Sherry Ann Glanz was born October 24,1955 to Joseph Henry Glanz and Marcella Catherine (Ebbers) Glanz in Sterling, CO and joined her loved ones in Heaven on August 18, 2025, after a short stint with cancer. Sherry was the third child of six and spent the first years of her life in the New Haven community. The family moved to Yuma in 1958. She attended the Yuma school system through her junior year and later received her GED. Sherry was a very hard worker and for many years she held down two to three jobs at a time. A lot of her early working years were spent in the restaurant business as an assistant manager, waitress, and cook. For fourteen years Sherry was a dispatcher for the Yuma Police Department, which she was very proud of the service she provided to the Yuma community. Mustain’s grocery store was her work home for 30 years. She enjoyed her customers and coworkers and continued many of those friendships for the rest of her life. Sherry lived in Yuma, CO, Greeley, CO and Otis, CO. Sherry was blessed with one son, Kelly Joe, born in 1975 and was a foster mother to eight kids. The Methodist Church in Yuma was Sherry’s church home for 56 years. She was a member of the American Auxiliary since 1984. The family and friends of Sherry enjoyed hundreds of cookies and cakes that she would make for family events, Christmases, church and birthdays. Sherry’s greatest joy came from the three grandkids and 12 great grandchildren.
Sherry was preceded in death by her parents; Joseph and Marcella Glanz, brother; Jerry Glanz, grandparents Henry and Edith Glanz and George and Catherine Ebbers, and numerous aunts and uncles. Left to mourn her passing are her son Kelly Glanz (Amanda) from Loma, CO; grandchildren: Kierstin Herne (Charles) from Loma, CO and their children Alarah, Lorelei, Niko, and Dominic; Erika Soefker (Cody) from Grand Junction, CO and their children Lucas, Kash, Jax, and Waylon; Joseph Glanz (Maria Lesko) from Grand Junction, CO and their children Joseph, D’Artagnan, Eliot and Charlotte. Siblings; Randy Glanz (Marcia) from Gering NE, Billy Glanz (Vicky) from Otis CO, Lindy Bossow (Craig) from Brighton, CO and Penny Glanz from Yuma, CO along with aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.
Funeral service was held Saturday, August 23, 2025, at the Yuma Methodist Church with Pastor O’Neal officiating. Internment followed in the Yuma Cemetery. Baucke Funeral Home directed the services.