The name "Young" is spelled out in large letters formed from votive candles outside Fero's Bar & Grill — part of the growing memorial for bar owner Young Fero and the four others killed during what police believe was a robbery.
"She never thought anything like this could happen," said patron and friend Jerry Barnett.
Two weeks ago, Barnett asked Fero, 63, if she ever got scared being alone in the bar at 357 S. Colorado Blvd. She thought the question was ridiculous.
"She told me nothing had happened since '84, when the place opened, so she wasn't worried," Barnett said.
But something did happen early Wednesday morning.
Police suspect that three men, who were arrested Thursday, murdered the
five people inside, including Fero, and then set the place on fire to cover their tracks.The five victims are remembered as wonderful, fun and sweet people.
The youngest victim, 22-year old Daria "Dasha" Pohl, worked at a Holiday Inn just a block south of the bar.
"We are all a family here, and we are grieving with her family," John Dilley, general manager of the Holiday Inn, said.
Pohl was a valued employee whose death shocked the entire staff, Dilley said.
Pohl was a sophomore at Metropolitan State University of Denver and planned to transfer to the University of Colorado Denver to pursue a business degree. She held several waitressing jobs, said Bert Kasben, a neighbor. On the side, she looked after people's dogs.
Ross Richter, 29, of Overland Park, Kan., had worked as a river ranger for the Bureau of Land Management since 2009.
Teri Parvin, park ranger, said everyone who worked with Richter was devastated. "He was a great friend," she said. "You always smiled when you saw him, no matter what mood you were in."
Richter was a polite and thoughtful man who was promoted to team leader of the bureau's Kremmling field office because of his work ethic, Parvin said.
Richter's
father, James, told The Associated Press on Thursday that his son graduated from Kansas State University and spent most of his time outdoors.Those who knew Kellene Fallon, 45, affectionately referred to her as "crazy Kelly" because she liked to make people laugh by acting silly. A regular patron at the bar, she stayed in a motel in the area and worked assorted jobs, friends said.
"She was a wonderful, funny person," said former Fero's bouncer Jerry TenBrink.
Another victim, Tereasa Beesley, 45, grew up in the eastern Montana town of Sidney, according to her Facebook page.
"I am still a teenager at heart, love to go out and socialize, but do take my home life with my 2 kids very seriously," her page says.
Cliff Beesley, of Yuma, Ariz., told the Associated Press that Tereasa recently bought the Maxim Lounge, a bar about 4 miles west of Fero's.
"My guess is she left that bar and went to the other bar and just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time," he told the AP.
Cliff Beesley said that he and Tereasa owned two bars in Yuma and each took one when they divorced six years ago.
He said their 15-year-old daughter, Sierra, and Tereasa's 20-year-old son, Brandon Kappel, are "pretty torn up."
Some of those who stopped by the memorial Thursday didn't know any of the victims but felt they had to pay their respects.
"It's just so sad," said Steve Padgett, who visited with wife Judy. "It's been so
awful for Colorado lately, it just seems endless."Irene Bush brought flowers to the location, and while she hadn't been to the bar for some time, she had fond memories of the customers and of Fero.
"It was a fun place," she said. "Young took care of everyone."
Ryan Parker: 303-954-2409, rparker@denverpost.com or twitter.com/ryanparkerdp
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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