Belle Marie Benzel
Jul 27, 2018
Claire Belle Benzel passed away July 27, 2018 at the age of 82. Belle was born April 23, 1936 in Sidney, Nebraska to Alfred and Helen Koester. Belle was one of 3 children who grew up in Sidney, graduating from St. Pat's Academy. In 1958, she graduated from Loretto Heights College in Denver, Colorado with a degree in Home Economics....
Susan Smith Armstead
Jul 26, 2018
FORT COLLINS – Susan Armstead left this earth surrounded by her family on July 26, 2018 at the too early age of 77 following complications after surgery. Sue was born in 1940 in Indiana, Pennsylvania to the late William and Francis Smith. She attended high school in Gainesville, Georgia, graduating in 1958, then graduated from the University of Tennessee with...
Mary Lowe Shultz
Jul 26, 2018
Fort Collins lost a champion for women and the elderly when 95-year-old Mary Elizabeth Lowe Shultz passed away at Centre Avenue Health and Rehabilitation on Thursday, July 26, 2018. In spite of her strong will and fighting spirit, old age finally caught up with her and ended her service to others. Mary was the eldest daughter of Lyle and Mary...
Robert Matthew "Matt" Mccartney
Jul 26, 2018
Matt McCartney, 48, passed away July 26, 2018 in Fort Collins, Colorado. He was born in Elgin, Illinois to Robert Lee and Dorothy Virginia "Ginger" McCartney. Matt spent the majority of his life in Colorado, graduating from Wheat Ridge High School in 1988 and receiving a B.S. in Speech Communications from Metropolitan State University in 1994. He worked in sports...
Dwayne W. Cavins
Jul 25, 2018
Dwayne Walter Cavins age 56, died on July 25,2018 in Fort Collins Colorado. He was the kind of guy that always had your back. He could make you smile even when you didn't think you could. His laugh and his hugs always made you feel better. He may have looked rough around the edges, but he had the biggest heart....
Lois Elaine Hanson
Jul 24, 2018
Lois Elaine Angell Hanson, of Fort Collins, CO formerly of Tucson and Lakeside, AZ was called home to her Lord on July 24th after a lengthy struggle with Parkinson's. Memorial services will be held on Saturday, Aug. 4th at 1:00 pm at St. John's Lutheran Church, 305 E Elizabeth St., Fort Collins, CO. Goes Funeral Care in Fort Collins, is...
Betty Dene Simcoe
Jul 23, 2018
Betty Dene Collins Simcoe passed peacefully from this world on July 23, 2018, with her son, Stephen, by her side. She was 91. Betty was born in Bloomington, Illinois and spent much of her youth, alongside siblings on her grandparent's farm or at her father's "four corners" gas station. She loved the country and was a Midwest girl through and...
Santos Jaime Gutierrez
Jul 23, 2018
Grief, after the initial shock of loss, comes on in waves. When you're driving alone in your car, while you're doing the dishes, while you're getting ready for work...and all of the sudden it hits you - how so very much you miss someone; and your breath catches, and your tears flow, and the sadness is so great that it...
Robert "Bob" Dean Griffin
Jul 21, 2018
Robert Dean Griffin, (Bob, Griff) died peacefully in his home on July 21, 2018 at 79 years old. He was surrounded by his loving family after battling with stage IV lung cancer. Bob was a proud native of Fort Collins who was an auto body man until 1978 when he went to work at Sterling Companies driving a loader. He...
Gilbert Arthur Naranjo
Jul 15, 2018
Gilbert Arthur Naranjo, 91, of Windsor, died July 15, 2018. Gil was born in Manassa, Colorado in 1926. He and siblings Dan Lucero, Joe Curby and Julia Herrera, grew up in Colorado. In 1972, Gil was married to Mary and the two enjoyed many years together. Gilbert enjoyed life! He loved to fish, hunt, play board games, visit casinos and...
