Ronald Orris Knudtsen

Ronald O. Knudtsen, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather passed away peacefully on January 2, 2014 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He was born in Henning, Minnesota on April 28, 1928.

Ron graduated from St. Cloud State College (MN), Bethel Seminary, Columbia Bible School, and received a Masters in Counseling from Adams State College. He was a veteran, having served in the Air Force in World War II. After seminary he worked with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship in Iowa and Missouri. Ron later worked as a school counselor, working with children in Widefield District #3 for many years. After retirement, Ron was a children’s counselor at Family Life Services. He invested countless volunteer hours with Intervarsity’s Bear Trap Ranch and Salem Baptist Church. His love of nature, families, leading Bible study groups, and seeking God was blended together in his commitment to family, church, and Bear Trap Ranch.

Family was extremely important to his life, and he leaves behind his wife, Jane Knudtsen; children, Beth Knudtsen-Spears (Don), Steve Knudtsen (Nancy), Mary Enger (Mark), and Andrew Knudtsen; grandchildren Becca (Eric), Erin (Jon), Courtney (Jesse), Jonathan, Anna Grace, Peter, Katherine Rachel, James, David, Dalton, Katherine Jane, Drew, and great grandchildren Eva, Hope, Esther, Jane, Levi, and Nathan. He is survived by a brother, Roger Knudtsen (Anita) and was preceded in death by sisters and their husbands, Marcella Danielson (Jewell) and Ardel Palmquist (Phil).

Visitation will take place Monday, January 6, 2014 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., at Swan-Law Funeral Directors, 501 North Cascade Avenue, Colorado Springs. A Celebration of Life service is scheduled for Tuesday, January 7, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. at Grace Mountain Church, 3195 Airport Road, Colorado Springs. A private burial will take place at Fort Logan Cemetery, Denver, CO.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Grace Mountain Church, Family Life Services, or Bear Trap Ranch.

Arrangements under the direction of Swan-Law Funeral Directors, Colorado Springs, CO.