Longtime resident of Raton, New Mexico, Erma Yob Schulte passed away at the age of 97 on January 4, 2017 in a Castle Rock, Colorado Assisted Living Facility where she has been lovingly cared for during the past six and one half years.
Born on May 14, 1919 in Yankee, NM, Erma Yob Schulte was the last surviving child of Tyrolean immigrants Remigio Yob and Maria Bertol Yob. She grew up in her beloved Dawson, New Mexico with her brother Davis Yob and three sisters Mary Dahl, Modesta Yob and Alma Ghiglieri.
Erma married her dear husband Albert Schulte in Dawson in 1942. and the family moved to Raton in 1950 when Dawson closed.
Erma is survived by her sons Paul and wife Kathryn of Parker, Colorado, Robert and wife Georgia of Albuquerque, New Mexico and James and wife Rhonda of Vestal, New York. In addition to her cherished sons, Erma is survived by three grandsons, Steve, Tim, and Brian Schulte and nine great-grandchildren, Kyle, Nicole, Noah, Tyler, Alexa, Connor, Cayden, Lynleigh, and Kambrie.
Erma will always be remembered as a tireless and giving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
Erma is best remembered for her business of baking and decorating wonderfully tasting birthday and wedding cakes that delighted her customers and friends. If she baked your wedding cake, you not only got an elegant, breathtaking cake and a signature groom’s cake, you also got Erma at your reception cutting and serving her masterpiece so that each slice was presented just so. Erma also served as the bookkeeper for Al’s Fix-it Shop, the appliance repair service she and her late husband, Albert, owned. Through it all, her family always came first.
Erma was also a wonderful cook and took delight in hosting many years of large family gatherings often with generous servings of her delicious ravioli that always ended with a beautifully decorated dessert.
A Celebration of Life for Erma is planned for the warmer months of late spring or summer at St. Patrick’s – St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Raton, NM and interment by Yaksich-Long Funeral Home at Mt. Calvary Cemetery.
Mrs. Schulte was an artist and a smart woman.
Her cakes are unrivaled, in my book, to this day.
Warm memories of the many events with her are
filling me now.
My sympathy to her family.
Fondly,
Cheryl Gay Gatti