Charles Stewart Snider
Aug 5, 2022
Charles Stewart Snider was gathered Home by the Lord on August 5, 2022. He was 89 years old. Born in Salt Lake City, UT to William Mount Snider and Ruth Marie Snider (née Stewart) on September 9, 1932, Charles spent his childhood and growing years in Denver, CO. Both sides of his family were from Kentucky, but Colorado was always...
Kevin Guerin
Aug 2, 2022
Kevin Guerin, 50, a longtime resident of Fort Collins and Loveland, died August 2, 2022, of natural causes. Kevin was a loving father and outgoing friend who could light up a room with his smile and laughter. He loved motorcycles, golf, camping, and fishing at Big Creek Lakes. He will be deeply missed by the many who cared for him....
Sally Conroy
Jul 31, 2022
Sally Lyn Conroy, age 61, of Fort Collins, Colorado, passed away on July 31, 2022. Sally was born in Kettering, Ohio December 28, 1960 to parents Keith and Marilyn McNinch. She spent her early childhood in Centerville, Ohio before the family relocated to Big Piney, Wyoming to operate the family cattle ranch and where she graduated from high school. Sally...
Kenneth Jerry Rench
Jul 29, 2022
Kenneth Jerry Rench, age 77, of Fort Collins, Colorado, passed away peacefully on July 29, 2022. Ken was born April 26, 1945 in Berwyn, Illinois to parents Martin and Amelia "Molly" Rench. He graduated from Morton High School in Berwyn and went on to Greer Technical Institute in Chicago to become a Machinist. He worked at General Electric and later...
Patricia Rafiti
Jul 27, 2022
Patricia (Pat) Rafiti passed away on July 27, 2022, in Fort Collins, Colorado surrounded by her loving family. Pat was a proud Wyoming native, born on June 7, 1937, to parents Charles and Connie Gilpin in Rock Springs, Wyoming where she lived until 1957. After returning to Rock Springs from flight attendant school she met her future husband and love...
Paul C. Eide
Jul 27, 2022
Paul Clark Eide, 94, of Fort Collins, CO and formerly of Estes Park, CO and Fort Dodge, Iowa, died at his home on July 27, 2022, surrounded by family. He was born September 2, 1927, in Fort Dodge, IA. Paul served in the Army in both the U.S. and Korea and graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1951...
Helen Marie Melbourne
Jul 24, 2022
Helen (Meme) Marie Peake Melbourne (69 years old) of Loveland, CO formerly from Maryland died peacefully in her sleep on 24 July 2022. Born December 14, 1952, in Takoma Park, MD, she is predeceased by her parents, Harold Douglas Peake and Martha Elizabeth Poore Peake and stepmother, Silvie Georgiev Peake. Meme worked as a service technician and retired from Otis...
Frances "Teddie" Maphet
Jul 23, 2022
Frances Ellen Maphet ("Teddie") passed away peacefully on July 23, 2022, at home in Fort Collins, Colorado. She was 93 years old. Teddie was born in Jersey City, N.J. on March 2, 1929, the fourth and youngest daughter of James and Mary Raftery. She is survived by her son Gordon Maphet (Kathleen Garrett), daughters Gloria Maphet Grady, Mary Ruotolo (Angelo),...
Ann Edmonds Cooley
Jul 21, 2022
Ann Cooley, 88, passed away July 21st, 2022 in Ft. Collins, CO. Born the daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. Leland Edmonds of Horton, KS, she attended Horton HS and graduated from Kansas State University in 1956. She worked at the Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City where she met and married Jack Cooley, from Colorado, in 1962....
Dean E. Carlson
Jul 19, 2022
Dean E. Carlson, 98 of Loveland, CO died July 19, 2022, under hospice care at Good Samaritan Society, Fort Collins Village. Dean was born on December 30, 1923, at Clifton, KS to Carl and Augusta Carlson. Dean grew up on the family farm and attended school in the Clifton community. He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1942...
