Jean L. RisnerCENTENNIAL, COLO. – Jean L. Risner (nee Thomas), 97, of Greenwood Village, Colo., passed away peacefully on Monday, Dec. 16, 2019.
Jean was born Oct. 4, 1922, in Warsaw, the youngest of the five children of Ludwig Paul and Mabel Grace Thomas (nee Guy).
Upon graduation from Warsaw High School in 1940, Jean began a career of office management with DePuy Manufacturing Co., where she met Pug Risner. Jean eventually became the office manager of L. M. Berry Co. The family moved to Boulder, Colo., in 1958. There, Jean returned to her work in the orthopedic industry.
Jean and Pug relocated to Tucson, Ariz., in 1975 after their children finished college and married. During that period, Jean and Pug reconnected with the Brethern Church and were founders and patrons of the Northwest Brethern Church in Oracle, Ariz. Their careers gradually wound down, and they finally retired in 1983. They continued to be active in their church, and Jean spent much of her time volunteering at Northwest and in visitation with elderly residents of local nursing homes. Summers were spent at their mountain cabin in Ward, Colo., where they spent time with grandchildren, fishing and traveling in their motor home.
Jean was an accomplished fisherwoman, cook and bridge player. She was a loving and kind human being who will be sorely missed by her family and the many people whose lives she touched.
Jean is survived by her children, Michael and Vicky; her grandchildren, Michael Travis, Mark and Mairi; her great-grandchild, Rhett; and nieces, Candace Thomas Graves and Melissa Thomas Engel.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 66 years, Milford “Pug” Risner.
Private internment will be at Fort Logan Military Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Memorials to the Dumb Friends League of Denver, The Cornell Lab of Ornithology or the American Heart Association.
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