Fisher
Mar 6, 2020
Richard Irvin Fisher (Dick) of Fort Collins, Colorado went to be with the Lord on March 6, 2020. Dick was born on June 11, 1931, the twin son of Esthereen and Irvin 0. Fisher in Topeka, Kansas. In 1949 Dick graduated from Topeka High school with a scholarship to Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas. After three years at Washburn he...
David James Day
Mar 4, 2020
It is with the deepest sadness to write this but on March 4, 2020 our beloved son David left this earth and went to a place of forever rest and peace in heaven. David was born on June 24, 1998 on a warm summer evening in Fort Collins, Colorado. He was the youngest of a tribe of 3 children. His...
Timothy Schlosser
Mar 1, 2020
Timothy "TJ" Schlosser was born on April 8th, 1953 to Valentine and Doreen. He passed away March 1st, 2020. He grew up in the Crown Butte area of North Dakota. He served proudly in the United States Army. He married Carla Ternes in 1981 and after several years moved to Loveland, Colorado with his family. TJ worked for over 30...
Renita Denise Twerefour
Mar 1, 2020
Renita Twerefour, loving mother, sister, aunt, niece, cousin, and valued Fort Collins community member, left our earthly world on Sunday, March 1, 2020 at the age of 58, to join her loving husband of 34 years, Sam Twerefour, parents, Richard and Linda Bryant, and grandmother Olive Musgrave. Renita was born on December 30, 1961 in Cleveland, Ohio. Growing up, Renita...
Constance Rae Hitchcock
Feb 29, 2020
Contance Rae Moyers Hitchcock passed away on Saturday, February 29th in Ft Collins, CO. Connie was born December 19, 1946 in Enid, Oklahoma to Raymond and Catherine Moyers. She shared her Dec 19th birthday with her dad and oldest daughter. Connie was a wonderful sister and mother to her two daughters. She will be loved, missed, and remembered for her...
Sonia Houdeshell
Feb 27, 2020
Sonia A. Houdeshell 10/19/1942 - 2/27/2020 Sonia was born and raised in York, PA to Howard and Helen (Hoke) Stough. She was raised by her grandparents, Dora and Curtis Stough from age 2, while her father was in the Navy serving in WWII. Sonia graduated from Manchester High School in 1960 and from York Hospital School of Nursing in 1963...
Joan Harrison
Feb 27, 2020
Joan Catherine Harrison of Fort Collins, Colorado passed away peacefully February 27, 2020 surrounded by the love of family. Joan is survived by her daughters; Ann Rohr of Fort Collins, Colorado; Susan Traver of Bethesda, Maryland; Kathleen Rafferty of Greenport, New York and her six grandchildren. She was proceeded in death by her son Thomas and daughter Nicole. Joan was...
Jack Douglas Macarthur Brooks
Feb 22, 2020
Jack Douglas MacArthur Brooks, February 6, 1942 - February 22, 2020. Retired Colorado educator, raconteur/fiction writer Jack Brooks died unexpectedly at home in the Poudre River Valley near Fort Collins on February 22, 2020. A native of Paducah, Texas, alum of North Texas State University, M.A. in Literature, and twenty-year core faculty of the highly regarded Adult Education program of...
Anna Hanson
Feb 22, 2020
Anna Marie VanValkenburg Hanson "Anna Dee" was born in Spicer, Colorado January 2, 1924, to Edward VanValkenburg and Annie VanValkenburg (Fetcenko), one of seven siblings. She graduated from North Park High School in 1943. Anna Dee married Donald Hanson in 1947, after two weeks of courtship. Don preceded her in death in 1981. She was a housewife and mother, famous...
Alan & Elizabeth Gilkinson
Feb 17, 2020
Alan Arthur Gilkinson (1928-2016) was born and raised in Rochester, MN by his parents Laura and Ross Gilkinson of Rochester, Minnesota. Alan was a U.S. Navy pilot and ROTC instructor at the University of Colorado. He was also one of the founding members of the University of Colorado Ice Hockey Club. Elizabeth Ann Gilkinson (Bette) (1932-2013) was also born and...
Betty Ann Bay
Feb 13, 2020
Betty A. Bay, 93, passed away on February 13, 2020, in Fort Collins. Born in Trenton, Missouri, to Rex and Lela Elledge, Betty graduated from Trenton High School. At age 19, she began her career in journalism as the editor of her local newspaper, the Trenton Republican Times. In 1948, she married Michael Bay, Jr, also of Trenton. Betty received...
