Obituaries
Julie Ann Fisher
Nov 7, 2015
Julie Ann Fisher (nee Miller) passed peacefully in her sleep in her childhood home after a heroic 2 year battle with ovarian cancer. She was surrounded by her high school sweet heart and husband of 35 years, Jack, her daughter, Sara Kooiman (James) and son, Lane. She is also survived by her mother and father, Russell and Del Miller, her...
Jon Charles Gilbert
Nov 7, 2015
Jon Charles Gilbert, 70, died on November 7 at his Fort Collins home after a lengthy illness. Jon was born on June 19, 1945, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, to E.F. (Doc) Gilbert and Muriel Hoeven Gilbert. He joined an older brother, Thomas Endor. Jon spent his childhood in Rock Rapids, Iowa and attended South Dakota State University in Brookings,...
Mary Jo Merriman
Nov 5, 2015
Mary Jo Merriman (Macdonald) passed away at home on Thursday, November 5, 2015 with her husband Michael at her side. Mary Jo was born in Dubuque, Iowa to Mary Frances (Soppe) and Joseph Anderson Macdonald and spent her childhood in Freeport, IL. She graduated from St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital (Dubuque Iowa) in 1964 with a diploma in Nursing provided by...
Thomas Johnson
Nov 5, 2015
Thomas Johnson, 62 of Fort Collins died on November 5, 2015. Born in Ohio, Tom lived in Fort Collins at the Northern Hotel until the time of his death. He was loved by many dear friends, especially, Ken Miller and Chris Goad, and he will be remembered by many at a Celebration of Life Memorial on Sunday, November 22nd at...
David P. Whaley
Nov 3, 2015
David P Whaley, a lifelong New York Jets fan, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family Tuesday November 03, 2015 at the Medical Center of the Rockies after a long, valiant and courageous fight with Polycystic Kidney Disease. Recently returning from the Philippines with his wife Charito and daughter Althea, David was looking forward to living back in Fort Collins,...
Marianne Colton Deshon Bullock
Nov 2, 2015
Marianne Colton Deshon Bullock, 93 of Fort Collins died November 2, 2015 of lung cancer. She was born April 25, 1922 in Nampa, Idaho to Rachel Griffith Colton and Cyril Hague Colton. She was raised in Denver, CO, graduating from East High School. She attended University of Denver where she started a lifelong affiliation with Pi Beta Phi. She married...
Ralph Duane Becker Jr.
Oct 27, 2015
Services are planned for the spring of 2016. Donations may be made to Sandi Becker C/O Goes Funeral Care & Crematory Inc. 3665 Canal Dr. Suite E, Fort Collins, CO 80524
Lyle Wayne Myhre
Oct 16, 2015
Lyle Wayne Myhre died on October 16, 2015 at the Spring Creek Care Center in Fort Collins, CO at the age of 69. He died from medical complications caused by years of alcoholism and smoking. Lyle was born on April 2, 1946 to Dale Sherman Myhre and Jean (Viallant) Myhre in Warren, Minnesota. He grew up in Argyle, Minnesota until...
Lois Mae Loomis
Oct 6, 2015
Lois Mae Loomis, 89 of Fort Collins passed away on October 6, 2015. Lois was born on January 23, 1926 to Glenn and Fleda (Ransdell) Caster in Nebraska City, Nebraska. She was raised with one sister, Alice in Omaha, Nebraska. After graduating from South High School, Lois worked for the telephone company. She worked there until she met Hugh K....
Ruth E. Mathis
Oct 5, 2015
Ruth E. Mathis, 75 of Berthoud, Colorado, joined the Angels on October 5, 2015. She was born in in Coburg, Iowa to Carl and Minnie (Sweeten) Carlson on September 23, 1940. Ruth was 1 of 6 brothers and sisters, raised in Iowa, and 2 of her sisters survive to this day; Marian and Shirley. Ruth met her loving husband, Cleo...
Harold Eugene Schwindt
Oct 5, 2015
Harold E. Schwindt, 78 of Fort Collins, CO went to be with the Lord on October 5, 2015. He was born on September 3, 1937 and married his wife of 60 years, Myrna Lynn on December 13, 1955. They had three children, Rick, Vickie and Kent. He gave 36 great years of service to Woodward Governor before retiring in 1995....
Lorna Yvonne Jorgensen
Oct 4, 2015
Lorna Yvonne Jorgensen, 54 of Johnstown, Colorado passed peacefully at home on October 4, 2015. She was born to John and Yvonne (Tidball) Mitts in Denver, Colorado on April 25, 1961. Lorna was raised with her brother, Michael and sister, Jolene in Denver where she attended South High School. Shortly after graduating from high school, she met and married Spencer...
Daniel Robert Ellison
Oct 3, 2015
DANIEL ROBERT ELLISON April 26, 1942 – October 3, 2015 Dan Ellison was born in Hillsboro, OH to Dr. Robert B. and Clarine Wickerham Ellison. Raised in Peebles, OH his was a life marked by service to his community and country. After graduating from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1964, Dan proudly served in the US Navy as an Air Intelligence...
Dale Schaaf Smith
Sep 29, 2015
Dale Schaaf Smith went to be with the Lord September 29th, 2015. He died peacefully in his sleep at home in Fort Collins with his wife by his side. He was 87 years old. Dale was born July 27th, 1928 in Elk Mound, Wisconsin to his beloved parents LeRoy and Elizabeth Smith. He is survived by his spouse, Ruth Yaussi-Smith...
Hazel Faye Large
Sep 27, 2015
Hazel F. Large, 92 of Fort Collins, died September 27, 2015. Celebration of Life, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM, Saturday, October 3rd at The Preserve At Bingham Hill Event Center, 3924 Bingham Hill Rd, Fort Collins, Colorado.
Gloria Jean Thomson
Sep 26, 2015
Longtime Laramie, Wyoming resident Gloria Jean Thomson, 83, died Sept. 26 in Fort Collins, Colo., at Lemay Avenue Health and Rehab Facility following a hospitalization. She was born Jan. 9, 1932, in Kemmerer, Wyo., to Margaret Ann (Harrower) Haddenham and George Franklin Haddenham and moved to Laramie in her teens. She married William R. Thomson in Laramie on May 15,...
Betty Paul Johnson
Sep 20, 2015
Betty Johnson passed away on September 20, 2015 in Fort Collins, Colorado following a brief illness. A private family service will be held in Monett, Missouri in early October. Betty is together again with her loving husband, Gene and in the arms of Jehovah and Christ, his son, supported by the Holy Spirit. Born in 1925 at Sarcoxie, Missouri, the...
Bob Vance Rizzuto
Sep 20, 2015
Bob Vance Rizzuto, age 57 of Fort Collins, Colorado; formerly of Cheyenne, Wyoming, died on September 20, 2015 at his home with his wife and children by his side. Bob was born in Cheyenne on August 26, 1958 to Anthony and Beverly Rizzuto. He grew up in Cheyenne and attended East High School. On April 1, 1978 he married the...
Harry J. Campbell
Sep 15, 2015
A beloved Fort Collins Navy veteran died this week following a months-long battle with cancer. Harry Campbell, 65, a popular installment from the Fort Collins Coloradoan summer series This is Fort Collins, was admitted to hospice care Thursday with stage 4 neuroendocrine cancer. He was diagnosed with the disease this summer and died Tuesday morning. Campbell served in the U.S....
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