Arlo Marshall and Hilda Ferguson Obituaries

Holyoke Enterprise, Holyoke, CO, January 16, 1997
 
ARLO MARSHALL FERGUSON
 
Arlo Marshall Ferguson of Haxtun was born May 28, 1910 on a farm near Holyoke to Robert and Bertha Utesler Ferguson. He passed away Sunday, January 12, 1997 in Haxtun at the age of 86.
 
Ferguson grew up on the family farm which had been homesteaded by his parents. He attended school in rural Holyoke and Fairfield. He graduated from Phillips County High School in 1927. Arlo completed three years of college, two in Fort Collins and one in Chicago, Illinois. Following his years in college, he returned to rural Holyoke where he farmed and ranched until his retirement. Arlo moved to the Haxtun hospital and nursing home for medical attention in October of 1994.
 
On May 20, 1939 he was united in marriage to Hilda Viola Knode at the Methodist Church in Julesburg. To this union, which lasted 57 years, was born one son, Leon Dale.
 
Arlo attended Fairfield Covenant Church. He had a lifelong interest in cattle and was actively involved in the 4-H organization. He was a member for 20 years, and served as a 4-H boys club leader for many years. Preceding him in death were his parents and son Leon.
 
Survivors include his wife Hilda Ferguson of Haxtun; daughter-in-law Marian Ferguson of Holyoke; grandsons LeMoine Ferguson of Haxtun and Nicholas Ferguson of Holyoke; and nephew Lennie Ahnstedt of Idaho.
 
A memorial service was scheduled for Wednesday, January 15, 1997 at Fairfield Covenant Church with Rev. Dale Bishop officiating.

FERGUSON
Family information for Arlo
 
Father: Robert Ferguson
Mother: Bertha Utesler
 
 
Spouse: Hilda Viola Knode  Married: May 20, 1939
 

 
Family information for Hilda
 
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HILDA VIOLA [KNODE] FERGUSON
 
 
Haxtun-Fleming Herald, Haxtun, Colorado, October 13, 1999
 
Hilda Viola [Knode] Ferguson, 88, Haxtun, died Tuesday, October 5, 1999, at the Haxtun Hospital District. She was born on November 14, 1910, to Gordie Ivan and Bessie Lola [Sharrar] Knode in Memphis, NE, in the same farm home in which her mother had been born. She was the first of three children. She and her family lived on the Sharrar family farm until Hilda was nine years old, at which time they moved to a farm in the Fairfield community northeast of Haxtun. Hilda completed eighth grade at a two-room country school close to her home and then graduated from Haxtun High School with the class of 1929.
 
Following her graduation from high school, Hilda moved to Denver. For 10 years she worked at various jobs before returning to Haxtun. Upon her return to Haxtun, she became reacquainted with Arlo M. Ferguson, a former schoolmate. She and Arlo were married on May 20, 1939, at the Methodist Church in Julesburg. They made their home on a portion of land owned by Arlo's father.
 
Mrs. Ferguson and her family raised cattle, hogs, chickens and turkeys at their farm northeast of Haxtun. She especially enjoyed raising a vegetable garden each year and shared produce with her neighbors. Hilda was a member of the Fairfield Covenant Church. Hilda and Arlo moved to Haxtun when they retired from farming in the 1990s. Their farm is now the home of grandson LeMoine Ferguson. She resided in her home in Haxtun until June 1999, when she moved into the Heritage Living Center, Haxtun.
 
Hilda is survived by two grandsons, LeMoine Ferguson, Haxtun, and Nicholas Ferguson, Holyoke; her daughter-in-law Marian Ferguson, Holyoke; and several nieces and nephews.
 
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Arlo Ferguson; her son, Leon Dale Ferguson; and two younger brothers, Ivan and Keith Knode.
 
Funeral services for Hilda Ferguson were held on Saturday, October 9, 1999, at the Fairfield Covenant Church with Pastor Tom Ervasti officiating. Interment followed at the Haxtun Cemetery.

 

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