Valerie Jean Hunter (Dexter), of Conifer, Colo., passed on to eternal peace on Sunday, June 10, 2007, at 4 a.m., in her home with her loving husband, son and her two special dogs by her side. She was a devoted wife and mother who cherished and enjoyed life to the very fullest, and she and her husband, Bill, and her dogs, Bonnie and Sammy, spent their life together having fun, enjoying life, traveling the world and cherishing their friends and family. She loved her motor home, golf, mountains and entertaining. Valerie was a very respected, dynamic, intense, caring, energetic Lady with a capital L who had an opinion on most everything and was willing to share it with all. You always knew where you stood with Val as everything was either black or white. There were no gray areas with Val. Valerie entered this world on Sept. 27, 1943, in Hackensack N.J., the daughter of Perry and Vera Dexter. She spent her childhood on Lake Willoughby in northern Vermont helping run the family lodge. Val graduated from Lyndon Institute in Lyndonville, Vt., in 1961. She married William (Bill) G. Hunter on Aug. 22, 1987, in Skowhegan Maine. They spent their married life living in Maine, Michigan, Texas, New Mexico and Colorado, when not traveling. Val was a professional woman and is listed in " Who's Who of American Women." She spent her professional career as a real estate broker, founded and operated a multi-million dollar mortgage company and consulting business. Her loving husband of 20 years, her son Keith, grandson "Little Bill" of Idaho, sisters Beverly Desmarais of Dexter, Maine, and Florence Grant of Milton, N.H., and several nieces and nephews survive her. There will be a celebration of her life on June 23, 2007, 1 p.m., with the Rev. Scott Schiesswohl as celebrant in her beloved home in her Colorado Mountains. Memorable donations may be made, instead of flowers, in her honor to: Mt. Evans Hospice, P.O. Box 2770, Evergreen, CO 80437.