Mom's obituary

 

Colleen Ridenour was born to Ding (Wilbur) and Dee Dee (Corinne) Krull on March 8, 1955, in Austin, Minnesota.  Colleen passed to the peace of the Lord on February 22, 2021, in her home at Thomas, Oklahoma, after a short but difficult battle with cancer.  

Colleen grew up in Southeast Minnesota, where she met the love of her life at 16 years of age and thereafter married Denny (Dennis) Ridenour in a small ceremony in Springfield, Missouri, on June 17, 1972.  Denny and Colleen initially made their home in Missouri and then returned to Minnesota before moving to Oklahoma in 1984.

In Oklahoma, Colleen attended realty school with her mom and became a realtor in Weatherford, until she retired about 10 years ago.  Colleen attended Southwestern Oklahoma State University in the 90s and earned her master's degree in Psychology, graduating in 1996.

Colleen is survived by her husband, Denny; her daughter Roshelle Wherritt and her husband Rodney; her son Wayne and his wife Rita; and 6 granddaughters, Regan Lemieux and her husband Hayden, Rosalind Wherritt, Rayne Wherritt, Ali Ridenour, Taylor Ridenour, and Shelby Ridenour, all of Thomas.  She is survived by her brother Wayne Krull and his wife Marsha of Thomas; her sister Karen Clapham and her husband Bill of Dubuque, Iowa; her sister Lisa Goucher and her husband Steve of Rockwell, Texas; and her step-father Richard Gieser of Thomas.  Colleen was preceded in death by her parents and brother John Krull.

Memorials may be made to Corn Bible Academy.