BIRTH 30 Jun 1932
Liberal, Seward County, Kansas, USA
DEATH 7 Jun 2019 (aged 86)
Olathe, Montrose County, Colorado, USA
Published: Published June 19, 2019
"Delta County Independent", Delta, Colorado
Donna Scherer
Longtime Delta resident Donna Sue Scherer died June 7, 2019, at Colorow Care Center in Olathe. She was 86.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday, June 20, at Taylor Funeral Service Chapel in Delta.
Inurnment will follow in Mesa View Cemetery in Delta.
She was born on June 30, 1932, to David and Nora (Singleton) Vanderhoofven in Liberal, Kan., but spent the first few years in Goodwell, Okla. The family moved from Oklahoma to Delta in 1937. She graduated from Delta High School in 1951.
She married Leo Watts in 1954. They lived in Texas and Louisiana before moving back to Delta in 1956. They had one daughter; the marriage ended in divorce in 1970.
In 1978, she married Byron Scherer in Delta where they lived until her husband's death in 1995.
Mrs. Scherer worked at Smith's Dry Cleaners for several years then went to work for Russell Stover Candy in Montrose until her retirement in 1994.
She enjoyed reading, crocheting, sewing, crafts, baking, growing roses, her church and watching baseball.
Mrs. Scherer is survived by daughter, Karen (John) Saltysiak of Delta; brother, David (Marilynn) Vanderhoofven of Delta; sister, Boots Buchanan of Jacksonville, N.C.; sister-in-law, Dorothy Vanderhoofven of Grand Junction; granddaughters, Taina Saltysiak of Denver, Brittney and Francesca Saltysiak; and great-grandson, Tatum Cool of Delta.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Byron Scherer; son, Kevin Watts; brother, Merritt Vanderhoofven; and sister, Tina Lue Vanderhoofven.
Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of choice.
Taylor Funeral Service and Crematory is handling the arrangements.
Visit the internet obituary and sign the online guest registry at www.taylorfuneralservice.com
BIRTH 30 Jun 1932
Liberal, Seward County, Kansas, USA
DEATH 7 Jun 2019 (aged 86)
Olathe, Montrose County, Colorado, USA
Published: Published June 19, 2019
"Delta County Independent", Delta, Colorado
Donna Scherer
Longtime Delta resident Donna Sue Scherer died June 7, 2019, at Colorow Care Center in Olathe. She was 86.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday, June 20, at Taylor Funeral Service Chapel in Delta.
Inurnment will follow in Mesa View Cemetery in Delta.
She was born on June 30, 1932, to David and Nora (Singleton) Vanderhoofven in Liberal, Kan., but spent the first few years in Goodwell, Okla. The family moved from Oklahoma to Delta in 1937. She graduated from Delta High School in 1951.
She married Leo Watts in 1954. They lived in Texas and Louisiana before moving back to Delta in 1956. They had one daughter; the marriage ended in divorce in 1970.
In 1978, she married Byron Scherer in Delta where they lived until her husband's death in 1995.
Mrs. Scherer worked at Smith's Dry Cleaners for several years then went to work for Russell Stover Candy in Montrose until her retirement in 1994.
She enjoyed reading, crocheting, sewing, crafts, baking, growing roses, her church and watching baseball.
Mrs. Scherer is survived by daughter, Karen (John) Saltysiak of Delta; brother, David (Marilynn) Vanderhoofven of Delta; sister, Boots Buchanan of Jacksonville, N.C.; sister-in-law, Dorothy Vanderhoofven of Grand Junction; granddaughters, Taina Saltysiak of Denver, Brittney and Francesca Saltysiak; and great-grandson, Tatum Cool of Delta.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Byron Scherer; son, Kevin Watts; brother, Merritt Vanderhoofven; and sister, Tina Lue Vanderhoofven.
Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of choice.
Taylor Funeral Service and Crematory is handling the arrangements.
Visit the internet obituary and sign the online guest registry at www.taylorfuneralservice.com
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