Charles and JoAnn Schloss
A married couple of 73 years, JoAnn and Charles Schloss, Jr. both died; Mrs. Schloss on May 27, 2022, at the age of 89, and Mr. Schloss on Dec. 9, 2021, at the age of 91. Services are pending. Feldman Mortuary made the arrangements.
Mr. and Mrs. Schloss were married on December 28, 1949. According to the family, they fell in love while attending East High School and “never wavered in their deep love for one another, holding hands until Chuck’s death.”
Mr. Schloss was a CU graduate in engineering physics, and did post-graduate work in orbital mechanics at MIT. He founded Schloss Engineered Equipment, held 13 patents and received CU’s Distinguished Engineering Alumni award.
He was a city council member and deputy mayor of Cherry Hills Village.
He was in the US Army, and received a gold medal from the Society of Military Engineers for his research and development work on guided missiles.
“He was a brilliant engineer with an intensely curious mind and a passion for learning, building and creating,” the family said. “He also had a keen interest in genealogy.”
Mrs. Schloss graduated Phi Beta Kappa at CU, and established the City and County of Denver’s Commission on Youth while working at the Commission on Community Relations. She founded Profitable Decisions, Inc., a research, consulting and training firm to clients seeking new ventures.
She was an adjunct faculty in CU Denver’s Dept. of Communications, teaching communication, business and professional speaking; and then, at Regis University, taught business management for 20 years.
Mrs. Schloss was on local boards of Leadership Denver and the Colorado Women’s Forum.
“She was an outlier, an activist, a leader and was always ahead of the times,” her family said. “She led by example and flair.”
Survivors are children Charles Murdock “Chic” Schloss III, Sindi Schloss Romanella and Kristy Anne Schloss; and two grandchildren.
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