Daina Kitzky Obituary

Daina M. Kitzky, 61, passed away October 3, in a local hospital. She was a retired middle-school teacher in District 20, where she had specialized in foreign languages. Daina was born in Ventspils, Latvia, during World War II, lived five years in a displaced persons camp in Germany after the war and immigrated to the United States with her mother and other family members in 1950, arriving in Colorado Springs on Easter Sunday. She attended public schools in Colorado Springs and graduated from Wasson High School. She attended classes in Germany through the University of Maryland, studied in France and graduated from the University of Oregon in Eugene. She returned to Colorado Springs and began her teaching career in the early 1970s. Daina enjoyed traveling, took an interest in current events and sports, and seldom missed a football game at the Air Force Academy. She was a member of the Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church. She had been married to the late Walter Kitzky. Survivors include her mother, Benita Lemon of Monument; her stepfather, Charles H. Lemon of Monument; an uncle, Arno Pokerns of Monument; and a cousin, Karl Licis of Colorado Springs. Visitation will be at 1:00 p.m. Monday at Swan Law funeral home. Services will be at 2:00 p.m., with the Rev. Martin Rubenis officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.