MONUMENT, Colo. (KRDO) – On Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, just before noon a woman in the McDonald’s parking lot along Baptist Road in Monument was hit and killed by a car.
Now we’re learning more about who she was. 47-year-old Kristy Kerst was a sister, mother, and grandmother. Her family says she loves nature, camping, and the outdoors. But above all, they say family was the most important thing to Kristy Kerst.
Kirsty’s daughters, Hanna and Britany, say she gave them the world.
“She made sure her kids had everything they needed. The shirt off her back and a place to stay if they needed it,” her daughter Hanna Kerst shared.
They say she was the best grandmother to their children and now some of Kerst’s grandkids have taken after her interests.
“My oldest son definitely is enjoying golf because grandma loved golf,” Kerst’s daughter,
Britany Visage added, “Camping and everything survival-related. They were going to, or were supposed to do their own little survival camp in the summer.”
They say she had finally just achieved one of her lifelong dreams of becoming a park ranger.