United States High School Yearbooks by County
KRUEGER:
William G. Krueger of Loveland. Cremation has taken place. A memorial service will be scheduled at a later date. Memorials to the MS Foundation or Hospice of Larimer County in care of Kibbey-Fishburn Funeral Home.
William Gary Krueger, 84, of Loveland died Nov. 25, 2003, at Sierra Vista Health Care Center in Loveland.
He was born Jan. 24, 1919, in Haxtun, Colo., to Nellie Gray Krueger and William Carl Krueger.
On July 7, 1940, he married Jessie O’Brien in Scottsbluff, Neb. She preceded him in death.
He later married Ella Remijio. They divorced.
Mr. Krueger graduated from Colorado A&M (now Colorado State University) with a bachelor’s degree in agronomy.
He worked for 23 years as an agronomist and field man for Great Western Sugar Co. in Loveland. He retired from there in 1978.
He served in the U.S. Navy from 1944 to 1945.
He moved to Loveland in 1968 from Longmont.
He enjoyed gardening and attending and watching CSU football games. He was a three-year letterman in football and track at Colorado A&M and was recognized at the Sept. 20 football game for donating his letter sweater to the Colorado State University Football Museum.
Mr. Krueger is survived by a son, Richard Krueger of Palm Springs, Calif.; a daughter, Judy Sandberg and husband Joel of Hacienda Heights, Calif; and four grandchildren.
Cremation has been conducted.
A memorial service will be scheduled at a later date.
Donations can be made to the MS Foundation or to Hospice of Larimer County in care of the Kibbey-Fishburn Funeral Home, 1102 N. Lincoln Ave., Loveland, Colo. 80537.
LUCAS:
Roger K. Lucas, 66, of Columbus, Ind., formerly of Loveland, died Nov. 24, 2003, at his home.
He was born April 8, 1937, in Nashville, Ind., to Wilbur and Kathryn Ferguson Lucas.
He had worked at Hewlett-Packard in Greeley for 23 years, where he retired as a machinist. He was working part time as a machinist at Pase Technology.
He formerly lived in Loveland.
He enjoyed riding motorcycles and traveling.
He is survived by three daughters, Vickie Gommel and Lea Ann Mitchell, both of Columbus, and Cheryl Gobbi of Westchester, Ohio; three brothers, Darrell Lucas of Columbus, Denny Lucas of Shelbyville, Ky., and Randy Lucas of Seymour, Ind.; two sisters, Sandra Ayers of Brownstown, Ind., and Debbie Davis of Bedford, Ind.; and six grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Clifford Lucas.
Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Monday at Barkes, Inlow and Weaver Funeral Home on Jonathan Moore Pike in Columbus. The Rev. Mike Gillespie will officiate.
Burial will be at Duncan Cemetery in Brown County, Ind.
McKEEHAN:
Roger McKeehan, age 63, of Loveland. Husband of Dixie and father of Kenton and Kelly. Funeral service 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 28, at Mountain Range Church, Horsetooth and Shields, Fort Collins. Interment Loveland Burial Park.
Roger Lloyd McKeehan, 63, of Loveland died Nov. 24, 2003, at McKee Medical Center in Loveland.
He was born May 28, 1940, in Sheridan, Wyo., to Lloyd S. and Grace V. McKeehan.
He graduated from Torrington High School in Wyoming in 1958, then attended Bob Jones University in South Carolina and Rockmont Bible College in Longmont.
Mr. McKeehan worked at Citizens National Bank in Torrington for 15 years, which is where he met his wife, Dixie.
He worked with his parents in the McKeehan Greenhouses near Torrington for several years before buying a motorcycle and snowmobile business and moving to Bozeman, Mont., in 1981.
In 1988, he moved to Fort Collins, where he held a variety of positions.
Most recently, he worked for Emergency World in Loveland and was a partner with John Read in Corner Office Marketing in Fort Collins.
He was active at Mountain Range Church in Fort Collins, where he served on the board of trustees, sang bass in a quartet and with the praise team, was a small-group leader and was game director for the Friends Program.
His hobbies included spending time with his grandchildren, hunting, fishing, collecting rocks and working on his 1965 El Camino.
Mr. McKeehan is survived by his wife, Dixie McKeehan of Loveland; two sons, Kenton and wife Angela of Loveland and Kelly and wife Kimberly of Bozeman; a brother, C. Edward McKeehan of Harper Woods, Mich.; and four grandchildren, including Ana and Molly of Loveland.
He was preceded in death by his parents and an infant granddaughter.
A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. today, Nov. 28, at Mountain Range Church, 3601 S. Shields St. in Fort Collins. The Rev. John Lloyd will officiate.
Memorial donations can be made to the Mountain Range Church music department.
