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Obituaries

  • Mandye M. Gallegos

    Mandye M. Gallegos, 98, of Fort Lupton, died May 13, 2012. She was born Sept. 9, 1913, in Trinidad, to Sotelo Martinez and Josephine Herrera. She graduated from high school in 1932 from Hoehne, Colo., High School and continued her education in nursing school at Trinidad State Junior College.

    She worked at Trinidad State Nursing Hospital and also at the then-Denver General Hospital. She lived in Fort Lupton since 2000.

    Mandye loved solving crossword puzzles, music and dancing. She also enjoyed cooking for her family.

  • Charlotte McMillian Koch

        Charlotte McMillian Koch, 70, died December 19, 2011, in care of hospice after suffering with colon cancer since 2007. Charlotte was born May 15, 1941, the second of a set of twins at Rullison, Colo. She moved with her family to Cañon City in 1950. She graduated high school in 1959 and moved to Denver to be with her sister and family.

  • Lynn G. Fife

    Lynn G. Fyfe, 61, of Brighton, went to be with his Lord May 12, 2012. He was born in Sigourney, Iowa, Dec. 16, 1950, to Edward Fyfe and Edna Schaefer. He graduated from Alleman Catholic High School in Rock Island, Ill., and continued his education, graduating from the University of Iowa as a pharmacist and was working on a master’s in theology from the Franciscan University of Stuebenville.

     

  • Howard Wray

        Kenai, Alaska, resident Howard Wray died Oct. 1, 2011, at the Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna, Alaska.

  • Rosalinda Gomez

    Rosalinda Gomez, 74, of Brighton, died May 3, 2012, at her home. She was born in Eagle Pass, Texas, to Jose Gallegos and Eugenia De Luna Sept. 4, 1937.

     

    She is survived by her husband, Alberto R. Gomez; children, Alfredo Leal, Jr., Henry Leal and Sylvia Jaramillo; sisters, Lupe Zamora, Ermelinda Gallegos, Carmen G. Flores and Dora Kemp; and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

  • Fannie E. Martinez (Sisneros)

        Fannie E. Martinez (Sisneros), 76, of Northglenn, died May, 2, 2012, at home.
        She was born March 22, 1936, in Brighton, to Jerry F. and Maria Carina Sisneros. She attended Brighton High School and retired from the University of Colorado Health Science Center.

  • George F. Waugh

        George F. “Jeff” Waugh, 62, of Brighton, died April 15, 2012, in Denver.
        George was born Nov. 13, 1949, in Buffalo, N.Y., to James and Mary Waugh.
        Survivors include a brother, Greg Waugh (Donna), of Gilford, N.H.; a sister, Kathy Waugh, of Nashua, N.H.; and two daughters, Dana Strotheide (Andrew), of Lafayette, and Hanna Waugh, of Greeley.
        He was preceded in death by his parents and wife, Imy Waugh.

  • Ray 'Bud' Benedict

        Ray “Bud” Benedict, 86, of Weslaco, Texas, died at his home April 15, 2012.

  • Harold Duane Combs

        Born in Economy, Ind., Sept. 24, 1933, to James and Ruth Combs, Harold had six brothers and two sisters. His father, mothers, brothers, Luther, John, Dick and Bill, and sister, Ruthann, preceded Harold in death. Surviving are Jimmy, of Centerville, and Carolyn Moore, of Richmond, Ind.

  • Barbara ‘Bobbie’ Burke

        Barbara “Bobbie” Burke, 79, of Brighton, died April 26, 2012. She was born Dec. 22, 1932, in Los Angeles, to Fordyce and Evelyn (Parker) Bond.