Greeley Tribune Greeley, Colorado 03-07-02 Katherine Wainner Katherine K. Wainner, 83, of Evans died Saturday, March 2, at North Colorado Medical Center. She was born May 18, 1918, to Linn Ulysses and Stella Lottie (Matlack) Keckler in Hutchinson, Kan. On July 17, 1938, she married Kenneth Fred Wainner. He died in 1981. Mrs. Wainner lived in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas before moving to Boulder in 1967 and to Longmont in 1979. She moved to Evans in July 2000. She worked with the Cub Scouts, helped her husband with Boy Scouts, and was also a Camp Fire Girl leader for nine years. After her husband’s heart attack, she took vocational nurses training at Oklahoma City and University hospitals. She loved her 23 years as a license practical nurse in Oklahoma and Colorado. In Colorado, Mrs. Wainner worked for Boulder Community Hospital, Boulder Memorial Hospital, Boulder Manor, Fraiser Meadows and Longmont United Hospital. Mrs. Wainner was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Longmont for many years, and currently was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Greeley. She was a volunteer at Longmont Meals on Wheels for 20 years and a 10-year volunteer at the OUR Center at Longmont. She loved the mountains, knitting, crocheting, sewing and baking. Survivors are her two daughters, Mary Kay Freeman of Littleton and Helen Chesnut of Greeley; two sons, Linn W. and Kenneth F. Wainner, both of Edmond, Okla.; 10 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Cremation. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the First United Methodist Church of Longmont. Private inurnment will be in the Columbarium of Mountain View Memorial Park, Boulder. Contributions may be made to Longmont Meals on Wheels or the OUR Center in care of Ahlberg Funeral Chapel, Longmont.

Fort Morgan Times Fort Morgan, Colorado 03-07-02 The sender included the following brief message : Link to this article Link to Fort Morgan Times Tragedy behind them Wednesday, March 06, 2002 - Ken and Janet Kauffman have gone through a lot in their nearly 46 years of marriage but are happy to have the tragedy that could have taken Ken's life finally behind them. "I know I'll be able to forgive the man who did this in time," says Janet. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- © 1999-2002 MediaNews Group, Inc. and Eastern Colorado Publishing Co.

