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2025
Loralee Hettinger Obituary
Loralee McNeilly
Hettinger
December 31, 1940
September 30, 2025
Loralee McNeilly Hettinger, avid outdoor enthusiast, passed away peacefully at home in Colorado Springs on September 30, 2025. She was 84.
Loralee's sense of adventure was sparked when she turned 40 and went on an Outward Bound trip in Utah. Soon after, Loralee and family moved from Florida to Colorado Springs where she met her true love, the Colorado mountains. She later met her other true love, Jack Hettinger, through the Colorado Mountain Club, and they shared over 20 years of marriage marked by hiking and cycling adventures.
A love of the outdoors was the thread that wove across the decades of her life: in her 40s and 50s she summited 45 of Colorado's 54 14ers; in her 60s, she bicycled across the country; in her 70s, she journeyed to Antarctica; and in her 80s, she ziplined through the treetops of Costa Rica.
Loralee was a cherished member of several communities in Colorado Springs and Summit County. Her presence was a beacon of friendship and community spirit wherever she resided.
Loralee is survived by her son, Cary Stephan (Jennifer); daughter, Larissa Lodzinski (Robert); grandson, Chandler Stephan (Anna); great-granddaughter, Aeralyn.
A Celebration of Life will be held at Patty Jewett Golf Club on Saturday, October 25. Memorial donations may be made to the Summit Lost Pet Rescue (lostpetrescue.org) or to Pikes Peak Hospice (pikespeakhospice.org).
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