Sarah Lobser

Sarah Elizabeth Lobser passed away peacefully in the evening of April 26, 2018 at the age of 38 years. She was surrounded by friends, family, and loved ones after a multi-day celebration with many happy moments. Her sense of humor shone through to the very end, and her life and spirit will continue to be an inspiration. Sarah gave us the gift of bringing all of us together. Sarah is survived by her parents, Monica and Greg, and her brothers, David and Daniel. Sarah graduated from Smith College in 2001 with a Bachelors in Mathematics. She graduated from Oregon State University in 2004 with a Masters in remote sensing. She earned her Master Scuba Diver certificate while living for several months in 2005 on the island of Pemba off the east coast of Tanzania. In 2009 she graduated from the Southwest Acupuncture College in Boulder, Colorado with a Masters in Oriental Medicine. Sarah served in the U.S. Navy for 5 years from 2010 to 2015 as an aviation electrician with the HSM-75 Squadron, known as the “Wolfpack,” in San Diego. She worked on MH-60R helicopters, and she deployed with the USS Nimitz strike group in 2013 for 10 months aboard the USS Stockdale, a guided missile destroyer. After her honorable discharge from the Navy, she attended a four-month Boot Camp at Skill Distillery in Denver to learn how to be a full stack web developer, and after graduating top in her class she landed an excellent position at Clickbank, a tech company in the Denver area. She was a loving, giving, talented, generous being, wise beyond her years and ready to lend a helping hand to those in need. Sarah served as a volunteer for five months with the Acupuncture Relief Project in Nepal providing free healthcare to villagers who had never seen a doctor. From trekking to the Mt. Everest base camp in Nepal, to training llamas in Colorado, to canning salmon in Alaska, to studying mathematics in Budapest, she chose to live life to the fullest, with a love of learning, extensive travel, and adventure. She was a drummer in a punk rock band in Oregon. She was a volunteer for Habitat for Humanity, and she was a volunteer to help the Mississippi flood victims. Her artistic endeavors ranged from the musical, playing piano, guitar, violin, and percussion, to the visual arts, with her elaborate paper cuttings appearing in galleries. She did paragliding in Nepal. She did skydiving. She traveled to the ancient town of Petra in Jordan. She traveled through India and to the Andaman Islands. Sarah was an adorable, creative, fun-spirited, talented woman who left an indelible impression on those who had the good fortune of knowing her. She will be deeply missed by her family, friends and colleagues. The family requests that, in lieu of flowers, donations be sent to LLS, the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Your donations will help fund research and treatments and potential cures for this aggressive and difficult-to-treat disease. Please visit aml.sarahdevelops.com to leave a condolence or to respond to her blog.