Obituaries

Peter Albert Carl Waldheim, 81, formerly of The Woodlands, TX, passed away on April 6, 2021, at the Denver Hospice Center in Denver, CO, after a brave battle with cancer. Peter was born on Easter Sunday in 1940 to Hans Albert August Fritz Waldheim and Irmtraut “Traute” Julie Friederike Schöffler. His parents moved from Germany to the San Francisco area in 1937. Hans was a landscape architect and Traute was a proficient musician at piano, guitar, and accordion. In 1949, his...

Robert David Sherr, 76, passed away on March 30 2021. Robert was born and lived in Colorado where he obtained a BA from University of Denver and worked in Real Estate. He is preceded in death by his wife Wendy Sue Sherr (Hamner) as well as his parents Bernadine and Carl Sherr. He is survived by his sister Babette Laggan, Children Tracy Friedman and Robert Sherr (Cathee Sherr) as well as his 8 Grandchildren, Jon, Charlie, Peter, Ryan, Jake, Ben, Liam, and Kelsea. In lieu of flowers,...

Gary L. Salinas passed away on Thursday, March 25, 2021 in Parker, CO with his family by his side after a short battle with liver cancer. Gary was born to Elsie and Emilio Salinas in Honolulu, HI on August 19, 1961. Growing up, he lived in San Diego, CA, McAllen, TX and Mountain View, CA before finally settling in Milpitas, CA, where he lived for over 50 years. Gary married Donna Taylor, on May 1, 1982. Over the next 39 years, his family grew to include both children and grandchildren....

Aurora Rebecca (Beckie) Harmes passed away March 24, 2021, she was sixty-seven years of age just fifteen days short of her sixty-eighth birthday.  She was born April 8, 1953 in Gardner, Colorado to parents Tony and Duby Harmes (both deceased). She was one of fourteen children and is survived by six siblings. She was married for forty-eight years and just two months shy of forty-nine years to her husband and she has two children from her one and only marriage. She was a grandmother (she...

Charles (Randy) Schiell, 68, surrounded by family, died at home in Denver, CO on March 23, 2021 of Parkinson’s. Randy was born November 15, 1952 at Fitzsimmons Army Hospital in Aurora, CO.  Due to his father’s military career, Randy moved often.  Canada, Massachusetts, Georgia, France, Germany, Texas and back to Colorado.  He graduated from Broomfield High School and went to the University of Colorado.  He graduated with a B.S. in Sociology.  Later, he...

Geraldine Mae Royalty Jaeger 72, of Englewood, Colorado, passed away at home March 22, 2021 after a long battle with COPD. Gerri was born January 17, 1949, to Evelyn (Lucas) and Auda Royalty in McDaniels, KY. She grew up there with her two older sisters, Carol Ann and Merlene, and her younger brother, Kenny, surrounded by a large extended family. Gerri graduated from Breckinridge County High School. She met Jerome Kempf while working at Fort Knox, and they married in November 1974. After...

Irene Brookhart passed from this world on March 9, 2021 at her home in Centennial, CO. She was kind, generous, beautiful, interested and interesting; and loving wife and mother, cherished and beloved by all. Born in Pueblo, CO to Joe and Pauline Tezak, Irene attended Pueblo Catholic High School. She then entered Marycrest College in Davenport, IA, earning a degree in medical technology. There, she met Ambrose College student Jack Brookhart and the two were married in 1957, moving to Pueblo...

Virginia Fleischer, 93, passed away peacefully to be with the Lord on March 9, 2021. She was a devout Christian with unshakeable faith and even in her final moments was a witness to her family. Her favorite song was Amazing Grace, and she would often sing songs to that tune. She is survived by five daughters, Colleen (Frank) Bergner, Eileen Lovenstein, Maureen (John) Morris, Kathleen (Andy Parke) Mulligan and Char (Robert) Micek, nine grandchildren and one great granddaughter; four...

Bryan Martinez was born on July 24, 1972 to Abraham Martinez and Naomi Martinez (Adame) in Los Angeles, California and he died on March 7, 2021 at the age of 49. His family lived in California and also in Texas while he was growing up. When his sister came along when he was 12 years old, he took on the responsibility of looking out for his little sister and encouraged her to meet his goals. He took on a lot of responsibilities in his family as a teenager by working and looking out for his...

Patricia Marie Minehane, a Denver native, passed away March 6, 2021, at the home of her daughter in Littleton, Colorado at the age of 84.  She graduated from St Francis De Sales high school.  She was a loving and caring wife, mother, grandmother, and aunt.  She started the first Irish Dancing School in Colorado and for many years was St. Patrick in the Denver St. Patrick’s Day parade.  She loved her Irish heritage and being a part of the Irish Fellowship Club and...