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\"Kirsten
Kirsten Martin holds Adeline Martin, who was born at UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital on May 8, 2025. Adeline is the newest descendant of northern Colorado homesteaders named the Delehoys. Over four generations, the family has welcomed 12 babies at the Fort Collins hospital, which is celebrating its 100th birthday this year. Photo by Joel Blocker, for UCHealth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Delehoy family\u2019s hometown hospital is much more than the place where they have welcomed each new baby for nearly a century.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s where their stories begin.<\/p>\n

Over four generations, these northern Colorado homesteaders have welcomed 12 babies at the Fort Collins hospital, which is now called UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital<\/a> and is celebrating its 100th<\/sup> birthday this year.<\/p>\n

Parents who were born at the hospital decades ago welcomed their own babies there, then eventually celebrated the births of their grandbabies.<\/p>\n

“It’s very meaningful to bring my children into the world in the same place as my great-grandparents, grandparents and parents,” said Kirsten Martin, who gave birth to both her children at Poudre Valley Hospital.<\/p>\n

The family\u2019s close ties to the hospital began in 1939 when Marie and Victor Delehoy welcomed their first child, Barbara, at what was then called Larimer County Hospital. Eighty-six years later, the newest Delehoy descendant made her debut in the world at the hospital when Marie and Victor Delehoy’s great-granddaughter, Kirsten, delivered her daughter, Adeline Hunter Martin, on May 8, 2025.<\/p>\n

“The fact that Poudre Valley Hospital has been a place that has cared for my family for nearly a century shows the trust we’ve built over time,” Kirsten said. “Having quality care that is close to home is such an important part of our community.”<\/p>\n

Kirsten\u2019s sister, Kelsey Schnoor, also delivered her two children at Poudre Valley Hospital. And their mother, Karen Follett, considers it a privilege to have welcomed her grandchildren in the same place where she and her husband welcomed all three of their daughters, and where she also worked as a nurse.<\/p>\n

“It meant so much to have my mom with me at the birth of my children, in the same place where she once had me,” Kelsey said. “That connection across generations made the experience even more meaningful.”<\/p>\n

Kirsten agreed. \u201cIt\u2019s rare to have that kind of continuity, and I\u2019m proud to have such deep roots in Fort Collins,\u201d she said. “It’s not just a hospital. It\u2019s part of my family’s history.”<\/p>\n

\"The
The Delehoy family has welcomed new babies for four generations at what is now UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital. Family members recently gathered to celebrate their close connection to the hospital as it celebrates its 100th birthday. From left to right, the Delehoy descendants include: Gary Delehoy and wife, Caryn Delehoy; Kirsten Martin, holding her daughter, Adeline, the newest Delehoy descendant, who was born in May of this year; Kevin Follett, holding his grandson, Matthew; Karen Follett, with her grandson, Oliver; and Kelsey Schnoor, with her daughter, Zo\u00eb. Aside from Karen and Carlyn, all of the family members were born at Poudre Valley Hospital. Not pictured is Kelsey and Kirsten’s sister, Katie Mackey, who was also born at the same hospital. Photo by Joel Blocker, for UCHealth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Poudre Valley Hospital: A century of supporting families<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Kevin Follett stands on the shoulders of his uncle, Gary Delehoy, in 1961. Both Kevin and Gary were born at Poudre Valley Hospital and are among the family’s four generations of babies who have been born at the northern Colorado hospital. Photo courtesy of Kevin Follett.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Delehoy family’s roots in northern Colorado date back to the early 1900s. Marie was born in 1915 to Ray and Edith Young, who homesteaded in the early 1900s in Laporte, Colorado. The county hospital in nearby Fort Collins wasn\u2019t built until 1925, but a Fort Collins doctor helped deliver Marie. As fruit and vegetable farmers, the Youngs set up shop on their homestead, which is the present-day site of the Old Feed Store, across from the Cache La Poudre School. Marie had four siblings.<\/p>\n

Marie and Victor Delehoy met at school and married in 1936. Victor’s parents, Fred and Pearl Delehoy, homesteaded and farmed property between the nearby town of Bellvue and Stout, a quarry town<\/a> that is now mostly submerged under Horsetooth Reservoir. Marie and Victory lived on the Young’s Laporte property in a “shack” that still stands today, according to a 2014 article by history blogger Meg Dunn<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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A hospital receipt from Gary Delehoy’s birth in 1947. The total cost was $58.48. Receipt courtesy of Karen Follett.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The couple later purchased property near Bellvue, where Barbara and Gary, along with Arlen and Keith, were raised. All four children were born at Poudre Valley Hospital.<\/p>\n

