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Nancy Jo (Wendt) Fick, 80, Longmont, CO, died in her home on September 23, 2022. Nancy was born outside Inglewood, California on February 17, 1942. She was raised by Ralph and Phillis (Cockrell) Wendt in Le Mars, Iowa. She attended Le Mars Community High School where she met her future husband, Fred Fick. They were married on March 11, 1961. While in the Navy, Fred was in a car accident which left him partially paralyzed and Nancy cared for him faithfully until his death in 2014. Fred and...

Paul Gerhardt Broneske of Longmont, Colorado passed away on September 19, 2022 at the age of 95. Our loving husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, brother, nephew, uncle, cousin and friend was born on May 2, 1927 in Max, North Dakota to Andrew and Mary (Roth) Broneske.   Paul’s family only spoke German, so he was able to learn English once he started school.  Paul grew up and went to school in the Max area, working on farms until 1951 when he moved into dam and...

Billy K. Kelley, age 90, of Longmont died Sunday September 18, 2022 at Atria Assisted Living Center. Billy was born in Dyersburg, Tenn on November 14, 1931 and grew up on the family farm. He was active in FFA during his high school years and showed Duroc hogs in local county fairs and State Fairs, winning many champion ribbons with his projects. When he sold his hog herd, he gave the money to his mother so she could purchase the living room furniture she had not been able to afford. He...

Lucinda “Lucy” Torres departed her loving family on September 16, 2022, she was 87 years old.  Lucy was born in Pecos, New Mexico on August 14, 1935, to Alfredo and Lorenza Armijo. She married Manuel Torres on November 15, 1954, in Pecos, New Mexico before moving to Colorado to raise their family. Lucy was the mother to Marti, Robert, John, Joseph, Susan, Maryanne, Frank, and Leonard. She raised her children with love and devotion in Longmont, CO. She had many hobbies...

Kip Anthony Zwickel was born on September 20, 1967, and passed away on September 7, 2022.  Kip was born in Fairbury, Nebraska and spent a portion of his childhood in Peterborough, New Hampshire before moving to Shenandoah, Iowa.  After high school, Kip moved to San Diego, California where he worked at Sea World and the rumor is that he would sneak the aquatic animals hot dogs from his employee lunch.  After a brief stint riding the waves in California, he moved to...

Loraine Claire McCurry (Condon) was born on August 16, 1946 in Aurora, Colorado to Betty J. Oliver and John V. Condon. As a child she lived in Chillicothe Missouri and Aurora Colorado. She graduated from Aurora Central High School in 1964 and then attended CU Boulder for 1 year. It was during her Junior year in high school that she met Jerry O. McCurry whom she later married in 1968. They had 2 children Tim and Erin. They resided in Broomfield, Colorado for the majority of their marriage. In...

Theresa was born December 30, 1963. She passed away September 1, 2022 with family by her side. Theresa lived in Como, Colorado with her partner Ron Herrera. She was born in Denver and raised in Thornton, Colorado.  She was preceded in death by her parents William and Ruth Beyer and a sister, Dianne Carlsten. She is survived by her partner Ron Herrera, her daughter and son in law, Alexis and Luis Medrano and two grandchildren, Caden Graeb and Aliah Medrano. Also, her two sisters Donna...