Obituaries

Local obituaries for the Boulder, CO

David Thorndike

David Thorndike

Apr 25, 2024

David Thorndike was a complex, loving, and self-reliant man. Born on December 1, 1925, he died on April 29, 2024. He is survived by his wife Deborah J. Haynes; daughters, Leslie Thorndike and Persis Thorndike; granddaughters, Madeleine and Julia Thorndike Goetz, and Talis Love; and great grandchildren Tulsi and Oona Love. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he grew up in Skowhegan,...

Gale Chidlaw

Gale Chidlaw

Apr 12, 2024

Please share your favorite memory of Gale to be included in a special keepsake book for the family.

Arlene Bahe

Arlene Bahe

Apr 10, 2024

Our dear sister and especially beloved "Auntie" passed on to Eternity on April 10, 2024. in her home in LifeCare of Longmont with family around her.  Arlene was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut and raised a few miles away in Fairfield.  She was a middle child, survived by sister Dorothy E.Bertch and brother Henry"Hank" G. (Kathleen) Bahe. Also, by her Bertch...

Steven Pfeifer

Steven Pfeifer

Apr 8, 2024

Steven Pfeifer, long time resident of Fourmile Canyon, passed away on April 8, 2024 after a brave battle with an aggressive pancreatic cancer. Steven was born December 2, 1948 in St. Louis to Walter Harris Pfeifer and Rose Marie Seitzer Pfeifer. His parents and grandparents gave him a life-long appreciation of both books and music. He was a walking repository...

Margaret Smith

Margaret Smith

Apr 7, 2024

Margaret Elaine (Campbell) Smith (1929 – 2024) Margaret passed peacefully on April 7, 2024 (age 94), at Frasier Meadows, Boulder, Colorado, six weeks after suffering injuries from a fall, and two weeks after being diagnosed with pancreatic and liver cancer, and four days after suffering a stroke and heart attack. Her daughters Elaine and Cynthia were with her, as well...

Wanda Jackson

Wanda Jackson

Apr 6, 2024

Wanda N. Jackson took her last breath Saturday, April 6, 2024, in her home surrounded by her four daughters.Wanda Nona Lucia Seliga-Socinskis was born in Riga, Latvia on December 27, 1927. At the age of 16, she had to leave her family and escape her occupied country during the war. She traveled through Germany and Austria and eventually immigrated to...

Chuck Miller

Chuck Miller

Apr 4, 2024

Chuck Miller, 61, of Broomfield, Colorado, passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones on April 04, 2024, after a prolonged battle with cancer. Born in Sioux City, Iowa, on September 11, 1962, Chuck was the fifth of six children born to Duane and Nancy Miller. He attended Bishop Heelan High School and went on to earn a Bachelor of Science...

Sarah Lems

Sarah Lems

Apr 2, 2024

Sarah (Bunkenburg) Lems, bastion of light and hope in the eyes of so many friends, family and students, died of glioblastoma in her home with her loving family holding her hand on April 2, 2024 at age 57. Sarah focused her life’s energy on helping people heal. At age 10, Sarah developed Type 1 Diabetes (T1D). During a time when...

Wesley Johnson

Wesley Johnson

Apr 2, 2024

We celebrate the life of Wesley Alexander Johnson, Jr., who passed away April 2, 2024 at the home he shared in Boulder, Colorado with his wife, Joanne Marie (Rust) Johnson. He will be profoundly missed by Joanne, daughters AnnMarie Johnson and Nancy Lynne (Johnson) Cowger, son Paul Rust Johnson, granddaughter Abby Lake Johnson, daughter-in-law Ellen Susan Macdonald, son-in-law John Preston...

Albert Slobodin

Albert Slobodin

Mar 31, 2024

Albert Slobodin passed away on Sunday, March 31st. He was an artist, music lover, audiophile, WWII veteran, conscientious citizen, and a gentle, loving, dedicated husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. Born in 1924 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, he was the child of Jewish immigrants who were forced to flee their home in the Pale of Settlement region of the Russian Empire. Al...

Elinor McGinn

Elinor McGinn

Mar 31, 2024

Elinor Mary (Myers) McGinn July 25, 1923 – March 31, 2024 After a week of being surrounded with family, Elinor Mary (Myers) McGinn passed peacefully on Easter Sunday morning. Elinor was born in Minoa, New York to Nellie Schaefer and Raymond Myers on July 25, 1923. One hundred years ago, her family moved to Grand Junction, Colorado as a cure...

Kathleen Schmid

Kathleen Schmid

Mar 27, 2024

Kathleen Marie Carroll Schmid March 11, 1970 - March 27, 2024 Kathleen “Kate” Marie Carroll Schmid passed away on Wednesday, March 27th, after a courageous battle with brain cancer. She was surrounded by her husband and children and many friends and family members throughout her illness, until her death at home. She was born to Joseph Thomas and Jan Marie...

Joan Bloom

Joan Bloom

Mar 25, 2024

Please share your favorite memory of Joan to be included in a special keepsake book for the family.

Manert Kennedy

Manert Kennedy

Mar 18, 2024

Manert H. Kennedy, of Boulder, passed away peacefully on March 18, 2024 in Oakland, California. Manert was born March 3, 1930 in Wyandotte, Michigan to Joseph Kennedy and Alvina Lange. Manert grew up in Michigan and after high school, served in the United States Marine Corp including combat duty as a Rifle Platoon Sergeant with the First Marine Regimental Combat...

James Harding

James Harding

Mar 15, 2024

On March 15th, 2024 James Harding, age 78, passed away peacefully and honorably. His battle, long fought, was fierce and unwavering. His life was rich with family, friend and travel. A gentle and kind soul, he will be sorely missed by many. He went ALL IN! James was born in Baltimore, MD to Warren Harding and Connie Horonick. James married...

William Burns

William Burns

Mar 15, 2024

Lifelong educator William (Bill) Joseph Burns passed away on March 15, 2024 at the age of 83 surrounded by his family at Cherrywood, Balfour. He struggled with posterior cortical atrophy, a form of dementia, in the later years of his life. Bill was born January 4, 1941 to Florence and Louis Burns on a farm in Hubbarston, Michigan. He was...

Sylvia Tomlinson

Sylvia Tomlinson

Mar 8, 2024

Sylvia Page (Malott) Tomlinson age 90, of Shelby Township MI, peacefully passed away on March 8, 2024. Loving wife of Charles Leard Tomlinson whom she married December 27, 1955 in Plymouth, MI and preceded her in death. Dear mother of Larry Tomlinson of Redford, MI, Lynn (Tom) Stockebrand of Superior, CO, Jill (Carl) Thompson of Dexter, MI, Wendy Tomlinson of...

Richard Cooley

Richard Cooley

Mar 7, 2024

Richard Glenn Cooley passed away on Thursday, March 7th, at home in Niwot, Colorado, surrounded by several loving family members. He was ninety-two and is survived by Carol, his wife of fifty-one years; his children Richard Jr, Kevin, and Karen; daughter-in-law Bridget; son-in-law Kervy; five grandchildren, Copernicus, Jaden, Kristene, Taylor, and Yvette; and two great-grandchildren Eden and Emmet. Richard loved...

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