Helen "Hap" Closs
Apr 11, 2013
Helen "Hap" Closs, 91year old loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother passed away peacefully with her children by her side on Thursday, April 11, 2013 at Parkwood Estates in Fort Collins, Colo. Helen Maxine Smith, the youngest of six children, was born Feb. 18, 1922 to Lenlie "Elton" Smith and Lizzie (McMichael) Smith in Blue Springs, Neb. She married Charles...
Diane Elaine Hoeflicker
Apr 11, 2013
On April 11, 2013 at 9:47pm, in Fort Collins, CO the world lost a radiant shining soul. But, what the world lost, heaven gained. Surrounded and comforted by her family, Diane Elaine Hoeflicker, age 64 made her peaceful final journey home. Diane Elaine Hoeflicker was born April 27, 1948 in Denver, Colorado to Leonard and Irene Werth. Diane along with...
Lynn Blaylock
Apr 8, 2013
Lynn G. Blaylock, age 91, of Fort Collins, Colorado died April 8, 2013. Lynn passed away quietly at Columbine West in Fort Collins. Lynn lived a full and interesting life, and we celebrate his kindness, gentle sense of humor, love of learning and teaching, and desire to serve others through his knowledge and skills. Lynn Gail Blaylock was born January...
Michael Dean Riba
Mar 29, 2013
Michael D Riba 54 of Fort Collins, CO passed away peacefully on March 29, 2013 surrounded by his loving family and friends after a courageous battle with sarcoma cancer. Mike was born January 24, 1959 in Fort Collins, CO to Arthur and Idell Riba. Mike married Jackie Aguirre on December 31, 1986. He worked for Martin Marietta Materials as an...
Gustav "Gus" Undy
Mar 27, 2013
Gustav "Gus" Undy, 93, son of the late Dominick Undy and Barbara Undy (nee Zeich), passed away in his home in Fort Collins, Colorado on Wednesday, March 27, 2013. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 60 years Thelma Undy (nee McKeon); his son Richard Undy; brother Carl Undy; sister Herminia English; and, most recently, by his...
Berneice Edith Pierce
Mar 10, 2013
Berneice Pierce, age 89 of Fort Collins, died March 10, 2013 at a local nursing facility after a long struggle with Alzheimer's disease. A private family graveside service will be held at Grandview Cemetery. Berneice Edith Lish was born in Alberta, Canada on July 12, 1923 to Calvin and Florence Lish. She came to the U. S. when she was...
Larry Paul Sexton
Mar 8, 2013
Lifelong Fort Collins resident Larry Paul Sexton died Friday, March 8, 2013. Surrounded by family, Larry lost his short but valiant, bravely fought battle against stage IV lung cancer which attacked him with a vengeance. Larry was 53 years old at the time of his death. Larry was born in Muscatine, Iowa, to Frank and Sharlet Sexton on July 18,...
Jaxon Thomas Cummings
Mar 7, 2013
Jaxon Thomas Cummings (Action Jaxon), 71, died peacefully on March 7, 2013 in Ft. Collins, CO, formerly from Canton, SD. Jaxon was born in Sioux Falls, SD on April 1, 1941 to John C. Cummings and Bernice Hyatt Cummings. Jaxon was retired after 16 years in law enforcement. He loved fishing, hunting, and protecting and serving the public. He worked...
Frances Rose Hunter
Feb 24, 2013
Frances Hunter, age 94 of Fort Collins, Colorado, died peacefully on February 24, 2013 at her home. A memorial mass will be celebrated at 1:30 pm Monday, March 11 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 300 West Mountain Ave., Ft. Collins. She'll be laid to rest in Oak Hill Memorial Park in San Jose, CA with her husband, Herman who died...
Paula Jean Karrick
Feb 20, 2013
Paula Jean Karrick, 53, of Fort Collins, Colorado, went home to her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, February 20, 2013 unexpectedly, after battling an infection. She was born on February 22, 1959 in Elgin, Illinois to LeRoy and Doris (Metzger) Barding. She was raised in Pekin, Illinois and graduated from High School there in 1977. She later attended Illinois Central...
Jason Scott Shedd
Feb 19, 2013
Windsor resident and former Beacon sports reporter Jason Shedd died Tuesday night, ending his yearslong battle with a cancer that started as melanoma and later spread to his jaw and brain. He had just turned 38 on Feb. 8 and leaves behind his wife, Kelly, and the couple's three small children: Thea, 8, Destin, 5, and Owen, 2. Shedd's mother-in-law...
Alexa Johnson
Feb 10, 2013
On February 10, 2013, our precious Alexa Ann Johnson went home to our Lord, following a fatal single car accident. In Alexa's mere 19 years with us, she gave all the love she had to everyone she met. She was the first to forgive, lend a hand, or offer a kind word. She was our shining light. She taught us...
Thomas Culbertson Evans
Feb 3, 2013
Thomas "Tom" Evans, 90 of Fort Collins, Colorado died February 3, 2013 at Poudre Valley Hospital. Recitation of the Rosary will be held at 10:30 AM Thursday, February 7th with Mass of Christian Burial at 11:00 AM Thursday at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, 5450 South Lemay Ave., Ft. Collins. Interment, Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Wheat Ridge, CO. Thomas...
Herbert "Herb" Perrine
Jan 28, 2013
Herbert "Herb" Perrine, age 89, of Berthoud, CO, formerly of Rahway, NJ died January 28, 2013. A visitation will be held from 9:00 to 10:30 AM Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 at Cory Ragan Funeral Home, 259 Elm Ave., Rahway, NJ. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 am Wednesday at St. Mary's Church, 232 Central Ave., Rahway, NJ....
Alfred Koppel
Jan 27, 2013
Al Koppel was born on September 13, 1926 in Hamburg, Germany. He died in Fort Collins, Colorado, on January 27, 2013. In between he lived a life of wonder. Al was a child of the Holocaust. In June, 1941, he, age 14, and his brother, Walter, 13, escaped Nazi Germany. They were two of the last Jews who were able...
David Lawrence Richman
Jan 26, 2013
David Lawrence Richman, age 81, died at Columbine West Health & Rehab Facility in Fort Collins, Colorado on Saturday, January 26, 2013. The cause was post-surgical complications. Born May 1, 1931, in New York City, NY, he was the only child of Tina and Nat Richman. He lived in Buffalo, NY and Rochester, NY before settling in South Orange, NJ...
Wilma Lorraine Susmilch
Jan 21, 2013
Wilma Lorraine "Willie" Susmilch age 91 died at her home in Ault, Colorado on January 21, 2013. A visitation and service will be held on Saturday, January 26 at Goes Funeral Care, in Fort Collins, CO. Cremation will take place after her service and her remains will be laid to rest in Chico, CA along side her husband, Kenneth, who...
