Obituaries
Jane Columbine Gilman
Aug 11, 2024
Jane Columbine Gilman (nee Carol Jane Stienmier), passed away peacefully in her sleep on August 11, 2024. She was born on August 27, 1938, in Gilman, CO to Harold and Madeline Stienmier. Jane was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers Richard and Roy Stienmier. Jane is survived by her twin daughters, Rebecca Brock, M.D. (Brack Hattler, M.D.),...
Diana Sonya Z. Kahn
Aug 7, 2024
Diana Sonya Zimmerman Kahn, passed peacefully on August 7, 2024, in Golden, Colorado.
A 63-year resident of Boulder, Diana embodied kindness, quiet strength, generosity, and determination.
Born in Los Angeles to E. Pearl and Harold L. Zimmerman, Diana met Dr. Kenneth A. Kahn in San Francisco, where she worked, and he was doing his medical residency. The couple were married for 58...
Ross Peter "Pete" Jackson
Aug 4, 2024
Ross Peter Jackson (Pete) passed away on August 4, 2024 at the age of 92, leaving behind a legacy of service and dedication.
Pete was born on December 30, 1931, in Castile, New York. He was the youngest son of Arnold and Mildred Jackson, and grew up on their family-run dairy farm with older brothers Paul, Hugh, and Bill. Pete attended...
Shirley Mae Burow
Jul 26, 2024
In 1929, Louise was born to Edith and Peter Serafin. Their baby girl's name was unofficially altered to “Shirley,” perhaps because she resembled the famous actor/dancer near the same age, Shirley Temple. In her 95 years, everyone who knew and loved the daughter, sister, mother and grandmother referred to her as Shirley. Shirley Serafin married Milton “Tex” Burow in Colorado,...
Sharon Kay Dickinson
Jul 15, 2024
Sharon Kay McGatlin Dickinson, a fifty-year resident of Boulder, passed away peacefully on July 15, 2024, at age 86.
Sharon was a fierce, strong, honest, loving, smart, and kind woman born in Wallace, Idaho to Vivian Rowland McGatlin and Andrew James McGatlin on November 9, 1937. Growing up, Sharon was a dancer and a competitive ski racer who boasted several top...
Everet Gregory Martin
Jun 22, 2024
Everet Gregory Martin (Greg) died on June 22, 2024, in Boulder, Colorado following a short illness.
Greg was born on March 17, 1931, at The Old Home Place, his grandparents’ house in Warsaw, Missouri. He was the only son of Orpha and Elmer Martin. In 1936 the family moved from Warsaw to Colorado’s San Luis Valley, where they farmed. Greg always...
Reverend Eugene "Gene" Victor Brueggemann
May 31, 2024
Rev. Eugene “Gene” Victor Brueggemann, 97, of Longmont, CO, left this earth peacefully on May 31, 2024. Gene was born to Rudolph and Ruth (Stokes) Brueggemann on September 6, 1926, in Lakewood, Ohio. Gene was a loving husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather.
A funeral service celebrating the grace of God and Gene’s life of love will be held at 11:00 a.m....
Andrew Christian Celani
May 29, 2024
Andrew Celani had many loves when he passed away on May 29, 2024. Tops of those were his children, cars, gardening, and snowboarding.
Born on February 20, 1989, to Andrew G. Celani and Carley S. Christian Celani, Andrew grew up in Boulder. Following graduation from Boulder HS, Boulder, CO, he attended Fort Lewis College in Durango, CO. Andrew transferred to Metro...
Barbara Joan Mouffe
May 3, 2024
At 94 years old, longtime Boulder resident Barbara “Barby” Swann Mouffe passed away on May 3, 2024 in Louisville, CO. She was the last of the four Swann sisters. Barby was born during the Great Depression in Dedham, MA, along with her twin sister Mary, on November 7 in 1929 to Rosamond Lillie Swann and Henry W. Hogarth-Swann. In 1947...
