Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Boulder, CO

Daniel Smith
Mar 4, 2016
Daniel Smith, 42, of Lafayette passed om March 4, 2016. Danny was an avid fly fisherman, skier and hobbyist. He was a stay at home father for his daughter Cassidy. Danny is survived by his wife, Christina; daughter, Cassidy; parents, Paul and Mona Smith; siblings, Robert, Michael, Mary, Steven, Javier and Dan; and many nieces and nephews. Visitation will be...

Travis Jurdem
Feb 26, 2016
Travis Dean Jurdem Travis Dean Jurdem of Boulder passed away Friday, February 26, 2016. Travis was born in Boulder, Colorado on March 31, 1987 to Teresa and Scott Jurdem. He earned a Bachelor’s degree from University of Colorado and a Master’s Degree from Metropolitan State University of Denver. He was a child protection case worker for Adams County Department of...
Diane Manhoff
Feb 25, 2016
Diana C. Manhoff passed away last week after a brief illness. She was born in Brooklyn, NY and spent her childhood in Queens, NY. Her father was Sam Cortz and her mother was Pauline Cortz (maiden name Kaufman). As a teen she volunteered as a candy striper. After attending Queens College and The Chicago Art Institute, she embarked a versatile...
Barbara Simpson
Feb 24, 2016
Barbara Marie Simpson, daughter of Archibald Sullivan and Helena Leonard Sullivan, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family at Frasier Meadows Retirement community in Boulder, Colorado on February 24, 2016. She was preceded in death by her parents and by her sister Maureen Sullivan Bernard. She is survived by her loving husband of 62 years, Philip Simpson; Sister, Jane...
Michael Groves
Feb 24, 2016
Michael Don Groves died February 24, 2016 in Boulder, Colorado at the age of 80. Born May 28, 1935 in Boulder, he also lived in Carterville, IL and Slidell, LA before settling his family in Boulder in 1973. He graduated with a B.A. in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Illinois, Champaign. Mike later received his M.A. in Aeronautical Engineering...

Bruce Dalton
Feb 18, 2016
Bruce Bennett Dalton, son of Glen Porter Dalton and Dorothy Bennett Dalton, passed away peacefully at home on February 18 from complications of COPD. He was preceded in death by father, mother, and his brother Glen Dalton, Jr. He is survived by his loving wife of 53 years, Marilyn Dalton; daughters Kim Dalton Petranick (Brian), Kristen Dalton Donlon (Brion), and...

Ross Cooney
Feb 13, 2016
Ross passed away at TRU Community Care in Louisville after battling liver cancer that was diagnosed in January 2016. He was born in Hartford, CT to Timothy Cooney and Diana Marcus. After moving to Denver, CO, he graduated from East High School in 1955. He was the last person in the U.S. to be drafted into the Navy. He served...
Joanne Betz
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...
Eve BatShalom (Geltman)
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...
Luke Kawulok
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...

Louis Boocker
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...