Charles Colledge Obituary (1942

Charles Evan Colledge, 77, passed away suddenly on April 19, 2020 at the University of Utah. He was born November 23, 1942 in Lehi, Utah to Evan & Virginia Colledge. He retired from Kennecott Copper Mine after 35 years in the precious metals' division. Charles married his first wife, Linda Joan Christensen, on May 25, 1961, they had 3 children together. 2 sons Kevin Charles Colledge, born in 1962 & Brent Evan Colledge, born in 1964, and 1 daughter Lorrielee (Colledge) Brereton, born in 1967. Linda passed away in a car crash involving both of them on November 21, 1979. Soon after Charles met the love of his life, Janet Mildred (Mickelson) Colledge and they were married on May 17, 1980 and he adopted her son Gregory Ryan Colledge, born in 1973. They enjoyed 39 years and 11 months of wedded bliss... One month away from 40 years... Charles was blessed to be able to foster many children throughout his life. He was blessed with 11 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. He had a way of making people become part of his family. He used to tell us “What would one more kid hurt?” It was his way of always being open to love one more person. He was the most loving and forgiving person and never had a bad thing to say about anyone. He loved to sit at the park and watch the kids play and play horseshoes. When at home he would enjoy playing dice with the kids or trying to teach them Cribbage. He loved reading old westerns, Louis L’Amour was always his favorite. Anytime he went to the DI he had to check the book section for them. He enjoyed sitting by the campfire and telling stories about the gold and silver that he would process at Kennecott. He liked listening to Elvis and a lot of the older musicians. He never missed an orchestra concert, football game, baseball game or wrestling match, if he could help it. He was very proud of all his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren and would tell everyone he met about them. He could talk for hours about them with strangers. That was the kind of man he was. During the end of his life he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's and Dementia and was frustrated when he couldn’t remember things in the right order, or at all. He was a fighter when needed but he loved to just sit and chat. One quote that could remind everyone of Charles is this- “No memory is ever alone: it’s at the end of a trail of memories, a dozen trails that each have their own associations.” Louis L’Amour We all go our own way, but every path is to the same destination. Charles has reached that destination now. We know he will be waiting for us all to find our path and arrive. A Celebration of Life is going to be planned and will be announced at a later date. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the following GoFundMe account to help pay for the Celebration of Life and Funeral Expenses. https://www.gofundme.com/f/charles-colledgecelebration-of-life-fund?utm_medium=email&utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_na+share-sheet&pc_code=em_db_co2876_v1&rcid=bc6b b83d05ce4e40b67269254d342674 To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Charles Evan Colledge please visit our Sympathy Store.