Summit Daily News

Former Copper Mountain resident, Bernard George Bovee, age 95, passed away Saturday, February 12, 2022 at Autumwood of McBain, Mi. He was born January 2, 1927 and adopted by Earl and Florence Bovee. After graduating from Cadillac High School in 1945 he served in the Marine Corp in World War II and the Korean War. Bernie graduated from Michigan State University in 1955 with a bachelor's degree in Park Administration and Natural Resources. During his career with Colorado State Parks he authored the first trails legislation to create the state-wide trails system with perpetual funding. Vlasta and he married in 1964. After retiring they moved to Copper Mountain Resort, owning several small...

Jeff Hollier, 71, of The Woodlands, Texas, passed away on August 13 following a three-year battle with renal cancer. His loving family surrounded him. Jeff was Valedictorian at Sulphur High School and earned a full four-year academic ride to LSU, where he graduated with honors with a degree in Petroleum Engineering. After graduating, he received a commission as a First Lieutenant in the US Army. Jeff served in the Reserves and achieved the rank of Captain. His career spanned 40 years in the oil and gas industry. He worked for Amoco Production Company, Superior Oil, Mobil Oil and retired with ExxonMobil in 2013. During that time he managed Mobil Oil's Alaskan properties, Gulf Coast...

Gerald Robert Cooney, 77, Grand Junction, CO, formerly of Breckenridge, CO., passed away November 30, 2020 at St. Mary's Hospital. Gerald was born on April 27, 1943 in Erie, PA from the union of Robert John and Hilda Cooney. He spent his childhood in Erie, PA. and graduated from McDowell High School in 1962 and later attended Gannon University. Gerald was a United States Army Veteran serving in Vietnam. He was awarded the Vietnam Campaign Medal, Bronze Star, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal and Expert Rifle M 14. He married Joan Callahan Cooney on October 31, 1970 at St. Titus Church in Titusville, PA. The couple previously lived in White Hills, AZ for ten years;...

James Harold Baillie of Denver, Colorado passed away on August 13, 2020 at the age of 73. James was born in Winner, South Dakota on September 12, 1946 to Harold and Arlyne Baillie. He is survived by his wife Jihan Bishara Naber; children, Jordan Marcel and Sean Michael (Jeannie); grandchildren, Taylor Leona, Maya Raegan and Sofia Marie. He is preceded in death by his brother Robert Alan. James' college accomplishments started with his attendance at Augustana University, where he graduated in 1969 with a bachelor's degree in mathematics. He then went on to earn an MBA at Xavier University in 1977, graduating summa cum laude. He served in the United States Army for 20 years and retired as...