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In Memory of Arleen Marie Degree

 Arleen Marie (Garnhart) DeGree passed away on May 21 at the age of 85. She was born on April 6, 1940, to Anna S. and Stoddard L. Garnhart of Pueblo. Her memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on June 23 at Lange Hall in Westcliffe. Internment will follow at the Assumption Cemetery following the service. All are welĀ­come to attend. In childhood, Arleen was nickĀ­named ā€œMickeyā€ by her beloved grandmother. The name stuck, and she became Mickey, Mick, or Aunt Mickey to many. She teased that she didn’t get her ā€œDeGreeā€ until she was twenty-seven years old when she met Robert Eugene DeGree, in Pueblo at the Silver Saddle dance hall. Robert and Arleen, also called Gene and Mickey, were married on February…