Rosa DeVault

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Death Date: January 29, 2011

Burial Details

Cemetery Name: Steamboat Springs Cemetery
Cemetery Location: Steamboat Springs
Burial Location:Addition Third, Block 4, Lot 25, Grave 1

Obituaries

Steamboat Pilot and Today - February 2, 2011

Longtime Routt County resident Rosa DeVault passed away Saturday. A funeral Mass is at noon Saturday at Holy Name Catholic Church and will be followed by a graveside service. A visitation is from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Yampa Valley Funeral Home. The family has requested that attendees dress in sporting attire in memory of Rosa. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the Rosa DeVault Fund in care of the Yampa Valley Funeral Home, P.O. Box 776090, Steamboat Springs, CO 80477.

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Steamboat Springs — On Jan. 2, the Denver Broncos lost to the San Diego Chargers in the chill of Invesco Field. Undeterred by the heart-wrenching loss, the day’s true victor was sitting in the stands. She was an elderly Routt County-born woman, never once complaining about the cold and cheering on her favorite sports team one last time. Longtime Routt County resident Rosa DeVault was 78 when she passed away at the Doak Walker Care Center on Saturday, but with the help of her niece, Kelly Kaminski, she realized one of her final wishes to attend a final Broncos game just weeks before. “She was determined that no matter how she felt she was going to make it to the game,” Kaminski said. “She was on the downhill side of her life, and I think she was the happiest person in that stadium.” A memorial service for DeVault, who worked 25 years at the Routt Memorial hospital and started a woman’s softball league in town, is at noon Saturday at Holy Name Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Steamboat Springs Cemetery.