KEITH F. SCHAEFER – FRUITA Keith was born in Philadelphia, PA on July 20, 1943. He was raised in Deephaven, MN and enlisted in the U.S. Navy Reserves immediately after high school graduation in June, 1961. He attended Mankato State College and served actively in the U.S. Navy from 1964-1967. His family often spent ski vacations in Colorado and as a teenager, Keith made the decision to live in Colorado.  Keith and Sally met on Thanksgiving Day, 1957 and married on September 30,...

Ernestine Preuss (Ernie, if you please) passed away peacefully early on June 21st following a valiant battle with cancer. Born to Helen and Ernest Gauer in Madison, Connecticut on May 1, 1932, Ernie’s love of the water and the New England oceanside never left her. She married the love of her life, Frank Preuss while he was still in the Navy in 1955 and they enjoyed 67 years of life, love, adventures and travels together. Ernie loved playing golf (especially beating Frank), travel, and...

Earl Wayne Fisk, age 90, died June 18, 2022 following a brief illness. He was born March 13, 1932, in Newton, Kansas. He was the son of the late Raymond Fisk and Isabel Mulvaney. Earl graduated from Central High School, Grand Junction, on May 24, 1950. He was a Navy veteran having served as Engineman, 2nd Class. He was employed in the chemical manufacturing business in several different locations. Most notably, he and his wife, Lois, lived more than 4 years in the Kingdom of Jordan...

Ira Kaplan was born in Newark, New Jersey, on April 5th, 1949. the first child to first generation Jewish parents, Edward Kaplan (1910-1970), a veteran and bicycle repairman, and Hannah Weisz (1921-2005), a seamstress. Ira had a younger sister Linda Susan Kaplan (1953-2011).   Ira was an avid surfer, guitarist, botanist, downhill skier, Porsche racer, and ordained minister. Ira was also an entrepreneur, rarely working for others, and ran a CCTV television installation business, a hemp...