Obituaries

Shirley M. Arrington of Evergreen died July 4, 2008, after a lengthy illness. She was 79.

She was born Sept. 11, 1928, in Independence, Kan. For 30 years she was a quality-control supervisor for Rocky Mountain Orthodontics in Lakewood. In 1961, she moved to Kittredge. Along with dear friends Chris and the late Randy, she was in partnership of a liquor store in Kittredge and did home renovations. She was an avid RV’er. Private burial services were held at Evergreen Memorial Park. There was cremation.

She is survived by Chris.

Paul Zeno Turley, 82, was born June 3, 1926, in St. Louis, Mo., to Durward and Eunice Turley.

Paul quit school after the 11th grade to join the U.S. Navy during World War II. The Navy sent him to Purdue University, where he became an electrician. He served on a destroyer escort and visited China.

John Bernard Knopp, 71, died peacefully on June 19, 2008, in Morrison.

He was preceded in death by infant son, Jeffrey; parents Bernard and Elizabeth Knopp; and niece Laura Freeberg. He is survived by daughters Cynthia (John) Pougiales and Caroline (Mark) LaRue; grandchildren Adrian and Ali Pougiales and Lauren and Rachel LaRue; sisters Elizabeth (Roger) Freeberg and Mollie Christensen; nephew Nicholas (Jennifer) Christensen; and nieces Ann (Greg) Sorich and Elizabeth Christensen.

Susan D. Casper, an Evergreen resident, died June 20 at age 67 after a year-long battle with acute myelogenous leukemia. A requiem Mass was celebrated June 24 at Christ the King Catholic Church in Evergreen.

Susan was born April 7, 1941, in Queens, N.Y., to Margorie Rambo and Richard Daum. She graduated from the State University of New York, Crane Department of Music in Potsdam, N.Y, with a B.S. in music education, and from Central Connecticut State University with an M.S. in guidance and counseling.