Obituaries

Feb 11, 2016

Joanne M. Betz passed away February 11, 2016. Joanne was born to Clark and Mary Ellen Metzler on August 29, 1931 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She attended two years of secretarial school in Colorado Springs and received a Secretarial Diploma. Joanne married Don Harris. Joanne and Don had three children, and later divorced. She married Roland Betz. They remained happily...

Feb 10, 2016

Obituary for Eve Bat Shalom (Geltman) Eve, full of passion, creativity, compassion, kindness, gratitude, searching, discovery, spirituality, and peace, died at her home, as was her strong wish, on February 10th, with her family beside her, after a time period of declining health. Born Eva Ernestine Schaal in 1928 in Breslau, Germany, a region that became part of Poland, her...

Feb 9, 2016

Feb 5, 2016

Luke Tadeusz Kawulok passed away in his parents arms on February 5th, 2016. He was born on May 12th, 2015 and was an identical twin to brother Liam. Though his time on earth was short, he brought love and joy to all those who knew and loved him. He is survived by his parents, Christopher and Elizabeth, grandparents Dr. Ted...

Feb 4, 2016

Louis H. Boocker, 67, of Broomfield, passed away on February 4, 2016. Louis was born on December 7, 1948 in Lafayette, Louisiana to Sol and Eva Boocker. Louis is a veteran of the United States Navy. He worked for Union Pacific and was a member of Delta Tau Delta Epsilon. Louis was a good provider and a hard worker who...

Feb 2, 2016

Feb 2, 2016

Jan 31, 2016

Jan 28, 2016

JOHN LOUIS HOLST March 18, 1924—January 28, 2016 John Louis Holst, 91, of Boulder, CO passed away January 28th, 2016. John was born on March 18th, 1924 to Edward and Dorothy Holst in Pueblo, Colorado. One of 5 children, he grew up during the Great Depression. John was attending High School in 1942 when World War II broke out. He...

Jan 28, 2016

Kathleen Mary Newcomb Scrimgeour, a long-time resident of Boulder, died on January 28 at her home on Hawthorn Avenue. She was born on April 24, 1944, in Nyack, New York, to Ernest Newcomb and Emily Brophy Newcomb, who both preceded her in death. She grew up in Kanona, N.Y., Weedsport, N.Y., and Fort Lyon, Colorado. She received a B.A. in...

Jan 27, 2016

Radford Byerly, Jr., died yesterday after a long fight with Parkinson’s Disease. He was 79. Born May 22, 1936, to Garvis Nell Cook and Radford Byerly, Rad grew up in Houston and the piney woods of East Texas. He left Texas for New England to study physics and poetry at Williams College, and was a proud member of the class...

Jan 26, 2016

Jan 21, 2016

Barbara Jane Phillips was born June 11, 1938 in Enid, Oklahoma. She passed away January 21, 2016. She is survived by her sister Marilyn Darl (Phillips) Bretey; nephews, Richard Lee (Shannan) and Jeremy Howard; and great niece Elizabeth Cyrena Bretey. She is preceded in death by her parents Roland Lee (Rolly) and Cyrena Ruth (Wilson) Phillips. Barbara loved gardens, birds,...

Jan 21, 2016

Sarah Marion Lyons, known to her friends as Marion, was born to Herbert and Mary Holm in Chicago, IL on May 28, 1932. Marion later moved with her mother to Denver, Colorado. She attended the Archdiocese of Denver Catholic Cathedral High School where her friends knew her as Sally. Marion married William McElwain in 1950 and the couple moved to...

Jan 19, 2016

Jan 17, 2016

Ryder Eshelman Johnson, 20, of Boulder passed away on January 17, 2016. Ryder was born on March 24, 1995 at Rose Hospital in Denver to Rick and Cindy Johnson. Ryder grew up in the Eldorado Springs Valley area south of Boulder and attended Mesa Elementary, Southern Hills Middle School and Fairview High School. He also attended Front Range Community College...

Jan 16, 2016

Jan 14, 2016

Lawrence “Larry” Skiddy Hurley, 70, of Westminster, died on Thursday, January 14, 2016 in a single-vehicle accident in Boulder Canyon. Larry was born on February 6, 1945 in Syracuse, NY, to Lawrence John and Mary Louise (McEntee) Skiddy. Lawrence John Skiddy was killed in battle in WWII in France a few months before his son was born. Mary Louise later...

Jan 13, 2016

Patricia Mae (Wissenbach) Ballard, 83, passed away on January 13, 2016 in Louisville, Colorado. Pat was born on September 23, 1932 in Denver to Joseph M. Wissenbach and Pearl E. Tanner. Pat worked in the HR department of Pepsi Cola and retired in 1994 from Security Life Reinsurance. She enjoyed traveling, friends and family. Pat was a loving mother and...

Jan 13, 2016

Bobby Lynn Tatman of Boulder, Colorado passed away on Wednesday, January 13, 2016. Bobby was born in North Platte, Nebraska on March 20, 1940 to Lloyd and Ruth Tatman. He earned a Master’s Degree in Architecture and was a member of American Institute of Architects (A.I.A.). Bobby married Annetta Young on December 29, 1962. He loved the outdoors, hunting motorcycle...