Sarah will have a military burial at the Ft. Logan Cemetery in Denver on Monday, May 21st, at 1:00 pm. Her obituary can be found at the All Veterans web site at:
but it is also repeated below:
As the sun sets it rises beyond the horizon.
Sarah Elizabeth Lobser passed away peacefully in the evening of April 26, 2018 at the age of 38 years.
She was surrounded by friends, family, and loved ones after a multi-day celebration with many happy moments. Her sense of humor shone through to the very end, and her life and spirit will continue to be an inspiration. Sarah gave us the gift of bringing all of us together.
Sarah is survived by her parents, Monica and Greg, and her brothers, David and Daniel. Military services to celebrate her life are scheduled at Ft. Logan Cemetery on Monday, May 21st at 1:00 p.m.
Sarah graduated from Smith College in 2001 with a Bachelors in Mathematics. She graduated from Oregon State University in 2004 with a Masters in remote sensing. She earned her Master Scuba Diver certificate while living for several months in 2005 on the island of Pemba off the east coast of Tanzania. In 2009 she graduated from the Southwest Acupuncture College in Boulder, Colorado with a Masters in Oriental Medicine.
Sarah served in the U.S. Navy for 5 years from 2010 to 2015 as an aviation electrician with the HSM-75 Squadron, known as the “Wolfpack,” in San Diego. She worked on MH-60R helicopters, and she deployed with the USS Nimitz strike group in 2013 for 10 months aboard the USS Stockdale, a guided missile destroyer.
After her honorable discharge from the Navy, she attended a four-month Boot Camp at Skill Distillery in Denver to learn how to be a full stack web developer, and after graduating top in her class she landed an excellent position at Clickbank, a tech company in the Denver area.
She was a loving, giving, talented, generous being, wise beyond her years and ready to lend a helping hand to those in need. Sarah served as a volunteer for five months with the Acupuncture Relief Project in Nepal providing free healthcare to villagers who had never seen a doctor. From trekking to the Mt. Everest base camp in Nepal, to training llamas in Colorado, to canning salmon in Alaska, to studying mathematics in Budapest, she chose to live life to the fullest, with a love of learning, extensive travel, and adventure. She was a drummer in a punk rock band in Oregon. She was a volunteer for Habitat for Humanity, and she was a volunteer to help the Mississippi flood victims. Her artistic endeavors ranged from the musical, playing piano, guitar, violin, and percussion, to the visual arts, with her elaborate paper cuttings appearing in galleries. She did paragliding in Nepal. She did skydiving. She traveled to the ancient town of Petra in Jordan. She traveled through India and to the Andaman Islands. Sarah was an adorable, creative, fun-spirited, talented woman who left an indelible impression on those who had the good fortune of knowing her. She will be deeply missed by her family, friends and colleagues.
The family requests that, in lieu of flowers, donations be sent to LLS, the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Your donations will help fund research and treatments and potential cures for this aggressive and difficult-to-treat disease.
Please visit aml.sarahdevelops.com to leave a condolence or to respond to her blog.
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ReplyDeleteThis is Elizabeth, Sarah’s friend since 4th grade. Sarah and I were in school together for nine years all the way through high school. Thanks to the most creative and dedicated coach, Monica Lobser, we participated in Odyssey of the Mind for many years together. We had many zany adventures together including attending the Rocky Horror Picture Show. When we first started at George Washington High School, we carpooled every day together and then took every class together. That’s when I learned to do all my work in pen instead of pencil because listening to my pencil scratches for 8 hours a day made Sarah crazy!
ReplyDeleteOne of the things I will miss the most about Sarah is randomly breaking out in song with her. One time we even sang the name game song uninterrupted during our full 45 minute car ride from George Washington High School to our homes in Littleton, CO. And we used the same name for every verse. That name might have rhymed with “uck”. When Sarah passed away, I shared a series of seven songs I enjoyed with her on Facebook. Now that we have just passed her 40th birthday, I figured I would also share them on her blog. Get ready for seven exciting posts.
The first song is appropriately titled “More than a woman” by the Beegees from Sarah’s favorite movie, Saturday Night Fever.
“We can take forever just a minute at a time.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy0rYUvn7To&feature=youtu.be
Day 2 of a one week celebration of Sarah Lobser in song. Sarah introduced me to this Claude Bolling jazz suite for flute and piano trio called Baroque and Blue. The beginning of the piece alternates between the happy and playful flute and the jazzy, mischievous piano. It’s a cheerful and danceable tune and surprising like Sarah. Also the cover art is ridiculous, like Sarah.
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For day 3 celebrating Sarah Lobser in song, I offer a unique piece of music. Many of you may have enjoyed a good horror film with Sarah and the Lobsers. The Exorcist and The Shining were just a couple of Sarah’s favorites. When she visited me in MA a couple of years ago, Sarah introduced Caleb and I to a recent horror film. We watched it together with rapt attention, popcorn, probably some tasty beverages. During my last conversation with Sarah, some of her memory was failing, but when I mentioned this film she remembered how awesome this movie is. It’s incredibly artful and filled with horrible beauty. The soundtrack is unbelievably fascinating and relentless. Sarah always sought out and reveled in unique perspectives and ideas even if they did not reflect her own view on life.
