Reba Dempcy

Reba Howard Dempcy, age 98, died at The Primrose Retirement Community on December 3, 2019. She was born in Hendley, Nebraska, to Vance and Velma Howard. Reba was the youngest and last surviving of four children.

In 1940 she married Elgar Dempcy. After WWII, they eventually settled in Eustis, Nebraska where they raised two children. They owned and operated a farm and small dairy. She and Elgar ranched the homesteaded land in Lincoln County Nebraska. She was as comfortable riding a rake as she was in the kitchen. Branding time at the ranch was a county event.They moved to Pueblo, Colorado, in 1980. Reba was a wonderful seamstress and cook, still hosting "chicken and noodle" dinners for family and friends

well into her 90's..

Adventurous and fun spirited, she went for a helicopter thrill ride and white water rafting at Royal Gorge on her 75th birthday and hot air ballooning on her 80th. She loved traveling and always had a suitcase packed and ready at the door.

She was a member of the First United Methodist church and enjoyed a 40 year membership and friendship of the FCE Pueblo County Chapter.

Survived by daughter Judy (Mike) DeCarlo of Pueblo, son Glen (Claudia Van Buren) Dempcy of O'Fallon, IL. Grandchildren Kelly Johnson, Tracey (Brian) Singley, Tiffany (Sam) DeCarlo, and Rob (Allison) Cole-Dempcy. Great Grandchildren Buster, Dustin and

Crystal Kelter, Merritt and Mattie Singley, Sarah and Joe DeCarlo, Landon and Sutton

Edmonds, and Canyon Cole. Great- Great Granddaughters, Aubrey Kelter and Kashmir Kelter and many nieces and nephews. Special friends Bill and Nancy Bustillos and Bernard and Antionette Padilla.

Thank you to the Primrose Retirement Community staff for their loving care for our Mother.

We will miss her love, spunk and love of life!

Celebration of her life will be held in the spring