L. Katherine Lampe

LAMPE, L. KATHERINE, 94, passed away January 26, 2019, at Swedish Medical Center. Born in Lincoln, Nebraska, the daughter of Vernon Val Gregg and Lala Freytag, she moved to Denver from her home in McCook, Nebraska, in 1943 to train as a nurse at St. Luke's Hospital. Part of her training took her to Fitzsimons Army Hospital where she met her future husband, John M. Lampe.

With her husband, she was an active member of the American School Health Association and participated in writing several health education books. She received many awards, including Colorado School Nurse of the Year in 1987.

From 1971 to 1990, she worked as a school nurse and health educator at Campus Middle Unit, Cherry Creek School District #5. Her door was always open for sniffles, tummy aches, skinned knees and bruises. Students and faculty alike sought her out for her medical expertise and sympathetic ear. Always the organizer, she hosted reunions for her Campus Middle Unit colleagues as well her nursing school classmates for the rest of her life.

A lifelong learner, she added to her RN with a bachelor's degree in science, with honors, from St. Francis University in Joliet, Illinois, in 1990.

Widowed in 2007, she is survived by her brother, Donald D. Gregg, her daughter, Kathleen Sue Lampe (Max Kahn), her son John Gregg Lampe (Rhonda) and grandchildren Elizabeth and Will Kahn.

She is pre-deceased by Madelyn Gregg (Larson).

Contributions may be made to the Lake County Public Library, 1115 Harrison Avenue, Leadville, CO 80461.

Her fuuneral service to take place at First Plymouth Congregational Church on May 10, 2019, at 11am. Family will be hosting a reception to follow.

Memorial Service: May 10, 2019 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

First Plymouth Congregational Church
3501 S Colorado Blvd
Denver, CO 80113