Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Boulder, CO
Bruce Dalton
Feb 18, 2016
Bruce Bennett Dalton, son of Glen Porter Dalton and Dorothy Bennett Dalton, passed away peacefully at home on February 18 from complications of COPD. He was preceded in death by father, mother, and his brother Glen Dalton, Jr. He is survived by his loving wife of 53 years, Marilyn Dalton; daughters Kim Dalton Petranick (Brian), Kristen Dalton Donlon (Brion), and...
Ross Cooney
Feb 13, 2016
Ross passed away at TRU Community Care in Louisville after battling liver cancer that was diagnosed in January 2016. He was born in Hartford, CT to Timothy Cooney and Diana Marcus. After moving to Denver, CO, he graduated from East High School in 1955. He was the last person in the U.S. to be drafted into the Navy. He served...
Joanne Betz
Feb 11, 2016
Joanne M. Betz passed away February 11, 2016. Joanne was born to Clark and Mary Ellen Metzler on August 29, 1931 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She attended two years of secretarial school in Colorado Springs and received a Secretarial Diploma. Joanne married Don Harris. Joanne and Don had three children, and later divorced. She married Roland Betz. They remained happily...
Eve BatShalom (Geltman)
Feb 10, 2016
Obituary for Eve Bat Shalom (Geltman) Eve, full of passion, creativity, compassion, kindness, gratitude, searching, discovery, spirituality, and peace, died at her home, as was her strong wish, on February 10th, with her family beside her, after a time period of declining health. Born Eva Ernestine Schaal in 1928 in Breslau, Germany, a region that became part of Poland, her...
Luke Kawulok
Feb 5, 2016
Luke Tadeusz Kawulok passed away in his parents arms on February 5th, 2016. He was born on May 12th, 2015 and was an identical twin to brother Liam. Though his time on earth was short, he brought love and joy to all those who knew and loved him. He is survived by his parents, Christopher and Elizabeth, grandparents Dr. Ted...
Louis Boocker
Feb 4, 2016
Louis H. Boocker, 67, of Broomfield, passed away on February 4, 2016. Louis was born on December 7, 1948 in Lafayette, Louisiana to Sol and Eva Boocker. Louis is a veteran of the United States Navy. He worked for Union Pacific and was a member of Delta Tau Delta Epsilon. Louis was a good provider and a hard worker who...
John Holst
Jan 28, 2016
JOHN LOUIS HOLST March 18, 1924—January 28, 2016 John Louis Holst, 91, of Boulder, CO passed away January 28th, 2016. John was born on March 18th, 1924 to Edward and Dorothy Holst in Pueblo, Colorado. One of 5 children, he grew up during the Great Depression. John was attending High School in 1942 when World War II broke out. He...
Kathleen Scrimgeour
Jan 28, 2016
Kathleen Mary Newcomb Scrimgeour, a long-time resident of Boulder, died on January 28 at her home on Hawthorn Avenue. She was born on April 24, 1944, in Nyack, New York, to Ernest Newcomb and Emily Brophy Newcomb, who both preceded her in death. She grew up in Kanona, N.Y., Weedsport, N.Y., and Fort Lyon, Colorado. She received a B.A. in...
Hamilton Byerly
Jan 27, 2016
Radford Byerly, Jr., died yesterday after a long fight with Parkinson’s Disease. He was 79. Born May 22, 1936, to Garvis Nell Cook and Radford Byerly, Rad grew up in Houston and the piney woods of East Texas. He left Texas for New England to study physics and poetry at Williams College, and was a proud member of the class...


