Obituaries

Local obituaries for the Boulder, CO

James Ghiselli

James Ghiselli

May 14, 2015

James Robert Ghiselli of Boulder passed away on May 14, 2015 in Boulder. James was born on February 27, 1961 to Robert and Kathryn Ghiselli in Galveston, Texas. James graduated from the University of Colorado in 1983 with a B.A. and the University of Denver in 1986 with a J.D. James was a partner in the Shoemaker Ghiselli and Schwartz...

Mark Steele

Mark Steele

May 13, 2015

Mark Steele was born on March 5, 1932 at the Knickerbocker Hospital in New York City. As a child he studied at the Columbia Grammar School in New York City where he excelled in math, science, pranks, and practical jokes. He studied pre-med at Kenyon College in Ohio and went to SUNY Medical School. He went on to complete his...

Michael Davis

Michael Davis

May 6, 2015

Michael Judson Davis passed peacefully during the early evening hours of May 6, 2015, in the wake of a beautiful thunder storm, reminiscent of his brief bout with cancer. With the sound of rain and the singing of the springtime birds, Michael took a final easy breath and departed. He was 70 years old. Born June 5, 1944, in Rochester,...

Toni Valdez

Toni Valdez

May 6, 2015

Toni was born April 26th, 1968 in Los Angeles, CA to Catherine Moisa and John Valdez. She was the first child of her generation in her very large, very close family. In 1978, her mother Catherine remarried to Eulalio Landres. At that time Toni was introduced to her stepbrother Len Landres and her stepsister Candace Landres. They all attended South...

Karen Samuel

Karen Samuel

Apr 10, 2015

An uncommonly special lady - Karen Samuel of Boulder – was tragically taken from us at Boulder Community Health on the evening of April 10, 2015. Karen was born July 29th, 1944 to Virginia Brown Kretsinger and C.E.(“Buddy”) Kretsinger in Sherman, TX. She graduated from Sherman High School in 1962. She then attended Texas Tech University and East Texas State...

Russell Dohrmann

Russell Dohrmann

Apr 10, 2015

Russell Charles Dohrmann, 75, who has lived in Boulder for 44 years, passed away April 10, 2015 from metastatic melanoma. Russell was born December 30, 1939 in St. Louis, MO to Russell H. and Florence M. Dohrmann. When in college, Russell met his wife at the Boulder landmark "The Sink." Two years later Russell and Gail were married in Englewood,...