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Remembering Kathleen Elizabeth Hollenbeck
Former Mariemont resident and teacher Kathleen Hollenbeck passed away on August 1, 2023 at the age of 84.
Kathleen was a beloved and faithful wife to Don for nearly sixty-one years, the muchloved mother of Robert Hollenbeck, Ann (Chris) Rennie, and Karen (Tom) Wuest, and a devoted grandmother of Matthew Hollenbeck, Gillian, Megan, and Frances Rennie, and Isaiah and Arbutus Wuest.
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Kathleen was born and raised in Tucson, Arizona. Following her family's move to Phoenix, she graduated from West Phoenix High School (1957) and then Arizona State University (1961) with a BA in education. After teaching in Arizona, California, and Washington, she began teaching in the Mariemont School District in the late-1970s, first through the Pupil Enrichment Program (PEP), then at Mariemont Middle School, and then she taught sixth grade math, English, and science at Fairfax Elementary School until her retirement in 1996. Throughout her teaching career, she captivated students and fellow teachers with her enthusiasm, curiosity, compassion, and humor. She received her Master of Arts in School Counseling from Xavier University in Cincinnati in 1988.
She was an active member of her church community in each place she lived, including Mariemont Community Church from 1978 until her move with Don to Evergreen, Colorado, in 1996. Kathleen enjoyed traveling with Don throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, South America, and Asia as well as extending hospitality to friends and family in the beautiful homes they made together (including their Mariemont home on Pleasant Street). She loved being outdoors and enjoyed hiking, skiing, and embarking on many other adventures throughout her lifetime.
All who knew her (and none more than her family) were touched by her boundless love, empathy, genuine concern, and most particularly her deep and abiding faith in Jesus over the course of her lifetime.
There will be a memorial service on Saturday, November 25 at 10 a.m. at the Church of the Epiphany in Denver (100 Colorado Blvd., Denver, Co. 80206), followed by a reception. The interment will follow at 2 p.m. at Fairmount (430 South Quebec Street, Denver, Co. 80247).
In lieu of flowers, charitable gifts may be directed to the Church of the Epiphany scholarship fund (in memory of Kathleen Hollenbeck).
