Damon Lee Roberts

August 26, 2024

Damon's life will be celebrated on Saturday, September 21, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. at the Cheyenne County Community Building in Cheyenne Wells.  Inurnment will take place with family in the Arapahoe Cemetery at a later date.  Memorial contributions can be made to the Damon Roberts Memorial Fund in c/o any Eastern Colorado Bank location.
Damon Roberts died at home in Kansas City, Missouri, from a massive heart attack on August 14, 2024 with Jim Pimentel, his loving husband of 39 years, by his side. 
Damon was born July 22, 1955, the youngest son of Bob and Hazel Roberts.  Damon grew up in Arapahoe, CO and graduated from Arapahoe High School.  He attended Manhattan Christian College and graduated Summa Cum Laude from Kansas State University with a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education with emphasis in Biological Science.  He later earned his masters from Baker University. He taught 3rd, 5th, and 6th grades in the Turner School District from 1980-1998.  He was still in contact with some of these students and teachers.  From 1998-2009 he acted as Peer Assistant for Teachers, developing teaching segments, data analysis and mentoring.  He taught a very popular class for teachers “Introduction to Science and Science Teaching” at Webster University by using hands on experiments.  
While Damon had an amazing career, it was for his personal relationships that he was most well-known.  Damon was very active in his neighborhood association.  For many years, Damon participated in the AIDS Walk - Kansas City and personally collected funds for various service organizations.  For many years Damon sang tenor with Heartland Men’s Chorus and then appreciated them as an audience member.  Damon was part of a 40-year-old dinner group that met every Wednesday night, alternating between members’ homes and restaurants throughout the Kansas City area.  During his career and lifetime, Damon was a motivational teacher and speaker.  He was frequently asked to sing and speak at others celebrations of life, often composing poems and singing songs personal to each of those individuals.  
Family was extremely important to Damon, both past and present. He loved exploring family history and managed to trace his lineage back many generations on both sides. If you were a family member, there was never an accomplishment or birthday that went unnoticed. He always made sure you knew how much you were loved. 
Damon was known for his quick and wicked sense of humor.  It was his goal to make someone, anyone, laugh every day.  He also loved saying something so outrageous that it caused furious blushing or in Karen’s case, a palm to the forehead.  It was a rare day that you ever caught Damon without a smile on his face. He believed that a day without laughter was a day wasted which was made very clear by his hearty laugh.  
He and his husband enjoyed many, many travels with their dog, Fraser. Some of their more recent foreign favorites were Portugal, Jordan, Egypt, Antarctica, the Mediterranean and Caribbean countries.  Mr. D was a perfectionist and loved, LOVED his lists. He was a homebody, frequently found working in the yard and monitoring the various wildlife that visited.  He was deemed “The Zinnia Whisperer.”  
Damon leaves behind, to miss him every single day, his best friend, life partner, and husband of 39 years, Jim Pimentel: his brother and sister-in-law Cliff and Karen Roberts, nieces and nephews, their beloved dog Fraser, and countless friends they have accumulated throughout their activities and travels.  Damon met no strangers.  
Friends and family can register online condolences and sign the guestbook at www.brownfuneraldirectors.com.  Brown Funeral Home has been entrusted with the funeral arrangements.