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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Lavone Erb
Lavone
Erb
October 7, 1924 – April 18, 2016
Lavone Erb's Obituary
LaVone (Stieben) Schweitzer Erb, 91, Boulder, CO, died on Monday, April 18, at Frasier Meadows Manor Health Care Center in Boulder CO.
She was born 10/7/1924 in Bazine KS to Henry and Lydia Stieben of Bazine, as the eighth of their nine children. She married Garland Schweitzer in March 1941 and they had four children. (She was briefly married to Elmer Erb (1989-1991). She was an active community participant in Ness City and later in Hays, KS. She worked in several women's clothing shops throughout her life. Following her move in 2004, she was very active at her residence in Frasier Meadows Health Care Community in Boulder, CO and became a recognized watercolor painter.
Survivors include two daughters, Sheila Atchley and husband Bob of Lafayette, CO, and Sonja Rufenacht of Amarillo, TX, including grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by sons Mitchell and Stuart Schweitzer, and by her eight siblings.
A memorial service in Boulder will be on Thursday, April 28, at Frasier Meadows Manor at 1:45 pm.
A graveside service for burial of her ashes will be at the Ness City Cemetery on May 5 at 2:30 pm.
Memorial contributions may be given to Fraiser Meadows Health Care Center, Boulder, CO or donor's choice.
Words of sympathy and support may be left for the family by signing the guest book below.
She was born 10/7/1924 in Bazine KS to Henry and Lydia Stieben of Bazine, as the eighth of their nine children. She married Garland Schweitzer in March 1941 and they had four children. (She was briefly married to Elmer Erb (1989-1991). She was an active community participant in Ness City and later in Hays, KS. She worked in several women's clothing shops throughout her life. Following her move in 2004, she was very active at her residence in Frasier Meadows Health Care Community in Boulder, CO and became a recognized watercolor painter.
Survivors include two daughters, Sheila Atchley and husband Bob of Lafayette, CO, and Sonja Rufenacht of Amarillo, TX, including grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by sons Mitchell and Stuart Schweitzer, and by her eight siblings.
A memorial service in Boulder will be on Thursday, April 28, at Frasier Meadows Manor at 1:45 pm.
A graveside service for burial of her ashes will be at the Ness City Cemetery on May 5 at 2:30 pm.
Memorial contributions may be given to Fraiser Meadows Health Care Center, Boulder, CO or donor's choice.
Words of sympathy and support may be left for the family by signing the guest book below.
To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Lavone Erb, please visit our flower store.
Funeral Services for Lavone Erb
Graveside Service
May
5
Ness City Cemetery
Starts at 2:30 pm
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