Obituaries
Allison Velina Balzer
Mar 15, 2019
Allison V. Balzer, 32 of Boulder, died on March 15, 2019 at The University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora. Service arrangements are pending and will be updated here at a later time.
Samuel Lanier
Mar 14, 2019
Sam Lanier had a gift, no one ever walked away from time spent with him without feeling special, a smile on their face, a little more spring in their step and a general feeling of all is well with the world.
A loving, soft-spoken, southern gentleman, Sam was born to humble beginnings on June 9, 1929, to Roy and Nettie...
Michael Allen Eisenberg
Mar 12, 2019
Mike Eisenberg left us March 12, 2019. He was a professor in the Department of Computer Science and Institute of Cognitive Science at CU Boulder. His passion was teaching – he won numerous teaching awards and was part of the prestigious President’s Teaching Scholar Program. His students adored the breadth and depth of his knowledge, coupled with his quick wit...
Wilma Hammit
Mar 8, 2019
Wilma Hammit, 92 of Boulder, died peacefully of natural causes at her home on Friday, March 8, 2019 with her loving family by her side.
Wilma was born to Carl and Eva Parrish on November 14, 1926 in Carey, Texas. She was the third of five children. She graduated from Carey High school and attended one year at Texas Tech University...
Ruth Emma Fielding Henard
Mar 4, 2019
Ruth Emma Fielding Henard passed into “The Next Room” peacefully on March 4th, 2019, in her own home, with loved ones from near and far, surrounding her with their love.
Ruth grew up in New London, CT and received a B.A. from Connecticut College for Women, now Connecticut College. She was active in theatre, drama and musical productions in leading...
Patricia Louise Roecker
Mar 1, 2019
Patricia L. Roecker, loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend passed away surrounded by family on March 1, 2019. Patricia, always known as Patty, was born on March 18, 1926 to Ralph and Erleane (Miller) Patton in Warsaw, IN. The family moved to Chicago and then to Park Ridge, IL where Patty graduated from high school. Patty contributed to the...
Brian Joseph Davidson
Feb 26, 2019
Brian Joseph Davidson, 66, died February 26th, 2019. He was born to Thomas and Dixie Davidson, May 13th, 1952 in Iowa City, Iowa. Brian held a Ph.D. in psychology. He worked for several companies, including AT&T Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies, and Avaya Technologies, where he developed software for voice-to-text and text-to-speech capabilities among other human-computer interfaces. He also worked for...
James Robert Hamm
Feb 21, 2019
Bob Hamm was studying agriculture in 1939 when he traveled from Kansas to New York City with friends to attend the World’s Fair. The theme was “The World of Tomorrow.” Bob was so inspired by what he saw that when he returned to Kansas, he switched to mechanical engineering. He wanted to help build the world of tomorrow.And he did....
Betty Wright
Feb 16, 2019
Frances E. "Betty" Wright, 89 of Boulder, died Wednesday, January 16, 2019 at her residence. Service arrangements are pending.
Shirley L. Lauman
Feb 14, 2019
Shirley Joy Lauman, 91, of Boulder, died February 14, 2019, with her loving family at her side.A Celebration of Shirley’s Life will be held at 3:30 on Monday, March 4, at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, 3700 Baseline, Boulder, CO. A reception will follow at the church. A private family burial will be held at Ft. Logan National Cemetery in Denver.Shirley...
Barbara Lela Adamson
Feb 13, 2019
Barbara Lela Dunham Adamsondied peacefully in her sleep on February 13, 2019, at Highland Trail in Broomfield, Colorado, at the age of 100. Born in Los Angeles on August 2, 1918, she graduated from Santa Monica High School in 1936; she received an Associate in Arts degree from Santa Monica City College and went to work as an executive secretary...
Mark Steven Smith
Feb 10, 2019
Mark S. Smith, 62 of Nederland, died on Sunday, February 10, 2019 at Boulder Community Health. He was born on June 17, 1956 to Michael and Jeanette (McDonald) Smith in Boulder, Colorado. A service will be held at St. Rita's Catholic Church (326 CO-119, Nederland, CO 80466) on Saturday, February 16, 2019 at 1:00 pm. Contributions may be made in...
Ted and Sylva Statler
Jan 31, 2019
Theodore and Sylva Statler, former residents of Colorado Springs, died in January of 2019. Private family graveside services will be held Sat., Mar. 2, 2019. Military Honors for Ted will be provided by the United States Air Force.A joint celebration of Sylva and Ted’s life will be held the same day at 2:00 P.M., All Souls Unitarian Church, 730 N....
Gary Lee Israelson
Jan 31, 2019
Gary Lee Israelson of Louisville, formerly of Boulder, passed away on January 31st, 2019. He was 76 years old.Born June 2nd, 1942 to Col. N.H. and Nancy E. Israelson in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Gary was the oldest of three boys. Together they shared the itinerant existence of a military family, with a childhood spent in such disparate locations as Germany and...
Rick Milburn Hoover
Jan 31, 2019
True Boulder native Rick Hoover was all about devotion — to his deep Catholic faith and the Blessed Virgin, and to his adored nieces and nephews, whom he introduced to the Hoover family tradition of hunting arrowheads.Richard Milburn Hoover passed away Jan. 31, 2019 at Mesa Vista of Boulder from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. He was 71.Rick was born June...
Theodore Walter Statler
Jan 29, 2019
Theodore Walter Statler, 89, died January 29th, 2019 in hospice care at his daughter’s house in Longmont, CO after battling cancer.Born December 6th, 1929 in Minneapolis, MN to parents Merle Joseph Statler and Meta Marta Rohkohl. Ted grew up in the city of his birth, graduating from Marshall High School (Minneapolis) in 1937. During the 1940s, he very much enjoyed...
Gladys I. Strahl
Jan 23, 2019
Longtime Evergreen resident Dr. Gladys Isabell Strahl passed away peacefully in Boulder on Jan. 23, 2019, at the age of 91.Born on May 2, 1927, to Ronald James and Margaret Fraser Tuxworth in Algonquin, Mich., Gladys spent her early years in Sault Ste Marie, Mich. In 1947, she married Maury Strahl.Gladys earned a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Michigan State...
Marcelee Gayl Gralapp
Jan 17, 2019
Marcelee Gayl Gralapp died on Thursday, January 17, 2019. She was born in Winfield, Kansas on November 2, 1931 to Benjamin Harry and Lelia Iris (Compton) Gralapp. Her wishes were to be interred with her sister in Highland Cemetery in Winfield, Kansas.
Sylva G. Statler
Jan 16, 2019
Sylva Glyn Statler, 91, passed away from cancer on January 16th, 2019 at her daughter's home in Longmont, CO.Born May 2nd, 1927 to parents Connie B. Bentley and Eupha Myrtle (nee Lemon) Bentley, Sylva was raised in the city of her birth, Lubbock, TX. She graduated from Lubbock High School before earning her Bachelor of Arts (Fashion Design and Fabric,...
Dick Dexter Davis
Dec 31, 2018
Dick Davis was a unique and complicated man who loved his wife of 61 years dearly. His family and friends look back in amazement at his many career accomplishments, which remain the basis of technologies still in use today.Dick Dexter Davis passed away Dec. 31, 2018 in Lafayette, Colo. after a long illness, with members of his family by his...
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