ReplyDeleteAnon reviewer: “This film is about far more than an alien serial killer - feeding men to a mysterious thing.....its metaphysical....each of us are beings that transcends the physical bodies we inhabit....what that eternal inner self is - is only glimpsed at death , so all our life is searching for the answer to the reality we seem forced into , where we are preying on one another , driven by lustful sexuality...greedy sexuality and the seductions of power and control.....this whole movie screams metaphysics and nihilistic fantasy with gothic overtones… I fucking adore it. This is high art.”
The movie soundtrack movements include Creation, Drift, Lonely Void, and even Love. However, no movement is more beautiful than "Death". Please enjoy "Death" by Mica Levi from the Soundtrack of Under the Skin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiUhCssV-XQ
For day 4 of 7 days celebrating Sarah in song, we have a rock n’ roll piece that is good for dancing the twist. Sarah and I enjoyed singing oldies together, dancing, and laughing a lot. I remember in high school sometimes people would ask us if we were high. Only high on life! ��
ReplyDeleteSince Sarah loved dance scenes with John Travolta, and she liked the movie Pulp Fiction, I have selected this oldies song. It’s really more about the full scene than just the song. John Travolta dances in a way that is somehow understated and overstated at the same time. Sarah could do that too.
“C’est la vie,” say the old folks, “It goes to show you never can tell.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSLMN6g_Od4
It’s day 5 of 7 days celebrating Sarah Lobser in song. Today I offer the Barnes and Barnes 80’s cult classic song Fish Heads. We enjoyed this song very often at the Lobser’s house with our Odyssey of the Mind team over the years. This song certainly helped get the creative juices flowing while creating zany props such as pop bottle flutes and giant silverware costumes for our unusual OM productions.
ReplyDeleteThis strange, yet kid-friendly song helps children with the economics of movie pass purchases among other topics. “I took a fish head out to see a movie. Didn’t have to pay to get it in.” There is no way Sarah didn’t dance to this song, proving once and for all that she is a better dancer than fish heads. However, it’s a low bar as you will note the song states fish heads are not good dancers and they don’t play drums. The video is a fantastic trip to the sublime including many party scenes, old telephones, and what passes for costumes but really look like varied-color trash bags cut into interesting shapes. The song starts around 2:17.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn73Wtem0No
And now for day 6 of 7 days celebrating Sarah Lobser in song. Back in the day, Sarah loved the heck out of the Dead Presidents soundtrack. Every single song! In honor of Sarah, I offer this soulful piece from Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, “I miss you”. Because I do.
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Hello
Did I disturb you?
I didn't mean to take up too much of your time but
Just thought I'd give you a ring and see how you was doing
How's, how's everything?
A friend of mine told me he saw you the other day
Said you was still looking good
Heh, made me feel kind of good, you know
Told me, told me that you did ask about me
(Oh, I, Oh, I) Yeah, Lord knows
(Miss you, miss you)
(Miss you, miss you)
(Miss you)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJWEPK0tUIg
Oops! Wrong link! Here is the link to I Miss You:
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To cap off (couldn’t bring myself to use the word “end”) this 7 days of celebrating Sarah Lobser in song, I am sharing an optimistic song Sarah and I memorized when my Mother took us both to Disney World in 1994. The song is from a ride we rode many times, originally created for the 1964 New York World’s Fair. From Wikipedia; “Steeped in both nostalgia and (in the past) futurism, the attraction's premise is an exploration of the joys of living through the advent of electricity and other technological advances during the 20th century via a ‘typical’ American family.”
ReplyDeleteIt was not a popular ride, so it had very short lines! The song was so catchy and cheesy, we decided to memorize it and sing it forevermore. I believe many of our friends back home effectively memorized it as well, and now we can pass it on to you! Please join Sarah and I on the Carousel of Progress in Tomorrowland. With much love.
“There’s a great, big, beautiful tomorrow, shining at the end of every day. There’s a great, big, beautiful tomorrow, and tomorrow is just a dream away.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqBkBxJy470
I met Sarah in the US Navy in Pensacola, FL. We later discovered that we were both stationed near one another in San Diego County and hung out for a few years. Sarah usually carried herself with poise, unless she was feeling bourgeois and would just have her nose in the air... I hope that wasn't inappropriate, but it makes me laugh and I hope that you enjoy these memories. Sarah loved making out with dudes all over the place... I hope that wasn't inappropriate, but I thought it made her a ROCK Star. Sarah loved piano bars and would sing all of the words to Rocket Man (whenever it was inevitably requested). I remember that Sarah was a decent tipper whenever we went to restaurants or to the piano bar. Sarah would often speak of her travels, her academic achievements, and occaisionaly take a somber turn and mention her fiance that passed away:-( Sarah was extremely bright, and I am glad to have met her. Sarah will not be forgotten.
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