Karen K. Olbert of Parker died Oct. 7, 2005, in Aurora. She was
62.
Olbert was born July 2, 1943, in Spencer, Ind., the daughter of
Don and Marilou (Green) Klaessy. In her earlier years, Olbert
received her degree and worked as a nurse in Iowa. She then spent
many years as a full-time mother raising her two daughters. Later
on she became a paralegal and worked as a child advocate helping
abused children. She was also church secretary at the First
Congregational Church in Boulder.
Olbert married Phil Olbert on Dec. 15, 1988. Later, the couple
owned and operated the Lazy H guest Ranch in Allenspark for eight
years, then retired to Parker.
She is survived by her husband; daughters Jennifer Ecker of
Chicago and Tami (Jason) Inskeep of Greeley; stepdaughters Holly
Price of Denver and Valerie Brown of Crownsville, Md.;
grandchildren Katie Ecker, Sierra and Colton Inskeep and Corinne
Price and her brother Joel Klaessy of Minneapolis, Minn.
Olbert was preceded in death by her parents, Don and Marilou
Klaessy of Boulder.
Memorial services were held Oct. 13 at Parker Funeral Home,
which was in charge of arrangements. Interment was at Greenmount
Cemetery in Durango. Memorial contributions may be made to the
American Diabetes Research Foundation.