Kathleen C. Burnet

Kathleen Chloe Herrick-Burnet was born on September 04, 1941, in Littleton, CO to Willis and Eunice Herrick. She passed away on April 01, 2026, at the Aurora South Hospital at the age of 84 and 1/2 years.

Kathleen was one of three children raised on a ranch in the Bijou Valley of Elbert county. Somehow and somewhere along the way, she became permanently known as "Kitty". She spend her entire life in and around Kiowa and Bennett, CO.

Kitty graduated from Kiowa High School in 1959. Shortly after graduation, she took a job in Idaho Springs, CO. While living there, she met Kelby Myers. They were married in the summer of 1961. Kitty and Kelby moved back to the Bijou Valley where they lived and managed the ranch Kitty had grown up on. December 22, 1962, they were blessed with the birth of a baby boy, Steven L. Myers.

Kitty worked hand in hand on the ranch, and held other jobs here and there to make ends meet. Sadly, Kelby passed away on December 20, 1978. Kitty and Steven stayed on the ranch until 1981 when she married James Burnet on February 13 of that year. Kitty and her son moved to the Burnet Ranch near Bennett, CO, where she spent the rest of her life.

Kitty was a very community minded individual. While living in the Kiowa area, she was a key person on the forming of the Young Homemakers club, in which she was a cherished member. Kitty joined the Elbert County library, where she drove the bookmobile to all the schools in the county for three years. Kitty was also very active in the Republican party, and spent many hours with others promoting and raising funds for this cause.

Among her many hobbies was house decorating. She could make any plant grow. In her later years, she took up the art of quilting. She was an expert seamstress ensuring each seam was exact, and that all the colors blended perfectly.

Kitty was preceded in death by her parents, one sister Virginia Scott, and both of her husbands, Kelby Myers in 1948, and Jim Burnet in 2013.

Kitty is survived by her son, Steven Myers (Brenda); grandchildren, Katelyn (Chad), and Kelby Myers; stepson, Clint Burnet and daughter, Heidi; brother, Steve Herrick (Carol); nephew, Shane Herrick (Drenda) and their 3 children and 7 grandchildren; niece, Katie Slater (Reggie) and their 4 children and 2 grandchildren, and countless dear friends.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the American Cancer Society.