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Former SMDRA president Pippitt dies May 14

Former SMDRA president Pippitt dies May 14

Former South Suburban Board of REALTORS President Charles Robert “Chuck” Pippitt died May 14 after a long struggle with cancer.  Chuck was sales manager at Dawson and Company and lived in Littleton’s SouthPark Colony Village neighborhood with his wife, Deloma. Chuck was elected president of SMDRA in 1982, only to have to resign due to their [...]

Barry Fey 1939-2013 – ‘He built this city on rock & roll’

Barry Fey 1939-2013 – ‘He built this city on rock & roll’

By Peter Jones Concert promoter Barry Fey is being remembered as the man who almost singlehandedly built the Denver concert industry – often with an iron hand, but always with a genuine love for the music. Fey, a longtime Arapahoe County resident, died April 28 at age 73. The cause of death could not be [...]

Obituary – Gil Hammond dies after heart attack

Obituary – Gil Hammond dies after heart attack

By Glory Weisberg Greenwood Villager, Reginald Gilbert Hammond, known as Gil Hammond, died April 15 after suffering a heart attack.  In recent years he had suffered from Alzheimer’s and had recovered from a stroke 13 years ago. He was 80 years old. Gil had retired after a career in engineering, having worked at Martin Marietta [...]

Douglas R. Allen, Sr., March 1941 – March 2013

Douglas R. Allen, Sr.,  March 1941 – March 2013

Born on March 1, 1941, in Toledo, Ohio, to the late William T. Allen and Virginia R. (Rowan) Allen, Doug and his two brothers grew up in rural Virginia. He was the quintessential southern gentleman with a side of a 20-year-old fraternity boy. He always wanted to be a cowboy and worked on a ranch in [...]

Koppel and Goto will be remembered for service

Koppel and Goto will be remembered for service

By Robert Sweeney Two former Villagers were laid to rest recently, Al Koppel and Leo Goto. They were both long time friends of many area residents. Al Koppel served in the Freda Poundstone era of dynamic growth for Greenwood Village.  He was always a voice for common sense and good local government. One of his [...]

Obituary – Al Koppel, 1926-2013

Al Koppel died in Fort Collins on Jan. 27. He was born on Sept. 13, 1926, in Hamburg, Germany. Al was a former Greenwood Village City Councilman from November 1987 to November 1991, serving under Mayor Freda Poundstone from 1987-1989 and under Mayor Rollin Barnard from 1989 to 1991. He organized a sister-city program with Greenwood [...]

Obituaries

Obituaries

Madison Sadye Flink,  Sept. 1, 1995 – Feb. 18, 2013 Madison (Madi) Sadye Flink, 17, was born Sept. 1, 1995, to Marc D. and Margaret H. (Hamlin) Flink, of Littleton. Madi attended Walt Whitman Elementary School, Goddard Middle School and Heritage High School where Madi was in her senior year.  Madi had been accepted at [...]

Obituary – Bill Collister, March 3, 1923 – Feb. 11, 2013

Obituary – Bill Collister, March 3, 1923 – Feb. 11, 2013

Bill Collister, March 3, 1923 – Feb. 11, 2013 William Buchtel Collister died Feb. 11 in Denver. Bill was born March 3, 1923, in Colorado Springs, the son of Eva V. and Thomas C. Collister. His father, who came to Colorado from the Isle of Man, was a circuit riding Methodist minister in the rough gold [...]

Obituary – Harry A. Temmer, Sept. 30, 1928 – Jan. 25, 2013

Obituary – Harry A. Temmer, Sept. 30, 1928 – Jan. 25, 2013

Harry A. Temmer of Centennial died on Jan. 25 at Littleton Adventist Hospital. Harry was a Denver native and a graduate of South High School, class of 1946. Harry graduated from Drury College in Springfield, Mo., and went on to get his master’s at Colorado State University. He then went on to work as an [...]

Obituary – Pat Duran

Obituary – Pat Duran

It is with great sadness that the family of Pat Duran reports his passing on Jan. 23 from heart failure.

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