Barbara Leavitt Lanier

Funeral Services for Barbara "Bobbie" Leavitt Lanier, 74, of Pleasant View, Colorado, will be held Monday, April 6th, at 10:00 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints Empire Chapel, 1700 E. Empire in Cortez, CO with Bishop Russell Decker conducting. Interment will follow at Sylvan Cemetery in Pleasant View, CO. Visitation has been set for 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday evening at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Empire Chapel. Bobbie died Thursday, March 19, 2009 at Vista Grande Inn following complications with a brain tumor and a fall which broke her leg. She was born Aug. 24, 1934 in Mesa, AZ, the daughter of Joseph Collins Leavitt and Blanche Allen. Bobbie attended Mesa Schools, with short stints during her growing up years in Gilbert and Rock Springs, AZ. She graduated from Arizona State University in 1954. She taught school for a year at Lincoln School in Mesa, AZ. She married Robert Duane Lanier on September 24, 1955 in Pirmasens, Germany, while Duane was in the army there. Bobbie and Duane settled on the farm in Pleasant View, CO in 1957 where Duane grew up. Together they farmed and raised their family. Bobbie was a wonderful wife, the best mother in the whole world and a very fun grandma. She had a delightful sense of humor and was blessed with an abundance of patience. She was famous for her cooking and her ability to feed large crowds of people often. She loved being with family and she would create reasons to have a party so everyone could get together. When she was able, Bobbie had a beautiful flower garden which she enjoyed immensely. She liked to watch the Lawrence Welk Show. Bobbie was active in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints and served faithfully in many callings. Her husband said of her, "She was the most righteous woman I know." Surviving Bobbie are her husband of 53 years, Robert Duane Lanier of Pleasant View, her brothers Floyd Leavitt and wife Leola of Scottsdale, AZ, Bert Leavitt and wife Gracie of Central, AZ, Allen Leavitt of Mesa, AZ, Sisters Moneta Allen of Mesa, AZ, JoeAnn Brimhall of Mesa, AZ, Fawn Hunt of Eager, AZ, Fern Martin and husband Jim of Mesa, AZ, children Tim Lanier and wife Merlene of Pleasant View, Colleen Honaker and husband Dave of Arriola, Moneta Mack and husband Doug of Mesa, AZ, Ben Lanier and wife Xela of Pleasant View and Sherri McCombs and husband Adam of Colville, WA, 27 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren, many nieces, nephews, relatives and friends, all of whom love her and will miss her deeply. Preceding Bobbie in death are her parents and one brother John Seymour Leavitt, who died as a child. Memorial Contributions may be made in Bobbie's name to the Humanitarian Fund or the Perpetual Education Fund of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints.