Kermit Earlin ENGH

ENGH, ENGSTROM, MICHELSON, BROWN, BURNS, HELMICK, SCHAPPERT, BRYAN, THOMAS, STROUP, VOLMAN

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 2/5/2017 at 18:33:18

November 13, 1917 ---- January 28, 2017

Kermit Earlin Engh, 99, Grand Junction, died Jan. 28, 2017, at HopeWest and Hospice Care Center. Visitation will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Callahan-Edfast Mortuary. Services will follow at 11 a.m. at the mortuary. Survivors include one daughter, Carmen Engh of Grand Junction; one sister, Shirley Engstrom; and seven grandchildren.

Kermit Engh, 99, of Grand Junction, went home to be with his Savior Jesus Christ, on Saturday, January 28, 2017, at HopeWest Hospice Care Center. Visitation will be at 10:00 a.m. Friday, February 3, at Callahan-Edfast Mortuary. Services will follow at 11:00 a.m. at the Mortuary. Interment will take place immediately following services.

Kermit was born November 13, 1917, to William and Grace (Michelson) Engh at Goldfield, Iowa. He graduated Kanawha High School in 1936, and two years later married the love of his life, Jessie Louise Brown, on November 24, 1938. They farmed in the Kanawha area for 25 years, before moving to Boulder, Colorado in 1964. Kermit retired from the University of Colorado after 20 years, retiring in Grand Junction in 1987. Kermit enjoyed his woodworking and woodcarving, enjoyed fishing with Jessie and his family, fishing just about every fishing hole in Colorado, and traveling in their motorhome. He never met a stranger and would strike up a conversation with anyone. He moved to The Atrium where he was surrounded by many beloved friends.

Kermit is preceded in death by his beloved wife, Jessie Louise (Brown) of 65 years; daughter, Nancy Burns and son, Keith Engh, and two infant children. He is survived by his loving daughter, Carmen Engh and sister, Shirley Engstrom of Kanwaha; grandchildren, Scott Helmick (Karen), Christina Engh (Derek Schappert), Tana Bryan (Jeff), Michelle Thomas, Brittany Engh, and Austin Engh; seven great-grandkids, and three great-great-grandkids. The family would like to include nephew, Bob and his wife, Jo Anne Stroup, and Kay and Steve Volman as very close family friends. We love you. Kermit is also survived by his sister-in-law, Arlene of Kanawha and numerous nieces, nephews, and many friends. He was also preceded in death by his parents, William and Grace Engh, mother and father-in-law, Viola and Harry Brown and brother, Willis.

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