Friday 27 November 2020

Re: [cobirds] Joe Roller sad news


Joe was of tremendous help to me when I was doing the RBA.  When I needed
Someone to sub for me Joe would find people to help and he ad others took 
over when I retired.  Joe was the one who kept the RBA running for as long as it did.

Joyce Tak amine
On Thursday, November 26, 2020 at 7:24:30 PM UTC-7 bunting...@gmail.com wrote:
This is sad news. My thoughts got out to his family.
I never got to meet Joe. I did however trade a few emails with him. He will be missed.
Brian Johnson
Englewood CO
On Thursday, November 26, 2020 at 6:23:49 PM UTC-7 samat...@gmail.com wrote:
Nathan wrote of Joe reaching out to smooth the wary & engage the non-birders. We were on a DFO field trip on the eastern prairie. There was this fantastic hedge row, our group across the street. I don't think Joe ever meet a stranger. He sauntered across the road to a country older couple and posed the question: "Have you ever seen a birder." As he schmoozed, they allowed us on their property to bird. Still tickles me to this day 💕

Diane Roberts
Highlands Ranch, CO 
On Thu, Nov 26, 2020 at 5:03 PM Diana Beatty <otowi...@gmail.com> wrote:
I believe the Lilac-Breasted Roller was/is his Profile Photo on Facebook, Deborahann.  Thanks for sharing.

On Thu, Nov 26, 2020 at 11:53 AM Deborahann S-C <dako...@gmail.com> wrote:
I didn't have the honor to meet Joe Roller, though I learned a lot from his Cobirds posts. Whenever I saw his name, I was invariably reminded of a colorful bird I saw in Botswana -- the Lilac-Breasted Roller -- and I imagine him flying over the Chobe River now. Soar high, Joe! I will miss you, too.

Deborahann Smith-Cleveland
North Boulder, Colorado

On Thu, Nov 26, 2020 at 11:11 AM 'Andrews Robert' via Colorado Birds <cob...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Hello all,

It is indeed sad to hear of Joe Roller's death. I have known him for many years, birding together, talking at meetings, and in recent years mostly communicating by email. Every interaction I have had with him over the years has been positive and enjoyable. I concur with all of the many comments that have already been posted about Joe as I have noticed the same character traits so many others have mentioned. I will miss him as indeed the entire Colorado birding community will.

Bob Andrews

Yekepa, Liberia, West Africa



On Wednesday, November 25, 2020, 03:45:20 PM MST, Larry Modesitt <larry....@gmail.com> wrote:


Cobirders,

The very sad news is that Joe died last night of cancer just after midnight. His wife Maryanne said that despite his pain, he was still cracking jokes with the nurses yesterday morning. "He made me laugh every single day," she said. Either one of their boys, Dan and Tom, was always able to be with him for the past month. 

I was out running with my dog when Joe corralled us decades ago. That's how I became one of many people Joe introduced to birding. That led to us birding together all over Colorado and the world. Joe's love of teaching folks about birds, almost always with a humorous insight, continued through his illness. He was a valuable contributor to Denver Field Ornithologists, Bird Conservancy of the Rockies, Colorado Field Ornithologists, and the medical community. There has never been anyone like Joe Roller, and he will be missed greatly.

We can believe that last night just after midnight, St. Peter laughed harder than he had all year.

Larry Modesitt

Arvada

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