Annabelle Smelker Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Annabelle (Winters) Smelker, 90, of Central City, NE, died Friday, October 3, 2014 at Litzenberg Memorial County Hospital in Central City. Services are at a later date in Cheyenne Wells, CO. Burial will be in the Fairview District Cemetery in Cheyenne Wells, CO. There will be no visitation. Wagner Funeral Home in Central City is assisting the family. Annabelle was born on March 7, 1924 in Arapahoe, CO to Earl C. and Ida M. (Kimmel) Winters. She grew up in Cheyenne Wells, CO. She was united in marriage to Dean M. Smelker on September 20, 1941 in Sharon Springs, KS. They lived in Stratton, CO for two years and then moved to Cheyenne Wells where they remained for their married life. Annabelle loved to cook and owned a café. She also enjoyed dancing and playing cards. Her greatest love was her husband, Dean, and her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. After Dean’s death she moved to Stratton, CO for ten years and lived with her daughter, Ruth and Steve Parish. She then came to Central City to live with her son, Dean Leroy and Leigh Ann Smelker. Annabelle was a member of the Methodist Church in Cheyenne Wells, CO. Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Dean Leroy (Leigh Ann) Smelker of Central City, NE; and Delmer M. (June) Smelker of Woodland Park, CO, a daughter and son-in-law, Ruth (Steve) Parish of Stratton, CO, fourteen grandchildren, thirty- two great- grandchildren, twenty-three great-great-grandchildren, a brother and sisters-in-law, William (Lucy) Winters of Colorado Springs, CO; Rose Winters of Ellicott CO, and a brother-in- law, Roland (Sugar) Buettenmuller of Colorado Springs, CO. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dean M. Smelker, one daughter, Cheryl Wilms Fearnot, two brothers, Melvin and Junior Winters, three sisters, Mary Ardrey, Daisy Buettenmuller, and Louisa Mae Willis, and four great-grandsons. In lieu of flowers memorials are suggested to donor’s choice and can be sent to Dean L. Smelker at 1803 10th Ave., Central City, NE 68826. Condolences can be posted at the funeral home website, www.wagnerfuneral.com.

Annabelle Smelker

March 7, 1924 - October 3, 2014