Elmer Lee Ammons

Elmer Lee Ammons was born in Los Angeles, CA in 1934 to Ralph Waldo Ammons and Johanna Hajek. He attended several different schools in LA and lived in Dresden, Germany from 1939 to 1942 with his mother and her family during World War II. He loved sports, especially baseball, and was a ballboy for the Hollywood Stars team in his youth. Upon graduation from Dorsey High School in 1952, he was drafted by the St Louis Cardinals Baseball Team. He played and officiated for many years in the Pacific Coast League. In 1954 he was drafted into the Army and spent two years in Berlin, Germany (where he also played baseball on the battalion team). Returning home he attended CA State University, graduating with a degree in special education, while continuing to officiate along the West Coast. During that time, he married Loretta Jeanne Belcher of Tacoma WA, and they lived in Hollywood for nine years with their two children where Elmer began his teaching career.

In 1972 they relocated to Colorado Springs, CO where he taught for 20 more years, continuing to officiate baseball, football and basketball for 42 years. After retiring in 1992, he found a new use for his teaching skills – leading Bible studies in the CO state prison system and as a chaplain at the El Paso County jail. The following year he married his current wife, Gloria Jeanne Moulton, and they traveled the world on many adventures for 33 years.

He leaves behind is wife, Gloria, his former wife Loretta, and his children, son Michael Ammons (Lori), daughter Michele Cunningham (Jim), stepdaughter Michelle Strickland (Robert), stepdaughter Andrea Johnson (Brad) & stepson Michael Moulton (Diane) along with nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

His life will be celebrated on Nov. 14, 10 a.m. at Calvary Worship Ctr., 501 Castle Rd, Colorado, Springs, CO.