Fred Ettleman Death – Ettleman worked for State Farm, an insurance company that he founded in Rye more than half a century ago. Ettleman was an insurance agent for State Farm. On Friday night, when he was still working, he was gunned down and died. The man who was slain in a shooting that took place in the parking lot of a local grocery store a week ago has been recognized by the Coroner for Pueblo County. Fred Ettleman, who was 79 years old, passed away shortly after being taken to the hospital. An Army veteran who served in Vietnam, Ettleman told the Greenhorn Valley View on the 50th anniversary of his business in November of 2021 that he moved to Rye after leaving the military and working briefly at the steel mill in Pueblo.
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Pastor Jeff Moats of the Greenhorn Valley Baptist Church said Ettleman was a long-time member who’d previously volunteered as a Sunday school teacher, and more recently, as a lay elder. In the later part of this week, his funeral will be held in the church. Murder investigators with the Pueblo Police Department published images on Saturday of a black Ford Mustang that they are attempting to locate in connection with the shooting. When the press attempted to get more information from the department regarding the crime on Wednesday, the agency stated that they were unable to do so.
Ettleman’s friends and neighbors told the press he loved the community. He worked with a group of businessmen earlier in his career to bring a bank to the Greenhorn Valley. The ownership of the bank has shifted several times over the course of its history, and it is currently held by the Bank of the San Juans. Ettleman opened a second State Farm location in Walsenburg in the 1990’s. Fred Ettleman leaves behind his wife and two sons after his passing. Please contact Detective Ron Gravatt at 719-553-3254 if you are able to identify the Ford Mustang or have any information regarding who may have been operating or riding in it on Friday. Calling Pueblo Crime Stoppers at 719-542 STOP will allow you to remain anonymous (7867.)
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