Estes Park Trail-Gazette

Roger Lynn Muffett, age 76, passed away suddenly on April 13, 2022. He was an accomplished musician and songwriter, who found immense joy in his love for music. Throughout his life, he played in many bands with a number of long-time friends, whom he loved dearly. He moved from his hometown in Hammond, Indiana, to Estes Park, Colorado, and eventually to Laramie, Wyoming, where he enjoyed the mountains and the outdoors. He was an avid baseball and football fan, especially Denver Broncos, Wyoming Cowboys, and any football team his nephew, Grant, was coaching. He is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Dennis (Scott) and Loretta Muffett, his daughter, Michelle Muffett-Lipinski, and...

Helen Irene Maher was born in Lawrence, Kansas to Dorothy and James Weed on December 31, 1934. She grew up in El Reno, Oklahoma, living in housing at the Federal Penitentiary where her father was an officer. She loved telling people she grew up at "a penitentiary". She was always a leader, beginning at El Reno High School. She was the president of the athletic cheering squad, the Pepetts, as well as an academic standout, graduating at the top of her class in 1953. She enjoyed returning for her class reunions and reconnecting with lifelong friends. She went on to study at the University of Oklahoma and graduated a proud Sooner in 1957 with a degree in Business Education, specializing in...

Martha Downing Justice, 95, died peacefully on Sunday, September 19, 2021. Martha was born in El Dorado, Kansas on September 4, 1926 to Harry Downing and Olive (Cribbs) Downing. She attended the University of Colorado, Boulder, where she studied chemistry. Martha was a devoted, and much loved, mother, wife, grandmother and great-grandmother. Martha grew up in Wichita, Kansas and moved to Boulder Colorado with her parents and sister while attending the University of Colorado. While still a college student, she met Glenn W. Justice and immediately stole his heart. Like so many of their generation, they were sweethearts while Glenn served in the Navy during World War II. They were married...

Graham Russell died peacefully at home on April 24th, 2021, in Bozeman, MT. Graham traveled far from the small town of Swadlincote, England where he was born on July 31st, 1946. He was educated at Blundells Boarding School, Pembroke College of Cambridge University, where he studied Economic Geography, and finally at Cranfield Business School, where he earned an MBA. He met his wife, Sunniva, while living in London, and they married in Southampton. This August, they would have celebrated their 50th anniversary. Graham always had a desire to travel. Working for a large British shipping company gave him the opportunity to live in Paris for a short stint, before he was transferred to the US...

Wilferd LaVerne Wiemers (Bill or Willie to friends and loved ones) died peacefully in his bed on March 3, 2021. He was 89 years old. Bill was born in Alma, Nebraska, on July 25, 1931. His mother died when he was young and he grew up with other relatives in Lincoln, Nebraska and Estes Park, Colorado, the town he forever called home. Bill graduated from EPHS in 1949; entered the Air Force in 1951-55 and married his sweetheart Gladys (Convery) in 1952. They moved to Estes Park, raised 3 children, and spent their lives in the glory of the Rocky Mountains. Bill worked in the Rocky Mtn. Nat'l Park and retired as Facilities and Maintenance Foreman. Primarily, he made signs for the RMNP, a...

Eleanor Faye Burg was born June 17, 1936 at Cedar Bluffs, Kansas to Albert Edward Burg and Bertha Emeline (Matheny) Burg. She passed away February 3, 2021, in Loveland, Colorado. She grew up on farms north of Oberlin, Kansas. She attended the Lone Star country school and Oberlin Grade school. She graduated from Oberlin High school in 1954. In High School she was a champion Debater on the Debate Team and was in 4-H, Girl Scouts and Band. She worked at a local caf? The Green Lantern where she met Larry Dean Lawton. They were married May 19, 1954 at the Oberlin Methodist Church and moved to Des Moines, Iowa. Larry was killed in a construction accident September 1954 in Des Moines, Iowa....

Anita Marie Reid Tannuzzo of Tampa, FL passed January 15th 2021. She was born April 3rd, 1925 in Topeka, Kansas where she graduated high school in 1943. Taking time off before college, she served in the Civil Air Patrol and worked at Hallmark cards. She met her late husband at Emporia State Teachers College. Following their marriage, they moved to N.Y. eventually settling in Huntington Station. She taught at Shepherd Day Nursery School, attended by her son J.C. while completing her teaching degree at Hofstra University. Until she retired, she taught at Maplewood Elementary of the South Huntington School District. In the many years Anita and Pat were married, they enjoyed ballroom dancing,...

Regina Clark, 66, was born October 10, 1953 to Willard and Helen Myers in Trenton, NJ. She spent her early years in Washington Crossing, PA and then moved with her family to Estes Park, CO in the early 60's. Regina joined the junior ski patrol at age 14 at Hidden Valley ski area in Rocky Mountain National Park, CO, where she later became a professional ski patroller after high school. She moved to Big Sky, MT in the mid 70's to work ski patrol and ski patrolled at Bridger Bowl for 16 years from late 70's to fall of 1996. Regina went back to Big Sky for one more year pro patrol and the next year part-time pro, then she continued working on the volunteer patrol at Big Sky while a...