Obituaries

Andrew Kaldor
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Andrew Kaldor

October 11, 1944 - April 28, 2023

Andrew Kaldor passed away comfortably at home surrounded by family on April 28th, 2023. He was born in Budapest, Hungary on October 11th, 1944, four months before the city’s liberation from the Nazis by Soviet forces. Along with his parents and sister, he survived the Holocaust thanks to Raoul Wallenberg’s heroic efforts to save Hungarian Jews. After the Hungarian Revolution in 1956, Andrew and his family escaped to Austria and then to the United States, where they made Berkeley, California their home.

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Wanda Lafferty
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Wanda Lafferty

Wanda Gray Lafferty passed on April 30, 2023 after a long illness. Wanda was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, on August 21, 1947, and worked as a paralegal and most recently, as a technical writer. She leaves behind her husband, Denny, her sister, Eileen, and brother, Geoffrey, as well as her daughter, Andrea, son, Damon, and granddaughter, Aliera.

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Betty Cohn Simpson
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Betty Cohn Simpson

January 12, 1950 - April 10, 2023

Betty Cohn Simpson, of Olympic Valley, California, passed away peacefully on April 10, 2023, in Denver, Colorado, surrounded by her family and friends. She was 73.

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John Arthur Brown
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John Arthur Brown

John “Johnny” Arthur Brown of Colorado Springs, CO was freed of his earthly body on April 17th, 2023. He was born on May 8th, 1952 to William Earl Brown, Sr. and Vonceil Imogene Richards in southern Georgia.

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James Clifford Nall
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James Clifford Nall

July 17, 1981 - April 3, 2023

James Nall was born on summer day at the edge of the prairie to an Irish mother and a dad who was pure South Dakota, but more importantly, he was taken home to meet the two women who would boss him around for the next 41 years: his older sisters Terrie and Tracy. And they were delighted.

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Patricia Lynn Tunnell
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Patricia Lynn Tunnell

February 13, 1942 - March 24, 2023

Patricia Lynn Tunnell passed away at her home in Evergreen, Colorado on March 24, 2023, at the age of 81. Born on February 13, 1942 in Salt Lake City, Utah, she was the daughter of John Howard and Ardella Francis (Pedersen) Wheeler.

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Janet Postma Bugg
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Janet Postma Bugg

February 11, 1947 - March 24, 2023

Janet Postma Bugg was born February 11, 1947 and left this life on March 24, 2023. She was born to Lowell Postma and Billie Coleman Postma in Parsons, Kansas.

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Wendell M. Plucker
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Wendell M. Plucker

August 29, 1945 - March 19, 2023

Wendell was a husband, a father, a son, a brother, an uncle, and his favorite, a grandfather. That’s how he saw himself. Family and tradition were his heart.

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Matthew “Matt” Smith
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Matthew “Matt” Smith

October 25, 1974 - March 17, 2023

We are saddened to share the news of the unexpected passing of Matt Smith, 48, loving husband to Richelle and devoted father to Averee (20) and Jaiden (14). Matt passed away suddenly on Friday, March 17, while at home recovering from outpatient surgery.

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Samuel Mitchel Wilson
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Samuel Mitchel Wilson

March 29, 2009 - March 17, 2023

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Samuel Mitchel Wilson in an unexpected and tragic accident, 12 days shy of his 14th birthday. He attended Prairie Hills Elementary School and Rocky Top Middle School.

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