Fort Morgan Times Fort Morgan, Colorado 03-07-02 K. Kauffman: Beating odds with positive attitude JOHN STAFFORD Wednesday, March 06, 2002 - Everyone who knows Ken Kauffman -- very nearly all the folks in Morgan County -- is well aware of the semi-retired farmer's positive outlook. He's worked hard all his life, and his successes are many, meeting every challenge in life with a sure smile and a winning attitude. But Ken and his family recently overcame a hurdle that may have been one of their toughest. A good country life The Kauffmans have a rich heritage in this area, one that dates back nearly 100 years to when his grandfather immigrated from Russia to establish a farm just northeast of Brush. "My granddad was a horse buyer for the Tsar," Ken says, "so when Nicholas II advised him to leave the country before the Bolshevik Revolution began, he moved to Colorado." Ken's father took over the farm in 1932, when Ken was a year old. He spent his youth in both Brush and Fort Morgan. He went to Fairview School through seventh grade in 1942 when the family relocated to a new farm near Fort Morgan, and in 1949 Ken graduated from Fort Morgan High School. "I went to Colorado A&M (now Colorado State University in Fort Collins) for a year," he recalls. "I was studying physical education. My dream was to become a coach." But when the Korean War broke out, duty called, and he joined the U.S. Navy, where he traversed the globe on the destroyer USS Hyman before serving several months off the coast of North Korea. During his four-year naval career he played football, even winning a tryout with the San Francisco 49ers. "We played against a lot of other military outfits and several small colleges," he remembers fondly. "We even played in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, although I'll bet there weren't more than 15 people in the audience." Leaving the military in 1955, Kauffman re-entered college at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, once again only for a year. "That's when I met Janet, and that was it. We were married in June of 1956, soon to be 46 years. It was the best decision of my life." The newlywed Kauffmans returned to Fort Morgan where Ken helped his father work a new farm for two years. Then wanderlust took over. "I had relatives in Orange County, Calif.," he says. "I used to visit them when I was stationed in San Diego, and it was beautiful country." When an opportunity presented itself, he took it. "I had a construction business there for two years," he says. "We helped build a new freeway." While their venture to the coast was a success, the old adage of not being able to take the country out of the boy -- or girl, for that matter -- proved true, and the Kauffmans returned to Morgan County two years later, this time for good. By then Ken's father had purchased another 80-acre farm about one-eighth of a mile from where he grew up. When his father retired in 1964, Ken bought the farm and began to expand it. During the next 10 years the farm grew to 640 acres. "We've grown sugar beets, corn, alfalfa and pinto beans in the past," says Kauffman, "but since 1969 we've dedicated ourselves to raising corn." >From 1971 to 1985 the Kauffmans won many awards for raising and showing Simmental cattle, a hearty breed originally from Switzerland. Queenie, one of their best, won every national award except the National Western, they proudly report. But their ag business wasn't the only thing the Kauffmans were growing. Through the years they raised a family, two boys and two girls. Dan, now 44, took to the farming life, staying to work the family land. Forty-two-year-old Diane, who travels the state as a manager for Hallmark Cards, lives in Larkspur. David, now 32, works as a CPA in Fort Morgan, and Deborah, 27, teaches second grade at Green Acres School. All are graduates of Fort Morgan High School and have begun to raise families of their own. Ken also served on the Morgan County Planning and Zoning Commission for 15 years but now calls himself "technically retired" although he continues to work with his son, Dan, in the family business. Tragedy strikes By the spring of 2001, the Kauffmans had reached the point where they were able to enjoy the fruits of their labors. Semi-retired, Ken and Janet spent as much time with their children and grandchildren as they could, attending the many sporting events in which the younger children participated. On Thursday, March 22, there was a scheduling conflict. One granddaughter was in a track meet in Niwot, and yet another was in a concert in Fort Morgan. To attend both, the grandparents had to split up. Ken drove to Niwot, and Janet stayed home. After the track meet, Highway 52 heading east was a continuous line of traffic, the caravan maintaining a steady pace just below the 60 miles per hour speed limit. At 5:30, Ken, in his 1992 Cadillac, was about two miles from Hudson where he would be able to leave the throng and turn onto Interstate 76. Suddenly, a red half-ton Ford F150 pickup pulled directly in his path from a side road. There was no time to react, and Ken's Cadillac smashed headlong into the violating vehicle. (The pickup's driver later pleaded guilty to taking the right of way but had no license or insurance.) The impact flipped Ken's car over and high into the air before it landed on its side in a ditch along the north side of the road. "It happened so fast, I don't remember much about it except I found myself unable to move. My right foot and ankle were trapped beneath the wreckage of the console and dash. I was conscious the whole time and thought I was all right." Rushing to his aid, the driver who'd been traveling close behind approached the wreckage. "Is anybody alive in there?" Ken remembers the man asking. All he could think of was to get hold of Janet. "I'm fine," Ken replied. "There's a cell phone in my pocket. Take it and call my wife." The man had a cell phone of his own which he used to punch in the numbers Ken gave him. But Janet wasn't home. "Ken always carries his cell phone," Janet says, "but he never ever calls me. This was a first, and, of course, I wasn't home," she adds through still ready tears. Ken instructed the man to call his son, Dan, and that call went through. Dan remembers hearing his father in the background as the man told him about the crash. Ken kept saying he was fine. He wouldn't learn until later just how wrong he was. Rescue units