I've known Joe Roller since like the early 1990s, always a fun guy to be around. Sad day for sure to hear this news.
Brandon Percival Pueblo West, CO On Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 3:45 PM Larry Modesitt <[email protected]> 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 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/c6ccd713-4342-4f0c-b0a0-3762cd62ef2fn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/c6ccd713-4342-4f0c-b0a0-3762cd62ef2fn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CA%2BXeEuXsCQ70oBntOmNn-1cVQQfXRBoHseZsonsbchVyDyiaDA%40mail.gmail.com.
