GYPSUM - Jake Brock could put "10 pounds of fun in a 5-pound bag," his dad said in a eulogy Tuesday as Eagle Valley mourned the young man with a wide smile and a love of mischief.

"He was always in a hurry," Vern Brock said of his strapping, athletic son, who was killed along with his girlfriend last week near Grand Junction by a suspected drunken driver fleeing from police.

"That red hair and smile got him more pardons than anyone else - and he knew it," Brock said.

Brock said that he and his wife, Marilyn, will fight for stronger laws addressing drunk driving and high-speed chases.

"This tragedy is too great for this or any other community to bear," he told nearly 1,000 mourners who filled the Eagle Valley High School gym.

"What Jake would want is: Reach high for your goals, smile, wear your seat belt and don't drink and drive."

Patrick Strawmatt, 42, a former Lafayette police officer with a long arrest record since leaving the force, slammed into a car carrying Jake Brock and his girlfriend, Jennifer Kois, of Brighton, late Thursday night, according to police. Brock and Kois were 19-year-old students at Mesa State College in Grand Junction.

Police say Strawmatt, of Wheat Ridge, was traveling at 120 mph while being pursued by a Colorado State Patrol trooper when he crashed into the car on Interstate 70 near Clifton.

Strawmatt is being held on $1 million bond in Mesa County and could be charged with first-degree murder in addition to vehicular homicide.

There were few references at the funeral Mass to how Jake Brock died, while eulogies by the family priest, relatives and a host of friends filled the gym with laughter and tears.

Brock's large family - he had 24 cousins - filed in behind his casket, and the family was accompanied by Liane and Peter VonFeldt, Kois' parents.

"There are many stories of the passions, and, yes, the mischief, of Jake," said the Rev. Bob Kinkel , pastor of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Eagle, who celebrated the Mass with three other priests.

Young Brock marked his driver's license as an organ donor. His father said Jake's organs mean that "someone will live, others will walk. His corneas are gifts from Jake, not from us. That's what Jake wanted."

A dozen friends who went to Eagle Valley High School with Jake Brock offered their favorite stories about the exuberant young man known for his fondness of Mountain Dew. In a 14-minute slide show, Jake's slogan ("Just Dew It") brought soft laughter from the crowd.

A private family burial in the cemetery at Eagle followed the Mass. A funeral Mass for Kois will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Mark's Catholic Church, 3141 W. 96th Ave., Westminster.