John Nils Osterberg

John Nils Osterberg obituary, Wheat Ridge, CO

John Nils Osterberg

John Osterberg Obituary

Published by Legacy on Jan. 4, 2024.
Obituary of John Nils Osterberg
John Osterberg's Obituary
John Nils Osterberg, 88, died on December 21, 2023 after a long illness. His funeral services will be held on Friday January 5 at 9:30 am at Fort Logan Cemetery and then at 1 pm at Cherry Creek Presbyterian.
He was born on June 13, 1935, in Minneapolis, MN to Kenneth and Evelyn Osterberg. He had one older brother, Kenneth, Jr. and a younger sister, Susan. He attended the University of Minnesota for a couple of years. Then as a young man he enlisted in the Army and served 4 years in Germany. During this time, he married his first wife, Geraldine, and had his son, Kevin. Upon returning to the states, he completed his degree at the University of Minnesota. The majority of his career was spent as a financial officer for Frontier Airlines in Denver. It was during this time in Denver when he divorced Gerry and married Donna in July 1973. In early 1974 John adopted Donna's three boys, Byron, Dwight, and Andrew. And such a family began. John retired in 1990 at the age of 55. He never really retired but started a second career.
He was a soft-spoken man, kind, and generous. He will be sorely missed. He is survived by his wife, sister, 4 children, 6 grandchildren, and 7 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother.

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January 16, 2024

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Vicky Veldboon

January 16, 2024

Rest in Peace, John Osterberg
We both worked for the original Frontier Airlines until the end in 1986, but we didn´t meet until a few years later.
Back in 1990, I was working for myself doing desktop publishing - mostly resumés, advertising flyers, legal documents, etc. when I met John Osterberg. He and I worked together for several months getting his idea for a coffee-table book together for publishing. I did all of the typesetting as he provided me copies of the original articles and photos. It was a long process but it came together beautifully.
After he published the book, he kindly gave me one of the first printed copies. It was truly a pleasure to work with him on this project. He was a fine gentleman.
This is a small sampling of his book.

Glenda Denton

January 13, 2024

So sorry to hear of John´s passing. I met him only a few times, but always went away with a memory of a very nice and kind man. Those thoughts were reinforced by Donna´s antidotes and stories of her husband whom she loved dearly! I send my condolences to Donna and their family.
May John Rest in Peace, Rise in Glory and live in the Light Eternal.
~Glenda Denton. CO/DEN RES

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