Mike Swartz
Jul 13, 2018
Richard Michael (Mike) Swartz died of complications of lupus on July 13, 2018 after seventeen weeks at Anschutz Medical Center in Denver. Mike was born on November 30, 1947 in Hamilton, Ohio. He moved to Fort Collins with his parents in 1956, when he was nine years old, and attended Washington grade school, Lincoln Middle School, and Fort Collins High...
Cari Elizabeth Streeter
Jul 13, 2018
Cari Elizabeth Haseltine was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1974, the daughter of John and Nancy Haseltine. Cari attended St. Ann's in Prairie Village, Kansas and graduated from Shawnee Mission East in Overland Park, Kansas. Following graduation, Cari discovered that she enjoyed working with the elderly, caring for their needs and listening to their stories. It was during that...
Jane Gauger Graham
Jul 13, 2018
Mary Jane ('Jane') Graham passed away on July 13, 2018, after years of wondering why it was taking so long. Jane was born in California and spent part of her childhood in North Dakota before moving to State College, PA. As a teenager, after her friends bailed on a planned trip, she traveled alone to Atlantic City, NJ, where she...
Jeanette Marie Strain
Jul 10, 2018
Jeanette Marie Strain, 87, passed away July 10, 2018 in Fort Collins, Colorado. Born February 26, 1931 in Oklahoma City she was the daughter of Frederick H Scoggin and Letha M Scoggin. She married Joseph A Strain and moved to Denver in 1952 where she resided until 2016. She was a great cook, an avid sports fan and the biggest...
Margaret Louise Schleiger
Jul 9, 2018
Margaret Louise Schleiger, of Loveland, passed away Monday July 9th in the care of Pathway's Hospice. Margaret is survived by daughters Pamela Lewis, Janette (Jim) Sisler, and Carol (Randy) Kettenhofen; six grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; a brother Robert and wife Mary Bliss; sister-in-law Shirley Bliss; numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband Marvin (Bud) Schleiger;...
Dale Leroy Rasmussen
Jul 9, 2018
Dale Leroy Rasmussen, 80, of Fort Collins, died Monday July 9th at his home. Dale was born in April of 1938 to parents Harold and Clara Rasmussen. Most recently, he lived in Fort Collins, and had a vast community of friends and neighbors who loved him. Dale, or "Mr. D", to many of us, had many hobbies. He loved to...
Montie M. Orgill
Jul 8, 2018
Montie M. Orgill, age 89, passed away on July 8, 2018, in Fort Collins, Colorado. He was born on February 25, 1929, to Wilford Orgill and Frances Swasey, and grew up in Utah and eastern Nevada. He graduated from Brigham Young University with a B.S. in Physics and Education and later completed a M.S. in Meteorology from the University of...
James Bernard Kearney
Jul 2, 2018
James Bernard "Barney" Kearney Jr. passed away suddenly on July 2, 2018 in Fort Collins, Colorado. He was born July 6, 1953 in Cadillac, MI to James Bernard and Patricia Kearney Sr. He graduated from Cadillac High School and completed his education with a Master's degree in International Political Science at Central Michigan University. On June 17, 1972 he married...
Herbert August Schroeder
Jul 2, 2018
Herbert A Schroeder passed away July 2, 2018 in his Fort Collins home at the age of 88. Herb was born in Cleveland, Ohio to Adele and August Schroeder. He received his BS in Wood Utilization in 1952 and MS in Organic Chemistry in 1954 at the University of Idaho. He served in the Airforce from 1954-1956, as Chief Chemist...
Kimberly Ann Larsen
Jun 28, 2018
Kimberly Ann Larsen, age 40, passed away peacefully on Thursday, June 28th, 2018 at her home with loved ones at her side after battling breast cancer with amazing courage, grace and dignity. She was born June 1st, 1978 in Atlanta, Georgia to Lawrence and Carol Langteau (nee Cosgrove). As a child she lived a short time in Smyrna, Georgia and...
