The first time I met Joe Roller was at my first Trinidad 2012 CFO outing on a Spanish Peaks field trip. He was very outgoing and his sense of humor impressed me as a fun person to be around. He made me feel comfortable within that group of birders and I was hooked on CFO conventions.
Joe also sent our Boulder Bird Club a gracious constructive feedback message regarding a questionable eBird hotspot posting a while back. Always the teacher, Joe, and it as an appreciative response. We all will miss you. Sharon Norfleet Boulder Bird Club Bird President 2020 Sent from my iPad > On 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. -- 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/4A8E7518-2EBC-467B-9DA6-92049C413D6E%40gmail.com.