Janice Luann Giles
Apr 24, 2024
Janice Fisher (nee) Giles was born on August 1st, 1949, at Cottage Hospital, Galesburg Ill. to Charles Frank Fisher and Irene Verna Fisher. She grew up as a voracious reader which endured her whole life. Janice graduated with honors from Warren County Independent School District. She attended the University of Illinois and earned a Master of Library Science degree. After...
Rodney James Bellows
Apr 24, 2024
Rodney James Bellows went to be with the Lord on April 24, 2024.
Rod, or as many would call him, “RJ”, was born on August 26th, 1941, to Sam and Nellie Bellows in the state of Illinois. He has two older brothers, Preston and Lyle (who passed away at age 20), and an older sister, Carol. A chance meeting in Skokie’s...
Anne Lawrence Cherowitzo
Apr 16, 2024
Amazing wife, mother, sister, aunt, and friend, Anne passed peacefully April 16, 2024 surrounded by the love of her family. Anne was born in Davenport, Iowa and raised on the Mississippi River. It was there that Anne learned to love nature and animals of all kinds. She loved boating, water skiing, canoeing, her ponies Half-Pint and Nugget, and an assortment...
Ralph Kennedy "Cappy" Black
Apr 4, 2024
Cappy Black was as loyal a friend as anyone could ask for, possessing that old-school sense of honor and integrity.
He fiercely loved his adopted hometown of Boulder and the University of Colorado, attending every Buffs football home game for some seven decades since first coming to CU as a student in 1948. He loved animals and was a proud veteran...
Charles William "Chuckie" Alderson
Apr 3, 2024
Charles William Alderson, of Louisville, CO, passed away at home on April 3rd, 2024. He was 53.
He was born March 8th, 1971, in Boulder, CO to parents John Charles Alderson and Louise Marie Hubbard Alderson. Charles grew up in the city of his birth and graduated from Boulder High School with the class of 1989. Charles had a passion for...
Helen Marie MacDonald
Mar 19, 2024
Helen Marie MacDonald,85, was born in Jamaica, Queens, New York to Arthur and Helen (Salg) Kneessy. She grew up in Rosedale, Queens, New York, and attended Far Rockaway High School and State University of New York, Plattsburgh. graduating with a B.A. in Education. She met Albert Jacobsen when both were teaching at East Meadow High School on Long Island; they married...
Robert W. "Biff" Bilstein
Mar 15, 2024
Robert “Biff” Bilstein passed away on March 15th, 2024 from Acute Leukemia at Anschutz Medical Center. He was 85.
Born on October 28th, 1938 at St. Francis Hospital (Evanston, IL) to parents Ann Caroline Laechle Bilstein and William Peter Bilstein, Biff grew up in the Chicago area, graduating from St. Michael Central High School in 1956. He then earned a B.S....
Naomi Ruth Salaman
Mar 1, 2024
Naomi Ruth Salaman (Parker) passed away on March 1, 2024, at 1:10 PM. She was born March 31, 1939, in Dyersburg, TN to D. R. Parker (1913-2009) and Maxine Elliot Jacobs (1916-1963).
An Open House in Celebration of Naomi’s Life, Sunday, March 24th from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM at the Omni Interlocken Golf Club, 800...
David Henry Leonard
Feb 3, 2024
Born in Missoula, MT on March 20, 1933, Dave spent his early life on a homestead in northern Montana, where his mother, Helen Henderson Leonard, melted snow on the woodstove to wash his diapers. The family also spent time in towns like Salmon, ID, and Pony, MT, where his father, Robert W. Leonard, worked mostly as a teacher and principal.
Dave...
Claudia Start
Feb 1, 2024
Claudia J. Start, 74, a long-time resident of Spokane and a retired Montessori School teacher died Feb. 1, 2024, at the family residence in Sedalia, CO. Survivors: two sons, Kevin A. Start of Spokane, Andrew J. Start of New York, NY. One...
Mary Louise Pratt
Jan 25, 2024
Mary L. Pratt, 83, of Broomfield, (a retired Data Specialist for the state of Colorado) died Jan. 25th. An open house in celebration of her life will be held Fri. April 5th from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm at 800 Daphne St....
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