Carl Cheramy

    Carl Henry Cheramy, 80, of Fleming, died April 5, 2019, in Fleming. He was born July 28, 1938, in Haxtun to William Carl Cheramy and Florence (Price) Cheramy.
    Carl attended Haxtun schools, where he was very active in choir, band and sports. He graduated in 1956. He attended NJC for one year before enlisting in the U.S. Navy. He served five years.
    After marrying Alice Schuman in 1958, they lived in Bremerton, Washington, and Long Beach, California, and spent two years at Treasure Island in Oakland, California. While in the service, he was a proud member of the drum and bugle corps and was a purser on the aircraft carrier USS Hornet for three years.
    Upon their return to Colorado he attended CSU, then started his career in finance. He worked at University National Bank until 1967, Farmers State Bank in Fort Morgan through 1979 and Longmont National Bank until accepting the position of president of the First National Bank of Fleming. He left banking in 1987 and became a full-time insurance agent with Farmers Insurance Group until his retirement in 2009.
    Carl was a fun-loving, softhearted and dedicated family man who loved to laugh. He enjoyed playing cards, fishing, golfing and spending time with family and friends. He loved music and sports and, if he wasn’t participating, enjoyed watching his kids and grandkids in their many activities. He was very supportive of youth and was an officer in the Optimist Club, a member of the Sterling Elks Lodge and a 32nd degree Mason with the Denver Consistory.
    Carl is survived by his wife, Alice of Fleming; son, Randall Cheramy of Denver; daughter, Renee Cheramy of Garden City, Kansas; granddaughter, Alicia Blankenship of Santa Fe, New Mexico; grandson, Austin Vandenbark and wife Brook of Fleming; great-granddaughter, Raelynn Jo Vandenbark of Fleming; brother-in-law, Alvin Schuman of Haxtun; nephew, Ronald J. Cheramy and wife Josie of Sterling; niece, Della Greer and husband Mike of Lafayette; and numerous great-nieces and great-nephews and their families.
    He was preceded in death by his parents; his brother, Earl Cheramy; and his niece, Donna (Cheramy) Riley.
    Memorial services were held April 11 at the Fleming United Methodist Church, with Pastor Jodie Harless officiating.
    In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the Carl Henry Cheramy Memorial Fund, which will be dispersed to several of his favorite charities, c/o Tennant Funeral Home, P.O. Box 1547, Sterling, CO 80751, or in Carl’s name to the charity of the donor’s choice.
    Tennant Funeral Home in Sterling was entrusted with the arrangements.