Shirley Mae Tidd
Mar 21, 2023
Shirley Mae (George) Tidd was born on October 23, 1935, in Colony, Kansas. She grew up on the family farm in Neosho Falls, Kansas and was a self-taught seamstress and professional cake decorator. She wed Donald Fred Tidd on October 30, 1955 wearing a beautiful dress she designed and constructed herself and serving an exquisite wedding cake also baked and...
Dorothy "Midge" Mianecki
Mar 15, 2023
Dorothy, "Midge" H. Mianecki, 92, of Fort Collins, passed away at her home on Wednesday, March 15, 2023. Dorothy was born on September 24,1930 in Racine, WI to Dorothy (Johnson) Simpson and Samuel L. DiPasquale. She had two brothers Samuel N. and William "Bill" DiPasquale. She attended Horlick High School in Racine, WI. After she retired from Al Olson Sheet...
Robert C. Vinton
Mar 10, 2023
Bob (Robert Carter) Vinton passed away on March 10th after waging an ongoing battle against prostate cancer that started in 2015. He is survived by his dear wife Ulli, his children from his previous marriage Lindsay Helzer of Sherwood, OR and her husband Bryan; Alex of Thornton, CO, and Jeffrey of Tempe, AZ, his wife Julia and Bob's only grandchild...
Christine Tabone Hagerty
Mar 9, 2023
Christine Tabone Hagerty, 74 of Johnstown, CO, formerly of Fort Collins, died March 9, 2023 at Medical Center of the Rockies. Her Funeral Mass was celebrated on March 13, 2023 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Fort Collins. Rev. Simon Kalonga officiated, and her cremated remains were buried at Grandview Cemetery. Christine Tabone was born in Galesburg, Illinois to Anthony...
Jean Pilon
Mar 9, 2023
Montessori educator, businesswoman, and horsewoman, Jean Marie Pilon passed away March 9th in Fort Collins, Colorado after a battle with Frontotemporal Dementia. Jean faced the difficulties of FTD with her characteristic zest for life. Her bright-loving personality made her a joy to all the staff and brought meaning and joy to her son's family who cared for her in her...
Doris Clouse
Mar 8, 2023
Doris Clouse, born in Chicago, IL, to Florence and Arthur Knutson on September 3rd, 1927, died peacefully in Fort Collins, CO, on March 8th, 2023. Preceded in death by Derrold Clouse, her husband of 61 years. Mother to Jim Clouse of Seattle, WA, and Laurel Bravdica of Fort Collins, CO; grandmother to Matthew Bowker of Boston, MA, and Casey Clouse...
Marie Parks
Mar 5, 2023
Ina Marie (Horner) Parks – age 85 of Fort Collins, CO, was reunited with her beloved brothers, Clayton, Howard, Shannon, Glenn, Earl, and Floyd on Sunday, March 5, 2023. She was born on June 20, 1937, in Nashville, TN to John Adron Horner and Ina (Sexton) and graduated from Bellevue High School. After school, she spent most of her working...
Alphy Christen
Mar 3, 2023
Alphy Mae Christen, 86 years old, passed into eternity on March 3, 2023 following complications from Vascular Dementia and Covid. She is survived by her husband of 64 years, Duane John Christen, daughter Dayna, sons Steve, Scott and Dan, 7 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. Alphy was born on June 20th, 1936 in St. Cloud, Minnesota and raised in Newton,...
Virginia "Ginny" Gilbert
Mar 3, 2023
Virginia "Ginny" Mae (Bartholomew) Gilbert of Loveland, Colorado passed away on March 3 at the age of 85. She was preceded in death by her husband of 59 years, Nicholas Gilbert, in 2021. She is survived by daughters Kathleen Banister and Karyn Jensen, sons Glenn Gilbert (Kelly)and Dwight Gilbert (Patty), and grandchildren Myles, Sabrina, Ryan, Rachel, Brayden, Megan, Alexa and...
George H. Thomson
Mar 1, 2023
George Herbert Thomson, 87, died Wednesday, March 1 in Fort Collins, CO. He was born in Philadelphia, PA, son of the late Dr. Joseph Oscar Thomson and Ruth Craft Thomson. At 6 weeks of age, he traveled with his family to Canton, China, returning to the US in 1940. He attended public schools in Oberlin, OH, Flint, MI, and Stillwater,...
