i do so tara turned toward hom and her husband and her stepson, andrew when she got home she said, you know, it s really weird, your dad never showed up. just told her he probably just got tied up in a deal. in fact, vern s kids were used to this behavior. he worked more than 60 hour a week, every week, because he enjoyed it. he wanted to hel people find a home vern was not only the founder and owner of the famil business, aspen real estate, h was also the patriarch of large blended family tha included step son, andrew, his wife, tara, and their children he was the leader of th family. everyone looked up t him. along with stepson chad i think he worked as long a he did because he enjoyed it and he was a real social guy chad and his wife jill gave vern three grandchildren surprise. he was a wonderful dad, a wonderful grandpa. i could g
birthday. and he was just in his car. there was another there was a stolen car, from my understanding, other dps students not from the school and some sort of exchange of gunfire and it hit luis in the head. he was in the hospital for weeks before his family had to make the absolute worst decision to take him off of life support. so the students here have been rocked by that. my son sat next to luis in the spanish class, it s been a tough school year for the kids and the school all the way around. i can also tell you where the pat-down happened was steps away from the auditorium at east high school. my son, my step-son and other kids were inside for a school assembly at the time. so you talk about a trained resource officer being there to be able to engage with someone, what happens if this kid would have gotten away, what happens if they had not found him. just to think about the things, it s just it s so frightening
accident. yes. odd choice, maybe. but nate reminded himself that his mother had loved nature. they went to local parks. a.b. said that she always enjoyed seeing the deer. his administrative assistant of the past two years, cindy, helped him take care of the funeral arrangements. her daughter, samantha, 16 at the time remembers it well. that morning of the service i went over early and was helping her with the last-minute details. the church was packed as people rose to eulogize the beloved betty. but nothing was heard that day from the pastor. he sat in the pews and listened. he presided over so many funerals and told friends that this was one that he couldn t bear to speak at. in the receiving line, the preacher s sudden x to his step son, nate, as the funeral doors. each paused briefly to offer condolences.