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| Year In Review: Obituaries - Loved ones remain in our hearts |
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| Written by administrator | |
| Thursday, 31 December 2009 | |
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Barbara Lawlor PEAK TO PEAK The circle of life ultimately includes losing those we love and, someday, joining them in saying goodbye to our earthly home. In the past year, some of our loved ones left us too soon while others were ready to "shrug off this mortal coil." Although they will be missed, they will carry on in our hearts; their memory evoked by a fragrance on a summer breeze, by a certain meal, by walking on a path they enjoyed and by feelings of love and joy that will never diminish. We honor them by remembering the good times we had with them and the good things they did for others. In 2009, we said goodbye to: Michael Smith, 10/1/55-12/17/08. Michael was a Nederland resident, a contractor and a man who loved the outdoors and his family. Stephen Rott, 9/15/86-1/17/2009. Stephen died unexpectedly, he was a former Nederland Middle/Senior High School student and a certified nurse’s assistant. Sue Ann Miller, 1/14/38-1/24/09. Sue Ann volunteered at the Stout Street Foundation and was a sweet soul who will be missed. Barbara Wheeler, 1/19/40-2/25/09. Barbara moved to Nederland in 1997 and was a member of the Nederland Lions’ Club and active with the Nederland Area Seniors. David Gruchy of Gap Road, 1/19/16-2/25/09. Gruchy was 93 years old, and veteran. He moved to the Skankee-Nelson Ranch in 1976. He was a member of the Coal Creek Canyon Improvement Association, the Coal Creek Canyon Fire Department. John Mariotto, born in 1949 and died Feb. 16, 2009. He was a performer, a teacher, an actor, an author and brought his talents to Central City. He asked to have donations sent to the Mountain Family Health Center who helped him during his illness. Eileen Lewis, 1/16/35-3/16/09. Eileen was a cook at Marvin’s Garden -- located in the same building in which Kathmandu is now -- which she and her husband Marvin owned for 18 years. Her family was her passion. Bill Jones, 1941-March 27, 2009. Bill was a long-time resident of Nederland and a veteran of the United States Air Force. He was a 30-year employee of IBM. Jennifer Elliot, 3/25/71-3/22/09. Jennifer grew up in Nederland, graduating from NMSHS in 1989, and became an accountant. Edward Hardy Bull, 1953-3/31/09. Edward was a manufacturing engineer and loved outdoor recreation. He was a member of the Eldora Mountain Resort Nighthawk Telemark Racing club. Eloise ‘Weezie’ Reinhardt, 5/31/31-4/19/09. Weezie lived in Nederland, was once the executive secretary for the American Foundryman’s Society and worked with Amnesty International. She loved poetry, music, traveling and playing cards with friends. Desiree Strand, 7/8/55-5/7/09. Desiree succumbed to multiple sclerosis. She was a talented pianist, spoke fluent French and studied about life on other planets. Her focus was on Buddhism. William Russell, 6/9/1915-5/23/09. Bill came from a family of Nederland miners. He moved to Nevadaville in Gilpin Counry in 1937, became mayor and bought the Weekly Register-Call newspaper in 1970. He owned most of the parking lots in Central City. Tom Andersen, 6/27/27-6/3/09. Tom was a U.S. Navy veteran, a captain. He served from 1945-1986. He was also an endurance athlete who participated in the Pike’s Peak Ascent and the Colorado relay. Donny Rose, 8/29/55-summer/2009. Donny was an Air Force Reserve Medic and worked for many years as a chef at the University of Colorado Research Station north of Nederland. Stephen Walsh, 1952-7/31/09. Stephen was a Navy and Army veteran and worked for 17 years with the Colorado Department of Transportation. Janet Brown, 8/8/22-8/23/09. Janet worked as a flight attendant for United Airlines, managed a real estate business and lived her later years in Nederland, where she said she was the happiest. She was a member of the Nederland Area Seniors as well the Nederland Area Historical Society. Margaret Iorio, 12/14/1917-Sept. 2009. Margaret was 91 years old. She moved to Nederland in 1983, when she became a member of the Nederland Area Seniors and enjoyed her life in the mountains. Frank Finn, 5/16/27-9/26/09. Frank was one of the founders of the Boulder YMCA. In 1959 he and his wife Barbara moved to Gold Hill where they ran a camp for troubled youth. In 1962 they started the Gold Hill Inn, a renowned Front Range destination restaurant. Fern Tillis, 12/7/24-10/17/09. Fern was a long-time Rollinsville resident, a breast cancer survivor and a multi-faceted artist who will be remembered as a grand lady. Robert Vis, 4/26/45-10/24/09. Robert was a veteran of the U.S. Army and an auto mechanic at Peak to Peak, as well as a HVAC technician and computer operator at Emerling Engineering. Lee Evans, 3/1/1917-11/7/09. Lee grew up in Eldora when it was known as Happy Valley. He was a wrangler and dude guide. He became a management consultant, as well as a professor and writer. He granted a conservation easement to his Arapahoe Ranch property to protect the land from development. Neoma Snyder, 3/30/24-12/2/09. Neoma was a long-time Nederland resident and a veteran devoted to the Mountain Veteran’s Association. There was no memorial ceremony but her ashes were scattered in the mountains that she loved. May our fallen friends rest in peace. |
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