Lorene Grace Shade
Lorene Shade, a longtime Parker resident, died Oct. 15, in
Parker. She was 73.
Memorial services are planned for 2 p.m., Oct. 23 at the Parker
Senior Center, 10675 S. Longs Way. Dr. Patty Luckenbach of the Mile
High Church of Religious Science in Lakewood will officiate. There
was cremation.
Born May 18, 1930, in Marion, S.D., she was the daughter of
Frank and Gertrude (Vietor) Buse. She attended Nettleton Commercial
School in Sioux Falls, S.D., and then lived and worked in Portland,
Ore. and Denver.
She married Frank Shade Feb. 22, 1959, and the family moved to
Parker in 1968. She retired form the Parker Fire Protection
District in 1996.
Mrs. Shade volunteered her time to help establish the Parker
branch of the Douglas County Libraries. She serves as campaign
treasurer for many local elections and served as secretary to the
Douglas County Republicans. As a 4-H leader, she was active on the
local club and county level. She was a superintendent for general
4-H projects at the Douglas County Fair for several
years.
More recently she served on the board of directors of the Parker
Senior Center. She was a master gardener and was active in the
Parker Task Force and Parker Historical Society. She wrote grants
for special projects for some of these entities.
Mrs. Shade was preceded in death by a sister, Minda DuBois, and
a brother, Walter Buse.
She is survived by a daughter, Karen, of Hays, Kan.; as son,
Robert and his wife, Margaret of Wray; grandchildren, Ryan Flores
and his wife, Nellie, of Aurora, Brandon Flores of Mitchell, S.D.
and Matthew Shade of Wray; a brother, Sam Buse and his wife,
Bernice, of Lennox, S.D., sister-in-law Elvina Buse of Marion and
many nieces and nephews.
Memorial contributions can be made in her name to the American
Cancer Society, 2255 S. Oneida, Denver, CO 80224 or Douglas County
Libraries, 100 N. Wilcox St., Castle Rock, CO 80104.
Tributes can be left at www.mem.com
Olinger Andrews Caldwell Gibson Funeral Home of Castle Rock was
in charge of arrangements.
Sarah Anne Rigney
Memorial services are scheduled for 4 p.m., Oct. 25 at Parker
Funeral Home, 10325 Parkglenn Way, Parker, for Sarah Rigney, of
Parker, who died Oct. 15, in Denver. She was 86.
Born July 15, 1917, in Grant County, N.M., she was the daughter
of Thomas and Anna (Murry) Davis.
She graduated from Austin High School in El Paso, Texas and El
Paso Business College.
She married Laurence Freeland Rigney, April 15, 1950 in El Paso.
Her husband preceded her in death May 20, 1993.
She and her husband owned and operated Rigney Cleaners in El
Paso.
Mrs. Rigney enjoyed gardening, playing bridge and was a member
of several bridge clubs. She was active in the Parker Senior Center
and the Mountain Pine Women’s Club in Parker.
While living in El Paso, she spent many volunteer hours at All
Saints’ Episcopal Church Thrift Shop.
She is survived by a daughter, Susie Malsam and her husband,
Dan, of Parker; granddaughters Meg Malsam and Tessa Malsam, both of
Parker; a grandson, Miles Malsam, also of Parker; and a sister,
Betty Arnold and her husband, Jack, of Marble Falls,
Texas.
Memorial contributions can be made in her name to Porter
Hospice, 2420 West 26th Ave., No. 200D, Denver, CO 80211.
Carl Edward Salyers
Graveside services were Oct. 17 in Clearwater, Fla., for Carl
Salyers, who died Oct. 14, in Elizabeth. He was 87.
Born June 7, 1916, in Coal Grove, Ohio, he was the son of John
and Eva B. (Norris) Salyers.
He married Alma Effingham in Huntington, W.V., and she preceded
him in death in 2001.
He was honorably discharged from the U.S. Navy.
Mr. Salyers was a milk route salesman for Mount Vernon dairy in
Charleston, W.V. He retired after 23 years and he and his wife
moved to Clearwater in 1971. He moved to Colorado in
2002.
Mr. Salyers is survived by daughters Carolyn Welstead and her
husband, Lew, of Great Falls, Va., Jeannine Salyers, of Elizabeth
and Cathy Moeller and her husband, Brett, of Riva, Md.; a son,
Michael Salyers and his wife, Peggy, of Elizabeth; a sister, Ethel
Langdon and her husband, Robert, of Huntington; five grandchildren
and six great-grandchildren.
Parker Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.