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Ann Schum Obituary

October 10, 1944 - January 6, 2009
Ann Schum of Boulder, formerly of Pueblo, Littleton and Englewood, died January 6, 2009 at Boulder Community Hospital. The last of ten children, Ann was born October 10, 1944 in Pueblo, Colorado to John Cowen and Lucille Cody. She was an avid hot air balloonist and a long time and much loved employee of Mentor Graphics of Longmont. Ann was the loving mother to four children: Sheri Middleton, Jennifer McNutt, Dede Laugesen and Dennis Schum. She is survived by them and fifteen grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents and grandson, Luke McNutt. A Visitation and Funeral Mass will be held at Sacred Heart of Mary Church, 6739 South Boulder Road, Boulder, CO on Friday, January 9, 2009 beginning at 1:00 p.m. followed by a Reception. Crist Mortuary 3395 Penrose Place, Boulder, CO 80301 (303)-442-4411

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Published by The Gazette on Jan. 8, 2009.

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Mary Beth (Sterry) Abbott

January 10, 2009

I worked with Ann for several years. She was a wonderful and kind person, who always offered her assistance to anyone in need. Since I moved on to other jobs, I've thought of her often. Her warm, unique personality will not be forgotten. My thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief. May your memories bring you comfort.

Sara Lawrence

January 9, 2009

We are shocked and saddened to hear of Ann’s passing. I worked with Ann a lot during my time at VeriBest/Mentor and she was always a joy to spend time with. She was a kind and selfless person, always willing to help others. We are so sorry for your loss.
God Bless.

Sara Lawrence and Greg Harris

Gwen Ellison

January 9, 2009

May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.

Hal Morrison

January 9, 2009

Ann, you were a truely wonderful friend and (former) co-worker. I'll miss you.

Anne Brennan

January 9, 2009

For personal reasons, I needed to work out of the Longmont office for about a month. During my time there, Ann was very helpful. Her kind nature and support made it very easy for me to work from the Longmont office while at the same time dealing with a difficult family issue. She made me feel at home. I am very sorry for your loss.

Pat, Mark, Gail, Susan Eatons

January 8, 2009

We were so sorry to hear of your loss. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to help at this time.

A. J. Herran

January 8, 2009

Dede, Sheri, Jenny and Dennis -

Our thoughts and prayers are with you all at this time of such deep loss.

Ann left her unique mark on every task she undertook - be it family - work - or helping those less fortunate than herself. She truly understood what it meant to be a survivor - to deal with whatever came her way - to care for others - to persevere - and to continue to look to the mountains....

She is with us always - taking care of us all.

Stephen Bailey

January 8, 2009

I'm so sorry to lose Ann. She provided my wife, Reiko, and I appreciated advice and help when we moved here from CA with VeriBest years ago. She was always such a nice person to be around.

Dan Peters

January 8, 2009

Dede, Sheri, Jenny and Dennis,

Your mom was a wonderful warm person whom I enjoyed knowing and working with for the past twelve years. The care she had for, probably every living creature, human or not is admirable. Her energy was not always the highest, but she made up for that in other ways that truly amazed me at times. Her efforts to start and grow the Christmas Angels program here at Mentor was such a huge success. What I saw from that effort was so rewarding, because Ann thrived on the program and grew it to the point where we had 80 kids in the community that were adopted and given some gifts at Christmas. Ann drove that, and yes there were some very generous people here, but those kids would never have had the experience if Ann had not taken on the challenge. That, in my mind is a huge legacy and something for all of you to be so proud of. I know I am.
I already miss her a lot and will remember her forever. She will be missed by everyone here as well.
My love to you all. Dan

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