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Orville Nicholas Wellmann
13 Jul 1926 – 15 Sep 2025
| Birth | 13 Jul 1926 |
| Death | 15 Sep 2025 |
| Cemetery | Riverside Cemetery Fort Morgan , Morgan County , Colorado , USA |
| Added by | Carolyn Selby on 22 Sep 2025 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/287257963 |
Bio
Parents: Henry Alois and Frances J. Clemens He married Jean Marie McBride in a double wedding ceremony with his brother Hank and Jean's sister Eleanor in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. Together, Orville and Jean were blessed with eleven, ornery, suborn, Irish-German children, and their family grew to include numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren. In 2012, Orville met his special friend Joan Frick, and they spent the next ten years together. After serving a four-year stint in the Navy as a Motor Machinist Mate, 3rd Class, Orville received his GED and worked as a pressman at the Scottsbluff-Star Herald. He later moved to Greeley, Colorado, where he worked at the Greeley Tribune, and then to Cheyenne, Wyoming, where he worked at the Wyoming Tribune Eagle. Orville retired from there and enjoyed his retirement. In 2003, Orville moved to Fort Morgan. He was an active member of St. Helena Catholic Church and a life member of VFW Post 2551. Orville loved watching the Nebraska Cornhuskers and the Colorado Rockies, and he enjoyed many different sports as he got older. He was also an avid reader of Louis L'Amour, William, and J.A. Johnstone. Orville was preceded in death by his grandparents, parents, brothers Hank and Paul and their wives, his in-laws, son Dan, daughter Gail Brown, grandson Eric Hamburger, granddaughter Mera Brown, great-grandson Ben Pacheco, and sons-in-law Check Monte and Doug Harvey. He is survived by his nine children, honorary son, and honorary daughter. Orville is also survived by 25 grandchildren, 33 great-grandchildren, and 6 great-great-grandchildren.
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