Obituaries

Local obituaries for the Boulder, CO

Marie Kindgren

Marie Kindgren

Jun 30, 2025

Marie G. Kindgren

After gracing the world for 100 years with her wonderful personality, enduring kindness and determination, Marie passed away on June 30th ,2025 at the Frasier Retirement Community in Boulder Colorado.

Born in Chicago April 19th, 1925 to Ludwig and Terese Gilch, who had emigrated from Germany in 1915 , Marie and her sister Marge grew up in...

Robert Woods

Robert Woods

Jun 29, 2025

Robert Evans Woods, Jr.

October 15, 1947 - June 29, 2025

Robert E. Woods, Jr. died peacefully on June 29, 2025, surrounded by family. The cause of death was aspiration pneumonia. He had recently been re-diagnosed with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy after having been originally diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease in 2018. Bob worked indefatigably to keep his symptoms at bay, and...

David Gross

David Gross

Jun 28, 2025

David Laverne Gross died on June 28, 2025 at Sunrise Assisted Living in Colorado at the age of 84. He was born in Kankakee, Illinois in 1940 to Laverne and Lois. As a child, David grew up in Davenport, IA after the family moved there in 1948. He graduated from St. Ambrose high school.

During his early years, he was an...

Claire Coppola

Claire Coppola

Jun 27, 2025

Claire Susan Hartwig Coppola (11/01/1951 - 06/27/2025) born Aimee Jo Ferretti in Pittsburgh, PA, passed away peacefully in Boulder, CO, at the age of 73. Claire lived a vibrant and passionate life defined by adventure, resilience, and love.

Claire is survived by her four beloved children, Sebastian Carl Coppola (Mary Semich), Megan Elizabeth Coppola Harling (John "Jack" Harling), of Colorado, Dr....

Charlotte Sorenson

Charlotte Sorenson

Jun 26, 2025

Charlotte Ripley Sorenson

December 26, 1939 - June 26, 2025

"In Stillness There Is A Song"

On the morning of June 26, 2025, Charlotte Ripley Sorenson died peacefully and with extraordinary grace and dignity - just as she had lived every one of her 85 years. Interstitial lung disease finally quieted her inspired storytelling, discerning intellect, compelling voice, and mischievous...

Neil Hockstad

Neil Hockstad

Jun 22, 2025

In loving memory of Neil Clark Hockstad

Neil Clark Hockstad passed away on June 22, 2025, at the age of 63, while on an adventure of a lifetime; living on a sailing catamaran, scuba diving, and fishing in the Caribbean Sea.

Neil was born in Rapid City, South Dakota, on February 26, 1962, to Raymond Leslie Hockstad and Catherine Clark...

David Uhlir

David Uhlir

Jun 22, 2025

David Mason Uhlir was born in Boston MA on May 19, 1961 to Arthur Uhlir Jr and Ingeborg Neurnberger Uhlir. The youngest of three sons, Dave was raised in the Boston area and attended Tufts University from which he received a BA in Geology in 1983. Following summer field camps in Wyoming with Iowa State University, he moved to Ames,...

Thomas Cestare

Thomas Cestare

Jun 20, 2025

Thomas Paine McNamee Cestare, of Lanikai, Hawai'i and Boulder, Colorado, passed away on June 20 in Boulder, Colorado. He was 37 years old. Tommy graduated from Punahou School in Hawai'i and then moved to Boulder to attend the University of Colorado. Tom took great joy in family, friends, cooking, music, hiking, and fishing. He is survived by his parents, Tom...

Jean Slobodin

Jean Slobodin

Jun 20, 2025

Jean Berryhill Adams Slobodin

November 25, 1923 - June 20, 2025

Jean Berryhill Adams Slobodin passed away June 20, 2025, at her home at the age of 101 and 7 months with her son and daughter by her side.

She led a remarkable life as a painter, wife, mother, daughter, sister, and friend to many from humble roots. She was...

