Msgt, John Allen Priest. Usaf
Sep 11, 2023
Master Sergeant John Allen Priest (Ret.) passed away at age 91 on September 11, 2023. He was born on May 31st, 1932 to Vincent and Oda Priest in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. In 1951 John joined the U.S. Air Force where he proudly served for twenty four years. John married Ruth Eloise Williams on February 9, 1952. They were married for seventy...
Paul J. Gallenstein
Sep 10, 2023
Paul J. Gallenstein, age 64 of Fort Collins, Colorado died suddenly and unexpectedly on Sunday, September 10, 2023, while hiking in the Foothills of the Rocky Mountains. A visitation will be held from 3:00 until 5:00 pm Sunday, September 17th at Goes Funeral Care, 3665 Canal Drive, Suite D, Fort Collins. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 9:30...
Ethel V. Preston
Sep 9, 2023
Ethel V. Preston, 96, of Fort Collins, Colorado passed away peacefully with her daughter in law by her side on Saturday, September 9, 2023. A Denver native, Ethel was the fifth of eight born to Lawrence and Grace McConnell on August 7, 1927. Raised on a farm in a family of modest means, Ethel learned the importance of faith and...
Derek Alan Winn
Sep 7, 2023
Derek Alan Winn, 62, of Fort Collins, Colorado, passed away September 7 , 2023 at UCHealth Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland. Derek was born July 11, 1961 in Denver, Colorado to Byron and Donna Winn. He was raised in Fort Collins with his siblings, Byron and Julie, and was a graduate of Poudre High School. From a young...
Charlotte L. Wilson
Sep 5, 2023
Fort Collins, Colorado resident Charlotte L. Wilson, formerly of Cumberland, Maryland and Clarksburg, West Virginia, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, September 5 in Fort Collins. She was 87 years of age. Charlotte L. Lafferty was born on September 7, 1935 in Clarksburg, West Virginia, one of eight children born to Melvin R. and Christine L. (Eagle) Lafferty. She graduated from...
Jennifer Lee Ellis
Sep 3, 2023
"Easy to love" - That is an apt description of Jenn Ellis. Born Jennifer Lee Ellis on July 13th, 1972, Jenn was raised in the foothills behind Fort Collins Colorado. She grew up playing in the mountains, swimming in Horsetooth, and adventuring with a close group of friends in a small neighborhood near Lory State Park. Jenn spent her winters...
Kenneth Woelfle
Sep 1, 2023
Kenneth Eugene Woelfle, 84, of Windsor, Colo., died September 1, 2023, after a hard-fought battle with heart disease. Up until the end he was fighting to recover from a broken hip to be back home with Janice Woelfle, his wife of 37 years. Ken was a family man, an avid mountain man, hunter, sports fanatic, dog lover, and a devoted...
Diane Charle Wood
Sep 1, 2023
Diane passed away peacefully and surrounded by family on September 1, 2023. She was born to Lillian Kester and Casey Wippert on August 1, 1934, in Los Angeles California. She attended Citrus high school in Glendora and walked with the graduating class of 1952. She spent summers traveling to Idaho to spend time on her grandparents' farm. While headed home...
Demetria C. Dame
Aug 25, 2023
Demetria Christine Dame (Dibble), 46, passed away on the 25th of August, 2023 at Pathways Hospice Care in Fort Collins, CO. She was born in Ridgecrest, CA on March 12th, 1977 to parents John and Corrine Dibble. She was a daughter, a sibling of four, a mother of two, grandmother of two and one soon to be born grandson, and...
Dennis Koch
Aug 23, 2023
Dennis was born in Chippewa Falls, WI on 6/21/1953 to Hubert and Gladys Koch. He was raised on a farm, and then the family moved to the town of Eau Claire. At the age of 12, he and his parents moved to West Palm Beach, FL, where he learned to love the outdoors. He became an avid fisherman and hunter...
Maria Teodora Rangel
Aug 22, 2023
Maria was born to Armando and Josephine Belmarez on May 6th 1968, in Plainview Texas. She grew up with her siblings there was 10 in total. She had a good childhood growing up in mainly Colorado which came with its fair share of difficulties being there was many children and things were tough for her and her siblings at times....
Maura Callahan
Aug 22, 2023
Maura Callahan, 74, finished her life journey August 22, 2023 as her spirit separated from her body and flew out the window. Walking the cancer path for nearly two years, she never lost her humor or her love for life along the way. Originally from The East (as she was quick to divulge to strangers) Maura resided in Fort Collins,...
Natalie H. Storie
Aug 17, 2023
Natalie H. Storie passed at the age of 60 on Thursday, August 17th in Fort Collins, CO after an intense battle with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). She fought to the end and died peacefully. Her husband, Allen Storie, was with her for her final moments. Natalie was born in Santa Monica, CA and moved to Colorado in the 1980s where...
Teresa Pepe
Aug 12, 2023
Teresa Pepe passed away on August 12, 2023. She was 92 years old. Teresa was born on May 27, 1931, in Sant'Arsenio, Italy. She married John Pepe in Italy, and then immediately left for New York where her father had been living and working. She was 17 at the time so was considered an American citizen. John then came over...
John P. Ball
Aug 10, 2023
John Patrick Ball passed away in Broomfield, Colorado, on August 10th, 2023. John had spent the last several years fighting cancer, a challenge he approached like all things in his life, with bravery, fortitude, and resilience. John was born in Casper, Wyoming, to John T. and Lila M. Ball on April 28, 1952. John grew up between Denver and San...
Henry "Hank" Gardner Jr.
Aug 9, 2023
Father, husband, brother, son, grandfather, uncle, friend, colleague, mentor, soldier, Henry S. (Hank) Gardner, Jr., 71, died peacefully on August 9, 2023, with his family at his side. Hank was born October 18, 1951, in Paducah, Kentucky to Hank Sr. and Arline Gardner. While Hank attended many schools as their family followed his dad's military career, he always called the...
Dr. Richard "Dick" Osborne
Aug 7, 2023
Dr. Richard (Dick) Paul Osborne, 86, Ft. Collins, died on Monday August 7, 2023 from complications due to melanoma. Dick was born on July 2nd 1937 to Anne and Paul Osborne in Pittsburgh PA. The family moved to Fort Morgan, Colorado when Dick was very young and he graduated from Ft Morgan high school. He then attended and graduated from...
Russell Clark
Aug 6, 2023
Russell Clark passed away at Columbine Skilled Nursing in Fort Collins, CO on August 6, due to heart failure, Parkinsons, and various other issues. Just like he dealt with all experiences in life, Russ managed his illnesses with strength and grace, and wanted to spend as much time as he could with his family, and his newfound friends and staff...
Oliver "Ollie" Stratton
Aug 3, 2023
It is catastrophic when a child is taken from us, and that is what happened when precious 10-year-old Oliver Stratton passed away on August 3, 2023-far too soon-while doing nothing out of the ordinary, simply riding his bike home from his friend's house as he'd done many times before. He slipped away after music and finishing his last bedtime story...
Kent Painter
Aug 1, 2023
Kent H. Painter, 80, of Fort Collins, CO passed away on August 1, 20. Kent was born on September 23, 1942, the eldest son of the late Richard Kent Painter and the late Dorothy White Painter. Kent grew up in Lincoln, RI, and graduated from Classical High School, where he played football and basketball. In 1964, Kent graduated from the...
