Edith Houser

Born March 22, 1932 in Chillicothe, Illinois to Aman Joseph Kehlenbach and Ruth Evelyn Root-Kenhenbach, Edith “Joanne” Houser passed away peacefully on March 13, 2016 at Four Corners Health Care Center, Durango, Colorado. Joanne graduated from Chillicothe Illinois Township High School in 1950. On November 24, 1950 she married her high school sweetheart, Robert “Bob” Houser. In 1956 the family moved to Sierra Madre, California where Bob worked as a civil engineer for Santa Fe Land Improvement Company and Joanne was a homemaker and loving mother to their four children. In 1963 the family moved to Durango, Colorado where Bob worked as a civil engineer/land surveyor for the United States Forest Service and Joanne worked with the Bank of Durango. In 1971 Bob was transferred to Pagosa Springs, Colorado, then Glenwood Springs, Colorado in 1981 where he retired from the Forest Service in 1988. After his retirement, Bob and Joanne returned to their Pagosa Springs home. In 2005 they sold their Pagosa Springs home and moved to Dolores, Colorado. Joanne loved to sew, do interior design, needlepoint, and read. Joanne Houser is preceded in death by her husband, Robert Houser who passed away ten days prior, her parents, Aman and Ruth Kehlenbach, a sister, Sherry Bolding, and brother-in-law, Lloyd Bolding. Joanne is survived by her brother Harold Kehlenbach, sister-in-law, Sue Kehlenbach, four children, Sheryl Kaufman of Durango, Colorado, Steven Houser of Castle Rock, Colorado, Mark Houser of Farmington, New Mexico, Eric Houser of Highlands Ranch, Colorado, five grandchildren, six great grandchildren, and two great-great grandchildren. Memorial services are pending.