Virginia H. Kautz Talbott, BHS 1944

Virginia H. Kautz Talbott, BHS 1944

Virginia H. Talbott Oct. 29, 1926 -- Aug. 30, 2011
Journal-Advocate (Sterling, CO) - Thursday, September 1, 2011

Author: Journal-Advocate staff

Virginia H. Talbott, 84, of Fort Collins, formerly of Sterling, died Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011, at Columbine West Nursing Facility in Fort Collins.

Visitation is from 2 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 1, at Chaney-Reager Funeral Home, with family receiving friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Funeral Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 2, at Chaney-Reager Funeral Home, with Pastor Brian Bestian officiating. Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery.

Virginia was born Oct. 29, 1926, in Sterling, to Michael Kautz and Elizabeth Fritzler Kautz. She attended school in Iliff and moved at age 16 to California where she graduated from Burbank High School in 1944. On Sept. 29, 1951, she moved back to Colorado and married Keith "Skeeter" Talbott in Sterling.

They farmed in the Iliff and Merino areas before retiring to Sterling in 2000 after 49 years of raising three kids, many crops, cattle and hogs. Virginia was a loving mother and grandmother, a great listener to family and friends and gave moral support for Skeeter and her children her entire life. Virginia worked on various election boards, was active at Merino School, and a member with Skeeter for many years at the Farm Bureau.

Virginia Talbott is survived by her children, Anita Rae Walters and husband Dale of Fort Collins, Janis Kay Delcamp and husband Brad of Thornton and David Keith Talbott of Sterling. Surviving brothers include Herman Kautz of Nipomo, Calif., Ray Kautz of Dinuba, Calif., and Henry Kautz of Denver. Grandchildren include Jacob Walters of Denver, Dawn Knudtson and her husband Zane of Phoenix, Ariz, Jason Delcamp and wife Kacey of Thornton, Jessica Delcamp of Salinas, Calif., and Jacque Delcamp of Aurora, Ill.; and three great-grandsons, Asher and Blake Knudtson and Brixton Delcamp.

She was preceded in death by both parents; her husband, Skeeter; brothers, Alex and Edward of California and Fred and Harold from Sterling. Memorial contributions may be made to Virginia Talbott Memorial.