Obituaries

Local obituaries for the Boulder, CO

Bette Segel

Bette Segel

Mar 3, 2025

BETTE ANN BUTLER SEGEL

March 1, 1941 - March 3, 2025

Bette Ann Butler Segel, a beloved mother, grandmother, sister, and friend, passed away peacefully on the morning of March 3, 2025, at her home in Louisville, Colorado. She was 84 years old.

Born on March 1, 1941, in Massachusetts, to John F. Butler and Ethel Logan Butler, Bette grew up with a...

DeWitt Hackett

DeWitt Hackett

Mar 1, 2025

DeWitt Clayton Hackett, born on October 10, 1934, passed away peacefully on March 1, 2025, at the age of 90. He was a beloved father, grandfather, and great-father, whose life was defined by his unwavering kindness, generosity, and dedication to his family.

DeWitt(Bud) and his twin DeYonne(Bee) were born in Chisholm, Minnesota to DeWitt Clinton and Jennie Hackett and...

Ann Del Pizzo

Ann Del Pizzo

2025

Ann Klara Del Pizzo of Louisville, Colorado passed away peacefully on February 28, 2025 surrounded by her loving family. Ann was born to Czechoslovakian immigrants John and Mary Waschak in 1933. Ann lived in interesting times during her 91 years. She witnessed many world changing events - World War II, the 1st radio broadcast, the advent of television, the JFK...

Barbara Cooley

Barbara Cooley

Feb 27, 2025

Barbara Ann Cooley

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Barbara Cooley in February 2025, at the age of 96, surrounded by her family.

A 7th generation Californian, Barbara was born in September 1928 in the Santa Clara Valley to Herbert and Norma (née Harper) Crabb. At a young age, Barbara and her sister, Dorothy, lost their father...

Marcella Raikes

Marcella Raikes

Feb 23, 2025

Marcella Jean Raikes passed away Sunday, February 23rd, 2025 at

the age of 94. Marcella was born May 18, 1930, in Fremont, NE the

first of six girls born to Orval and Catherine Thiessen. She is

survived by her four children: Susan Raikes Dye (Wes Dye),

grandson Michael McCain (Lexa McCain), great grandson, Kaden

McCain, Jim Raikes (Marie Raikes), grandson...

Michael Gardner

Michael Gardner

Feb 18, 2025

Michael "Mickey" Robert Gardner, 82, of Boulder, Colorado passed away peacefully on February 18, 2025 in his home surrounded by his loving Colorado family. Mickey was born on November 19, 1942 to Joseph T. Gardner and Elva Flynn Gardner. Mickey arrived while his mother was visiting family in Philadelphia during one of his father's 41 Naval Atlantic crossings amid World...

Janet Weber

Janet Weber

Feb 13, 2025

Janet M. Weber, 76, born September 4th 1948, passed away on February 13th in Boulder, Colorado.

Janet Weber, daughter of Harvey and Polly Weber, was born in Springfield, Illinois and was called to Boulder, Colorado in the early 1970s.

Janet always cared about helping others, earning her Masters in Psychology from Indiana University, and...

Susan Winchester

Susan Winchester

Feb 10, 2025

Susan Anne Winchester 80, passed away February 21, 2025 in Westminster, Colorado. Susan was born on Warren Air Force Base near Cheyenne, Wyoming September 19, 1944. The eldest child of Norman and Elinor Winchester she was raised in Boulder, Colorado, Susan completed her Bachelor of Arts degree in1966 from the University of Colorado. She was awarded a Masters in German...

Robert Allton

Robert Allton

Feb 8, 2025

Our beloved father, Robert N. Allton died at home on February 8, 2025.

Robert was born in Peoria IL in 1926. As a child, he was active in Boy Scouts. In high school, he played the cornet for the marching band and could operate movie projectors.

He served in the US Army Air Corps from 1944-1946. After he...

Keith Thompson

Keith Thompson

Feb 8, 2025

Keith Thompson

September 18, 1956 - February 8, 2025

Keith Eugene Thompson was born September 18, 1956 in San Diego, California and passed away on February 8, 2025 in Longmont, Colorado, at the age of 68.

He is preceded in death by his parents Janis Nielsen Thompson and Bruce Eugene Thompson. He is survived by his siblings,...

James Hill

James Hill

Feb 5, 2025

James Lowell Hill was born 27 August 1943, the first child of Thomas Tyler Hill and Lois Viola Peterson Hill, in Des Plaines, Illinois.

He died on 5 February 2025 at age 81, in Boulder, Colorado, of pancreatic cancer.

He is survived by his wife Janet Swan Hill of Boulder, Colorado; his daughter Scottie Johanna Hill and husband...

John Dempsey

John Dempsey

Feb 5, 2025

John M. Dempsey, 72, of Longmont, CO (and Isabela PR, and East Longmeadow, MA), passed away peacefully on Wednesday, February 5, 2025 in University of Colorado Hospital, after a brief illness. Born in Portsmouth Naval Hospital in Portsmouth Virginia on Feb 19, 1953, he was son of the late Dorothy (Seaman) Dempsey (USN Yeoman) and the late John J. Dempsey...

Joan Linnert

Joan Linnert

Feb 2, 2025

Joan Frances Simmons Linnert, 94, of Littleton, Colorado, died on Sunday February 2, 2025, at Libby Bortz Assisted Living.

Joan Frances was born September 14, 1930, in Brooklyn, NY.

She attended Cleveland Heights High School and graduated from Carnegie Medical School.

Joan worked for several individual doctors for more than 60 years and in her 80's was...

Gwendolyn Wharton

Gwendolyn Wharton

Feb 1, 2025

Gwen Shumway Wharton passed away peacefully in her Boulder home on February 1st, surrounded by friends and family. She was born in San Francisco in 1943 to Kenneth and Viola Shumway, spending most of her childhood in California and Utah. After transferring from UC Davis to a nursing program at Stanford, she fell in love with Bill Wharton at a...

Gary Douglas

Gary Douglas

Jan 31, 2025

Gary Wayne Douglas Sr., 71, of Fort Lupton, Colorado died at home on January 31, 2025. He lost a quick six-week, unfair battle with cancer, but he never lost his smile or sense of humor. He was born on a United States Air Force base in Cambridge, England on February 18, 1953. Gary never met a stranger and made fast...

Edward Safdie

Edward Safdie

Jan 28, 2025

Edward Jack Safdie, 1938 - 2025

Edward Jack Safdie born July 18, 1938 in Brooklyn, New York passed away on January 28, 2025 in Boulder, Colorado, in the company of his beloved wife of 59 years, Carlene Light Safdie, daughter Samantha S. Miller, grandson Parker Edward Henderson Miller and son-in-law, Matthew J. Miller.

Edward grew up in San Francisco...

Albert Fettig

Albert Fettig

Jan 22, 2025

Albert G. Fettig Jr., 66, of Longmont, CO passed away on January 17, 2025. Albert was born on March 6, 1958 in Denver, CO to Albert and Barbara Fettig. He graduated from Fairview High School before attending the University of Northern Colorado. After college he worked for Harrah's Casino and worked in event management and promotions for Planned Furniture Promotions...