Obituary of Carmen Angelika Edwards

Beloved wife, mother, grandmother, aunt, and daughter, Carmen Angelika (Cassatt) Edwards journeyed to be with our Lord on June 20, 2022 after losing a valiant fight against glioblastoma brain cancer.� She was born in Mannheim, Germany on October 28, 1954, the daughter of SFC Ralph R. Cassatt, U.S. Army, and Anneliese Therese (Steinlein) Cassatt.�Due to her father's military career with back-to-back tours in Europe, her early childhood was spent in Germany where she became very close to her grandmother, Emilie Steinlein, and enjoyed time on the family's country farm.�She attended preschool and kindergarten in the local German community and grew up speaking both English and German.�At age 6, she came to the United States for the first time and became immersed in American culture, a big change from the German farm she spent so much time on.�But she would return to Germany over the years due to her father's multiple Germany assignments, and graduated valedictorian in 1972 from Kaiserslautern American High School, part of the Department of Defense Overseas Schools network in Kaiserslautern, Germany.She attended and graduated from The Pennsylvania State University, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Pre-Med at the main campus in State College, Pennsylvania in 1976.�She married her college sweetheart, Leonard R. Edwards, Jr., in May 1976 in El Paso, Texas where her parents had retired.�She then spent the next several years working as a German and French translator for a family-owned stringed instrument replacement company in Ann Arbor, Michigan with global customers.In 1979, when Leonard joined the United States Air Force, she then spent the next twenty-eight years supporting his career and raising their two sons as the family traveled across the United States and Germany for various military assignments.�The family spent eight years in Germany, where she worked as a teacher's aide in the American schools in Geilenkirchen and Landstuhl, Germany, where she could be close to the boys.�She also enjoyed traveling and did many trips with her friends to most of the countries in western Europe.When the family returned to the United States in 1992 with an assignment to Albuquerque, New Mexico, she continued to be the chief homemaker and caretaker of her sons.�Then in 1994, she realized that as high school teenagers, the boys no longer needed so much caretaking, so she chose to pursue further study.�She decided she didn't want to pursue training to become a doctor because of the time it would take, but she did want to have something to do in the medical field.�She attended, and graduated from, the University of New Mexico School of Medicine Allied Health Sciences with a certification as a Diagnostic Medical Sonographer in 1995.�As the family continued to move within the United States, she worked as an Ultrasonographer for the next twenty-six years in New Mexico, Oklahoma, Virginia, and Colorado.�She retired in 2021 from Penrad Imaging in Colorado Springs, Colorado and was ready to travel when the COVID-19 pandemic shut down most of the world, and the brain cancer diagnosis changed the future.She was preceded in death by her father, Ralph Cassatt.She is survived by her husband of forty-six years, Leonard; sons, Christopher (Ruth Ewell) Edwards of Lafayette, Colorado, Matthew (Lisa Cifrulak) Edwards of Williamsburg, Virginia; mother, Anneliese Cassatt of El Paso, Texas; sister, Connie Cassatt of El Paso, Texas; and grandson, Benjamin of Lafayette, Colorado.�Visitation, 5:00PM-6:30PM, Wednesday, June 29, 2022, St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church-Parish Hall, 8755 Scarborough Drive, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80920.Vigil, 7:00PM-7:30PM, Wednesday, June 29, 2022, St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church.Rosary, 7:30PM-8:00PM, Wednesday, June 29, 2022, St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church. Mass of Christian Burial, 11:00AM, Thursday, June 30, 2022, St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church. Graveside Service, 1:00PM, Thursday, June 30, 2022, Pikes Peak National Cemetery, 10545 Drennan Road, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80925.Reception, 2:00PM, Thursday, June 30, 2022, St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church-Parish Hall.In lieu of flowers, a memorial contribution in Carmen's honor may be made to the Glioblastoma Foundation (https://glioblastomafoundation.org/get-involved/donate) . Events Visitation Wednesday, June 29, 2022 5:00PM - 6:30PM St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church 8755 Scarborough Drive Colorado Springs,, CO 80920 Phone: 719-528-8407 Rosary Wednesday, June 29, 2022 7:30PM St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church 8755 Scarborough Drive Colorado Springs,, CO 80920 Phone: 719-528-8407 Mass of Christian Burial Thursday, June 30, 2022 11:00AM St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church 8755 Scarborough Drive Colorado Springs,, CO 80920 Phone: 719-528-8407 Graveside Thursday, June 30, 2022 1:00PM Pikes Peak National Cemetery 10545 Drennan Road Colorado Springs, CO 80925 Phone: 202-632-8035 Reception Thursday, June 30, 2022 2:00PM St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church 8755 Scarborough Drive Colorado Springs,, CO 80920 Phone: 719-528-8407