All Obituaries

James (Jim) Louis Jaeger, age 80, passed away peacefully in his sleep at home, in Brighton, CO, on April 13, 2021. He was surrounded by his loving family. He was born on September 26, 1940 in Imperial, Nebraska to Louis and Clara (Ohmie) Jaeger. He grew up, attended schools, and graduated from Chase County High School, in Imperial, Nebraska, in 1958. That is also where he met Sharon L. (Stout) Jaeger, his high school sweetheart, and two years later they married. A marriage that lasted for...

LOWELL SCHUYLER 08-1-1928 to 4-13-2021 Lowell was born August 1, 1928 to Richard and Irene Schuyler in Fort Lupton, Colorado. They lived a few years at the west end of Fort Lupton and then moved to Cemetery Lane. He graduated from Fort Lupton High School in 1948. After school, he worked for Fort Lupton Electric and then Colorado Central Power Company. Public Service Company bought Colorado Central Power and Lowell worked there for 35 years. He married Ellen May Gilman in...

Ted “Shorty” Bucher Shorty was born in Alamosa, Colorado to Mike Bucher and Francis Valdez and was the second youngest of four siblings. Ted married the love of his life, Patty Bucher on November 4th, 1970. Ted spent much of his life in Commerce City and Fort Lupton Colorado working in many different areas along the way before he established his own business called Shorty’s Tree Service.   Shorty was a jack of all trades but found his final passion being the...

Jim was born in Dayton, Ohio to James and Etta (Brown) Ries on February 26, 1946.  He married the love of his life, Helen J. Harvey on April 12, 1963.  They celebrated true love for 58 years. Jim spent the majority of his youth in Commerce City, Colorado where Jim and Helen started their family.  They moved to Keenesburg, Colorado in 1971 where Jim began his journey as a longtime business owner.  He founded the family electrical company, Ries Electric in 1991.  Jim...

James also known as Jamo or Mo was born on Sept 2 1960 to Lupe & Duvie Torres, grew up in Brighton with his siblings Dan, Linda and Mike. He met Patty in highschool and had son Jose. A couple years later having another son Mario. Jamo worked construction most of his life and for the last 6 years he worked for the St. Augustine Church as the groundsmen. Jamo`s favorite thing was his Harley any chance he got he would be on it. Jamo and Patty were married on Feb 19 2021 surrounded by...

Leo fallecio Jueves 8 de abril del 2021, a la edad de 28 años. Leobardo Jaquez Rascon nacio el 4 de febrero del 1993 en Wichita, Kansas.  

Josephine Y. Chikuma was born in Sedgwick, CO to parents Nagahiko and Aki Mizunaga. In 1922 they ventured to Granby, CO to raise lettuce, then to Brighton in 1925 where they ran a café and farmed. She graduated from Brighton High School in 1937. On December 11, 1941 she married Sam Chikuma, a Brighton farmer. They farmed until his death from colon cancer in 1974. During this time she also worked at Union REA (now United Power). She married John Miyasaki of Longmont, in 1977. A...

                                                                       

Allen B. Sandoval Sr. born March 28, 1953 in Denver, passed away February 25, 2021 at the age of 67. Allen was born to Margarito Max Sandoval and Mary Frances Sisneros. Both deceased. Allen was the third oldest of ten kids. Allen attended Brighton schools thru the 9 th grade. Not long after high school he joined the U.S. Army at the age of 17 in 1972. He was stationed in Fort Dix, New Jersey. Then sent to Berlin, Germany. He was honorably discharged in 1978. He married his high school...

Randall (Randy) J. Dreiling was born July 11, 1961 in Denver, Colorado to Anthony and Agnes Dreiling. He was a resident of Brighton, Colorado throughout his life. Randy died on December 11, 2020 at his residence of natural causes, (and of a broken heart). He was an avid sports fan. He loved his Colorado Rockies and Denver Broncos. Randy was a great lover of “Dutch-Hop” polka music. He was seen many times on the dance floor dancing to his “foot-stomping”...