Allen Gene Heitschmidt

Allen Gene Heitschmidt was born on October 21,1941 in Great Bend, Kansas to Walter C. & Verna M.A. Heitschmidt.  He was the middle of three boys.

In January 1951 the family moved to the farm in Brighton, Colorado.  Allen graduated from Brighton High School in 1959.  He then went on to the University of Colorado in Boulder.  Partway through college he joined the Army and was deployed to Korea. Upon the death of his father, he was honorably discharged to help his mother on the farm. He then returned to Boulder and completed his degree in chemistry.

After college he got a job as a quality control engineer for IBM in Boulder.  He continued to live and work on the farm as well. He traveled frequently to Japan throughout his career, as well as to France, Germany, and Switzerland. He retired from Lexmark (IBM) in 2001.

In 1973 he met a teacher named Kathy Fink.  They were married on February 1, 1975 at Zion Lutheran Church in Brighton.  Their family grew with the addition of Julie in 1976 and Debbie in 1979.  In 1985 the family moved off the farm and into town.  The family grew again with the addition of sons-in-law Jon (2008) and Andrew (2009) followed by five grandchildren.

He was a dedicated servant of the church, both at Zion and then Mt. Calvary. Allen loved to interact with people, whether he knew them or not.  While he could be quite serious, he also had quick and dry sense of humor.  In his retirement years he enjoyed gardening, baking, playing cards, wine making, traveling, and spoiling his “perfect” grandchildren.

Allen was preceded in death by his father, mother, and older brother, Wayne.  He is survived by his wife, Kathy; daughters, Julie (Jon) Schmidt and Debbie (Andrew) Boernke; five grandchildren; aunt, Mary Louise Behrhorst; brother, Edwin Heitschmidt; and numerous cousins, nieces, and nephews.

Services honoring Allen will be Monday, February 28, 2022, beginning at 2:00 p.m., at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church, 650 South Park Avenue, in Fort Lupton, Colorado.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to Zion Lutheran School, 1400 Skeel Street, Brighton, Colorado 80601 and Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church in Fort Lupton, Colorado.

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