Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Ken, I miss you so much. I can't believe it's already been a month. I think of you every day. We, your friends, are struggling but we're putting on strong faces. The job is different now but we'll keep going strong, I promise. We are here for your family and always will be; they're great. I love you buddy...always.

Kristin
CSPD

January 7, 2007

It has only been a month since you were taken from all of us. It is still so unreal. I miss you.

Nadine

January 7, 2007

Hi Ken -

We all miss you so much. I think about you every day and wish that we can talk once again. Steve is doing ok. I know he misses his best friend but he is trying so hard to be strong. He reflects on stories of you guys doing things together (camping with the squirrels!). The holidays were hard but we somehow made it through. I always tell Steve that he has the best two guardian angels looking down on him; his Mom and you. I know you are watching over us every day and I know you are in a safe place. We have a great picture of you and Heidi that I look at every day. Your smiles remind me of how happy the two of you were. I know she misses you so much. Steve keeps in touch with her often to make sure she’s doing ok.

Words can’t describe how much we want you back...

Staci
Friend

January 6, 2007

It has felt like it has been so long but we all miss you so much and we feel you with us each and every day. You will never leave us but you will teach us all, not to be afraid of what comes next. You are a hero as well as Heidi, for publicly dealing with your loss better than any of us could! We miss you and we will always pray for your presence with us! We love you!

bri
AMR

January 6, 2007

It’s been a month since you were taken from us and it’s still so hard to believe that you're gone. We miss you.

Gone but not forgotten.

Dan Thompson
Colorado Springs Police Department

January 5, 2007

This is so hard... You are missed.... I wish I could talk to you one last time.

January 5, 2007

Ken,

It's been a month, the worst month of my life for many reasons. We miss you so much. Christina told me that she was thinking of you yesterday and suddenly Sloop John B came on her iPod. She absolutely believes it was you telling her Hi!! We're doing our best here, but some days are harder than others. You are not forgotten Ken, Ever.

Matthew Bergland
Friend/AMR-El Paso County

January 5, 2007

Jordan,

It's been a month and I miss you so much the pain is still so raw and the loss so great!

As we all stood at the scene last night I could feel you there with me and once again it was freezing and the wind picked up and I knew you were making fun of me because I hate the cold and you would have been standing there in your short sleeves telling me how nice it was outside as I was trying to decide if I was getting frostbite.

I keep telling myself we will get through this and while I know we will it doesn't feel that way right now I don't understand why and I would give anything to feel your arms around me one more time.

My heart is with you always.

I Love You!

Heidi

January 5, 2007

I miss you...

January 5, 2007

Matt 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of god.

Deputy Chisum
LPCSO

January 5, 2007

Still thinking of you. You were missed this holiday season. Watch over us this year.

Adam Romine
CSPD

January 2, 2007

Firstly i would like to send my sincere sympathy to Ken's family and friends, I came acrosss this web site just by chance, but i am so glad that i did, We didnt know Ken that well as being on the other side of the world, didnt make it easy, just the odd call on new years eve to his daddy or an update from suzy on how the children were getting on. But from what i have read he was a fantastic person with so many great friends and colleuges, I am truely sorry that we never had the chance to be a closer family but know that one day every-one will be together forever, thinking of you and your family always
Eddie and Roberta Jordan and family

Eddie and Roberta Jordan
cousin and wife in Belfast, Northern Ireland

January 2, 2007

KJ,
Happy New Year. I miss you

ROB

January 1, 2007

Hey my love,

It will be 4 weeks and it seems like just yesterday and forever at the same time, I miss you so much!

I still find myself thinking I need to call you or hurry up and get home so I can see you and then I remember...

I know you would probably be working tonight because you didn't see the point in taking the night off so while your patrolling tonight know that I love you and miss you and I am so thankful for the incredible year that we shared in 2006, We started in Cozumel and ended in Tahiti with so much in-between what a year baby!

The next year is not going to be easy without you but you know that I will be strong for you and try to enjoy all the things we loved to do together.

All my love!

Heidi

Heidi

December 31, 2006

I have come to your page everyday since your passing and I still am at a loss for words. I can still see you standing over the memo counter trying to get me to smile because according to you I never seemed to have a smile on my face I am truly blessed to have met you and in my eyes and heart you will forever be a hero! May god bless you and your family for they are always in my preyers. Thank you Officer Jordan I will forever hold the memories of you dear to my heart...

Friend

December 31, 2006

Thinking about you as a new year begins. God Bless you and yours.

Trooper
CSP

December 31, 2006

I try not to be sad. I know you wouldn't want me to be. You wrote remember the good times and don't cry over me. But I miss you.

I'll make one of my resolutions this year to plan that float trip on the Yampa River with my family as you and I were planning to do. And I will do better at keeping the good times forefront in my head. I haven't smiled much lately and it's one of those things we're both known for.

Missing you, little brother.
Happy New Year!!

