Benjamin Cheek
A funeral service is at 2 p.m., today, for Benjamin Gabriel
Cheek, who died Friday as a result of an automobile accident while
on his way hunting. He was 21.
The service is at Andrews Caldwell Gibson Funeral Home, 407
Jerry St., Castle Rock. There will be cremation.
Born May 27, 1981, in Pittsburg, Kan., he was the son of Kelly
Eugene Cheek and Charlotte Janine (Walters) Cheek. He graduated in
2000 from Douglas County High School.
Mr. Cheek was a warehouse manager with Castle Rock Winnelson Co.
He was active in high school with the Future Farmers of America and
served as its vice president. He enjoyed the outdoors, hunting and
fishing. He was engaged to Cherise Price of Castle Rock.
Besides his fiance, he is survived by his mother and her
husband, David Chapman, of Roxborough Village; his father and his
wife, Denise Cheek, of Denver; sister Rhianna Cheek of Aurora;
stepsister Erin Chapman of Roxborough Village; stepbrother David
Chapman Jr. of Roxborough Village; maternal grandparents Larry and
Betty Fisher of Morrison and Clarence and Marcia Walters of
Wakefield, Minn.; paternal grandparents Harold and Glenis Cheek of
Nowata, Okla.; great great-grandparents Clara and Jim Colclasure of
Sacramento, Calif.; four aunts; three uncles; numerous cousins; and
a host of friends.
Olinger Andrews Caldwell Gibson Funeral Home of Castle Rock made
arrangements.