from the Hudson Fire Department were next on the scene, and the good Samaritan was able to tell Dan his father would be taken to the hospital in Brighton as soon as they could get him out of the car. That task proved to be much more difficult than anyone imagined. Trapped in the wreckage, Ken was in pain. "My right foot was caught and the seat belt had damaged my shoulder. The air bag had blown and I couldn't move." By then the helpful driver had crawled into the car with Ken. When one of the rescue workers asked, "How is he?" the guy answered, "He seems okay. He's telling me what to do." In the end it took three Jaws for Life to pry what amounted to most of the front end of the Cadillac from Ken's captured foot. "They somehow got me on a board and took me out through the rear window. By then I was in a lot of pain." By then the Flight for Life helicopter from North Colorado Medical Center was on scene. A quick assessment of the damage to Ken's broken body forced a new decision. "We're taking him to Greeley," Ken remembers someone saying. Meanwhile, Dan had rushed to the family home to find Janet who knew nothing of the accident. "I'd just finished a bath and was fixing my hair when Dan rushed in," Janet vividly recalls. "He told me Ken had rolled the Cadillac, but he'd heard him in the background of the phone call he'd received saying he was fine. I was immediately upset, but nothing could have prepared me for what we'd learn later." Dan and Janet sped down I-76 to the hospital in Brighton, where Dan had been told his father would be taken. "I was a basket case," Janet admits. "All I wanted to do was get to my husband, but Dan kept trying to calm me down, secure in what he'd heard his father say about being all right." Mother and son had neared Hudson when Dan spotted emergency lights in the distance on Highway 52. "I bet that's where it happened," he told his mother. "Let's go take a look." What they found was devastating. "Our car was destroyed," Janet says. "It looked like crumpled tin foil. I couldn't believe Ken had gotten out of the wreck alive." Dan asked someone where they'd taken the driver. Learning about the Flight for Life helicopter, they headed for Greeley. At the hospital, "We waited for a long time before anyone was able to talk to us," Janet says tearfully. "Finally, one of the doctors came out to see us. He told us they might have to amputate his right foot. It was insane. All that time we thought he was fine, then this news. It was crazy." The doctor also told them Ken would be in the operating room for a very long time, and they might as well go back home instead of waiting there. That's when the true story began to unfold. The physician they'd been talking to had removed Ken's ruptured spleen. The orthopedic surgeons were next. Ken had suffered major injuries. In addition to a smashed foot and ankle, Ken's left leg was fractured in three places; his right arm was broken, and his right shoulder had been crushed. The operations would take 17 1/2 hours just to repair his leg, right ankle and right arm. Another operation to attempt to reconstruct his right shoulder would take another five hours and be performed two days later. All this damage to a guy Dan had heard say he was "fine." The doctors were able to save Ken's ankle by piecing it back together with a plate and screws. His right leg required a rod to repair the damage of the three breaks to the femur. The smashed shoulder was another problem. Although artificial shoulders are available, the ball inside Ken's rotator cuff was so badly damaged there was nothing to attach to. "They told us the ball was so shattered it looked like spokes inside a wheel." After the operations, Ken's body was almost unrecognizable. His daughter, Diane, remembers identifying him by a tattoo he'd gotten in the Navy. Long road to recovery Long after the operations, Ken was confined to a hospital bed, totally immobile. "We had to feed him," Janet recalls. "It was just terrible. Here was my husband, a normally healthy and vital man, and he couldn't move." They soon learned Ken would probably be hospitalized for months -- maybe even a year. Ken had other ideas. "When I heard that, I said to myself: 'I'm not gonna lay here for six months or a year! I'm gonna get out of here and go home!'" Ken's positive attitude would see him through the hard times ahead. In total, Ken spent 86 days in hospitals. "After 10 days in Greeley," Janet recalls, "our daughter-in-law, Karen (a nurse at EMCH) worked with the hospital administrations to get Ken transferred to East Morgan County Hospital. It was nearer to home, and he could begin physical therapy." "The folks at the Brush hospital are great," says Ken. "I worked with LPN Steve Ingersoll and three different therapists, Roy Deslauriers, David Charbonneau and Sylvia Rivera. They were just wonderful!" Because the physical therapy department at EMCH is attached to the hospital, Ken was able to receive therapy throughout his 76-day stay. "They would use a crane-like affair to lower me into the warm water therapy pool," Ken remembers. "Janet told me it broke her heart to see me like that, but all I knew was I was going to get well. I slowly graduated from a wheelchair to a walker to a cane," Ken says, smiling. And he did it in under three months -- a far cry from the up to one year his doctors had predicted. Now, nearly a year after the accident, 70-year-old Ken still maintains his winning attitude. "They say I may be able to get rid of the cane by next year," he says proudly. "I may have a limp, but my right arm has healed perfectly. My left leg still hurts, but I can live with it. I don't like pain pills, so I won't take them. My shoulder may never be the same, but they don't think it would be beneficial to again try to reconstruct it. All in all, I feel pretty good." Ken Kauffman has adopted a philosophical perspective about the tragedy which forever changed his life. "My quality of life isn't what it used to be," he says. "But like a friend of mine once told me, it's better than being underground," he adds wryly. Janet Kauffman is having a harder time with it all. "I'm still working to forgive the man who has done so much damage to our lives," she says. "But I know the time will come when I'll be able to put it all behind me." -30- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- © 1999-2002 MediaNews Group, Inc. and Eastern Colorado Publishing Co.

