Re: [cobirds] Re: Joe Roller sad news

Joe made birding fun. He always had some the worse (and some of the best) jokes to tell. And he never stopped. He will be missed.

Charlie Lawrence

Centennial


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From: larry.corvid@gmail.com
To: cobirds@googlegroups.com
Sent: 2020-11-25 7:44:49 PM
Subject: [cobirds] Re: Joe Roller sad news

I passed on to Maryanne all the wonderful tributes you have posted to Cobirds, and she does appreciate them. 

If anyone wants to contact Maryanne directly, her email is   maryanneroller3@gmail.com, and her physical address is 965 S. Garfield St., Denver, CO 80209

Larry

On Wednesday, November 25, 2020 at 3:45:14 PM UTC-7 Larry Modesitt 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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