Dorothy Kaus Obituary

Dorothy Louise Kaus passed away on July 8, 2025 in Queen Creek, AZ at the age of 76. Rosary will be held at 5:00 PM followed by viewing from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM on Friday July 25th at San Tan Mountain View Funeral Home in Queen Creek. Mass will be held on Saturday July 26th at 9:00 AM at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Queen Creek and burial will be at 10:45 AM at Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetery in Mesa, AZ. Dorothy was born in Brush, CO on May 25, 1949 to Jerry and Mary Winkler Carver. She graduated from Fort Morgan High School in 1967 and married John Kaus two days later at St. Helena Catholic Church in Fort Morgan. They were married for 58 years. In 1969, she and John moved to Chadron, NE so John could go to college and in 1976, they moved to Sterling, CO, where they lived for the next 41 years. Dorothy was a well-known artist and her paintings were purchased by people throughout the world. She was invited to numerous art shows and the one she enjoyed the most was the Fort Robinson Professional Western Art Show in Nebraska, where only a select few artists were invited to participate. She was listed in the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, DC. Dorothy was instrumental in organizing one of three pilot projects, funded by the U.S. Dept. of Education aimed at developing arts in education programs for children with disabilities or special needs and was one of only four Colorado artists who were nominated to attend the International Very Special Arts Festival in Washington, DC. She was invited and accepted to have her art reviewed by American Artist Magazine. Dorothy taught private art lessons in Sterling for many years. Besides her art career, she was also a 4-H leader for 15 years and in 1995 was awarded the Logan County Friend of 4-H Award. She was a member of the Friday Ladies Trio Bowling Team. Dorothy was the paint department manager at Mr. D's Ace Hardware and then at Mead Lumber and was the head cook at Sterling Middle School for about five years. Dorothy and John loved playing pitch every Saturday night with John's cousins Bill (Cora) Kaus and Carol (Mike) Miller. She and John loved to go cruising out of Galveston and they visited a lot of countries in the Caribbean, many of which were with their son Bob and his family. On one cruise, they met a couple, John and Kendra, from Louisiana and became good friends with them. In 2010, they bought a house in Gilbert, AZ, where their son, Paul and his family lived and in 2017, they moved to Arizona and settled in Queen Creek. Dorothy was preceded in death by her parents and her sister, Denise Durflinger. She is survived by her children, Sandy (Hugh) Robinson of Lott, TX; Paul (Grace) Kaus of Gilbert, AZ and Bob (Lily) Kaus of Austin, TX; her Brother Dave (Linda) Carver of Green Valley, AZ; her sister, Diana (Larry) Sterkel of Sunnyside, WA; and eight grandsons: Tony Robinson, Nic Robinson, Dante Kaus, Alex Kaus, Dominick Kaus, Michael Smith, Gavin Smith, and Noah Kaus.
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