Yakima Herald Republic Yakima, Washington March 6, 2002 YAKIMA - Louis MARKEL, 94, passed away March 4, 2002. He was born March 30, 1907 to Joseph and Catherine (LANG) MARKEL in Krimear, Russia. The family moved to North Dakota where he attended school. In January 1935 he married Clara FROHLICH and the moved to Yakima in 1937. They raised four children together. Louis owned and operated his own business, Markel's Furnace Cleaning. He also worked for Yakima Hardware, Pepsi, Heath Northwest and Northwest Equipment. He retired to care for his wife in 1992. Louis loved to travel and enjoyed the outdoors camping and fishing. He was a member of the Holy Name Society. Mr. Markel is survied by twin daughters Pauline Siebol and her husband Dave; and Pauline Wetch and husband Gary all of Yakima; and two sons, Les and wife Carol and James and wife Pat of East Wenatchee. Eleven grandchildren and numerous great grandchildren survive him. His parents, wife, three brothers and three sisters preceded him in death. A vigil will be held 6:30 pm Wednesday at Langevin-Mussetter Funeral Home. Mass of the Christian Burial will be held at Holy Family Church 10:00 am Thursday with internment following in Calvary Cemetery.

Greeley Tribune Greeley, Colorado 02-06-02 Wilma Hein Wilma B. Hein, 74, of Fort Collins died Sunday, March 3, at Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins. She was born April 26, 1927, to Jake and Mary (Rutz) Buderus in Windsor. On Feb. 5, 1946, she married Albert George in Fort Collins. He died July 22, 1994. Mrs. Hein was a homemaker. She helped farm the Mill farm on County Line Road. She was a member of Immanuel Christian Reformed Church and the Merry Megs Extension Club. She enjoyed gardening, chickens, fishing, camping, crafts and decorating cakes for her grandchildren’s birthdays. Survivors are a daughter, Kathy Hein of Fort Collins; two sons, Edwin of Windsor and Alvin of Torrington, Wyo.; two sisters, Verna Ernst of Torrington and Edna Schnorr of Johnstown; a brother, Chuck Buderus of Grand Junction; six grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Her husband, parents, and two brothers, Robert and Kenneth Buderus, are deceased. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Bohlender Funeral Chapel. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Bohlender. Interment will be in Roselawn Cemetery. Contributions may be made to the Kathy Hein Memorial Fund in care of Bohlender, 121 W. Olive Street, Fort Collins, CO 80524.

Greeley Tribune Greeley, Colorado 03-05-02 William Clymer William “Bill” Vere Clymer, 78, of Windsor died Saturday, March 2, at Windsor Health Care Center. He was born Oct. 8, 1923, to Ray Hugo and Edith Mae Clymer in Loveland. He was reared and attended schools in Laramie, Wyo. On Dec. 18, 1970, he married Harriet Anderson at Grace Baptist Church in Laramie. Mr. Clymer served in the Army Air Corp 329th Airdrome Squadron from Sept. 11, 1943-January 1946 as a truck driver-mechanic. He served in the China Offensive, Central Burma, India and China Defensive. Mr. Clymer was awarded the Asiatic Pacific Theater Service Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal and the Victory Medal. He also served in the Army Guard from Feb. 12, 1948-Aug. 28, 1950 as a driver-mechanic for the Hq and Hq Co 141th TK Bn, in Laramie. Mr. Clymer worked until he was 75 years old in construction and as a mechanic. Survivors are his wife, Harriet Clymer of Windsor; children, William R. Clymer of Mt. Iron, Minn., Marlyn L. Levy of Round Rock, Texas, Jeannie B. Pickel-Johnson of Sturgis, S.D., Michael T. Clymer of San Antonio, Texas, Leo L. Clymer of Laramie, Carolyn M. Lowrence of Bellevue, Neb., John A. Gress of Fresno, Calif., and JoEllen A. Robinson of Fort Collins; one sister, Edith Warfield of Las Vegas, Nev.; one brother, Raymond Clymer of Casper, Wyo.; 17 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. His two sisters, Helen and Faye; three brothers, Edwin, Virgil, Vern, Roy; and a grandson, Stephen M. Clymer, are deceased. Cremation. Services will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Buck-Heggie Funeral Chapel, 311 S. 21st Street, Laramie. Contributions may be made to a charity of choice in his name.

Greeley Tribune Greeley, Colorado 03-05-02 Martha Lockman Martha Lockman, 86, of Greeley, died Sunday, March 3, at Life Care Center of Greeley. She was born May 5, 1915, to Jacob and Kathryn (Heimbegner) Heberlein in Gilcrest. On Dec. 23, 1939, she married Henry Lockman in Gering, Neb. He died May 15, 1996. Mrs. Lockman was reared and educated in the Gilcrest-Greeley area. After their marriage, the couple moved to Denver in the early 1940s, where she worked for Eaton Sheet Metal making pontoons during World War II. She then worked for the Russell Stover Candy Company and then Continental Airlines in food preparation. She retired in 1980. The couple moved to Greeley in 1987. Mrs. Lockman loved to garden, travel and share stories and jokes. The past three years she had lived with her niece, Shari Wiedeman. Survivors are a grandson, Dustin Lockman of Great Falls, Mont.; one sister, Freida Trimble of Ault; a niece, Shari Wiedeman of Greeley; and several other nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews. A son, Rick, died in 1995; two sisters, Mollie Hoffman and Olinda (Schmidt) Lesser; and two brothers, Jake Heberlein and George Heberlein, are deceased. Services will be at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Adamson Memorial West Chapel. Inurnment will be in the Sunset Memorial Gardens Columbarium. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Make-A-Wish Foundation in care of Adamson Memorial West Chapel, 2000 47th Avenue, Greeley, CO 80634.

Longmont newspaper Longmont, Colorado 03-04-02 Gertrude H. "Trudy" Schneider of Berthoud died Saturday, March 2, 2002, at Life Care Center of Longmont. She was 72. She was born Dec. 1, 1929, in Denver to Jacob Roth and Harriet (Parks) Roth. She was married to Robert Schneider on Oct. 19, 1947, in Longmont. She was a homemaker, a mother, a licensed Practical Nurse and worked at Boulder Manor for 15 years. She was a member of the Ladies of the Boulder Elks Lodge #566 and was a volunteer for Longmont Meals on Wheels. She originally moved to Longmont at age 10 and lived in Boulder from 1960 to 1992 when she returned to Longmont. She resided in Berthoud at the time of her death. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; a sister, Catherine Lewallen; and a grandson, B.J. Rosso. She is survived by two sons, Daniel Schneider and his wife Karen of Monument, Ronald Schneider and his wife Cindy of Denver; a daughter, Patricia Rosso and her husband Bill of Chapel Hill, N.C.; two brothers, Merton Roth of Mount Shasta, Calif., Jim Roth of Longmont; a sister, Dorothy Thacker of Berthoud; three grandchildren, Krystal Rosso of Chapel Hill, S.C., Ryan Schneider of Boulder, Sadhana Fuller of San Diego; a great-grandson, Gavin Daniel Rothwell; several nieces and nephews. Memorial services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 5, 2002, at the Ahlberg Funeral Chapel. Cremation at the Ahlberg Funeral Chapel and Crematory. Private inurnment at Foothills Gardens of Memory. Memorial contributions, in lieu of flowers may be made to the American Lung Association in care of the Ahlberg Funeral Chapel. Back to the top

