Metro police officer remembered in funeral in Moapa
MOAPA — The wooden casket sat at the front of a packed church Wednesday morning.
A floral arrangement and folded American flag had been placed on top of it as family, friends and fellow officers mourned Colton Pulsipher, 29, who was killed in a crash with a wrong-way driver last week.
Pulsipher was assigned to the traffic bureau’s tourist safety division and was heading home after a shift when his vehicle was hit on Thursday morning.
Another man, identified by the Clark County coroner’s office as Fernando Jimenez-Jimenez, 31, died at the scene from blunt force injuries.
At The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Moapa, people gathered to mourn Pulsipher’s loss. They sang hymns — “Be Still My Soul” and “Amazing Grace” — and spoke of his sense of humor, commitment to family and strong faith.
Before the service, Pulsipher’s motorcycle stood riderless in front of the church. Officers left gloves, a helmet and a folded up flag on it.
Afterward, an honor guard led his casket out of the church as mourners stood silently. Then, a cavalcade of police trucks and cars with flashing red and blue lights escorted Pulsipher’s remains to his resting place at Warm Springs Cemetery.
Pulsipher’s survivors include his wife, Ashlee; their three children, Carlee June, Brett Michael and Jonathan Colt; his parents and his siblings, according to an obituary published online by the Moapa Valley Mortuary.
Pulsipher’s obituary said he was born in 1995 in St. George, Utah, but lived most of his life in Moapa.
“Colton was an active, outdoors person,” the obituary said. “He loved shooting guns, being with his family and playing video games.”
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Review-Journal staff photographer Kevin Cannon contributed to this report.
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