Bobbie Dawn Franklin

BOBBIE DAWN FRANKLIN Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Bobbie Dawn Franklin will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, August 9 at the Cortez First Baptist Church. Interment will follow at the Ignacio Cemetery in Ignacio, Colo. Pastor Vic Powell will officiate. A visitation has been scheduled for Friday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Bobbie was born November 7, 1977 in Rock Springs, Wyo. the daughter of Robert Charles and Darline (Combs) Franklin. She passed away on Tuesday, August 5, 2008 at the Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age of 30. Bobbie grew up and attended schools in the Cortez area. She was currently attending Pueblo Community College. Bobbie had aspirations of becoming a teacher in hopes that she could make a difference in the life of a child with a learning disability. Her last semester in college, Bobbie attained a 4.0 G.P.A. She devoted 13 years of service to City Market grocery store where she was a department manager. Bobbie had a zest for life. Her enormous smile could make anything better. She loved having a good time and collecting butterflies and unicorns. Bobbie always put others first. "You go girl" was a phrase Bobbie said often to her daughter, she lived by that quote. Surviving Bobbie are her mother, Darline Combs of Rawlins, Wyo.; her father, Robert Franklin of Riverton, Wyo.; her daughter, Krista Jaylene Hager of Cortez; and her former husband, Mathew Hager of Cortez. She also leaves behind her sisters, Melissa Derr and husband, Tom of Rawlins, Wyo., Loni Franklin of Riverton, Wyo., and Lavina Copeland of Roosevelt, Utah; her grandmother, Nora Combs of Cortez; her surrogate parents, Brad and Loretta Combs of Cortez; her aunts and uncles, Clay and Jacque Combs of Wickenburg, Ariz., Jerri and Doug Hunter of Green River, Wyo.; her nieces and nephews, K'Cee Derr, Kodee Franklin, April Copeland, Levi and John Copeland; and her cousins, Janell and Eric Tanner of Green River, Wyo., Mark and April Darrough of Rock Springs, Wyo., Cyndal Combs, Elmer "Ken" Combs, and Chris Combs, all of Cortez, and Brandon Hunter of Green River, Wyo. Bobbie was preceded in death by her grandfather, Elmer M. Combs; her uncle, Alan Combs; and her brother, Bub Franklin. Memorial contributions may be made in Bobbie's name to the Cortez First National Bank to assist her daughter, Krista. Bobbie's family has requested that if anyone would like to share memories of her to please send them to monjtanner@hotmail.com.