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   
[email protected], 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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