1935 - 2009
Elsie Gonzales Smith passed away April 25, 2009, in Lakewood. She was 74.
Elsie was born in Mount Harris on Jan. 21, 1935, to Phillip and Juanita Gonzales. She attended school in Hayden. On May 26, 1957, she married Larry Geer, of Steamboat Springs. The couple had three children: Lynne, Jim and John.
In 1963, the family relocated to Seibert. After divorcing in 1979, Elsie moved back to Steamboat Springs with her youngest son, John. She returned to Seibert in 1984 and was married to Bernie Smith in 1996. They lived in Seibert until she became ill.
For the past nine years, Elsie resided in the Cheyenne Manor in Cheyenne Wells and, most recently, in Bethany Health Plex in Lakewood.
Elsie was an avid reader and loved watching scary movies.
She will be greatly missed.
She is survived by a daughter, Lynne Long, of Escondido, Calif.; son Jim Geer, of Denver; son John Geer, of Golden; sisters Ortencia Bettger, of Steamboat Springs, Adelina Puma, of Craig, and Mary Key, of Chicago; two grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
