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Dolores M. Wann

Dolores M. Wann, 87, of Kimball, died at Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff on Saturday, March 21, 2015.

A Celebration of Life will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 11, at the Kimball Baptist Fellowship Church, located at 507 S. Oak Street in Kimball, with Pastors Dennis Payton and Dallas Powell officiating. Inurnment will be held at a later date.

Friends may stop at the funeral home on Friday, April 10, to sign the register book and leave condolences for the family. Please visit http://www.cantrellfh.com to view Dolores's Tribute Wall and leave condolences for the family. Memorials have been established to Kimball Health Services Foundation or the Gideon Bible Fund. The services for Dolores have been entrusted to the Cantrell Funeral Home.

Dolores Mae Wann was born in Trinidad, Colo., on Jan. 18, 1928, the daughter of Claude and Thelma (Rogers) Sater. Her family moved to a ranch near Woodland Park, Colo., when she was a year old. She was raised and attended school in Woodland Park through the 10th grade. Her family moved to Ramah, Colo., and she graduated from the Ramah High School in 1945. Dolores then attended Blair Business College in Colorado Springs, graduating with a degree in Office Management/Stenography. She worked in Colorado Springs and Denver for the Internal Revenue Service.

Dolores was married to Walter Wann in Raton, N.M., on March 11, 1950. They lived in Limon and Ft. Morgan in Colorado until moving to Kimball in 1955. She was active in the Kimball Southern Baptist Church and was instrumental in getting the church started in Kimball.

Survivors include her husband Walt Wann of Kimball; son, Jim Wann of Henderson, Colo .; daughter Renee (Jim) Buskirk of Hemingford; nine grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; step-father, Herbert Starr; son, Walter Wann Jr .; and one brother and one sister.