Fort Morgan Times Fort Morgan, Colorado 03-04-02 Francis Albert Jesse, 81, of Akron died Tuesday at the Colorado Plains Medical Center in Fort Morgan. Jesse was born south of Akron on April 11, 1920, to Earl and Anna (Schultz) Jesse. He attended a country grade school and graduated from Akron High School. On Dec. 3, 1941, Jesse entered the U.S. Army Infantry and trained at Fort Bliss, Texas, and for 13 weeks at Camp Roberts, Calif. He was shipped overseas to the Asiatic-Pacific, Seward, Alaska, and the Aleutian Islands. He returned to the U.S. on March 23, 1944, and was honorably discharged at Camp Hood, Texas, on Oct. 20, 1945, as an expert rifleman instructor with a rank of staff sergeant. Medals earned were the American Defense, Good Conduct, Asiatic-Pacific Theater Service with a Bronze Battle Star and three Overseas Service Bars. After his discharge Jesse returned to Akron and resumed farming on the family farm. He married Billie Waldvogle on Sept. 25, 1946, in St. Francis, Kan., in a double wedding ceremony with Derwin Schultz and Helen Bricker. Jesse worked in Denver at the Armour Meat Packing Plant until the fall of 1948. The Jesses moved back to Akron to farm on his wife's parents' farm, the William Waldvogle farm. He went to work for the Washington County school system as a school bus foreman for 14 years and then worked for Washington County grading roads until 1987 when he retired. Jesse served as a member of the Sampson School District No. 50 school board, the High Prairie school board and the Washington County school board for a total of 20 years. He was an active member of the American Legion Alva N. Graves Post No. 66 for 57 years of which he served as adjutant for 18 years and was a past commander and also a past commander of District No. 3. He was a 50-year member of the Akron VFW Post No. 8064 which he served as commander three different terms. He was also a member of the Akron Elks Lodge No. 2579 for 20 years and the AARP. He enjoyed many activities with the family, and he loved baseball, football, fishing and gardening. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by four brothers: Ralph, Everett, Howard and Edward; one sister: Ethel, and one daughter, Sandra Louise. He is survived by his wife, Billie; two daughters: Linda Reed of Aviano, Italy, and Darlene Christian of La Grange, Ga.; one sister, Esther Wegener of Denver; five grandchildren; three great-grandsons and three great-granddaughters. Memorial donations in Jesse's memory may be made to the Akron Senior and Community Center. Funeral services were conducted Saturday at 11 a.m. from the Akron United Methodist Church with Rev. Ramon Robledo officiating. Interment followed in the Akron Cemetery with military rites performed by the Akron Veterans Posts and the Otis VFW Post No. 3961. Brenner Funeral Home of Akron was in charge of the arrangements.

Fort Morgan Times Fort Morgan, Colorado 03-04-02 Edgar Heer, 81, of Brush died suddenly Friday at the Casa Grande Regional Medical Center emergency room in Casa Grande, Ariz. He was born Feb. 9, 1921, in Greenway, S.D., to Arthur and Ida (Kusler) Heer. He married Jean Knight on April 5, 1941, in Selby, S.D., and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. After his discharge from the Navy in 1945, the Heer family lived in Arlington, S.D., until 1947 when they moved to Igloo (Black Hills Army Depot), S.D. While living in Igloo, Heer operated the barbershop. In 1960, the Heers moved to Rapid City where they owned the Parkway Laundry Store and Barbershop. Later, he operated barbershops in other Rapid City locations and Ellsworth Air Force Base and Villa Ranchero near Rapid City. After their retirement in 1982, the Heers moved to Brush. While living in Brush, Heer attended the Bethlehem Lutheran Church and the Brush Meet and Eat program. He will best be remembered in Brush for riding his bicycle with his little dog in the basket. He enjoyed going to garage sales, fixing things for other people and visiting with people. Survivors include his wife, Grace; one daughter, Judy Hanby of Lewiston, Idaho; one son, Don of Brush; his twin brother, Walter of Bakersfield, Calif.; one sister, Mavis Ahartz of Edgemont, S.D., and five grandchildren. His first wife, Jean, one sister and his parents preceded him in death. Funeral services will be Thursday at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Brush at 11 a.m. Interment will follow in the Brush Memorial Cemetery. Friends who wish may make memorial gifts to the Brush Senior Center or to The Gideons Memorial Bible Program, c/o Heer Mortuary, 222 Cameron St., Brush, 80723. ARTICLE OPTIONS Print this Article E-Mail Article Link this Article OTHER ARTICLES IN THIS SECTION 3/4/2002 Francis Jesse, Akron, dies ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----

