Kathleen Bohmont

Kathleen (Buckingham) Bohmont, 80, passed away on October 10, 2015 in Fort Collins, Colorado after a short illness. A memorial will be held October 28, 1:30pm at Shepherd of the Hills Church, 1200 S. Taft Hill Rd.

Kathleen was born May 11, 1935 to John and Catherine Buckingham (both deceased) in Cody, Wyoming. Kathleen graduated from Cody High School in 1953 and received her nursing degree from Carroll College in Helena, Montana. Kathleen had worked for a brain surgeon in Denver, Colorado for several years before returning to Cody where she met Bert L. Bohmont, whom she married on February 28, 1960 in Cody, Wyoming.

Kathleen and Bert enjoyed each others' company and played golf together on many different courses around the world but mostly in the United States. Kathleen was a good golfer and won the ladies club championship at City Park Nine shortly after taking up the game. She later won the ladies club championship at Southridge six times and narrowly missed out becoming the ladies club champion at Collindale three times. She was a mentor to a number of of her fellow lady golfers and enjoyed seeing them progress with their game.

Kathleen had 4 brothers, Tim, Pat, Mike and Jerry, all deceased, and two sisters, Nancy who passed away just recently, and Sybil (Buckingham) Roach who lives in California.

Kathleen and Bert had two sons, Clark Bohmont living in Arlington, Massachusetts with his wife, Lidia and Todd Bohmont living in Baytown, Texas. Kathleen also had a son, Chester Hitchens, by a previous relationship that was put up for adoption at birth. Chester found Kathleen after 50 years. Chester, his wife, Cheryl and their two sons, Sam and Luke, live in Loveland, Colorado.