Kimberley A. Pohl

Kimberley Ann Pohl (nee Hill)

Kim was born in St. Louis, Missouri on June 18, 1970. She lived there for the first year of her life. She then moved to Streamwood Illinois where she resided until she was 16. She attended St. John's the Evangelist, Canton Jr. High and Streamwood High School.

When she was 14 she met the love of her life, Brett Eric Pohl. On September 8th, 1987 the other love of her life, Eric Brett Pohl was born. On June 4, 1988 the "Domestic Goddess" married her Prince Charming in Illinois. In September 1988 she moved to Blackhawk, CO. In 1991 Kim and Brett bought a home in Golden, CO that they still call home. Kim adored Eric so much that she wouldn't even let him walk to school, did I mention that the school is right behind their house in Golden. The love Eric and Kim shared was insurmountable.

On November 18, 2009 Eric and Britne welcomed Peyton Marie Pohl, Kim's granddaughter. Kim adored her granddaughter and enjoyed her new role as a grandma. Kim was amazing with children and animals. In most pictures of her there's a child in her lap. Kim loved her dogs. Her most beloved dog "Slacker" a German shepherd she sort of "dognapped" from her brother. Bert asked her if she would be willing to watch "Slacker" for a while until he found a new place. One week after he was home with Kim he was renamed "Lovie", at that point there was no way the two could ever be separated. On December 6th Lovie will be 12. We always said Kim would need therapy if something happened to Lovie. She also loved her other dogs Jenny and Leila. Kim even had a potbelly pig as a pet for a while.

Kim was preceded in death by her father, Bert Hill Jr. Kim's mother, Pat Hill, now resides in Spencer, IN. She was by Kim's bedside with many family and friends when she passed away. One of the last conversations Kim had with her mother was how she was going to put her in a black and white swim suit and have her do Killer Whale tricks in the pool. Kim spent her life giving her mother a run for her money and her mother was always amused by Kim's sense of humor and sarcasm.

Kim's brother Bert and his wife Alison (Snuggles) along with their family - Andrew and his wife Angela, Alex, Mitchell Halle & Isabelle, reside in Minnesota. Bert and his sister spoke daily and had an unbelievably close relationship. She spent a week almost every month at their house. Kim used to refer to his daughters as "My Girls". Alex's had numerous friends that called her "Aunt Kim". Brett and Kim were honored to serve as hosts for Andrew and Angela's wedding on May 23 of this year. Mitchell is going to miss all of the cooking she did during her visits. Kim was an amazing cook and enjoyed keeping us all well fed. If you are interested in the "All in the Family" cookbook that Kim organized this past summer please email:bertandalison@aol.com. This was truly one of the many gifts she has left us with.

Kim was also preceded in death by her brother Brian Hill. He was survived by his two sons Brian and Brandon. Little Brian considers it a gift that he was able to spend a whole month and a half with Kim and her family this past summer. Little Brian always appreciated the fact he could tell her all the dumb things he did and would come away not feeling stupid or judged.

When Kim and Brett first met, he was living with his sister, Teresa, and her husband Dave and their three daughters, Kristy, Corrin, and Jessie. Kim was the older sister that Dave and Teresa would have never wanted their girls to meet but eventually she was the one to teach them the important stuff: Yes! A girl can never have on to much eye shadow, you can never have to much hair spray, and if Aunt Kim doesn't approve of someone or something in your life, you will suffer her wrath until you get rid of it. If you don't want to introduce someone to Aunt Kim or wear it in front of her, it does not belong in your life. Kim rushed us to the hospital, taught us how to us a curling iron and for more than one of us has led us to and then helped us with our first hangover. She's taught us that you're never too old or too cool to tell your Aunt you love her, and most importantly, taught us all that it doesn't matter what anyone says or thinks "live your life the way you want."

Kimmy's relationship with her father in law Don was probably best summed up as the essence of Kimmy: No matter how tough, crabby or cool you thought you were "Kim was rubber and you were glue……."

Always the cool Aunt it didn't matter if it was a matter of sneaking away from work to watch a movie and eating popcorn in the middle of the day or partying together while camping (at least until we woke up my mom).

Kim was just like an older sister who would rifle through your stuff and find a personal song you wrote. Just finding it wasn't the worst of it…. she would memorize the words and sang it to me when I got home. It was so embarrassing!

Aunt Kimmy always such a life saver….. whether it be buying 3 poor college guys toilet paper when she discovered they didn't have any and she couldn't even imagine what they had been using prior to her discovering they were out. Our assembling care packages of food, candy and all those other items a kid would need, she certainly didn't want her niece or nephew to starve.

Kimmy always loved spending time with her great nieces and nephews Levi, Alli, JP, Aislynn, Dave, Christian, Tyler, Alex, Memphis, and Logan David

Everyone has a Kimmy story…She would always say exactly what you were too afraid to say. What was so incredible was how she always managed to get away with it. Also famous for saying "Bingo is not for wussies". I'm sure everyone has heard her say……………… "If you can not figure out who the smelly kid is… It is probably YOU"

We will all miss this incredible person that God let be part of our lives. Our lives will never be the same without her playful bantering, comedic sarcasm, bold honesty, caring compassion, deepest heartfelt love, limitless giving and spirited fireball personality. May all of our comedic recollections of her, the unending delightful memories and the vision of that heartwarming smile that could light up a room (no matter what the situation) May this give us the strength to make it through her unexpected and untimely passing. We must never forget that our beautiful angel will forever be watching down on us and that she will forever be living in our hearts and memories.

Through these last dark hours, we met a special person: Rick W. "The Angel of the ICU". His honesty and compassion during her final day he helped our family through those trying hours.