Gary Delehoy still has the hospital bill that his father received after his birth on April 30, 1947. It was for $58.40. Marie spent about a week in the hospital, at $6 per day. (There was also a separate $9 room\/care charge.) Her delivery room cost her $10, while \u201cdressings and drugs\u201d cost $6.50. And she got a \u201cmisc\u201d discount of $3.10.<\/p>\n

Poudre Valley Hospital: A family affair<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Barbara married Hunter Follett in 1959. Hunter would go on to create the soil and water labs at Colorado State University<\/a>, where the Hunter Follett Award is still given to a graduate student each year.<\/p>\n

Barbara delivered Kevin at Poudre Valley Hospital in 1961.<\/p>\n

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Barbara and Hunter Follett hold their son, Kevin, who was born at Poudre Valley Hospital in 1961. Barbara was also born at the same hospital. Photo courtesy of Kevin Follett.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWhen I was born, my mom was quite sick,\u201d Kevin said. \u201cI was full-term, but only 3 pounds, 9 ounces. Mom had preeclampsia, and she almost died. I was in the hospital\u2019s NICU (neonatal intensive care unit) for about a month. \u2026 They had the best care there, even during that time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Barbara and Hunter were only allowed to see Kevin through the NICU nursery window.<\/p>\n

\u201cMom always told me that all the nurses loved to hold me, so I became extremely spoiled and wanted to be held all the time when I got home. Maybe that\u2019s why I married a nurse,\u201d Kevin said.<\/p>\n

Continuing with great hospital care<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\"Karen
Karen (Kresie) Follett in 1983. Photo courtesy of Kevin Follett. Karen worked at Poudre Valley Hospital for 32 years and retired in 2020. During that time, all three of her daughters were born at the hospital. Photo courtesy of Kevin Follett.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In 1983, Kevin married Karen Kresie, who had gotten her nursing degree that same year from Washburn School of Nursing in Topeka, Kansas<\/a>. The couple moved to Fort Collins to start their family, and Karen got a job at Poudre Valley Hospital. All three of their children, Katie, Kelsey and Kirsten, were born at Poudre Valley Hospital.<\/p>\n

During the birth of their first child in 1987, Karen had to have an emergency C-section. Katie \u2014 like her father 26 years earlier \u2014 spent time in the NICU.<\/p>\n

Being able to respond so quickly to the emergency situation saved the lives of his newborn and his wife, Kevin claimed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wouldn\u2019t encourage anyone to go anywhere else to have their baby,\u201d he said of Poudre Valley Hospital.<\/p>\n

The hospital now has a Level III NICU that provides services to babies born prematurely (as young as 28 weeks and as little as 2 pounds) or who have special health concerns. It\u2019s the only NICU of its kind between the Denver area and Billings, Montana.<\/p>\n

\"Karen
Karen Follett, with granddaughter Adeline Martin, the newest Delehoy descendant, who was born in May. Photo by Joel Blocker, for UCHealth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A shift in birthing and family care<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Karen Follett with her newborn, Kelsey, who was born at Poudre Valley Hospital in 1989. Photo courtesy of Kevin Follett.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Several decades before becoming a high-level NICU<\/a> in 2006, the hospital moved to \u201cfamily-centered care,\u201d a model that supports skin-to-skin contact after birth and babies stay in the mothers\u2019 rooms instead of a nursery, explained Julie Brain, nurse manager of the Women\u2019s Care unit at Poudre Valley Hospital, who started working at the hospital around the same time as Karen.<\/p>\n

Both nurses also worked there during the development of the hospital’s lactation support program<\/a> in 1999, which provides resources and one-on-one guidance for mothers of infants.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was originally designed to allow parents to go home, spend a night or two, work on breastfeeding, then return free of charge, where we could do maternal and baby assessments, and then help with breast or formula training,\u201d said Brain, who helped with its inception.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve made a big commitment in this organization to put the money behind the evidence,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The hospital\u2019s support of new mothers inspired Karen to get her certified lactation counselor certification. She continued caring for new mothers until she retired in 2020, but not before she cared for her daughter, Kelsey, twice during her stay in the unit.<\/p>\n

\"Kelsey
Kelsey Schnoor with her children, Oliver and Zo\u00eb. Kelsey was born at Poudre Valley Hospital, and so were both of her children. Photo by Joel Blocker, for UCHealth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A fourth generation born at Poudre Valley Hospital<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Kelsey\u2019s first child, Oliver David Follett Schnoor, was born May 31, 2017, at Poudre Valley Hospital with Kelsey\u2019s husband, Eli Schnoor, and Karen by her side.<\/p>\n

