Sondra Lee Lohman

Sondra Lee Lohman was born on June 1, 1933 in New Castle, Indiana, the first born of Rex and Ellen Chalfant.  Sondra graduated from Mount Summit High School in Mount Summit, Indiana in 1951. she moved to Colorado in 1966 and has called Eckley her home since. Sondra worked as a bookkeeper at the Yuma Livestock Auction for 16 years and Duckwall’s in Wray for three. She then retired and enjoyed being home. She was blessed to raise six children, Karla, Karen, Brenda, David, Shara and Anna.

Hobbies included gardening, canning, making crafts, traveling, including trips to Indiana to see her sister, Sonya, and shopping with her daughters. Her canning received many awards at the Yuma County Fair. Sondra could also be found at local auctions chatting and bidding on various antiques, which was her favorite pasttime. She loved playing games and going fishing with her grandchildren, and telling them stories.

She is survived by her sister Sonya King of Middletown, Indiana and brother, Errol (Joe) Fowler of West Harrison, Indiana, also daughters, Karla McCoy and Tony Weber of Yuma and children, Robert, Steve, Jeana and Derek; Karen Paul of Eckley and children, Aspen and Mark; Brenda Williams of Eckley and children, Jodi and Katie, son, David Capps of Eckley and children, Monica, Aaron and A.J.; daughters, Shara Berghis of Wray and husband, Kirk and children, Brandy, Cam and Carson; Anna Castor of Eckley and children, Sierra, Logan and Addie.

Also her great-grandchildren, Ethan, Eli, Abbie, Alex, Chase, Gracie, Chasity, Connor, and Natalie and a host of nieces and nephews.

Sondra is preceded in death by her parents, Rex and Ellen, her brothers, James Fowler and Richard Cave and three grandchildren.

There is a special Part of our Mother in Every One of Us

Do you ever wonder where we got our good looks, or why we all turned out to be such good cooks,

Knowing we have very little money we still love to shop, it sure beats cleaning house and pushing a mop,

Why do we love to fish all day, even when fish won’t bite, and when we disagree with someone we just hate to lose a fight,

In the spring we love to plant our garden and flowers and watch them grow, where we got our green thumb. God only knows.

Brenda’s always on the go, Karen serves the friendly skies, Anna and Shara are both expecting babies in July.

David works hard at his job, earning every dime, me I’m struggling to get ahead, living one day at a time.

But if we ever wonder why we do the things we do, or if life gets us down, remember to keep our chin up and smile,

In God we should put our trust, because in a very loving way there’s a special part of our Mom in every one of us.

Karla McCoy 1989

A funeral service was held on Wednesday, December 28, 2011, 10:00 a.m. at the New Life Fellowship in Eckley, Colorado with Pastor Glen Kline officiating. Interment was held in the Eckley Cemetery in Eckley, Colorado. Memorials to the Eckley Christmas Lights Fund. Spellman-Schmidt Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.