Obituaries

Local obituaries for the Boulder, CO

Karen Janson

Karen Janson

Dec 2, 2021

Karen Janson - Louisvile, CO. Died 12/1/2021 Born December 23, 1948, Karen was insistent she had separate birthday and Christmans presents. She graduated from Ohio University with a degree in Russian with the hopes to work as a spy for the US Government. Instead, she to traveled to Colorado, a free spirit, later landing in California before returning to the...

Dennis Duerksen

Dennis Duerksen

Nov 30, 2021

Dennis Wade Duerksen, loving husband and father, died November 30, 2021, at the Lutheran Hospice Center. He will be greatly missed for his sense of humor, work ethic, and fun personality. He is survived by his wife of 36 years, Mindee (Davis) Duerksen, his two sons, Wade and Jason, stepdaughter Heather Bonner, and four grandchildren, a brother, Delmar Duerksen and...

Donald Weiner

Donald Weiner

Nov 30, 2021

Donald Richard Weiner of Lafayette, CO passed away on November 30 2021 at his home. Donald was born August 26, 1961 to Robert Kenneth Weiner and Jean Margaret (Szyperski) Weiner in Detroit, MI. On August 9, 1986 he married Vicki Vigdorth in Raleigh, NC. Don was very much loved by his family and friends. He took over a room just...

Albin Kolwicz

Albin Kolwicz

Nov 28, 2021

Albin David Kolwicz of Boulder, Colorado, passed away unexpectedly but peacefully at home on November 28, 2021, from esophageal cancer. He was 83. The son of Henry Kolwicz and Madalyn Kolaja Kolwicz, Al was born March 1, 1938, at the family farmhouse in Buttonwood, Pennsylvania. After several moves during childhood, the family settled in Miami, Florida. He graduated from the...

Marjorie Morris

Marjorie Morris

Nov 27, 2021

Marjorie Lou (Grass) Morris passed away unexpectedly on November 27, 2021. She was born October 1, 1933 in Boulder, Colorado, where she grew up surrounded by her large and loving Italian American family. WIth her husband Herbert Morris she had five children and enjoyed dancing to big band music at Elitch Gardens. She worked for many years at Colacci's Restaurant...

Gregory Papapetru

Gregory Papapetru

Nov 23, 2021

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Robert Stafford

Robert Stafford

Nov 23, 2021

Dr. Robert Malcolm Stafford August 27,1931 - November 23, 2021 Dr. Robert Malcolm Stafford, 90, passed away on November 23, 2021. Bob was known to so many in the community as a great husband, doctor, mentor, cyclist, climber, and friend, but he was best known as “Dad or Baboo” by his family who loved him to the moon and back....

Michael Arnold

Michael Arnold

Nov 21, 2021

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Karl Matz

Karl Matz

Nov 18, 2021

Karl Thomas Matz 18 June 1931 – 18 November 2021 Born in Appleton, Wisconsin, to Robert F. and Mary E. O’Keefe Matz. He was a CU-Boulder graduate, Korean War USAF veteran, training officer with the City and County of Denver, former president of the Sister Carmen Center Board, and a Roman Catholic permanent deacon. His wife Mary Ann preceded him...

Frances Dickson

Frances Dickson

Nov 15, 2021

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Larry Meile

Larry Meile

Nov 15, 2021

Larry Jacob Meile was born on June 1, 1940, in Boulder, CO, to parents Larry Jacob Meile, Sr. and Ruby Carpenter Meile. He passed away peacefully on Monday, November 15, at his home in Lafayette, CO, surrounded by his family. His beloved wife, Monika, was his primary caregiver until the end. He was 81. Larry loved Colorado and spent most...

Anne Carson

Anne Carson

Nov 14, 2021

Anne Wollerman Carson February 12, 1945 — November 14, 2021 Loving sister, wife, mother, Boulder community member, and Colorado native Anne Wollerman Carson passed away on Sunday, November 14, 2021, at the Academy at Bella Vista memory care after a 5-year journey through Alzheimer’s. During her time at Bella Vista, she was surrounded by loving family, caregivers, friends, and church...

Gerald Ferguson

Gerald Ferguson

Nov 11, 2021

Gerald D. Ferguson, Jr. Gerald “Jerry” D. Ferguson, Jr. died at Boulder Community Hospital November 11, 2021. Jerry was born on December 4, 1930 in Greeley, Colorado to Gerald D. Ferguson and Margaret Josephine Reid. He graduated from Deuel County High School in Chappell, Nebraska. Fall of 1948, he entered Colorado State University (CSU) in Ft. Collins. There, he received...

Charles Zabel

Charles Zabel

Nov 10, 2021

Charles William Zabel came to the end of this baptismal journey in the early hours of Wednesday, November 10, 2021. He was the second child of William and Lucille Zabel, born December 11, 1947 in Atchison, Kansas. He spent his early years in Atchison where he attended Trinity Lutheran Parochial school and Atchison High School. He graduated from Kansas State...

Mercedes Veras

Mercedes Veras

Nov 9, 2021

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Patricia Smith

Patricia Smith

Nov 9, 2021

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Fumiko Halloran

Fumiko Halloran

Nov 2, 2021

Fumiko Mori Halloran,77, of Niwot, Colorado passed away on November 2, 2021. Fumiko was born on January 11, 1944 in Nagasaki, Japan to Masuo and Hisako Mori. She earned a bachelor's degree from Kyoto University and a Master's degree from Columbia University. Richard and Fumiko were married in Washington D.C. on November 11, 1978. She was the author of weekly...

Victor Naumov

Victor Naumov

Oct 31, 2021

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Winnie Sanders

Winnie Sanders

Oct 31, 2021

Winnie C. Sanders (87) of Boulder, Colorado passed away October 31, 2021 surrounded by her family. Ms. Sanders was born March 9, 1934 in Colon, Republic of Panama to the late Ira H. and Hellen J. Bass. Winnie’s passions ran deep, but the breadth was simple: dignity, equality and fundamental human rights for all. To further these goals she made...

Roberta Smith

Roberta Smith

Oct 30, 2021

Roberta M. Smith, 91 years young, died from COVID-19 on Saturday, October 30, 2021, at The Retreat at Church Ranch, an assisted living facility. Roberta was a true native of Boulder, CO being born on April 20, 1930 to Vernon and Mae Carlson in Boulder Community Hospital. Only four years of her life were lived outside of Boulder, those being...