Memorials
This page is dedicated to honoring the memories of our classmates who have passed away.
If you know of a classmate who has passed who is not listed here, you can add a new memorial with a photo by clicking the Add Memorial button.
You can also write a tribute or leave your comments about those already listed on the page. (Approval may be required prior to publishing)
Michael Bennet
1999-03-28 1999-07-18
Michael passed away from AIDS.
We have limited information about Michael. If anyone wishes to contribute additional information please email me:
justkeddie@yahoo.com
Lynn Bissing
1951-09-17 1978-04-16
Lynn Bissing rode his snowmobile up Mt. Sopris on a beautiful Spring day. He died in an accident that happened on his snowmobile that day. Lynn was married to Stephanie Rand from Glenwood Springs.
(Memorial written by Stephanie Rand.)
Thirty-five years ago you were taken. It is so hard to believe that it has been that long. Sopris still looks exactly the same. Everyone says how beautiful it is and how lucky we are to have such a view. Most of the time I see it very differently. Sopris definitely has multiple personalities. I miss you and know that you and your family are all together. That is comforting after so long. Love Stephanie.
Randy Brown
It is our understanding that Randy passed away due to a work related accident.
Unfortunately we have been unable to get specific information as to his dates. If anyone has information please send it to justkeddie@yahoo.com so that we can update his information.
Peggy Smith (Dumont)
1953-01-20 2021-09-24
Peggy went to CU-Boulder, got her bachelors degree in 1975 and worked as an accountant for many years. She went on to receive a masters in business and a doctorate in psychology at CU-Colorado Springs. She married Terry Smith and had two sons and a daughter; at her death she had six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Peggy loved being a psychologist and is remembered for her generosity, lively spirit and loving humor. She had a rare brain cancer and fought a hard battle, but was cheerful, even from her bed in the last weeks of her illness. She created a moving memorial slideshow, set to music, for our Zoom reunion in 2020. We are comforted to know she died on the last...
Beth Dunham
1952-02-05 2021-03-24Beth lived between Congress, Arizona and Durango, Colorado. She was married in 1974 to Jack Kiefer. She had 2 children, Carl and Stella. She passed away of cancer on March 24, 2021 in Congress, Arizona.
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Robert Harding
1952-09-09 1974-01-04
After graduating from GSHS, Robert attended Junior College in Rangely and then Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA. He majored in foreign languages. While attending Stanford, he stayed with a family in nearby Watsonville and was killed in an accidental shooting. His obituary states, "Last Friday evening Robert knocked on the door of a home, and when the 9 year old daughter of the family, opened the door. He playfully said, "Boo!" The child did not recognize him, became frightned, and pulled the trigger of a 38-caliber gun that she had taken with her when she answered the knock at the door. Robert was shot and killed, and the little girl was treated for shock after the accident."
Rob...
Kurma Hartline
2024-03-07
Kurma J. Hartline passed away at University Hospital in Aurora, CO, on Thursday, March 7, 2024. She was 72 years old. Kurma was born in Glenwood Springs, CO, on August 27, 1951, to Roy and Berna Deane (Riley) Hartline. Kurma graduated from Glenwood Springs High School in 1970. Kurma attended Arizona Bible College in Phoenix, AZ. Kurma had lived in different locations throughout Colorado - Fort Collins, Arvada and eventually settling at her residence in Aurora, where she resided until her death.
Over the course of Kurma's working career, she worked for a variety of different businesses including Samsonite and Cornerstone Lending. Kurma enjoyed riding motorcycles and she had been a memb...
Debbie Hebert
1952-07-16 2009-10-10
Debbie Thomas Hebert 57, died October 10, 2009 in Delta Junction, AK. Debbie leaves behind her husband, Gerard (Jerry) Joseph Hebert; and grandsons, Brett, Jenkins, of Delta Junction and Joey Jenkins of New Britain, CT. She is survived by her mother Sue Thomas of Canyon City, CO; sister, Cynthia (Cindy Thomas) Robert Vaage of Anthem, AZ; and brother Terry of Colorado, Spgs. CO.
After graduating from GSHS in 1970 she attended Parks Business School in Denver. She had an adventurous spirit, leaving Glenwood for the East Coast where she met/married Jerry in 1988. They moved from Maine to Alaska where they raised their grandsons Brett and Jerry. She loved snow-shoeing, hiking, hockey, havi...
Tom Henderson
1952-06-29 2021-09-04
Thomas Lynn Henderson 69, passed peacefully surrounded by family September 4, 2021. Tom will be missed greatly. He loved hiking in the mountains, jeeping on the FlatTops and snowmobiling. He loved hunting and would get a hunting license every chance he could. Tom had the biggest heart and was always looking for ways to help everyone he came in contact with.
He is survived by his two children and three step-children.
Cindy Benoit (Hicks)
2013-11-09
Written by Cindy prior to passing.
I would like to share my story with you; my name is Cindy and I was born in Colorado Springs, to Don and Dorothy Hicks. My dad was a pastor in the Nazarene Church, so my brother Gary, sisters, Kendra and Carlyne, and I grew up in various small town in Colorado. After graduating from GSHS High School in 1970, I left Colorado in my '55 Desoto and headed for Northwest Nazarene College in Nampa, Idaho. The morning that I left, my dad took me to Coffee and gave me a mission from the apostle Paul's life; "This ONE thing I do, forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward...