r two families as they began their 32-year marriage.
During high school she played in the band and sang in the chorus. She also sang in college, in church choirs, with the Fort Collins Women's Chorale, and the Sweet Adelines Barbershop Chorus.
Dee was dedicated to her Christian faith and was a member of Greeley Cornerstone Community Church at the time of her death. Over the years, in various churches, she served as a deaconess, choir member, church organist, greeters coordinator, and on the worship team.
Left to cherish her memory are her devoted husband, Don; daughter Ruth Schoonover (Timothy), son Matthew Schoonover; Don's children: Jeffery Horton, Stacy Horton, Stephanie Soder (Fred), and Craig Horton (Angela); grandsons Ian Benjamin Soder and Austin Franklin Green; granddaughters Jessica Nichole Musso (Anthony), Kaitlyn Anne Zeigler, Madison Leigh Horton, Merrell Grace Horton, Emily Katrina Soder, Brooke Lindsay Schoonover, Tylar Jade Schoonover, and Mia Salazar; and great granddaughters, McKenzie Jo Tiemann and Gianna Marie Musso.
Dee also is survived by her loving extended family, including brothers Kendall Atkins (Beverly) of Dix, Nebraska; Howard Atkins (Peggy) of Scottsbluff, Nebraska; sister Mary Jane Samuels (Vern) of Polk, Nebraska; and many nieces and nephews. Also, Marianne Håkanssen, an exchange student from Eksjö, Sweden, who lived with the Atkins family in Nebraska when she and Dee were seniors in high school.
A memorial service will be held at Cornerstone Community Church, 1321 9th Avenue Greeley at 2:00 PM Thursday, March 29, 2018. A private interment will be conducted for the family.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to TRU Hospice of Northern Colorado or Cornerstone Community Church's music department in care of Adamson Funeral & Cremation, 2000 47th Ave., Greeley, CO 80634.
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