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Mary Mills-Vawter Obituary
July 10, 1937
May 14, 2020
Mary Linda Mills-Vawter (Clapham) died May 14, 2020 due to complications from Alzheimer's disease. She was born in Alliance, Nebraska to Guy Omer and Grace McMillan Clapham on July 10, 1937. She graduated from High School in Glenwood Springs, Colorado in 1955. She was Glenwood's Strawberry Queen and National Strawberry Queen that year, and Miss Colorado Universe in 1957. She attended Colorado A&M College.
Mary Linda and Jerry Mills were married in 1958 and had three daughters Linda Marie, Laura Ann, and Penny Jo. They owned a ranch near Colorado Springs. She became a Real Estate Broker there and moved to Glenwood Springs in 2004.
Mary Linda is survived by her husband Glenn Vawter; sister Penny Ann Johnson; daughters Penny Jo Mills and Linda Marie Mills Hovanec; and four grandchildren. Mary Linda was preceded in death by her parents, sister Darlene Clapham, first husband and daughter Laura Ann Smith.
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Joy Brettell McDonald
May 22, 2020
Mary Linda was a friend, mentor and beautiful person. I was her sitter in Woodland Park in the early 1960s. I loved her and her girls like family. We had a great trip to Glenwood Springs so she could attend a class reunion and I could care Linda and Laura. She even had me run errands and drive her big yellow Cadillac. She had a great laugh, gorgeous smile and delightful personality. She even sang at our wedding❣I am blessed to have had her in my life and her friendship.
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