Shirley Ann Kreutzer

Shirley was born in Enid Oklahoma to Loren Edwin Helm and Orpha Melvina Litchfield Helm, on October 31,1934. Within a year they moved to Hutchinson KS, and then on to Great Bend where she attended grade school. In 1945 they moved to Colorado Springs, CO, where she attended Jr. High and helped in the family restaurant. She returned to KS to live with her Aunt and Grandfather for her high school years. She graduated from Sterling High in 1951and married Howard Pope that same year. That marriage lasted 14 years during which they adopted two children, Kelly Jo and Blain Howard while they were both infants. She married Clinton J. Kreutzer in 1967 and gained two more children, Kathleen Marie and Regina Kay. She loved camping, Bridge, Bunco, her job as a Bailiff, and her dogs Willie and Moe, and especially her husband Clint. They moved to Grand Junction in 1985 and built a house in Fruita, Colorado in 1993, and remained there for the rest of her life.

She is preceded in death by three brothers, a sister and her parents. She will be missed by her husband Clint, her 4 children Kathy Nazarenes (Rob), Kelly, Blain, Regina Miller (Leon) 10 grandchildren and 6 great grandkids.

Contributions may be made to Faith Bible Church in Fruita or to the Roice Hurst Humane Society, in Grand Junction or to a charity of your own Choice.

Arrangements under the direction of Martin Mortuary, Grand Junction, CO.