Obituaries
Steven Daron
Sep 25, 2018
Our incredible son, brother and uncle, Steve Daron, passed away on September 25th, 2018 after an 11 month battle with cancer. Steve was born February 1959 in Robinson, Illinois to parents Dan and Sally Daron. The family moved to Fort Collins in 1967. Steve graduated from Rocky Mountain High School in 1977 and attended Colorado State University receiving his Bachelor's...
Desma L. Burnette Jr.
Sep 25, 2018
Desma Louis Burnette Jr. (DL, Desi), 56, passed away surrounded by family in Loveland, CO. DL was born with a gypsy soul in Shreveport, LA. to Desma Louis Burnette Sr. and Walter Marie Locke. DL and Jean met in Evanston, WY in 1984 but went their own paths. DL tracked Jean down many times over the years. In 2007, DL...
Marian Neva Sparks
Sep 24, 2018
Marian Neva Sparks, 85, of Loveland, Colorado, died September 24, 2018 in Loveland, after a brief but valiant battle with brain cancer. Marian was born on her family farm near Algona, Iowa. Her parents were Wilbur and Mildred Zeigler. Like many other Depression-era farm kids, her life centered on farm chores, education at a one-room school, and going to town...
Jeffrey Paul Rehner
Sep 22, 2018
On Saturday night, September 22, Jeff Rehner left this world and all of us are the worse for it. He possessed many skills and talents and was generous in the sharing of them. A Good Samaritan by nature, Jeff was the first to lend a hand regardless of what tool or task was required. It often made him late somewhere...
Cheryl Ann Brown
Sep 19, 2018
Cheryl Ann Brown, 61, of Fort Collins, died September 19, 2018 in Jackson, Wyoming. Born in Denver in 1957, Cheryl's family moved to Fort Collins when she was a baby. She graduated from Fort Collins High School and went on to Fort Lewis College in Durango. Except for those few years in Durango and another few spent in California, Cheryl...
Catherine "Katy" Christopher
Sep 17, 2018
Catherine Christopher, known as Katy, passed away September 17, 2018, of natural causes. Katy was born June 9, 1912, in Danville, Illinois. Yes, she lived to be 106. She saw both World War I and II, as well as the Great Depression, Prohibition, the Jazz Age, the Big Band era, Elvis Presley, the Beatles - and so much more. Katy's...
Frances Nelsen
Sep 12, 2018
Frances Nelsen, 93, of Fort Collins, died September 12, 2018. Frances and Dale Nelsen were married in 1945 and resided in Fort Collins beginning in 1947. Frances is survived by daughter Debra Moore (Kenneth), of Fort Collins; granddaughters, Kimberly Dietz (Jason), and Tiffany Nowell; grandson, Ryan Moore (Jennifer); and 4 great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by husband Dale and daughter, Sherry...
Mary Jean Eglinton
Aug 31, 2018
Mary Jean (Griffin) Eglinton, 91; passed away peacefully of complications arising from Endometrial Cancer on August 31, 2018 while in Hospice at Mirasol Senior Community, Loveland Colorado. Mary began her life in Albuquerque, NM on May 1, 1927. She was the oldest of 4 children born to George Thomas Jr. and Mary Ethel Griffin. She had a wonderful childhood in...
Phyllis Jane Gantz
Aug 31, 2018
Our beloved and adored mother, Phyllis Jane left this earth on August 31, 2018. Surrounded by family, she was lifted to God with so much love and peacefulness. She was the most precious and caring soul and many are grieving the loss of the most wonderful woman, especially her children. Born in North Dakota, she was the youngest of 10...
Jo Anne Hagen
Aug 26, 2018
Jo Anne Hagen, 75, passed away unexpectedly on August 26, 2018, from a severe reaction to a prescribed antibiotic. Jo Anne was a resident of Fort Collins, CO. Jo Anne was born on May 9, 1943 in Marshalltown, IA to William and Elizabeth Petrone. She graduated from Gilbert High School, Gilbert, IA in 1961, and married Ronald Hagen the same...
Ramon "Ray" Montano
Aug 25, 2018
Written by Ray: When I leave this world, do not be unhappy, because I am going to be with my Savior. When you hear the bells that ring, it's because the angels are celebrating my homecoming, and I'm getting my new body. I'm leaving this old body of mine that has seen its days, good and bad, but God was...
Robert "Bob" H. Meyer
Aug 24, 2018
Robert H. Meyer, 79, of Fort Collins, died August 24, 2018 at his home. One of ten children, Bob was born in Valparaiso, Indiana to Andy and Emma Meyer. He graduated from Valparaiso High School and afterward joined the Navy. In 1962, also in Valparaiso, he married Ruth Ann, and they began a family together. Bob continued his education, completing...
Myrtle Evelyn Trumble
Aug 23, 2018
Myrtle Evelyn Trumble, born September 11th, 1920 in Lincoln Nebraska passed away very peacefully surrounded by loved ones on Thursday, August 23rd, 2018 in Windsor Colorado. She was 18 days away from her 98th birthday. She was the daughter of William Russell and Myrtle Mae Baker. Evelyn lived with her parents and Sister Lois Baker until she met her husband...
Lou Dell Wilhite
Aug 21, 2018
Lou Dell Whilhite was born near Mangum, Oklahoma to Roy and Velma Hogan, being one of six sisters and one brother. The Hogan family moved to the small west Texas town of Muleshoe when Lou Dell was very young. She grew up and married her first boy friend, H.L. "Doc" Wilhite, whose family had moved from western Oklahoma to the...
Kate Prewett
Aug 20, 2018
Kate Remembrance Prewett slipped the mortal bonds of this life August 20, 2018 at the age of 17. She passed away in her home surrounded in love by her parents, John and Megan Prewett, and her older brother, Tyler Prewett. A service to the witness of her resurrection will be held Monday, August 27, 2018, 5:30pm, at Faith Church located...
Sylvia Ann Hashaw
Aug 19, 2018
Sylvia A. Hashaw, 79, passed away on August 19th after a long battle with cancer. She was born in Hancock Bridge, NJ to Howard and Verna Coles. Sylvia was a loving wife, mother, sister, best friend, artist and adventurer. Sylvia was an avid fisherman, hunter and seamstress. After high school, she joined the military and met the love of her...
Mike Deyoung
Aug 14, 2018
On August 14, Dr. Mike DeYoung passed into glory surrounded by his loving family. Born on November 4, 1924 in Chicago, IL while his father was in medical school, he was raised and lived in Sparta, MI. He was an active high school football player, president of his senior class, and worked his father's dairy farm with his brother Ken...
Jean Lorraine Chismar
Aug 14, 2018
Jean L (Vincent) Chismar, 87, of Fort Collins, Colorado went home to our Lord on August 14, 2018. Jean was born in 1931 in Pittsburgh, PA. She married Charles J Vincent in 1950 in Meadville, PA. She was a homemaker and a wonderful mother to her three children. In 1977 she married Andrew Chismar Sr and moved to Fort Collins,...
David William Brock
Aug 14, 2018
David Brock, 82, of Fort Collins, passed away at home August 14, 2018 after 9 ½ years with pancreatic cancer. David was born in St. Johnsbury, Vermont to William and Waver Brock. He graduated high school there and went on to Boston University and earned a degree in Aeronautical Engineering. On June 27, 1964, he married his wife, Arlene. Survivors...
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