Christine Eiten

born to James and Sandra (Pfieffer) Ranney on November 1, 1964 in Peoria, IL. A few short

years later she became the “big” sister to James Ranney Jr.

She grew up in East Peoria, IL. where she met her lifelong friend Tonya TerMaat. While at East

Peoria High School she was on the Poms team and placed 4th academically in her 1982

graduating class. She very much enjoyed her time at East Peoria HS and her classmates. Chris

then continued her education at the University of Iowa. While at Iowa she studied Finance,

attended many of the Hawkeyes football and basketball games, and was a proud member of the

Kappa Alpha Theta sorority before graduating in 1986.

Chris decided to move to Colorado in 1986 and started her career in downtown Denver at United

Bank as a teller before moving over to Pitney Bowes as a Denver area sales representative. Chris

then met her future husband, Nick Eiten, of Ladd, IL. Chris and Nick were raised 60 miles apart

in Illinois but ended up meeting one another in a Denver apartment complex. They got married

on October 20, 1990 at Holy Family Catholic Church in Peoria, IL, and not long after they

decided to settle down in Highlands Ranch, CO to begin their lives together.

Chris was an extremely thoughtful and devoted wife, mother, daughter, sister, and friend to all

and was considered a Mom to many. She was an especially proud fan of her Chicago Cubs,

Bears, and Iowa Hawkeyes. Upon the birth of their second of four children, Chris decided to stay

at home and devote as much time as possible to raising her children. She found no greater joy in

life than being with and raising her children and her door was always open to anyone in need.

Chris was very involved with her children as they progressed through Cougar Run Grade School

and Cresthill Middle School and especially enjoyed being class mom many of those years. As her

kids moved on to high school, she was involved with multiple booster clubs for Highlands Ranch

High School, including Football, Lacrosse, Softball, and Tennis, along with lending a helping

hand anywhere else needed.

Christine is survived by her immediate family: Zachary, Joshua, Nicole, Paige, and former

husband Nick Eiten of Highlands Ranch, CO. She is also survived by her parents James and

Sandra Ranney of East Peoria, IL as well as her brother James Ranney Jr. of Baltimore, MD.

Christine’s visitation will be from 2 - 4:15 p.m. Friday, December 3 at Olinger Chapel Hill

Mortuary & Cemetery, 6601 S. Colorado Blvd. in Littleton. From 4:15 – 5pm we’ll spend some

time reminiscing about Chris’s wonderful life. Burial will be at the same location on December 4

at 10am.