Steven Lee Methner of Los Lagos Ranch, Nederland, Colorado passed away on January 1, 2021, at Los Lagos Ranch after a lengthy battle with cancer. Steve was born September 23, 1947, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Margaret Meyer and Theodore Baumann.
Steve worked as a doctor and psychiatrist for 45 years. Steve and Damaris moved back to Colorado in 2004 to live on the family ranch. They recently celebrated their 51st wedding anniversary on December 21, 2020. Steve enjoyed horseback riding, skiing, tennis, spending time with family, travel, and being at Los Lagos Ranch.
Steve is survived by his wife Damaris Methner, children, Alisa Bair (Preston Bair) and Brian Methner (Jenny Sommer), sister Joanne Lander (Todd, Micayla, and Dylan Lander).
Funeral services were held at Mt. Nebo Cemetery on January 4, 2021, at 2:45 p.m. with Rabbi Hannah Laner of Nederland officiating. Burial and graveside services were handled by Feldman Mortuary, Denver, Colorado, and can be viewed on Feldman Mortuary’s YouTube Channel.
The family wishes to extend their gratitude to the many compassionate health care workers who helped Steve and the rest of the family over the past five years including the Rocky Mountain Cancer Center in Boulder and TRU Community Care Hospice. Memorial donations may be made to TRU Community Care Lafayette at https://www.trucare.org/product/donation/.
(Originally published in the January 14, 2021, edition of The Mountain-Ear.)
