Obituaries
Thurston Edmond Manning
Jul 19, 2014
Thurston E. (Ted) Manning died July 19, 2014. The family moved to Colorado Springs and he graduated from Colorado Springs High School (now Palmer) in 1943. Ted attended Colorado College and graduated magna cum laude in 1946; he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. He received his doctorate in physics from...
Helen Robinson
Jul 17, 2014
Helen F. Robinson, 92, of Boulder passed away on July 17, 2014. Born in Newark, New York, to Jerry R. Fowler and Catherine (Updike) Fowler, Helen grew up in the Finger Lakes region of New York. She married her high school sweetheart, James Robinson, on March 8, 1941. Jim passed away in 2011 shortly after they celebrated a joyous 70th...
O. C. Hammit
Jul 16, 2014
O. C. Hammit, 90 of Boulder, died Wednesday, July 16, 2014 at Tru Community Care Hospice in Louisville, CO O. C. was born to Robert Lee Hammit and Aural Florence Hopkins on October 27, 1923 in Dalhart, Texas. He married Wilma Parrish on April 19, 1946 in Carey, Texas. They have been married for 68 years. O. C. was a...
Joan Knapp
Jul 7, 2014
Dr. Joan Marie Knapp of Boulder died of natural causes July 7, 2014, at her home. She was 83. The daughter of Theodore A. and Elsie A. Torgeson, she was born August 31, 1930, in Estevan, Sask., Canada. She received an Honors Degree in English from Queen's University, Canada, and did graduate work at St Andrews University in Scotland. She...
Fern Levin
Jul 6, 2014
Fern Levin, 85 of Boulder, died Sunday, July 6, 2014 at Frasier Meadows. A private family service will be scheduled in Chicago, IL. Fern was born February 26, 1929 in Chicago, IL to Solomon Freed and Sarah Goldberg Freed. She attended the University of Illinois and obtained her B.S. in teaching the hearing impaired in 1950. One year prior in...
Gretchen Scott
Jul 4, 2014
Gretchen Scott tribute After living life to the fullest with Parkinson's disease for the past 14 years, Gretchen Lee Ress Scott passed away after a hard-fought battle with breast cancer on July 4, 2014 in Boulder. Gretchen Scott was born April 13, 1946 in Columbus, Ohio, the daughter of George Leonard Ress and Martha Margaret Lake Ress. She attended Upper...
Bonnie Brooks
Jul 2, 2014
Bonnie J. Brooks, 72, formerly of Boulder, passed away in her Erie home on July 1st. Born July 25th, 1941 in Cedar Rapids, IA, Bonnie eventually came to Colorado and graduated from Boulder High School. She married Dennis E. Brooks in Boulder on December 28th, 1963. A devoted mother and wife, Bonnie cherished time spent with friends and family. Further,...
Catherine Johnson
Jun 24, 2014
Catherine Carol Bloomer Johnson June 4, 1935- June 24, 2014 Catherine (Carol) Johnson, of Boulder, passed away from heart failure June 24, 2014 at Boulder Community Hospital while surrounded by family and friends. She was 79. Born in Bradford, Pennsylvania, to Julia and Robert Bloomer, Carol grew up in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. She attended Mt. Pleasant schools where she was...
Jeffrey Thompson
Jun 15, 2014
Jeff Thompson, age 68, of Broomfield, Colorado passed away peacefully at home on June 15, 2014. He is survived by his loving wife Pam of 33 years and sons, Scott and Brett. Jeff, a Navy Corpsman with the 1st Marine Division served in the Vietnam War from 1967 - 1970 and was awarded numerous commendations including the Purple Heart. A...
Faith Skibbe
Jun 10, 2014
Faith Joanne Skibbe, 82, passed away on Tuesday, June 10, 2014, in her Louisville home after a battle with cancer. She was born to Elma and Jonah Seifert on September 15th, 1931 in Marion, Kansas. One of five siblings, Faith graduated from Marion (KS) High School before marrying Robert E. Skibbe on February 10th, 1953. The couple lived in Boulder,...
Jean Scott
Jun 7, 2014
Reverend Jean (Bryant) Scott December 2, 1931 - June 7, 2014 Jean B. Scott, 82, of Boulder, Colorado died peacefully on Saturday, June 7, 2014 at TRU Hospice Care Center in Louisville only a few weeks after being diagnosed with cancer. Jean was born on December 2, 1931 in Osceola, Nebraska to Gail Kathryn (Hamilton) Bryant and J. Carl Bryant....
Masataka Mizushima
May 28, 2014
Professor Emeritus Masataka "Seth" Mizushima, 91, passed away peacefully at home on May 28th, 2014. He was surrounded by family including his wife, Yoneko.Masataka was born to Seizo and Shizuko Mizushima in Tokyo, Japan on March 30, 1923. He grew up as the eldest son of a traditional Japanese family who survived the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 and the...
Trevor Burke
May 24, 2014
Trevor James Burke, 32, of Aurora, CO, passed away at his home on Saturday, May 24th, 2014. Trevor was born to David James Burke and Judith Claire (Bruso) Burke on August 21st, 1981 in Concord, MA. One of three siblings, Trevor graduated from Bolton High School (MA) where he lived and worked until moving to Colorado in 2009 to spend...
Patricia Bowman
May 24, 2014
Patricia J. Bowman, 87, of Boulder, Colorado, passed away on Saturday, May 24, 2014 after a long illness. Born November 13, 1926 to Captain Irwin Harold and Emily Whittle Joffee in Louisville, KY, Pat grew up in Denver, CO, first at Fort Logan and then in the Park Hill neighborhood. Pat developed a tight-knit group of Denver friends during her...
John Gritton
May 23, 2014
John Lee Gritton was born on his family's Arroll, Missouri farm on October 15, 1948, to the howling of wolves. After becoming the first in his family to graduate college, John was drafted in 1970. He served his country in West Germany, where he saw the Grateful Dead play at Hundred Year Hall. John's career as a sales representative began...
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