Goes Funeral Care in Fort Collins is in charge of arrangements.
PATTERSON:
Ethel L. Patterson of Loveland. Cremation has taken place. Memorial services may be held at a later date.
Ethel L. Patterson, 99, of Loveland, died Nov. 25, 2003, at Sierra Vista Healthcare Center.
She was born July 31, 1904, in Berthoud to Alice B. Vigar and George Orville White.
She attended schools in Berthoud.
Aug. 16, 1926, she married Thomas H. Patterson in Denver.
Mrs. Patterson worked as a homemaker.
She is survived by grandsons Todd Patterson and wife Sheila of Loveland, Beau Patterson of Loveland, and Darrin Patterson of Meade; and three great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas, who passed away July 22, 1972; son Teddy T. Patterson; and brothers Lloyd White and Stanley White.
Cremation has been completed.
Services will be held at a later date.
Kibbey-Fishburn Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
RICHARDS:
Jack V. Richards of Loveland. Cremation will take place. Memorial service will be held in New Jersey at a later date.
Jack V. Richards Jr. of Loveland died Nov. 28, 2003.
He was born Sept. 25, 1921, in Morristown, N.J., and lived in various New Jersey towns including Dover, Trenton, Montclair and Green Pond. He was a resident of Sea Girt, N.J., from 1953 until he moved to Loveland in January 2002.
He attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he was grand marshal of the student body and played varsity football and tennis before graduating in 1943 as an industrial engineer. He attended the U.S. Naval Academy where he was commissioned as a naval engineering officer. He spent three years in the South Pacific on the heavy cruiser USS Pensacola.
Following World War II, he was employed by Public Service Electric and Gas Co. as an industrial sales engineer. He later transferred to New Jersey Natural Gas Co., where he eventually became executive vice-president, retiring in 1986.
Among his affiliations, he was licensed as a professional engineer in New Jersey and was a member of the American Gas Association, Sea Girt City Council, Sea Girt Fire Company, Spring Lake Golf Club, Board of Trustees of Monmouth College and was chairman of the advisory board of the Spring Lake Heights branch of Central New Jersey Bank. He served as president of the New Jersey Gas Association, the Society of Gas Lighting and the Asbury Chamber of Commerce. He also served as an elder in the First Presbyterian Church of Manasquan.
He and his late wife Sally shared 60 years of marriage. They are survived by two daughters, Diana Beam of Wall Township, N.J., and Holly Richards of Tonawanda, N.Y.; two sisters, Joan Clapp of Audubon, Pa., and Gail Daughtery of Loveland; five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Cremation has been conducted.
Memorial services will be held in New Jersey at a later date.
SMALL:
Allan D. Small of Loveland. Husband of Barb Small. Memorial services 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, December 3 at Immanuel Lutheran Church. Cremation has taken place. Memorial contributions may be made to the Immanuel Lutheran Church Building Fund in care of Kibbey-Fishburn Funeral Home.
Allan D. Small, 52, of Loveland, died Nov. 28, 2003, at McKee Medical Center.
He was born April 24, 1951, in St. Andrew’s, Scotland, to Elizabeth H. Laing and Robert B. Small.
He received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Lauder Technical College in Kirk-aldy, Scotland.
March 4, 1989, he married Barbara G. Allen in Tulsa, Okla.
Mr. Small worked for Sunrise Medical in Longmont as the senior vice president over worldwide engineering and quality as well as North American operations.
He moved to Loveland in August 2001, from Fishers, Ind.
A member of Immanuel Lutheran Church, he loved golfing, especially with his sons, and also enjoyed cooking.
He is survived by his wife, Barb Small of Loveland; sons, Graeme Small and Colin Small, both of Loveland; brothers Ronald J. Small and wife Mary of Kinglassio, Scotland, and Brian Small of Markinch, Scotland; sister, Diane Johnston and husband Stewart of Freuchie, Scotland; and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Memorial services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Immanual Lutheran Church with the Rev. Glen Schlecht officiating.
Cremation has been completed.
Memorial contributions may be made to Immanuel Lutheran Church Building Fund in care of Kibbey-Fishburn Funeral Home, 1102 N. Lincoln Ave., Loveland, 80537.
TITUS:
Lucile Titus of Loveland. Funeral service will be 2 p.m. Friday, November 28, at Allnutt Funeral Service.
Lucile Lora Ann Titus, 85, of Loveland died Nov. 25, 2003, in Fort Collins.
She was born April 27, 1918, in Springview, Neb., to John and Emma A. Keohnken Heerten. She graduated from Keya Paha County High School in Springview. She taught in rural schools for three years. She married Harry G. Titus on April 16, 1937.
