Obituary -

Marjorie May Dowdy

Marjorie May Dowdy, 79, of Hudson, Colorado, passed away on Sunday, March 19th after a long battle with Alzheimer’s.

Marjorie was born on October 28, 1943 to Matthies and Miriam (Strauch) Ley in Greeley, Colorado. She developed a strong work ethic as a child working in the fields alongside her parents in rural Hudson, Colorado. She is survived by her sister Marilyn (Don) Beckel and Martin (Chris) Ley. She graduated from Hudson High School in 1961 and in that same year married her husband, Tony Dowdy, whom she preceded in death. Marjorie and Tony raised four children. She is survived by her daughters Shelly (David) Schooling and Rhonda (Mike) Whistance and son Troy (April) Dowdy. She was predeceased by her daughter Sharon Dowdy. Marjorie had six grandchildren: Dallan Whistance, Taylor (Austin) Ethridge, Bryson (Ivannie) Whistance, Brooke Dowdy, Bronson Dowdy and Breanne Dowdy. She was happy to recently meet her first great grandchild, Bodan Whistance, born to Bryson and Ivannie Whistance.

Marjorie was a founding member of Fourway Baptist Church where she enjoyed worship, Bible study and volunteering her time. Marjorie and Tony established their own dairy farm in 1971, and continued to run the dairy for 21 years. She took a great deal of pride in her work, and she earned a reputation for her tireless attention to detail and cleanliness. As her children became older, Marge decided to begin a 2nd career as a flight attendant at the age of 41. She worked for the next 22 years with Frontier, Continental and United Airlines, and loved traveling.

A service and celebration of life was held on Wednesday, March 29th at 10:30 a.m. at Fourway Baptist Church.

Spring Fling coming your way with lots of activities

by Merle Rhoades

Need a Mother’s Day or graduation gift? Do you need a place to entertain your children on a Saturday? Do you enjoy homemade baked foods? All of this and more can be found at the Spring Fling in Brush on Saturday, May 6. After a successful fall festival, people have asked to have a similar event in the Spring. Gather up your friends and family for a day of fun and education at the Brush Church of the Nazarene Spring Fling located at 26150 Hwy. 34 West of Brush. Booths will be open from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm.

At the craft fair you will find skin care products made in Colorado for people who live in Colorado using organic plant-based ingredients to fight dry skin. You will find high-quality hand towels that will make wonderful Mother’s Day or shower gifts for the bride-to-be. A new feature at this event is attractively packaged homemade goat’s milk soap that will soften your skin. Mary Kay beauty products will be at the show which will make wonderful gifts for graduation as well as Mother’s Day. There will be freeze-dried snacks and honey processed locally. For Father’s Day coming up, you will find wooden products. On the educational side of things, you will learn about acupuncture, pain control lotions, and a new scientific product where you can self-test for COVID and get an immediate response by using your telephone app. There are many more gifts and educational items. According to the organizers, there are still a few booth spaces left. To obtain more information, send an email to bbrbusinesscoaching@gmail.com

Besides the craft show, there will be activities for Children such as a bouncing house, miniature golf, face painting, balloons, and more. There will be a bake sale and concessions available. Are you planning to attend Morgan Community College graduation? The Spring Fling is just the activity you need to finish your day!

Funds raised from this event will be used to send people to summer camps, conferences, and other activities.

Organizers do want to warn people about road construction. Those coming from the West need to drive down I-76 going east, turn off onto Hospital Road, and go south to Hwy. 34, turn right (by Eben Ezer), and go approximately .7 miles west on a one-way road that starts at East Morgan County Hospital.

Fax: 970-867-9008

Notice

Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the stockholders of Roggen Farmers Elevator(a Colorado Cooperative Association) will be held at Longmeadow Hunting Lodge, in Wiggins, CO on April 26th, 2023 at 6:00pm for the following purposes:

1) To elect 2 members to the Board of Directors.

2) To receive the financial report of the Association.

3) To discuss and transact such other business that may come before the Association at the time.

4) Report of operations by Management. By order of the Board of Directors.