Duane G. Rosenberger

Duane G. Rosenberger, 74 a resident of Fort Sumner died Monday, October 9, 2000 in the De Baca General Hospital following an illness. Duane was born December 17, 1925 in Buffalo, Wyoming. Duane was raised in the Big Horn Mountains, near Kaycee, Wyoming. He attended and graduated from Buffalo Wyoming High School. Duane served as a member of a B-17 Air Crew during World War II. He married Betty Grimmer on June 3, 1951 in Winfield, Iowa. Duane traveled the rodeo circuit for several years he was a team roper and a bull dogger. Duane and Betty made their home in Fort Sumner in 1958. Duane was a horseman. He owned and raced thoroughbred horses. He worked as a trainer for many years at Santa Fe Downs and the Downs at Albuquerque. Duane enjoyed reading, he was a self-taught pianist, a very articulate and literate man who enjoyed a good book. He is described by his family as kind and generous. Following a rodeo accident, Duane was in a leg cast for seven years. During this time he coached little league baseball in Fort Sumner. He was preceded in death by his parents, and a sister Bergita Kennedy. Survivors include his wife Betty Rosenberger of the home in Fort Sumner; two sons John Duane Rosenberger and wife Cyndi of NATO Headquarters, Brussells, Belgium; Joseph Lee Rosenberger and wife Pam of Shawnee, Kansas; a sister Veda Wolski of Torrington, Wyoming and a brother Gordon Rosenberger of Onalaska, Washington. Also surviving are four grandchildren along with a host of friends. Services will be held at 10:00 A.M. Thursday, October 12, 2000 from the Chavez Funeral Home Chapel in Fort Sumner with Rev. Monty Leavell officiating. Honorary bearers will include Emmett Fallon, Carlos Sena, Don Barnes, Kildee Herring, Dan Craig, H.J. Lee, A.J. Killough, Richard Lopez, Orlando Trujillo, C.W. Grissom and all his coffee drinking buddies. The family prefers memorials to the Salvation Army or to the charity of one’s choice. Arrangements entrusted to Chavez Funeral Home, 804 N. Fifth Street; Fort Sumner, New Mexico (505) 355-2311.