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<br />STORM STRIKES AGAIN
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<br />lJnt...McCoonelvnoc~yMounl....News
<br />A tJullt10zer cr\Jmples the shell of a trailer near Spring Creek in Fort Collins in the aftennath of
<br />I Mont1ay's noodmg. South College end Johnson mobile home' parks were devastated by high
<br />; WdlCf'1.th<l1 caused the destnJctlOn of about 100 homes.
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<br />~omeless victims await
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<br />Fort Collins police detective
<br />Jeff Laguna said most 01 the
<br />C:lrs were submcrl{ed and won't
<br />start. Ill' said residents will be
<br /><lllowcd access to their cars
<br />when cnou/oCh polkc are avail~
<br />"hIe to monitor for car theft.
<br />Chris (ionzalcs pointed to his
<br />unhlcmishcd gray 1977
<br />Oldslllobile <Ind s,lid Ihe only
<br />prohlt'lll W;JS that the keys were
<br />still in his mnhilc home,
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<br />lH, "I! was 11 wild ni/oChl but I.
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<br />When grandma
<br />didn't call, kin
<br />searched in vain
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<br />Rampaging floodwaters
<br />tore Fort Collins woman
<br />from boyfriend' s ~sp;
<br />four others also killed
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<br />former nanny. she loved to cook and
<br />listen to Latin music,
<br />. Sarah I~yne, 63, the ffiIItriarch
<br />of an extended family of27 that lived
<br />in the devastated mobile home
<br />parks, .'~yne, who walked with a
<br />cane, often cared for her grandchil~
<br />dren and other neighborhood tod-
<br />.dlen,
<br />. Cindy Schultt, 32, a University
<br />of Northern Colorado graduate, was
<br />.8 man8Ref at a shop called Outdoor
<br />World. She was an enthusiastic out4
<br />doornwanan who loved to raft and
<br />climb.
<br />Perry, meanwhile, said he hasn't
<br />been able to tell his two children,
<br />ages 3 and 2, about the death 0( their
<br />grandmother, Guarncros.
<br />"My kids don't know, they ue too
<br />young."
<br />Guarneros, who could not swim,
<br />was last seen with Rodriguez, a dis-
<br />tant relative, before both women
<br />were swept awa~
<br />Guameros' boyfriend, Felipe Fl0-
<br />res, was holding onto the women
<br />but lost them in the cutrent,. said
<br />Bridget Barraza. Guameros' sister4
<br />in-law. "He was there with them,
<br />she was in the hoose," Barraza said.
<br />, "The' current got &stamna and
<br />pushed her away, That was the end
<br />ofit"
<br />Bamza said Guarneros toYed
<br />Dingoand was devoted to her family.
<br />She was on disability and did work'
<br />for a rehabilitation center's WU'k-
<br />shop. .
<br />Her family has ~ttlc left to' re-
<br />member her by; 'The trailer was
<br />totaled, there was nothing left even I
<br />tofind,"llarrazasaid, !
<br />A memorial fund has been C9~
<br />tablished in Guarneros' name, in
<br />care of Warren-Bohlcnder Funeral
<br />Chapel, 121 West Olive, Fort Col~
<br />tins, 80524.
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<br />Every morning at 11 o'clock,
<br />Estafana Guameros would call her
<br />daughter and talk to her grandchil-
<br />dren,
<br />When'she didn't call Thesday. her
<br />family knew something was wrong.
<br />They searched
<br />frantically for
<br />Guameros, who'
<br />lived in a f100d4
<br />ravaged mobile
<br />home park near
<br />downtown Fort
<br />Collins. But
<br />there was no
<br />word.
<br />, FUla!Jy,at6:30--
<br />p.m. Thesday, they learned that the
<br />48-year-old mother of six and graM4
<br />mother of three had died in the
<br />deadly flood.
<br />"She was a' good wornan," said
<br />Alfredo Perry. Guameros' son-in-
<br />law. "She was the best"
<br />Besides Guameros, four other
<br />women died in the flood., They
<br />were:
<br />.Joann Roth, 47, had lived in the
<br />mobile home park with her husband
<br />just a couple of months,
<br />"She and Ron were always out in
<br />their Iawnchairs or at the barbecue>
<br />talking to people, inviting them to
<br />stop by,"nei~hbor Mike Loetz said.
<br />"The nicest people you could
<br />meet." I .
<br />. Marie Rosemary RoclriWlei,
<br />7'2, a blind woman n::membcn:d by
<br />friends as vibrant and fun.lovinR. A
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<br />SAm Wilson shows Just how close her' gmndmother, [ltat'ana
<br />, GtIUm~~, Vill. tb '..lIitYWh~n'l!Oo<lWl/tei's pulled her to her death.
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