Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Boulder, CO
John Prokop
Jul 14, 2018
John A. Prokop 1958-2018 Boulder, CO – John Allen Prokop, 60, passed to eternal rest on Saturday, July 14, 2018 as the result of a motorcycle accident in the mountains near Nederland, Colorado. He was born June 17, 1958, in Warren, Ohio, a son of the late Michael and Elizabeth Markovich Prokop. John was a 1977 graduate of Howland High...
Jean Barker
Jul 14, 2018
Jean Alice Barker died peacefully on Saturday 7/14 while watching Wimbledon tennis with Warren, her husband of 64 years. Jean was born in Minneapolis, graduated from the University of Denver, married Warren in New Jersey, and moved the family to Boulder in 1965. Jean and Warren raised three sons: Jeffrey, Allan and Bruce who also have families of their own....
Jared Gutierrez
Jul 11, 2018
Jared Nathan Gutierrez Jared was a man awed by the depth and complexity of the world, a world that weighed so heavily on his heart that it finally broke his spirit. Jared Nathan Gutierrez, 32, of Boulder, CO, died July 11, 2018 after a long and difficult battle with depression. In happier times, Jared thrived on sharing his wisdom and...
Cleveland McCarty
Jul 3, 2018
Cleveland Mather McCarty tribute A longstanding pillar of the Boulder community, Dr. Cleveland McCarty was passionate about being the best dentist he could be, caring for his family — and mountains. He arrived in the 1950s to attend the University of Colorado and his legacy has loomed large over the city ever since. Cleve was a Renaissance man and Colorado...
Harriet Johnson
Jun 27, 2018
Harriet Quinn Johnson passed away on June 27 at Balfour Cherrywood Village in Louisville, CO. She was 92 years old. Harriet made a mean flaming persimmon pudding, could hold her own in a competitive game of bridge, and throw a pool party like no one else. She was born in Gothenburg, Nebraska to Jess and Harriet Quinn on May 29,...
James Wolfe
Jun 24, 2018
Deacon James “Jim” Perry Wolfe passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Sunday, June 24, 2018. He was 77 years old. Jim was born December 4, 1940 in Colorado Springs, CO. His parents, John Allen Wolfe and Ellen Louise Perry, preceded him in death. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Judy, three children, Andrew, Ann (Greg)...
Paul Smith
Jun 19, 2018
Paul Allen Smith, 87, of Boulder, Colorado passed away on June 19, 2018 in Thornton, CO. Paul was born on May 16, 1931 in Mount Vernon, New York to Harold and Margaret Smith. Paul graduated from Regis Jesuit High School and earned a BS in Geology from the University of Colorado. After serving in the United States Air Force in...
Charles Carlson
Jun 11, 2018
A native Coloradoan, Charles G. “Chuck” Carlson passed away in Boulder on June 11, 2018 at the age of 94. He was born and raised along with his four brothers and four sisters on the family farm near Lucerne. A graduate of Eaton High School, he played on the 1940 state high school championship football team. His college education was...


