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Karen K. (Klaessy) Olbert of Parker died Friday, Oct. 7, 2005, in Aurora. She was born in Spencer, Iowa on July 2, 1943. In her earlier years she 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 children of abuse. She was also the church secretary at the First Congregational Church in Boulder. She married Phil Olbert on Dec. 15, 1988. Later, they owned and operated the Lazy H Guest Ranch in Allenspark for eight years and then retired to Parker. She is survived by her husband, Phil; two daughters, Jennifer Ecker of Chicago; Tami Inskeep and her husband Jason of Greeley; two stepdaughters, Holly Price of Denver and Valerie Brown of Crownsville, Md.; four grandchildren, Katie Ecker, Sierra and Colton Inskeep and Corinne Price and her brother, Joel Klaessy of Minneapolis. She was preceded in death by her parents, Don and Marilou Klaessy of Boulder. Memorial services were held Oct. 13, at the Parker Funeral Home. Interment will be at the Greenmount Cemetery in Durango. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Research Foundation.

Obituary, Trail-Gazette, October 14, 2005.

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