J. Kirk Osborn

My first two loves...Kirk and Steve. I was 6, they were 7. I would visit my friend, Mary Painter, who lived above them. They would tease us, and we would run screaming over the grassy lawns of Miner's Park. They became wonderful athletes and stars at Golden. They were shy and gentle, yet very competitive. We all went to the University of Colorado and we all stayed in touch throughout the four years. Doug Rohwer and Dave Zaharias were Delts with them...and it was a "Golden" time then as...

I was a sophomore when I met Kirk. I was dating John Swanson at the time, who I later married. Kirk wanted us to meet a girl that he was dating from Lakewood. We all got into Kirk's car and drove over to her house. She was a very nice and pretty girl. She had been in a car accident and had a fairly large scar across her face. Kirk really impressed me, because most guys wouldn't have gotten past the scar. I thought what a great person. He liked her for who she was and not something...

My memories of Kirk go to the time we spent together in playing sports and on academics. He excelled in both. It was a honor to have known him. We were close friends in high school, and it was great to see him at the class reunions. He will be sorely missed by all who knew him. Our thoughts and condolences to his family at this difficult time. May you find peace in all your memories.

I have memories of Kirk that span about 55 years. My first memories are occasions that I was invited to to dinner at the Osborn's. One of the first times we were served baked potatoes and sour cream was offered. My mother had tried to get me to eat sour cream but somehow it did not make sense to me that anyone would eat anything that looked like sour cream and was called sour cream. Kirk assured me that sour cream was actually a good thing and even as a young child Kirk was persuasive and I...

Our Golden (Colorado) High School (Class of 1960) class motto was: What we are is God’s gift to us. What we become is our gift to God.

Kirk didn’t have to find friends that looked like him, acted like him, or shared the same interests. He always seemed to have a deeper sense of the value of everyone’s life and interests. He found friendship with those who were subtly different, or vastly different, including people who loved art, literature, music, and theater as well as the craft...

May God's blessings give peace and comfort to the Osborn family during these outrageously difficult times. I have a few treasured memories from our school days together, to help me to deal with the world as it exists today. I will always remember Kirk as a trustworthy friend, deserving of my most profound respect.

Kirk was a great guy and good friend. He will be sorely missed by the Golden High School Class of 1960 (CO). Many fond memories of Kirk and Steve - shooting on Table Mountain, football and basketball games (we went to the State Championships in both football and basketball in the 1959-60 seasons), and chasing my boxer dog around town. We didn't stay in close contact, but we did keep in touch from time to time, often via mutual friends. May God keep you in the palm of his hand.

Kirk was a great friend. I knew him from early childhood. I have a treasured photo and Kirk and Steve and other friends at my backyard 8th birthday in Golden - it looks like something out of Peanuts.

Later there was Golden football and other athletics and time at CU.

Kirk loved his children as no man I have ever met. He had the greatest smile a person could have. It's wonderful to know he put his positive attitude to such maverous use in public life.

He will be hugely...

Wonderful, uncomplicated childhood memories of Kirk Osborn.
1. Playing kick-the-can with Kirk and Steve on a balmy summer evening.
2. Watching Kirk and Steve co-captain the GHS football team.
3. When I think of Kirk, I smile that he lived and shared his life with us during those high school years in Golden......

Please know that you are in my thoughts and prayers during this difficult time. Losing a loved one is, indeed, one of the most difficult burdens we must bear. May...