They set up housekeeping at their ranch in Keya Paha County. They moved to Bassett, Neb., from their ranch in 1952. She worked for the newspaper for seven years.
They moved to Springview in 1963 and purchased the First National Bank, which they operated. They sold the bank in 1980 and moved to Naples, Fla. Following her husband’s death in 1981, she remained in Naples and worked part time for Citizens Bank for three years. She also worked for Earl G. Hodges Funeral Chapel.
She moved to Loveland in 1999 from Naples.
She was president of the United Methodist Women group for two terms in Bassett. She holds honorary lifetime membership in the United Methodist Church. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, Chapter 205, in Nebraska. She served as Worthy Grand Matron for the state of Nebraska from 1968 to 1969.
She is survived by two sons, Keith Titus of Loveland and Roger Titus and wife Rosemary of Norfolk, Neb.; five grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren.
Services were Friday at Allnutt Funeral Service in Loveland.
Another service will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at the United Methodist Church in Spring-view, Neb.
Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery in Springview.
BROWNE:
Ronald “RB” Browne, 51, of Firestone died Feb. 11, 2004, as the result of an auto accident.
Ronald, or RB as he was known to his family and friends, was born on Feb. 15, 1952, in Creston, Iowa, to Howard Vernon and Lois (Loudon) Browne. He grew up in Cres-ton and graduated from Creston High School in 1970. He attended Southwestern Community College for one year.
RB had lived in the Longmont area for the past 20 years.
Mr. Browne was married on Nov. 13, 1996, in Las Vegas, Nev., to Rachel Gitchell.
RB worked for a number of auto dealerships, Formby Ford for three years and Davidson Chevrolet in Loveland for the past four months.
He loved riding snowmobiles and riding in the Albany, Wyo., area. RB was the president for several years of the Longs Peak Trailblazers organization and served as membership chairman of the Colorado Snowmobiling Association for a couple of years.
RB also enjoyed riding his motorcycle and going camping. He loved dogs and enjoyed spending time with kids, especially playing with his grandchildren.
His parents, grandparents and a sister preceded Mr. Browne in death.
RB is survived by his wife; two daughters, Shannon Mahan and her husband Rick of Boulder, and Marsell Leeman and her husband Chad of Murfreesboro, Tenn.; two grandchildren, Amanda and Aaron Mahan of Boulder; two sisters, Nancy Armstrong and her husband Don of Longmont, and Becky Harvey and her husband Mark of New Plymouth, Idaho. He also is survived by one nephew and four nieces.
A memorial service to celebrate RB’s life will be held 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, at Howe Mortuary, 439 Coffman St., Longmont.
Cremation arrangements have been entrusted to Howe Mortuary.
Memorial contributions can be given to the Longmont Humane Society, 9595 Nelson Road, Longmont, CO 80501.
BULL:
Vivian L. Bull, 86, of Loveland. Widow of Ralph Bull. A Celebration of Life service, 10 a.m., Saturday, February 14, at Galilee Baptist Church. Pastor Bill Damberg and Pastor Ross Sackman will officiate. Viewing Saturday, 8-10 a.m., prior to services at church. Cremation to follow services.
Vivian L. Bull, 86, of Loveland died Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2004, at Sierra Vista Health Care Center in Loveland.
She was born Oct. 4, 1917, in Waukegan, Ill., to Louis C. and Margaret (Poulsen) Fons. After graduating from high school, she attended Bethel College in St. Paul, Minn., for two years and received her degree in education.
She taught eighth grade English for a couple of years in Piney Woods, Miss. She later became a secretary for more than 20 years.
She married Ralph E. Bull in Waukegan, Ill., on Oct. 7, 1951. Vivian and Ralph relocated to Loveland in April 1983 from Wau-kegan. He preceded her in death on April 17, 2001, in Loveland.
She was an active member of Galilee Baptist Church in Loveland.
She is survived by her son, Roger Bull and wife Mary Ann of Edina, Minn.; her daughter, Judith Wood and husband Brian of Loveland; her cherished granddaughter, Sophie Marie Bull of Edina, Minn.; one brother, Leland Fons of Waukegan, Ill; and a sister-in-law, Lois Fons of Elmhurst, Ill.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph; one brother, Silas Fons; and one sister, Grace Jensen.
A Celebration of Life funeral service will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, at Galilee Baptist Church, 2525 Van Buren Court, Loveland. The Rev. Bill Damberg and the Rev. Ross Sackman will officiate.
Viewing will take place from 8 to 10 a.m., before services at the church.
Cremation will take place after the services with inurnment at Loveland Burial Park at a later date.
Arrangements are being handled by Kibbey-Fishburn Funeral Home, 1102 N. Lincoln Ave., Loveland.
