Kenneth Frazier

KENNETH FRAZER

Colorado Springs, Colo.

Kenneth Frazer, 65, of Colorado Springs, Colo., died Sept. 9, 2019, at home from esophageal cancer. No service will be held.

Kenneth Ray Frazer was born Nov. 27, 1953, in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, the son of Wendell and Dorothy (Jaeger) Frazer. He graduated from Washington High School in 1971. He received a BSEE degree from Iowa State University in 1976, and a Masters of Engineering, computer science engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington in 1998, specializing in operating systems and real-time systems.

In 1976, he began working as an electrical design engineer for Texas Instruments Defense Systems Equipment Group in Dallas, Texas (which became Raytheon in 1997). He worked his way up to senior engineering manager and retired in 2008. In 1999, he also began teaching computer classes as an adjunct professor at Northlake College, DCCCD. He taught for 15 years, and wrote a number of reviews for the Association of Computing Machines "Software Engineering Notes."

Ken married Juliette (Julie) Oliphant Brooks on April 1, 1989, and over the years their family consisted of a myriad of cats and dogs. He and Julie moved to Colorado Springs in 2014.

His hobbies included amateur radio, software development, model cars and airplanes and reading. From the late 70s through the mid-80s he played drums in various garage bands. In 2003, he also developed an avid interest in motorcycles and was very active in his local motorcycle club, riding over 135,000 miles, including two weeks in Europe riding the Alps. Ken also volunteered at the Coppell (TX) Police Department for four years, converting incident records to a digital database.

Surviving are his wife, Julie Brooks; and four siblings, Gary Frazer of Reston, Va., Jean Frazer of Washington, Iowa, Barb Olson of Plymouth, Minn., and Mike Frazer of Austin, Texas. He also is survived by one niece, four nephews, two grand-nieces, and one grand-nephew.

Ken had a tremendous intellect. He was generous, kind, ethical and good. He will be sorely missed.

An online obituary, including photos, can be viewed at www.returntonaturecolorado.com/kenneth_frazer/.

Those wishing to honor Ken's life are encouraged to make a donation in his name to www.ecaware.org or cancerresearch.org/.