Long time owner and breeder Richard Herrman passes away March 9.

A rosary will be held for Richard Sunday, March 18 at 6:00 pm at St. William Catholic Church in Ft. Lupton, CO and a memorial mass will be held at St. William Catholic Church on Monday, March 19 at 10:00 am. (MDT).

An opportunity to celebrate Richard’s life will follow the mass in the church hall where lunch will be served. Concluding services and entombment will be at Mt. Olivet Cemetery following the luncheon at 2:30 pm (MDT).

Richard was born December 9, 1934, to Richard and Rose (Holman) Herrman of Platteville, CO. He graduated from Ft. Lupton High School in 1952 and continued to help his father on the farm until he married Genevieve Herman in 1955.

Richard and Genny moved to Denver where they worked and raised four children. Family was very important to Richard and for the next 20+ years there was fishing, hunting, roller skating, ice skating, snow skiing, water skiing and … so many memories.

In 1983, Richard and Genny decided it was time to leave the city and they moved to a small horse farm in Lafayette, Coloardo. Here Richard found his true passion, breeding and raising racing Quarter Horses.

As the business grew and became more successful they expanded moving back to Platteville in 1998 on 80 acres. Here Richard built his dream horse ranch. He loved working the pastures on his tractors, mowing the grass, and watching the babies grow. Richard bred and raised some of the best racehorses around.

He won races all over including California, Texas, Arizona, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Colorado.

During his horseracing career, he won numerous awards for champion and reserve champion racehorses from the Rocky Mountain Quarter Horse Association as well as Superior Racehorses from the American Quarter Horse Association.

In 2016 Richard partnered with his son and two grandsons forming the official D&G Ranch LLC. This ensured his legacy and ranch will continue for many generations to come.

In 2017 Richard was inducted into the Rocky Mountain Quarter Horse Association’s Hall of Fame, an honor he was extremely proud of.

Richard was very active his entire life. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus, Pacific Coast, Quarter Horse Racing, American Quarter Horse Association as well as a board of director for the Rocky Mountain Quarter Horse Association.

Survivors include Genny, his wife of 63 years; his children, Gregory (Leann) Herrman of Broomfield, CO, Patricia Herrman of Commerce City, CO, and Cheryl Rene Spradling of Castle Pines, CO; his grandchildren, Matthew (Amy) Herrman of Platteville, CO, David (Dawn) Neil of Alamogordo, NM, Jennifer (Robb) Steven of Commerce City, CO, Andrew (Amanda) Herrman of Greeley, CO, Forrest Spradling of Castle Rock, CO, Megan Spradling of Denver, CO, and Mackenzie Applegate of Westminster, CO; his great-grandchildren, Jaiden, Caylee, Blake, Brady, James, Hannah, Addilyn, Henry, and Avery; his son-in-law, Wayne Neil of Riverton, WY; his brother William (Rose) Herrman of Parachute, CO, his sister Eileen Herrman of Denver, CO and many more who knew and loved him.

Richard was preceded in death by his daughter Lorraine (Wayne) Neil of Riverton, WY.