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Obituary : Colleen Showers Krauter |
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 (1928 - 2009) - Colleen Showers Krauter January 27, 1928 - August 24, 2009 Colleen Krauter
passed away on August 24, 2009 in Omaha, Nebraska. A memorial service
celebrating her life will be held at 11:00 a.m., on Saturday, September 5, at
the Arvin Congregational Church. Colleen was born to Lew and Eunice Showers on
January 27, 1928 in Santa Ana, California. In 1937, the family moved to Arvin
and opened a grocery and meat market. Attending Bakersfield High School, she was
among the many Arvin students who spent their high school years making the long
daily bus ride to Bakersfield. Visits to Dewar's Ice Cream Shop, just across the
street from the high school, gave her a life-long love of ice cream. In 1946,
Colleen and Laurance Krauter married and started their family of four children.
At 38, Colleen began work toward her BA degree in Psychology at California State
College at Bakersfield, graduating with Honors in 1974. In 1978 she earned her
Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology from the California School of Professional
Psychology in Los Angeles, which opened a twenty-four year professional career
of providing therapy to individuals, couples and families. In 2002 Colleen
retired to Omaha, NE to be near her daughter, Nancy Willcockson, and her family.
Colleen was a devoted mother and grandmother, attending many of her
grandchildren's recitals, performances, sporting events and graduations. She
provided a loving home for her grandson, Joel Krauter, through his teen years,
and was very proud of his four wonderful children. In addition to her family,
Colleen loved dancing and the ocean, and her children and grandchildren fondly
remember the gatherings she organized at Carpenteria. Colleen's son, Les
Krauter, and her brother, Bill Showers, preceded her in death. Colleen is
survived by former husband, Laurance Krauter, of Victoria, BC; daughter,
Christine Price and her husband Chet of Davis, CA; son, Marty Krauter and his
wife Gloria of Bakersfield; daughter, Dr. Nancy Willcockson and her husband Jim
of Omaha, NE; her grandchildren, EMC Joel Krauter, U.S. Navy, currently serving
in Iraq, and his wife Vicki of Virginia Beach, VA; Matt Price of Los Angeles;
Nicole Grant and her husband Nick of Seattle, WA; Joseph Krauter of Susanville,
CA; Andrea Krauter Peters of Bakersfield; James, Scott and Greg Willcockson of
Omaha, NE; her great-grandchildren, Emily, Kathrina, Mercedes and Donovan
Krauter of Virginia Beach, VA. Colleen was also a 50-year breast cancer
survivor. Donations in her memory may be made to the
Susan G. Komen for the Cure fund or the
Alzheimer's Association .
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