Carol Anne Nichols
Feb 28, 2023
On Tuesday, February 28, 2023, Carol Anne Nichols, loving wife and mother passed away at age 72 in Fort Collins, CO. Carol was born March 19, 1950, in Glendale, CA, to Sterling and Margery Johnson as the fifth of nine children. She graduated from Palmdale High School in 1968. She became an ordained minister with the Universal Church of the...
Robert Biesk
Feb 27, 2023
Denver interior designer Robert Biesk passed away February 27, 2023 surrounded by all his family who cared for him. Robert was born August. 14, 1933 in St. Louis, Missouri to parents Mary Alice LaPointe and Robert Joseph Biesk. Robert moved to Denver, Colorado in around 1943. He attended Mountair High School where he met his future wife Theresa P. Mazzuca....
Susie Reyes
Feb 23, 2023
Susie Reyes, 78, passed away Thursday, February 23, 2023 at the Lemay Avenue Health & Rehab Facility in Fort Collins, Colorado. Susie was a resident of Rock Springs, Wyoming for the past 48 years and a former resident of Chicago, Illinois. Susie passed away peacefully following a long illness. Susie was born on May 8, 1944, in Chicago, Illinois, the...
Regina "Jean" Benton
Feb 22, 2023
Regina "Jean" Grace Victoria LaPaglia Benton of Fort Collins, CO passed away on Wednesday, February 22, 2023, to rest in the arms of her LORD Jesus. She was 91 and living at Collinwood Assisted Living community. Cremation took place and a Memorial Mass begins at 10:00 am, Friday, May 5, 2023 at St. John 23rd University Parish, in Fort Collins....
Richard E. King
Feb 19, 2023
Richard was born in North Hollywood, CA on January 31, 1954, to Toxey and Betty King. He lost his battle with cancer on Sunday, February 19, 2023, at 69 years of age. He is survived by his cherished wife Cheryl, daughter Shalla (Jared) Bowman, and his sons Bryan (Marie) King, and Trenton (Christy) King. He is also survived by his...
John "Jack" Robinson
Feb 18, 2023
John "Jack" W. Robinson, 79 of Fort Collins, CO died February 18, 2023 at Poudre Valley Hospital following a stroke the week prior. A private interment will be held at Grandview Cemetery, Fort Collins. John Wayne Robinson was born in Pine, CO in 1943, during a snowstorm, at home on the kitchen table because they could not get to Denver...
Jonathon C. West
Feb 18, 2023
Jonathon C. West passed away on February 18, 2023, at the age of 56 after ten months of battling bladder cancer. He was surrounded by his wife, Kristen Anderson, and two sons, Ben & Jaymin West at his home in Fort Collins, CO. He had been admitted to in-home hospice care two days prior. Despite the pain and severity associated...
Lydia Sharon Savage Sweigart
Feb 17, 2023
Thursday, February 16, 2023, Lydia Sharon Savage Sweigart, of Fort Collins, CO, passed away at the age of 74, after an 11 year battle with Alzheimer's. Lydia was born in Nyack, New York to LeRoy Savage and Ruth Isabelle Ida Swann on February 15, 1949, a belated Valentine's Day gift. She grew up in Sparkill with her siblings, surrounded by...
Doreen Elkins-Nelson
Feb 13, 2023
Doreen Workman Elkins Nelson, 89, was invited into heaven on February 13, 2023. Born April 7, 1933 on Workman's Fork in Harts, West Virginia, she was the eighth of nine children of the late Floyd and Delia (Adkins) Workman. Her chestnut brown hair and blue eyes were striking against her fair freckled skin. A beloved wife, mother, sister, aunt, grandma,...
James "Jim" Defazio
Feb 13, 2023
Jim DeFazio, age 76 of Fort Collins, CO died Monday, February 13, 2023, in Fort Collins, CO. He was born in Hamilton, Ohio, the son of John V. And Ann Louise (Antes) DeFazio. He was the third of eight children (Mike, John, Marianne, Rita, Nancy, Dan, Bob). Jim graduated from Hamilton Catholic High School in 1964. He received an appointment...