Kelsey’s second child, Zo\u00eb Follett Schnoor, was born at Poudre Valley Hospital on June 15, 2020. Visitor restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic left Kelsey feeling a bit saddened, as she had expected to have only her husband there to support her. But the day before her delivery, visitor restrictions lifted to allow for two people in the birthing room. Karen was able to join her daughter, making it in time for the last “big push.”<\/p>\n

\"mom
In June 2020, Kelsey Schnoor welcomed her daughter, Zo\u00eb. Following her daughter’s birth, Kelsey gazed adoringly at baby Zo\u00eb outside Poudre Valley Hospital, as father, Eli Schnoor, and son, Oliver Schnoor, looked on. Back in 2020, Zo\u00eb was the 10th Delehoy descendant to be born at the hospital. Photo by Kati Blocker, UCHealth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kelsey praises Eli for his support during that experience, saying the nurses thought of him as “the swaddle king.”<\/p>\n

Also making Kelsey’s hospital stay “really special” was that her good friend Jessica MacNaughton was the nurse in charge of Zo\u00eb’s immediate care after she was born.<\/p>\n

And as Kelsey and Zo\u00eb Schnoor left the hospital for their first trip home together, four generations of Poudre Valley Hospital-born family members were waiting outside, including her son, Oliver, two sisters, Kirstin and Katie Mackey, her father, Kevin, and her great uncle, Gary, and his wife, Caryn.<\/p>\n

\"family
When Kelsey and Zo\u00eb Schnoor were discharged on June 17, 2020, four generations of family members who had been born at Poudre Valley Hospital waited outside to celebrate the new baby’s birth. Family members included Kelsey’s son, Oliver Schnoor, (center, peeking over her shoulder), two of Kelsey’s sisters, Katie Mackey and Kirsten Martin, her father, Kevin Follett, and her great uncle, Gary Delehoy, and his wife, Caryn Delehoy. Photo by Kati Blocker, UCHealth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A family tradition of sorts<\/strong><\/h2>\n

A few years later, it was Kirsten’s turn to follow what had become a family tradition of sorts. On March 21, 2023, she delivered Matthew Grant Martin at Poudre Valley Hospital. Her husband, Warren Martin, along with proud grandparents Karen and Kevin, were there to greet the 11th Delehoy descendant.<\/p>\n

“It’s funny how much time I’ve spent in the women’s care unit,” Kirsten said.<\/p>\n

Kelsey and Kirsten remember visiting their mom at work when they were younger, enjoying dinners and holidays together in the cafeteria, and meeting their mother\u2019s colleagues during visits.<\/p>\n

On May 8, 2025, Kirsten returned to Poudre Valley Hospital to welcome daughter Adeline into the world. When Kirsten arrived for her scheduled C-section, she was greeted with the hospital’s newest renovations: a grand new hospital main entrance and a new birthing center, both completed in 2024.<\/p>\n

\"Kirsten
Kirsten Martin with her son, Matthew, and daughter, Adeline. Kirsten was born at Poudre Valley Hospital, and so were both her children. Photo by Joel Blocker, for UCHealth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“Poudre Valley Hospital is really a lot different than it used to be,” she said. “We got a room at the end of the women’s care unit that was really big \u2014 we called it the penthouse.”<\/p>\n

And the staff was just as amazing as Kirsten had remembered from all her visits there.<\/p>\n

“All the nurses were fantastic,” she said. “Of course, my mom called to see which of her friends were working. Our main nurses were Angie and Jessica, and Susan was our overnight nurse.<\/p>\n

“It feels like your grandmother is taking care of you because they are so kind and helpful. It made me appreciate what my mom did for so many years.”<\/p>\n

\"Karen
Karen Follett, with her daughters, Kirsten Martin, left, and Kelsey Schnoor, right. Karen worked at Poudre Valley Hospital for 32 years as a nurse and gave birth to her three daughters there. (Her first-born daughter, Katie Mackey, is not pictured here.) Photo by Joel Blocker, for UCHealth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Great care at a hospital that has been part of their family’s history for nearly a century<\/strong><\/h2>\n

For the Delehoy descendants, Poudre Valley Hospital is like a second home, and they said they’re grateful to have such a hospital in their local community.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love this hospital,\u201d Kelsey said. \u201cThere are so many good memories here, especially delivering my son and daughter. All the nurses are amazing. They do such a good job balancing care and quality. It\u2019s more than just a hospital \u2014 it is familiar.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kirsten said she would love it if one day, she too got to watch her grandchildren be born at Poudre Valley Hospital.<\/p>\n

“It would be a gift to see their stories begin in the same place where so many of my family’s stories also started,” she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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