Loran Craig Schrock

Loran Craig Schrock was born 3 weeks late in the morning of November 13, 1990. He spent some time in the NICU before going home with the rest of the family. They moved from Texas to Michigan when he was very young, and he spent his childhood there. He made a few close friends and had a lot of adventures with them. The family moved to Idaho in the middle of his graduating year, and he struggled to make friends and fit in. He eventually found a couple friends and would go hunting and camping with them. The outdoors, and especially the forest, was his happy place, and he would spend hours alone into the woods, just absorbing nature, and calming his thoughts. He spent some time in Georgia, and he often told me those were the best years of his youth. He felt so accepted there and was a friend to everyone he met. He got into some shenanigans there and had a lot of fun. He worked in Texas for a couple of months in a cabinet shop. He enjoyed working with wood, but he hated the repetition, he wanted to just create things. In March of 2012, he moved back to Idaho, and at the end of June, he met me. We fell in love immediately and were inseparable from that moment on. In every way, he was my other half. Our son was born in 2018, and he was very much a proud daddy. He quit his job piloting in December of 2019 so he could have more time at home with us. My disability was beginning to get progressively worse at that point, and he didn't feel comfortable being so far away in case I needed him. Our daughter was born in 2021, and he said more than once that at least we got SOMETHING good out of 2020. In 2022, we moved to Olathe, CO, where I grew up. We settled in, and he got great joy out of setting up his shop and fixing up the house. He often worked thru the night getting projects done to better our life. He never quit trying to improve things. He was starting to work on miniatures in 2024, and he loved spending Lego Sundays with the kiddos; they would build things together for hours. He was a very involved daddy, and the kids adored him. He was my caregiver, and he was endlessly patient and loving. He always caught me when I fell, literally, and figuratively. He was the kindest, sweetest, most genuine person I've ever known, and the hole left in our hearts will never be filled. He brought light and joy to everyone who knew him. Those left behind grieving are his wife, Kay, his son Bryce, his daughter Thea, his mothers-in-law, Bev, Brenda and Cindy, his sisters-in-law, Mishayla, Nicolee, Bella, Daesha, Emera and Emily, his brothers-in-law Kylan, Keenan, and Ayden, uncle Jared and aunt Carol Unruh, and cousins Landon and Tris Unruh, and Levi Unruh and others. Preceding him in death are 3 unborn children and his brother-in-law Johnny.