My mother, Dolores Kopel, passed away in August, age 91. In this post, I'd like to share some of the speeches from her Celebration of Life, which was held on September 25. The post includes excerpts from remarks by Colorado First Lady Dottie Lamm, by U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, and by me. As Rep. DeGette said in a 2008 congressional tribute to Dolores and my late father Jerry (an 11-term State Representative), "They were the original 'power couple' long before dual careers were more outwardly prevalent or socially acceptable." Cong. Rec. E1229 (June 12, 2008).
The full video of the Celebration and the program for the Celebration (with newspaper clips from Dolores's career) are available at jerrykopel.com. The site also contains much more about Jerry and Dolores Kopel, including an archive of Jerry's award-winning columns for the Colorado Statesman, in the years after he retired from the Colorado House of Representatives.