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-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [GV] Billings, MT Obituary Robert A Lenhardt From: Gen406bmt@aol.com To: GER-VOLGA-L@rootsweb.com Robert A. Lenhardt Robert Adolph Lenhardt, 77, passed away Sunday, Feb. 24, 2002, at the Parkview Care Center, from complications arising from viral pneumonia. He was born on April 25, 1924, to Adolph E. and Emma (Scheidt) Lenhardt, was baptized and confirmed his Christian faith at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, and was a longtime member of American Lutheran Church. Robert and his late wife, Elsa Mae (Teigen) raised their family and farmed west of Billings for 52 years. Robert was a strong role model for his children, nephews and nieces, a reliable and trustworthy neighbor, and an active advocate for farmers and ranchers statewide. Born in the family home at 72nd Street West, Robert learned to speak German from his Russian-German parents and grandparents. He attended Elder Grove School, Lincoln High School and the newly opened Billings (Senior) High School. He loved sharing stories of his early years - riding horses to school, playing games and sports with his many cousins, and farming with his father and grandfather. After high school, Robert developed a love for the game of baseball and played on several local fast-pitch softball teams. With Robert as catcher, brother Ed as shortstop and Ray Strecker as pitcher, their team played in several state tournaments. He was very proud of being inducted into the Billings Fast-pitch Hall of Fame. In February 1950, Robert saw a beautiful woman in a red dress at a dance at the YWCA, and asked a friend to introduce him. They began a courtship that night which continued throughout their lives. Robert and Elsa were married on July 30, 1950. A trip to the Montana Legislature with his father-in-law in the 1950s prompted a lifelong interest in politics. Robert enjoyed political debate, with young and old alike, and was always eager to discuss current events. He had a deep and abiding love for the land, this country and the freedoms he enjoyed as an American. In many ways, his life was defined by the service he provided his family, his community and country. His life of service began as a member and later a leader of the Hesper Hustlers 4-H Club. Later, he served as President of the Yellowstone County Farm Bureau, Board Member of the Mountain West Farm Bureau Insurance Company and State Director for the Montana Farm Bureau Federation. He was an active member of the American Lutheran Church, where he served as president of the church council. He was chairman of the Yellowstone County Air Pollution Control Board and was appointed to several terms on the Yellowstone County Planning Board and the Yellowstone County Zoning Commission. He held several offices in the Yellowstone County Republican Central Committee and was a Reagan delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1980. After retirement, Gov. Stan Stephens appointed him to serve on the Montana Tax Reform Committee. Robert was also a member of Billings Lodge #113 A.F.& A.M, the Billings Scottish Rite, Friendship Chapter OES and the Al Bedoo Shrine Temple. Survivors include daughter Lorraine and husband Nestor Newman, and children Allida Mae and Erik Nestor, of Bellingham, Wash.; daughter Janice and husband Dennis Rehberg, and children A. Jackson, Katie Teigen and Elsie Patricia, of Billings and Washington, D.C.; and son Allan of the family home west of Billings. He is also survived by his brother Ed and wife Muriel Lenhardt; his sister Marjorie and husband Bill Lackman, all of Billings; and many much loved nephews and nieces. He was preceded in death by his wife, parents and sister Marion. Memorials may be made to the American Lutheran Church, 5 Lewis Avenue, Billings, MT 59101, or the Rural Ministry Endowment Fund, c/o Gerry Rafftery, Luther Seminary, 2481 Como Ave., St. Paul, MN 55108. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday March 1, at the American Lutheran Church. The family wishes to thank the wonderful doctors and nurses at Billings Deaconess Hospital who were so comforting during Robert's last hospital stay, and most especially the WONDERFUL skilled nursing staff and caring aids at Parkview Care Center whose tender care made Robert's last days so peaceful. Michelotti- Sawyers Mortuary has charge of arrangements.

