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 Clifton Max Amundsen, "Kip" (1946 - 2014)
Kip Amundsen passed away of natural causes on October 20, 2014. He was born August 16, 1946 to Max Rudger and Mildred Ward Amundsen in Holladay, Utah. Kip graduated from Utah State University with a Bachelors Degree and a Masters Degree in Science.
Kip married Jan Secrist and later divorced.
Kip served his country in the Army during the Vietnam War as a First Lieutenant with Psychological Operations. Kip was the owner/operator of Idea Man. He was also Target's top man as creative director. Kip was a "Man for all Seasons", he loved skiing Utah's deep and delicious powder, and rowing rapids as a River Captain and Guide.
He is survived by two sisters, Kathryn Kunkel and Renay Harman (Rod); and his fraternity brothers who loved Kip as he loved them. He was preceded in death by his parents.
A viewing will be held on Friday, October 31, 2014, 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. at Jenkins-Soffe Mortuary, 4760 South State Street, Murray. Graveside services will follow at 1:30 p.m. at Salt Lake City Cemetery, 4th Ave. "N" St., Salt Lake City. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to the VA Diabetes Foundation or the VA Heart Foundation.
Online condolences may be shared at www.jenkins-soffe.com. - See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/saltlaketribune/obituary.aspx?n=clifton-max-amundsen&pid=172930164&fhid=4549#sthash.B9V3A5V8.dpuf
Clifton Max Amundsen
"Kip"
Kip Amundsen passed away of natural causes on October 20, 2014. He was born August 16, 1946 to Max Rudger and Mildred Ward Amundsen in Holladay, Utah. Kip graduated from Utah State University with a Bachelors Degree and a Masters Degree in Science.
Kip married Jan Secrist and later divorced.
Kip served his country in the Army during the Vietnam War as a First Lieutenant with Psychological Operations. Kip was the owner/operator of Idea Man. He was also Target's top man as creative director. Kip was a "Man for all Seasons", he loved skiing Utah's deep and delicious powder, and rowing rapids as a River Captain and Guide.
He is survived by two sisters, Kathryn Kunkel and Renay Harman (Rod); and his fraternity brothers who loved Kip as he loved them. He was preceded in death by his parents.
A viewing will be held on Friday, October 31, 2014, 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. at Jenkins-Soffe Mortuary, 4760 South State Street, Murray. Graveside services will follow at 1:30 p.m. at Salt Lake City Cemetery, 4th Ave. "N" St., Salt Lake City. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to the VA Diabetes Foundation or the VA Heart Foundation. Online condolences may be shared at www.jenkins-soffe.com. - See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/saltlaketribune/obituary.aspx?n=clifton-max-amundsen&pid=172930164&fhid=4549#sthash.B9V3A5V8.dpuf |
Ralph Simmons
I met Kip during my senior year at Olympus in German class. That was a fun and zany group for sure with Roy Meacham drawing his classic cartoons depicting our teacher "Herr Schmidt" in various adventures. We did not learn alot of Deutch but we sure had fun! Kip became one of my best friends from those days forward into college keeping in touch even though he became an "Aggie" and I a "Ute". I remember dragging State in the summer months with him when he owned a new 66' GTO convertable. That was the best car for meeting girls and havin summer fun with Beach Boy & Beatle tunes blaring from his 8-track stereo. We travelled once to Wyoming in this car hitting speeds of 150 MPH. I recall stopping to get gas and noticed his tires were bald ! Consequently, I made him drive the speed limit until we got back home. Kip was a very humerous and fun to be with at all times. I never heard him say a hateful or spiteful thing about anyone. He loved his skiing and especially rafting trips, and I now wish I had not worked all summer so I could have gone with him on these river trip adventures. His passing is much too soon and it saddened me greatly to hear about it.
R.I.P Rabbit !
Ralph Simmons
Karen Newman (Bsumek)
This is such sad news to me. I remember Kip back to Kindergarten. We were never close friends, but I wish that we had been.