Donna Shubert Sagan

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Valley Vista United Methodist Church in Denver for Donna Shubert Sagan, who died Monday, Sept. 10, 2001. She was 39. There will be cremation. The cause of death was not known.

Mrs. Sagan was born Nov. 26, 1961, in Kerrville, Texas. She married Nicholas Sagan, July 23, 1994, in Morrison, Colo.

Mrs. Sagan graduated from Durango High School in 1980. She had a master’s degree from Colorado State University. She was a choir teacher at Longmont High School. She enjoyed gardening, reading, writing and cooking.

She is survived by her husband, Nicholas Sagan of Littleton, Colo.; a daughter, Jillian Sagan of Littleton, Colo.; her mother and father, L. Jean and Carrell Shubert of Durango; three brothers, Randy Shubert of Denver, Ron Shubert of Durango and Brandon Shubert of Cortez; and a grandmother, Nerine Zumwalt of Kerrville, Texas.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Jillian Allegra Sagan Education Fund, Wells Fargo Bank, 200 W. College Dr., Durango, Attention Julie Crumbaugh.