All Obituaries

Merlin was a missionary to the Philippines, pastor, and author of a book on bible prophecy, pilot, sharpshooter, and gunner in the Army Air Corps at the end of WWII.  He graduated from Bob Jones University, spoke Russian, graduated from Bethany School of Missions in Bloomington, Minnesota and later taught ancient Greek and church history at Bethany.  He also orchestrated music and played the accordion very well. He is survived by his wife Jean (Vasilakes), daughter, Elva...

Cheryl Kuhtz, 68, of Woodland Park, Colorado, passed away peacefully on October 7, 2021.  She was in her home surrounded by her family.  Her death ended more than two years of suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).  She was born to the late Courtney and Arlene Quandt on February 1, 1953, in Marshfield, Wisconsin.  She was raised in Jefferson, Wisconsin, and graduated from Jefferson Senior High School in 1971.  She then graduated from...

Joseph (Joe) Bice, 60, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, September 29, 2021. Joe was born on November 9, 1960, in Watertown, NY. After Joe graduated from Indian River Central High School in Philadelphia, NY he joined the US Army where he was an Armored Personnel Carrier Operator in Germany and a Radio Telephone Operator at Fort Campbell, KY. After he served our country, he went on to work for the culinary arts dept at Cornell University for many years. He had just recently moved from...

Jonathan Ezra Clinton “Jon – Jonny – Jon Boy” is 42 years young from Florissant, Colorado. He began his journey to the other side on the evening of September 25th, 2021 in a roll-over accident while leaving his family firewood processing mill near Hartsel, Colorado. He was driving his beloved 1959 Ford F600 that both he and his son (Giovanni) rebuilt together. Jon was born to Barbara “Morris” Clinton / Spaulding and Donald Clinton on May 16th, 1979...

LIFE TRIBUTE – CHARLOTTE MAE KRAMP Charlotte Mae Kramp, a longtime resident of Florissant, left this world September 23, 2021 at the age of 91. She was born the third of ten siblings to Henry and Hattie (Adler) Hoeft on August 20, 1930 and grew up in the farming community of Stratford South Dakota. She married Wayne D Kramp August 7, 1949 and started her married life in the Aberdeen area.  They moved to Rapid City and eventually ended up at the Black Hills Ordinance Depot...

Sterling Allen Penman, Jr., long time resident of Green Mountain Falls, Colorado, left this world to be with our Lord, on Wednesday, September 15th, 2021. He was 62 years of age. Surviving him are his wife of 41 years, Janice Seelye Penman; his daughters, Natalie Penman Gum (Matt) and Nicole Penman Berry (Chris); grandchildren, Sterling Gum, Hunter Gum, and Laney Berry; his mother, Patricia Quinn Penman; his siblings, Paige Wilkinson (Dave) and Mike Penman (Anne); his parents-in-law, Chuck...

Thomas David Acton, 85, of Woodland Park, CO, passed away in the early morning hours of September 15th.  He was born January 21, 1936, to the late Leslie and Ona Mae (McMullin) Acton in Detroit, MI.  After graduating from Avon High School (IN), he enlisted in the Air Force, attended college in the evenings, graduated from the University of Nebraska, and became an officer in the early 1970s. After retiring from the Air Force in the 1980s, he earned a master’s degree in...

John Murray escaped this mortal coil on Tuesday, September 14, 2021 at the age of 68. The family is convinced he left us on purpose due to a lack of engaging entertainment as Netflix seems to have run out of interesting programming; also charades is extremely difficult for someone with Lou Gehrig’s disease. John leaves behind his loving wife Linda, three children - Zach, Kayla and Jackson, a sister, a brother-in-law, and a bohemian sister-in-law (currently traveling the country...

Matthew Thomas Kahl, loving husband, father, brother, and a devoted friend, veteran and advocate, passed away Monday, Sept. 13, 2021 at his home in Divide.  He was born to Colonel Thomas Allen Kahl (USMC, retired) and Patricia Warner Kahl on August 19, 1977 in Manassas, Virginia, and spent his early years traveling as part of his military family to North Carolina, Norway, and Japan. After graduating from Jacksonville High School in North Carolina, Matt attended Appalachian State...

Mary Katherine Scott, 58, of Divide, Colorado, passed away on September 12, 2021, after a brave battle with breast cancer. She passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family. Mary was born on July 27, 1963 to Edwin and Joann Martin in Alexandria, Louisiana, where she was raised. In 1986, she met David Scott, and they wed in 1987, going on to have two children. As a family, they lived in Arizona, Hawaii, Ohio and Utah. Mary and David retired and settled in Divide, Colorado where she...