Memorial & Commissioning Service
Please join us as we remember and celebrate the life of our dearly loved neighbor, Evelyne Nordheim, and commission the new ambulance she generously provided for our community.
Date: Saturday, October 3rd
Time: 11 o’clock
Location: Station 4
13877 Grizzly Dr.
Littleton, 80127
Light refreshments will be served.
ICFPD Proud to Announce Largest Single Donation in Department History
Inter-Canyon Fire Protection District is proud to announce the single largest donation in the department’s history. The family of Evelyne Nordheim selected ICFPD as the recipient of a $220,500.00 donation for the purchase of an ambulance. Evelyne Nordheim was a resident of ICFPD for over 50 years prior to her death in 2013. The new ambulance will be positioned at ICFPD Station Four to serve her friends and neighbors in the Deer Creek Mesa and White Deer Valley neighborhoods and all of the citizens of Inter-Canyon Fire Protection District.
“The new ambulance will replace a 14 year-old vehicle which has served our district well, but is nearing the end of its useful life.” said Chief Randy Simpson. “The ambulance at station four has become our most frequent responding apparatus and will be a great asset for providing emergency medical services across our district. The generous donation from Evelyne Nordheim’s estate will allow our volunteer staff to provide the best possible care to our patients.”
The new ambulance will have all of the equipment needed to provide Advanced Life Support emergency medical care:
• Four wheel drive
• Multiple radios for communicating with surrounding agencies
• ECG monitor/defibrillator for patient assessment
• Medications, supplies and equipment to serve all patients
The Inter-Canyon Fire Protection District was one of three organizations to receive donations from the estate of Evelyne Nordheim. The other recipients include the Disabled American Veterans and the Oak Creek, Colorado Fire Department for a building to house their restored original 1938 fire engine. ICFPD plans to purchase an ambulance, which duplicates the most recent ambulance acquisition. Standardization will reduce training time and maintenance costs. Placards recognizing Evelyne Nordheim’s donation will be placed inside and outside the ambulance and on ambulance equipment.
Biographical Information on Evelyne Nordheim Evelyne Jarrell was born on May 4, 1924 in Oak Creek, Colorado. She grew up in the area and then taught school in a one room school house near Hayden, Colorado where she met Shelby Nordheim who was working as a cowhand on an area ranch. Shelby served as a Technical Sergeant with the 82nd Airborne Division during World War II and saw action in Africa, Italy and France. Shelby parachuted into Normandy on D-Day and was critically wounded on June 13, 1944 and spent over a year in the hospital recovering from his injuries. Shelby and Evelyne were married in 1949 and moved to the Denver area where both worked on a ranch in Waterton Canyon. In late 1950 Evelyne and Shelby moved to Denver and Shelby attended Barber College, opening a shop in the downtown YMCA.
Evelyne took a job with the Air Force Finance Office working with servicemen on retirement and disability. In 1957 they built a house in Jefferson County near the future location of Chatfield Reservoir. The Army Corps of Engineers condemned the area for a flood control reservoir in 1968 and the Nordheims were able to purchase their house and moved it to its current location on Buckhorn Road near Deer Creek Canyon Park where they lived the rest of their lives. Shelby passed away in 2001 and Evelyne lived in the house until her death in May 2013. The Nordheim's did not have any children. Evelyne is survived by her two brothers, Alvin E. Jarrell of Granby, Colorado and Howard C. Jarrell of Grand Junction, Colorado
The volunteer firefighters, EMTs and Paramedics of Inter-Canyon Fire Protection District provide fire suppression, wildland fire response and Emergency Medical Services to approximately 10,000 residents in a 52 square-mile area of the foothills of Jefferson County. We would like to thank the family of the Nordheims for this incredible gift.
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Inter-Canyon Fire/Rescue
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