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [GV] Freida Klein obit From: "Ken Leffler" <klef@starband.net> To: GER-VOLGA-L@rootsweb.com Fort Collins, Co. Coloradoan Freida Klein Published Saturday, February 23, 2002 Freida Klein, 89, of Loveland, died Monday, Feb. 18, 2002, at Loveland Good Samaritan Retirement Village. A funeral will be at 10 a.m. Monday at First Congregational Church. Viewing will be from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Allnutt Funeral Service Hunter Chapel in Loveland. Interment will be private. Freida Klein was born Aug. 15, 1912, in Johnstown to Henry Brehm and Magdalena Sterkel Brehm. She married Reinhold Klein on Feb. 26, 1933, in Loveland. He preceded her in death March 23, 1978. She was a resident of the Loveland area for 51 years after moving from Johnstown. She attended Lakeview Country School in Loveland. Mrs. Klein was a homemaker and an integral part of the success of the family farm. She retired from the farm in 1965 and moved into town. She was a longtime member of the First Congregational Church. She loved her family, especially her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Survivors include a son Ronald and his wife, Joyce, Klein of Johnstown; three daughters, Darlene and her husband, Bernard, Depperschmidt of Loveland, Diane Klein of Loveland and Bonnie and her husband, Richard, Bernhardt of Yuma; nine grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Reinhold Klein; three brothers, Adam, Henry and Reuben Brehm; four sisters, Mollie Schmidt, Pauline Roth, Anna Adler and Helen Spade; and a daughter, Shirley A. Findley. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the First Congregational Church in Freida's name in care of Allnutt Funeral Service Hunter Chapel, 2100 N. Lincoln Ave., Loveland, CO 80538.

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [GV] Zimmerman, Walter, Obit From: RONFARM15@aol.com To: GER-VOLGA-L@rootsweb.com The Coloradoan Fort Collins, CO Walter Zimmerman Published Saturday, February 23, 2002Walter J. Zimmerman, 85, of Fort Collins, died Thursday, Feb. 21, 2002, in Fort Collins. A memorial service will be at 3:30 p.m. Monday at Collinwood Assisted Living Facility in Fort Collins. The Rev. Dick Berg will officiate. Cremation has taken place. Walter Zimmerman was born Sept. 11, 1916, in Rochelle, Ill., to John Zimmerman and Wilhelmina Woodrich Zimmerman. Mr. Zimmerman attended school in Rochelle. He married Elizabeth McCracken on April 9, 1937, in Rockford, Ill. Mr. Zimmerman became a resident of Fort Collins in 1973 after living in Stillman Valley, Ill. He was an electrician for Bartelt Engineering for 18 years until his retirement in 1973. Mr. Zimmerman was a member of the International Association of Machinists. Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth Zimmerman of Fort Collins; a son, Craig Zimmerman of Fort Collins; and a granddaughter, Jennifer Blehm of Fort Collins. He was preceded in death by his parents and a son, Wayne Zimmerman. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association in care of Allnutt Funeral Service, 650 W. Drake Rd., Fort Collins, CO, 80526.

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [GV] Aschenbrenner, Rueben, Obit From: RONFARM15@aol.com To: GER-VOLGA-L@rootsweb.com The Coloradoan; Fort Collins, CO Reuben Aschenbrenner Published Saturday, February 23, 2002Reuben J. Aschenbrenner, 82, of Loveland died Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2002, at a local nursing home. A funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday at First Christian Church in Fort Collins. The Rev. David Niquette will officiate. Viewing will be from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. today and Sunday at Kibbey-Fishburn Funeral Home in Loveland. A private family graveside service will be at Resthaven Memory Gardens. Reuben Aschenbrenner was born Oct. 7, 1919, in Berthoud to Conrad Aschenbrenner Sr. and Margaret Yoat Aschenbrenner. He married Gerri M. Schwindt on Feb. 16, 1947, in Loveland. He farmed in Berthoud and Wiggins until 1968, when he went to work for Woodward Governor Co. in the repair department until 1984. He then worked for Larimer County Fairgrounds for seven years and Marianna Butte Golf Course for three years. Mr. Aschenbrenner served in the U.S. Navy as Gunner's Mate, First Class from Feb. 2, 1942, to Oct. 7, 1945. He moved to Loveland in 1968 from Berthoud. He attended First Christian Church in Fort Collins. Mr. Aschenbrenner enjoyed fishing, traveling and was an avid sports fan. Survivors include, his wife, Gerri Aschenbrenner of Loveland; a son, Gary and his wife, Charlotte, Aschenbrenner of Lawrence, Kan.; a daughter, Dee Aschenbrenner of Aurora; a brother Jake and his wife, Frances, Aschenbrenner of Fort Walton Beach, Fla.; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by three brothers, Conrad, Adam and Harry Aschenbrenner, and three sisters, Emma Honstein, Margaret Brehm and Virginia Ward. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Larimer County in care of Kibbey-Fishburn Funeral Home, 1102 N. Lincoln Ave., Loveland, CO 80537.

