Ronnie L. Aka Ronald Lynn Veatch

He was born in Grand Junction, Colorado on November 27, 1933 to Forrest and Alberta (Buxton) Veatch. Ron graduated from Grand Junction’s Central High School in 1951, then headed to Chicago to attend the Moody Bible Institute. It was at Moody where Ron reconnected with his childhood friend Beverly Akens, and the couple married in 1959. Ronald and Beverly lived in Chicago while Ron completed a degree at Wheaton College, and then it was off to Kansas where Ron obtained a masters in psychology at Fort Hays State, and finally to Boulder where Ron completed his PhD in psychology at the University of Colorado. The family settled in Northglenn and raised three sons. Ron worked as an administrator at (then) Metropolitan State College in Denver. There, he helped create and oversaw the college’s first Student Health Center before retiring from Metro in 1994. Ron then helped create the Crossroads Counseling Center, where he supervised the work of three other counselors while providing personal counseling himself to many Crossroads families. Ron was the Director of the Center for 20 years.

Ron is proceeded in death by his sister Marylin (Bittle), his brother Myron, his wife Beverly (Akens), and his grandson Maxwell. He is survived by his sons Brian, Todd, and Damien and by his granddaughter Samantha Snocker.