Obituaries

Local obituaries for the Boulder, CO

Relton Spotts

Relton Spotts

Aug 6, 2018

Dr. Relton Weir Spotts Throughout his long life and career, Relton W. Spotts was dedicated to leadership, service, and dentistry. He was smart, kind, loving and patient, the sort of man who would quietly donate funds for a church to buy an organ or drive a thousand miles to help his children and grandchildren. He was a great lover of...

John Prokop

John Prokop

Jul 14, 2018

John A. Prokop 1958-2018 Boulder, CO – John Allen Prokop, 60, passed to eternal rest on Saturday, July 14, 2018 as the result of a motorcycle accident in the mountains near Nederland, Colorado. He was born June 17, 1958, in Warren, Ohio, a son of the late Michael and Elizabeth Markovich Prokop. John was a 1977 graduate of Howland High...

Jean Barker

Jean Barker

Jul 14, 2018

Jean Alice Barker died peacefully on Saturday 7/14 while watching Wimbledon tennis with Warren, her husband of 64 years. Jean was born in Minneapolis, graduated from the University of Denver, married Warren in New Jersey, and moved the family to Boulder in 1965. Jean and Warren raised three sons: Jeffrey, Allan and Bruce who also have families of their own....

Jared Gutierrez

Jared Gutierrez

Jul 11, 2018

Jared Nathan Gutierrez Jared was a man awed by the depth and complexity of the world, a world that weighed so heavily on his heart that it finally broke his spirit. Jared Nathan Gutierrez, 32, of Boulder, CO, died July 11, 2018 after a long and difficult battle with depression. In happier times, Jared thrived on sharing his wisdom and...

Cleveland McCarty

Cleveland McCarty

Jul 3, 2018

Cleveland Mather McCarty tribute A longstanding pillar of the Boulder community, Dr. Cleveland McCarty was passionate about being the best dentist he could be, caring for his family — and mountains. He arrived in the 1950s to attend the University of Colorado and his legacy has loomed large over the city ever since. Cleve was a Renaissance man and Colorado...

Harriet Johnson

Harriet Johnson

Jun 27, 2018

Harriet Quinn Johnson passed away on June 27 at Balfour Cherrywood Village in Louisville, CO. She was 92 years old. Harriet made a mean flaming persimmon pudding, could hold her own in a competitive game of bridge, and throw a pool party like no one else. She was born in Gothenburg, Nebraska to Jess and Harriet Quinn on May 29,...

James Wolfe

James Wolfe

Jun 24, 2018

Deacon James “Jim” Perry Wolfe passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Sunday, June 24, 2018. He was 77 years old. Jim was born December 4, 1940 in Colorado Springs, CO. His parents, John Allen Wolfe and Ellen Louise Perry, preceded him in death. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Judy, three children, Andrew, Ann (Greg)...