Teresa Ott

Teresa Ott, of Estes Park, CO, passed away at home on April 22, 2015. She was 66 years old. Teresa Long was born November 22, 1948, in Mexico, MO. Her parents were Glennon and Bernadine (Gleeson) Long. She grew up and attended high school in Montgomery City, MO, and she attended the University of Missouri at Columbia. On November 23, 1996, in Estes Park, CO, she married Jack Ott. The couple has been living in the Estes Park area since 1996, with the exception of 2007-2008, when they lived in Fulton, MO. Teresa raised one daughter, Jennifer Lee Vanderhoof, now of Seattle, WA. Teresa became a computer programmer in 1981, in the early days when computers took up entire rooms. She moved to Colorado in 1990 and immediately fell in love with the mountains, and hiking. She thoroughly enjoyed live theater, musicals, and dance, and bestowed these passions onto her daughter. Teresa always enjoyed reading, and she was quite skilled at interior decorating and design; she and Jack worked on numerous remodel projects as a team. Teresa was passionate about animals and volunteered for Best Friends Animal Society in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina to try to reconnect lost pets with their owners. She very much enjoyed studying online trading, and she looked forward to annual bike trips across Missouri on the Katy Trail with her family. She is survived by her husband Jack, her mother Bernadine, daughter Jennifer of Seattle, WA, stepdaughter Isis Wanderer of Chicago, IL, stepson Chris Ott of Thornton, CO, 3 sisters, Rose Ann Sturgeon of Independence, MO, Cathy Reed of Barnhart, MO, and Mary Bade of Chesterfield, MO. She is also survived by 3 grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her father. Donations in Teresa’s memory can be made to Best Friends Animal Society in care of Allnutt Funeral Service 1302 Graves Ave. Estes Park, CO 80517.