Joseph Rubinstein
Jul 18, 2022
Joe Rubinstein, Oldest Holocaust Survivor in Colorado, Passes Away at the Age of 101 Love Life. Love God. Love each other. That's all there is."— Joe Rubinstein I cannot imagine a world without Joe, but thankfully his life, legacy, and lessons will live on through the example he set for us all. Joe gave us an inspirational map on how...
Ronald Gene Krob
Jul 17, 2022
Ronald Gene Krob, 79, of Fort Collins, Colorado, passed from this life on July 17, 2022 surrounded by his family at his home. Ron was born on April 27, 1943 in Belleville, Kansas to parents Ed and Joan Krob. He grew up in Agenda, Kansas, where he graduated from high school in 1961. He then attended Fairbury Community College where...
René Karl Imark
Jul 17, 2022
René was born in Basel Switzerland on November 2, 1935. He was a technical service director with Laufen International including postings in the United States, Europe and Brazil. He is survived by his three sons and six grandchildren. A service will be held at Goes Funeral Care, 3665 Canal Dr. Suite E, Fort Collins, CO, on July 23, 2022. The...
Cynthia L. Wirt
Jul 16, 2022
Cynthia Wirt passed unexpectedly July 16, 2022 of natural causes at the age of 53 in Colorado. Cindy was born in St. Louis, Missouri on June 26, 1969, by parents Roberta Wirt and DL Bishop. Cindy had three siblings: Kenneth Michael Powers, Anthony Shawn Wirt and Shelley Rae Wirt. Cindy was survived by many loved ones: Lois Grimm (beloved grandmother),...
Vincent (Bo) Bogdanski
Jul 13, 2022
Vincent "Bo" Andrew Bogdanski, 72, of Fort Collins, CO, passed away July 13, 2022, in Fort Collins, CO. Bo was born in 1950 in Norristown, PA, in 1950 to Vincent and Helen (Wojtas) Bogdanski. The family moved to West Palm Beach, FL where Bo graduated from Cardinal Newman High School in 1968. He then attended Georgetown University where he was...
Daniel C. Fahrlander Sr.
Jul 10, 2022
Daniel C. Fahrlander Sr., 91, of Fort Collins, died peacefully at his home on Saturday, July 10, 2022. Dan often said his life was all about family, friends and music. His career was spent teaching students and adults in the field of technical education. Many years were spent creating educational programs in developing countries. Piano and clarinet groups kept his...
Anna Laila Leikvold
Jul 9, 2022
Anna Laila Leikvold, 22, of Fort Collins, Colorado, died on July 9, 2022, in a rock climbing accident in her beloved Estes Park. Anna was born on July 22, 1999, in St. Louis Park, Minnesota to parents Jon Leikvold and Debra Christensen. She graduated from Eastview High School in Apple Valley, MN and then attended St. Olaf College in Northfield,...
Ronald Van Vleet
Jul 9, 2022
Ronald Frederick "Van" VanVleet, age 84, from Fort Collins, CO passed away on July 9, 2022. He was born on September 20, 1937, in St Johns, Michigan to Robert F. and Arleita (Armstrong) VanVleet. He was the fourth of six children. He grew up on the family farm milking cows and planting crops. He raised 400 chickens to buy his...
Everett Rider Wood
Jul 9, 2022
Everett Rider Wood (97) of Fort Collins, passed away peacefully on July 9th at his home surrounded by his loving family. Born in Denver, Colorado on February 28th, 1925 to Russell and Emma Wood, he grew up in north Denver during the Depression. Everett (Woody) always met the challenges of the time with a zest for life, regardless of the...
Gail Patricia Helton
Jul 8, 2022
Gail Patricia Helton, 75, of Fort Collins, Colorado, passed from this life on July 8, 2022. Gail was born in Pittsburgh on July 20, 1946 and soon after the family relocated to Santa Ana, California, where she grew up. She graduated from Santa Ana High School in 1964 and 3 years later married Walter John Helton III. Their first three...
