April 4, 1921-August 21, 2018
Husband, dad, grandpa.
We honor you, we thank you,
Peace, love, forever.
Terry Salt, beloved husband of Mickey and beloved father of Rock, Candy, Muff, Pat, Suzi, Tracy, Marty and Mike, died August 21, 2018. Terry was born on April 4, 1921 in Fargo, North Dakota, where he spent his early school years. He moved to Minneapolis with his mother where he lived for several years. He attended the University of Minnesota where he met Jane, his future wife and received his Bachelor of Arts Degree. Terry and Jane were married June 19, 1943 and had a loving and wonderful marriage for over 62 years. The joys of his life with Jane were his six children and their six spouses, his 19 grandchildren, and his 36 great-grandchildren.
In his teenage years during the Great Depression, Terry spent his summers working as a tour guide in Glacier National Park, Montana, and on highway construction projects near the Grand Tetons in Wyoming. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1942 and deployed to Italy as a B-24 pilot in December, 1943. Terry’s Army career included tours in Ft. Sill, OK, Germany, Korea, and Vietnam. When he retired from the Army in 1969, he returned to Colorado and taught math at Sproul Junior High in Security. In 1978, Terry was elected to the El Paso County Commission, where he served for six years. He is remembered on the Commission as a gentleman’s gentleman who fought hard for his positions, compromise to find a solution, yet move on to the next challenge when he lost. After retiring from the Commission, he returned to teaching, first at Sproul, then as a volunteer teaching GED math for the county jail and at Ecumenical Social Ministries, a local non-profit.
Several years after Jane died in 2006, Terry moved from Security to Liberty Heights Retirement Community where he met and fell in love with Mickey Mosier. They married on December 24, 2012 bringing Mickey’s children, Marty and Mike, into the family. They spent their time playing bridge, travelling, and enjoying their many friends.
First and foremost Terry was always a gentleman. He enjoyed playing bridge and chess, had a sharp sense of humor, and an engaging personality. Terry was an enthusiastic supporter of his children’s many activities. He was also active in PTA, Boy and Girl Scouting, Knights of Columbus, Lions Club, Argonauts, and was an avid member of the Air Force Academy Quarterback Club (except when they played Army).
Terry was a generous supporter of Salvation Army, Kidney Foundation, Girl Scouts, Red Cross, Easter Seals, Marian House, Teen Court, Pike’s Peak Humane Society, as well as his children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren’s fundraising activities.
A Celebration of Life will be held on Thursday, August 23 at 3:30 pm at Liberty Heights Retirement Community, 12105 Ambassador Drive, Colorado Springs, CO, 80921. A funeral mass will be celebrated on Friday, August 24 at noon at Divine Redeemer Catholic Church, 927 N Logan Ave, Colorado Springs, followed by internment at Evergreen Cemetery, 1005 Hancock Ave. In lieu of flowers donations in Terry’s memory can be made to the Pike’s Peak Humane Society.
