Kenneth P. Mersfelder

All of us mourn Ken's untimely passing, Uncle Clyde and Aunt Jane, and cousins Dave, John, and Mark.

We Ritters especially remember his teenager years when we visited the Mersfelders in their New York home. Ken was happy to display his latest projects, such as creating a dark room to develop film or demonstrating how he fished along nearby Valley Stream.

Ken,and his brother Roy and sister Lori (with parents Lorrain and Bill) also visited the Ritters in East Brunswick, New...

Ken was my tenant for 11 years in a townhome I owned in Denver during the 80's. Coincidentally, we were both involved in the oil and gas industry at that time and got to relate both on a professional and personal level. I'm sad to hear of his passing and will remember him as an astute businessman who seemed eternally optimistic in the face of adversity. I'll miss his enthusiasm and drive.

He was the best friend a guy could have.

I worked with Ken in the mid 80s at the Western Company in Denver, CO and found him to be highly intelligent and a very nice man.

Ken was the first person I met when we both reported for orientation at TCU in August of 1969. I was just a plain ole boy from Tyler, Texas, and he was this brash bundle of energy from New York, who had just been to Woodstock. For some reason we immediately hit it off. It may have been the yellow 1965 Pontiac Catalina convertible I had, since Ken didn't have a car.

We both ended up in the business school for undergraduate and graduate school, and in many classes together. Being at a...

It was of the worst days of my life when I learned my dear friend had passed away. He and I spent many hours together fishing and shooting at the range and although I had to move and come back east he and I never lost contact and have been very close since 1989. I will always miss him and I wish Deb and his mom luck and love for their time putting together his affairs.

I came to Denver in the mid 90s to work on an energy startup - Ken was one of the investors. For reasons beyond Ken's control, the business failed.

You get to learn who a person really is in adverse conditions. Yes, Ken was grumpy, losing money is not fun, but when the internal business environment turned adversarial he always conducted himself style and integrity.

A rare person I am honored to have known.

I first met Ken when he came to my home with my daughter, Debi...some 20 years ago. Ken became a fixture in our family, and a man my husband and I loved and respected. When Debi's father passed, Ken was there to pick up the pieces for her and I. My favorite "Ken" story was during one vist to our home while he was working in Kentucky. It was Debi's birthday, and she flew in from Denver to meet him. She wanted to go the Chicago to her and Ken's favorite place for dinner. A lentghy...

Ken will be missed by his neighbors. He was always there with a smile and a wave. When we started our business Ken was our first customer and I still have the first dollar he gave us on opening day. He was a great neighbor and friend.