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August 10, 1914 - September 21, 2002 Sterling Edward Colthurst
died suddenly September 21, 2002 at age 88, while watching a golf match on TV
after dinner.
The
Orange County Register
Newspaper states he died of heart disease. Sterling is the youngest son of John E. and Margaret Colthurst. Sterling is
survived by his
family; wife Inge, children Alice and husband Hans Spruengli, and Michlene
and husband Phil Shane, and grandchildren Julianna and husband James Kelly
and James Ragsdale. Sterling was the last surviving child of John E. and
Margaret. The Mass is on Friday, September 27, at 10am, at Sts. Simon Jude Church. It is probably next to the school which is located at 20400 Magnolia St, Huntington Beach (http://www.ssj.org/parish/index.html). Burial is at National Cemetery Riverside, CA, Friday afternoon. What we all can do, vignettes, Bob Beall's Eulogy on behalf of the J.E.Colthurst family, and Sterling's cute Christmas card. [This Memorial is brought to you by...]
[Photo courtesy of Bob Beall - 2001] Sterling - Second Lieutenant, Infantry in the Army Parachute Troops He attended U.C. Berkeley and was enrolled in the U.C. Graduate School of Public Administration in the fall of 1941, until war broke out on December 7. He then enrolled in the Army Parachute Troops and served in WWII in the 42nd Infantry Division, and as a First Lieutenant, he was the Assistant Regimental S-3. He later volunteered for combat duty and was shipped to the European Theater, where he helped eliminate pockets of resistance and later, he was part of a training cadre involved in instructing qualified enlisted men to become officers. After the war, he worked
at Gerbers' Products in San Leandro. In 1947 he applied and was accepted
as an Agent in the Criminal Investigation Division, CID, of the Army with a
preference for a European assignment. He initially was assigned to
Salzburg and was later transferred to Upper Austria, where he met Inge. He
says it was 'love at first-sight' on his part. They married that year and
Alice was born in 1949. In 1953 he returned to the U.S. as a Special
Investigator with the Department of Motor Vehicles. Daughter Michlene was
born that year and one year later, daughter Linda was born. Then he had a
series of promotions with the state of CA, and he was with the Department as
Regional Manager of Investigations for Southern California. He retired
after 25 years of service and was cited by the State Assembly in a Resolution
for the contribution he made to the State.
[Photo courtesy of Bob Beall - August , 2002] Serling and Inge - August 2002
[Photo courtesy of Bob Beall - July 2001] The Three
Sterlings celebrate Rick's 60th: Front: Rick, Sterling, and little Sterling Beall on his lap
[Photo courtesy of Bob Beall - July 2001] Sterling and Inge with Bob and Jerri - Summer 2001 Back to Top
Send your condolences to Inge and you can send your condolences to Alice and Michlene via email (use the 'Members' page to get their email addresses). If you would like to share your thoughts, recollections, etc on Sterling, email Suzanne at szazzi@jecolthurstfamily.com And here is what some other members of our family are doing that I know of..... Diane (Colthurst) Moczar is having a Gregorian series (30 consecutive Masses) said for Sterling and Bob Beall is writing a eulogy on behalf of the J. E. Colthurst family to be read at the funeral Back to Top
'Sterling was always so hospitable to our family whenever we would show up at
his front door for a quick visit. The picture that Bob passed on caught me by
such surprise - when I first opened it up, who I saw was Wally - it was
really Sterling's mouth that said "Wally" to me. It was great to see the picture
- Sterling looked just fantastic. I used to tell to Rick that Sterling always
looked so well and didn't seem to show his age. I am sorry to hear that
Sterling is gone, I had a nice note from him at Easter time - he was always
very kind to me and mine. Patricia'
[Courtesy of Pat Colthurst - September 23, 2002]
[Courtesy of Alice Colthurst - September 23, 2002] 'My memories of Sterling include a delightful dinner at his and Inge's home
in Marin County in 1964. My cousin Bob Colthurst (may he also rest in peace)
picked me up at my USF dorm and drove us over the Golden Gate bridge. A
wonderful break from dorm food, believe me! More recently, perhaps in the early
1990s, Sterling sent me a letter that my dad wrote to him while on a Navy ship
heading out into the Pacific during World War 2. I appreciated reading my dad's
words to his little brother, Sterling, and will always be grateful that Sterling
passed the letter on to me. So now all eight of them are together in heaven with
their parents. What a reunion it must be! Love and peace to all the Colthursts'
from Cousin Tom and the San Diego branch.' '[Sterling is] the last of them. Was he sick, was it expected? I'll have a Gregorian series of Masses said for him and send the card to Inge. I remember baby-sitting for them when they lived in Westlake; I guess I had more contact with him and Inge than with some of the other uncles and aunts. May he rest in peace. Diane' [Courtesy of Diane Moczar - September 23, 2002]
Back to TopThis memorial is brought to you by: Bob Beall and Suzanne Zazzi and special thanks to Tom Colthurst and Diane Moczar. Back to Top |
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