I am sorry, I left off the newspaper this was in and the date. I had a "senior moment" Elaine Greeley Tribune Greeley, Colorado 02-24-02 : Alex Hemple : Alex “Swede” Hemple, 82, of La Salle died Friday, Feb. 22, at the Life Care : Center. He was born June 17, 1919, in Bracewell to George and Mary : (Weinmeister) Hemple. Mr. Hemple lived in the La Salle area most of this : life and had moved to Greeley in 1998. He worked as a yard foreman for Weld : County Lumber Co. for 30 years. He was a member of the Greeley-Evans Moose : Lodge No. 909, the American Legion and the Fraternal Order of Eagles of La : Salle. He loved the Broncos and fishing. Survivors are a sister, Freda : Fourroux of Thornton; a brother, Ed Hemple of La Salle; and several nieces : and nephews. Two sisters, Mollie Reichel and Charlotte Flohr, and two : brothers, John Hemple and Jake Hemple, are deceased. Services will be at 2 : p.m. Tuesday at Allnutt Funeral Service Macy Chapel. Interment will be in : Linn Grove Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to the : Alzheimer’s Association — Research in care of Allnutt Funeral Service, 702 : 13th St., Greeley, CO 80631. : : :

Alex Hemple Alex “Swede” Hemple, 82, of La Salle died Friday, Feb. 22, at the Life Care Center. He was born June 17, 1919, in Bracewell to George and Mary (Weinmeister) Hemple. Mr. Hemple lived in the La Salle area most of this life and had moved to Greeley in 1998. He worked as a yard foreman for Weld County Lumber Co. for 30 years. He was a member of the Greeley-Evans Moose Lodge No. 909, the American Legion and the Fraternal Order of Eagles of La Salle. He loved the Broncos and fishing. Survivors are a sister, Freda Fourroux of Thornton; a brother, Ed Hemple of La Salle; and several nieces and nephews. Two sisters, Mollie Reichel and Charlotte Flohr, and two brothers, John Hemple and Jake Hemple, are deceased. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Allnutt Funeral Service Macy Chapel. Interment will be in Linn Grove Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association — Research in care of Allnutt Funeral Service, 702 13th St., Greeley, CO 80631.

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [GV] 3 new GR census indexes, Crowley CO, Boyd & Lancanster NE From: Patrice Miller <patrice@attbi.com> To: GER-VOLGA-L@rootsweb.com Gene Jenkins (jenkinsgen@nwinfo.net) has indexed the G-Rs in the 1920 census of 3 more counties; Crowley, CO, Boyd, NE and Lancanster, NE. The can be found at: http://www.webbitt.com/volga/census.htm Colorado Crowley County, CO 1920, Germans from Russia ~includes the towns of Ordway and Sugar City Nebraska Boyd County, NE 1920, Germans from Russia ~includes the towns of Naper, Butte and Anoka Lancaster County, NE (not including Lincoln) 1920, Germans from Russia ~includes the towns of College View, Havelock, Kramer, University Place, West Lincoln The town of Lincoln, NE has its own separate index since it is so large. There are now 60 pages of indexes, representing 42 counties!! Thank you Gene. Patrice Miller

I-70 Scout Strasburg, Colorado NOTE: meeing is in Denver, Colorado Black Sea Germans exchange genealogy The Black Sea Germans from Russia genealogy group will hold their regular research exchange on 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, at the Sloan’s Lake Community Church of God, 2796 Utica, Denver. >From 1-25, exit Speer westbound to 29th. Go west to Utica, turn left one block to the church. Public invited, no charge. For further information, please call Dorothy at (303)457-8238.

Longmont newspaper Longmont, Colorado 02-23-02 Helen Margeret Carlson of Longmont died Monday, Feb. 18, 2002, at Life Care Center of Longmont. She was 91. She was born April 29, 1910, to John Oscar and Jessie (Bukey) Hanson in McPherson, Kan., where she grew up. She was married briefly to Fred Church in McPherson in 1926. In 1937, she married George "Cash" Carlson in Kansas. They moved to Longmont in 1947. Mrs. Carlson attended Christ Congregational Church. She enjoyed life and being around other people. She loved playing games with her family and taking rides in the countryside. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1953; a daughter and son-in-law, Wynne and Jack Rodelander; a brother, Harold Hanson; three sisters, Bernice Fagerquist, Mildred Gregery and Rosalene Schafer; and a grandchild, Sloan Carlson. Mrs. Carlson is survived by two sons, George Carlson and his wife Joyce of Los Alamos, N.M., and Bruce Carlson and his wife Beth of Glendale, Ariz.; a daughter, Phyllis Schlagel and her husband Robert of Johnstown; nine grandchildren, Jean Rodelander of Augusta, Kan., John Rodelander and Linda Wiley of Omaha, Neb., Dana Bachman and her husband Dave, Tom Schlagel and his wife Jil, Charles Schlagel and his wife Veronica and Cherie Schlagel, all of Johnstown, Ben Carlson of Sausalito, Calif., Julie and Chad Zimmerly of Bentonville, Ark., and Ember Carlson of Phoenix; and please do not list number - we are unsure which are actual great-grandchildren and which are spousesgreat-grandchildren, Niki, Christy, Jake, Jaime, Cody, Robert, Jacob, Nyah and Cash. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, 2002, at Christ Congregational Church, with the Rev. Ed Zimmerman officiating. A memorial service will also be held in McPherson at a later date. Cremation has been held at Ahlberg Chapel and Crematory. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation or a charity of the donor's choice in care of Ahlberg Funeral Chapel, 326 Terry St., Longmont 80501. Back