Moira Buchan Buhse

Moira Buchan Buhse

Jun 19, 2025

Moira Buchan Buhse died on June 19, 2025 in Colorado at the age of 89. She was born in 1935 in St. Louis, Missouri to parents Ruth and Sandy Buchan. She attended Clayton High School before transferring to the new Ladue High School where she was a member of their first graduating class. She spent her childhood summers in the...

Gloria Williamson

Gloria Williamson

Jun 11, 2025

Gloria Maria Williamson March 30, 1932 - June 11, 2025



Gloria Maria Williamson passed away peacefully in her sleep Wednesday morning, June 11, 2025 from complications of Alzheimer's Disease. She had very recently gone into Bloom Hospice care at MorningStar Memory Care.



Gloria Maria Sepulveda Rivas was born March 30, 1932 in Bario Jacanas, Yabucoa, Puerto Rico,...

Michael John Vierra

Michael John Vierra

Jun 11, 2025

Michael John Vierra, 61, of Berthoud, CO, went to be with his Heavenly Father on June 11th, 2025, after battling a long fight with a rare brain disease.

Mike was born on June 29th, 1963, to Barbara and Joe Vierra in San Pablo, California. 



Mike attended Amador High School in Sutter Creek, graduating in 1981, where he played football and baseball. He...

Joseph Bellipanni

Joseph Bellipanni

Jun 10, 2025

Joseph Bellipanni died in his home on Tuesday, June 10th in Boulder, Colorado. He was 76.

Born December 31, 1948 in New Orleans, Louisiana, Joe dedicated his life to public service and justice. After graduating from Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois, he joined a volunteer program (VIDA) and taught junior high and high school students in Walesenburg, Colorado. He earned his...

John J Reddy, Jr

John J Reddy, Jr

Jun 3, 2025

OBITUARY FOR JOHN JOSEPH REDDY JR.

John J. Reddy Jr. passed away peacefully in his sleep, at the age of 92, on June 3rd of 2025 in his home in Broomfield, Colorado. A proud native of Stamford, Connecticut, John was born on March 8th of 1933, the firstborn of a second generation, Irish American, John Joseph Reddy Sr., and a...

Todd Pancratz

Todd Pancratz

May 31, 2025

Todd Pancratz

May 4, 1969 - May 31, 2025

Todd passed away on May 31st, 2025, at the age of 56. He is survived by his daughters, Tayler and Hadley; his son, Brody; his stepsons, Zane and Mason; his granddaughter, Violet; his son in law Andrew; his siblings, Paige and Brad; and his beloved wife, Laura.

Todd was a lover of Jimmy Buffett,...

Rose Gilbert

Rose Gilbert

May 11, 2025

Rose "Rosie" Gilbert passed away after a short illness on May 11th, 2025, as her husband Jim, held her hand. She was surrounded by many family members she loved and who loved her dearly.

Rosie was born on April 21, 1940, in Steubenville, Ohio to Pasquale and Donata Polumbo DiCarlo. She graduated from Catholic Central High School in Steubenville in 1958....

Sheila Merchant

Sheila Merchant

May 11, 2025

Sheila Marie Merchant passed away peacefully, with her loving family around her, on May 11, 2025, following a stroke and after a courageous battle with dementia, at the age of 87.

Throughout her life, Sheila was known for her lively presence and warm smile. She loved God, her family, friends, caregivers, and music. She was an accomplished pianist, playing...

Ronald William Goodacre

Ronald William Goodacre

Apr 30, 2025

Ronald William Goodacre, a.k.a. "Bill/Poppy/Hockeypuck," died peacefully on April 30, 2025. He was 88. His children, Tim and Jill, as well as his grandchildren Isabelle, Joe, Georgia, Kate, and Charlotte, daughter-in-law Denise, son-in-law Harry and loving partner of thirty years, Chris, were by his side. He died at precisely 4:44PM, a number that, according to angel number theory, signifies...