Obituaries

Sam Morreale, native of Colorado and 13-year resident of Dumont, passed peacefully at his Denver home with his family at his side. Sam and his wife Cyndy were the creators and owners of Mangia! from 2004 to 2007, as well as Svago and Sam Whiskey’s Tavern, formerly located at the Indian Springs Hot Springs.

Betty Trexler was born on Oct. 12, 1920, in Lafayette, Ind., and passed away on Dec. 30, 2011. She attended Purdue University, where she was a member of the Phi Mu Sorority and where she met her husband, Bob Hall. They married in 1941 and shared their lives for more than 70 years.
Betty and Bob had two children, and the family moved to Wyoming, Ohio, in 1947. There, Betty was active in the Junior Women’s Club and participated in several bridge clubs, among other activities.

Harold R. Wright, 88, of Gold Canyon, Ariz., died on Monday, Nov. 14, 2011, at his home after a long fight with cancer. He was surrounded by family and friends.
Memorial services will be at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Gold Canyon on Feb. 11, 2012, at 1 p.m. Interment will be in the columbarium at the church.
Memorial donations are suggested to the Mining Museum and Hall of Fame, P.O. Box 981, Leadville, CO 80461, in Harold’s name, where a bronze plaque will be placed in the Molybdenum Display in his honor.

Richard “Rick” Adams was born Feb. 9, 1942, in Evanston, Ill., to Robert F. and Ruth Adams. 
Most of his childhood was spent in Glen Ellyn, Ill., with summer breaks in Waupaca, Wis., at the family cabin that his father designed and built.  Most summers the family took trips to camping destinations throughout the United States. It was on one of those trips that he decided to one day live in Colorado.