Sue
your sister

December 31, 2006

Happy New Year Ken. We miss you.

Dan and Tracey Thompson
Colorado Springs Police Department

December 31, 2006

As the 2006 work week comes to an end for me. I realized since December 11th I have been logging on this web site everyday. I've asked god for courage and strength to continue to do this job. I look at your picture and it is given.

Peace Brother

December 31, 2006

Ken,

When I met you when you came to us to take the PADI Rescue Diver course, we hit it off really well because I too am quite the jokester. I received a lot of praise from the others in your class for how we made it so much fun for them. Oone of the reasons I felt comfortable joking around with you while I was teaching the class is because you are one of the best scuba divers with whom I ever had the pleasure of diving. Of course, we both knew when to tome down the antics and focus on the serious stuff. For your character I will always be grateful. I only wish we'd had the opportunity to go somewhere "off the clock" to dive together. I can only imagine it would have brought whatever country we had visited to its knees, and I'm sure it would have been the time of my life. I'm only sorry I couldn't talk you into continuing on to your divemaster certification.

Take care, brother, and enjoy the perpetual tropical breezes and unlimited diving visibility in Heaven. You will be missed but never forgotten. All who know you are living richer lives for knowing you. God Bless you, your family, Heidi, Tori and friends.

John
PADI Assistant Instructor 91968
Underwater Connection

John Turner
A Friend

December 30, 2006

Ken,

Not a day goes by that I don't think of you. We all miss you so much. Christina and I and Heidi went out to dinner the other night and talked about you. She's an amazing woman and is going to crusade for your memory and the saftey and honor of officers everywhere. By the way I found out from some of you college buddies that you had a hard time holding your alcohol back in the day! I wish that I could poke fun at you and get you back for the last year or so that you had been calling me Sally! I'll never forget you Ken, and I'll do all I can to honor you and your sacrifice in the future. I know your looking down on all of this and laughing at me but that's okay, that's what made you the Ken we all love!

Matthew Bergland
Friend/AMR-El Paso County

December 29, 2006

I received this poem by email today in reference to my aunt we lost in October after a 4 year battle with breast cancer. I immediately thought of Ken and Jared, thought I should share it with you.


My First Christmas in Heaven (author unknown)

I see the countless Christmas tress around the world below
With tiny lights, like heaven's stars reflecting on the snow.

The sight is so spectacular, please wipe away that tear
For I am spending Christmas with Jesus Christ this year.

I hear the many Christmas songs that people hold so dear
But the sound of music can't compare with the Christmas choir up here.

I have not words to tell you the joy their voices bring
For it is beyond description to hear the angels sing.

I know how much you miss me: I see the pain inside your heart,
But I'm not so far away; we really aren't apart.

So be happy for me, loved ones, you know I hold you dear;
And be glad I'm spending Christmas with Jesus Christ this year.

I send you each a special gift from my heavenly home above.
I send you each a memory of my undying love.

After all "Love" is the gift more precious than pure gold.
It was always most important in the stories Jesus told.

Please love and keep each other, as my Father said to do,
For I can't count the blessing or the love He has for each of you.

So, have a Merry Christmas and wipe away that tear.
Remember, I'm spending Christmas with Jesus Christ this year.



Please know that each and every day, Ken's family and Heidi are always in our thoughts and prayers. We will never forget you.

Nikki
wife of CSPD officer

December 28, 2006

Ken,

Something made me think of a story that happened in high school in that crazy english teacher's class. We were doing 10 minute oral reports on stuff we were reading. You started yours, and somewhere near the middle you went off on a ten minute tangent about assault rifles. The funny, and harshly ironic, thing is that the class was about Shakespearian literature. How in the world did you diverge from Shakespeare to assault rifles? I still have no idea.

A lot of people thought that was strange of you to do, but not those of us who knew you. To us, it was just something else you were passionate about so it made perfect sense. In retrospect, I can see now how that passion drove every aspect of your life. If you loved it you did it, and you did it well...and damn the nay-sayers.

I always thought that was one of your most unique qualities, and now I know it's among those things that are difficult to bear in terms of your loss.

Thank you, Ken, for always demonstrating that life's passions are not to be taken lightly. I'll never forget that.

Ray

Ray
Friend

December 27, 2006

I am at my home, getting ready for another work week. Sometimes, though not too often, I am not excited about putting on the uniform. It is easy to become discouraged about the condition of the human spirit. But then, I read about a fallen brother and the legacy he left, his impact, and what it was that drove him to put the uniform on.

Ken, thank you! Your example of how to live life and "work" with purpose gives me what I need to carry on. So, as another winter storm approaches, I will put creases in my sleaves. I will shine my boots. I will fasten my belt and smile. I am proud to work in the company of heroes!

#2753
CSPD

December 27, 2006

The last couple days have been rough.... At least we had so many memories for comfort.

December 27, 2006