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In Memory of
Andrew Stephen
Uveges
May 30th, 2000 -
May 19th, 2016

Obituary for Andrew Stephen Uveges

Andrew Stephen  Uveges
Andrew Uveges was born May 30, 2000 to Tiffany Freeman and Andrew Pearce. His birth name was Andrew Stephan Wayne Freeman. He was adopted that same year by the Uveges family, gaining both parents in Joe and Kristen, and a big sister in Katie (over time he gathered more siblings through his birth parents).
He grew up in Colorado Springs, attending preschool at Goldcamp Elementary, and went to Skyway Elementary for grades K-6. He took a year off to study at home before returning to middle school at Manitou Springs middle school and continuing on to be a freshman at Manitou Springs High School.
Andrew was a wrestler in the Cheyenne Mountain Wrestling Club and with the Manitou Springs middle school and high school team. He also played soccer as the JV goalie for MSHS.
These are the normal facts we often use to define someone’s life. But, with the exception of sports (especially wrestling!), this is not how Andrew would define his life.
He would be better described by how he lived in the world. He was a climber: up stairs, walls, furniture, rocks, trees, and buildings. He loved to be up high: perched in a tree, up on the roof, hiding out in his new treehouse. Better yet if he could have a pack of Ritz crackers and a can of Arizona Iced Tea with him.
He studied Parkour and Capoeira. Skills developed through working with his excellent wrestling coaches at his club and at school helped him get to the second day of Regionals this year for MSHS.
He loved music and wanted to have it playing all the time, even when he slept. Morning was a ritual of increasingly loud song repeats of the current 5 or 6 favorites.
He loved to read; Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, and Eragon were some of his favorites.
His top choice for weekend activities alternated between playing video games with his friends and going out to jump on the trampoline.
He was crazy about cats and they loved him. His grey cat, Piper, is sitting on my lap as I write this. If he visited someone who a had a shy cat they would be amazed to find Andrew holding it within minutes of arriving at their home.
He loved snowboarding with his sister Katie, and camping down in the valley with his friends. Target practice with his dad was a must, and he had a beautiful collection of knives.
He wore his baseball caps backward, had to have sweats or loose clothes on, and preferred to be barefoot even in the winter. The last few summers he was barefoot so much that he could run the Manitou incline bare footed, up and down.
He did lawn jobs for the neighbors, learning about the advantages of bidding “by the job” versus being paid by the hour. He was an amazingly hard worker. He was applying for his first “real” job this summer. He was an excellent driver.
Andrew was intense, fierce, fearless, tender-hearted, and could be super irritating. He like to “get people going” and had a dry, twisted sense of humor.
If you were his friend, he would stick with you through thick and thin.
There’s more, but this is enough for now.
Andrew took his life on May 19, 2016.
To honor Andrew’s death, please find ways to live more fully: take a risk, do something challenging with your body, work hard, or invent something. And please, most importantly, ask for help.
If you feel you want to honor his life with a donation, here are some suggestions.

Happy Cats Haven
1412 S. 21st St
Colorado Springs, CO 80904

Wild Blue Animal Rescue and Sanctuary
5975 Burgess Road
Colorado Springs, CO 80908

Manitou Springs High School
401 El Monte Pl
Manitou Springs, CO 80829
Make checks to MSHS, but notate for “wrestling, and counseling services” at the bottom

Cheyenne Mountain Wrestling Club
cmwrestling.com

Colorado Crisis Services
coloradocrisisservices.org

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Life Story for Andrew Stephen Uveges

Andrew passed away May 19, 2016, in Colorado Springs. Andrew was a student and lifelong Colorado Springs resident. Survived by his father, Joseph: his mother, Kristen: birth parents, Tiffany Turk and Andrew Pearce; a brother, Alexander Pearce; four sisters, Katherine, Eve Weed, Dea Turk, and Jayden Pearce; and grandparents, Steve and Holly Sjordal, Donald and Lois Uveges, Edward Freeman, Alexandria Pappas, and Lori Giles.
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