Edward Donald ""Jake"" Warde

Edward Donald ""Jake"" Warde passed away peacefully at his home on November 07, 2014. He was born April 12, 1915 in Ouray, Colorado and was a resident of the city of Denver for nearly a century. He will be lovingly remembered by his three sons, Peter, Timothy (Sally of Greeley) and Jock (Eliza of Palo Alto, CA), nine grandchildren, Devon Carr, Robyn Kinnick, Brooke Payne, Craig, Casey, Eben, Emily, Henry, and Caroline Warde and nine great grandchildren, Lila and Isabella Kinnick, Lauyrn and Jake Carr, Beatrix, Amelia, and Duncan Payne, and Addison and Caleb Warde. He is preceded in death by his wife Nancy Biossat Warde, and son Anthony. Jake lived his own version of the American dream. He grew up in North Denver, where he served as an acolyte at the Holy Family parish on Utica Street. He visited the parish throughout his life. He graduated from East High School, where he used his 6-3 frame to advantage on the basketball court. He attended Colorado College briefly, transferring to the University of Colorado Boulder. Playing bass and singing in a band helped pay his expenses in these days. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity. Life began in earnest when he spotted a young coed from Chicago ""on the hill"" in Boulder. Nancy and Jake married on Dec. 28, 1940. The newlyweds returned to Denver to start their life together. Jake's warm, personable, even charismatic personality helped open doors and soon he had a prosperous paper brokerage business. The family started to grow and in 1946 they built their new home where they raised their four boys. One of Jake's early business successes was Myers and Company, a can and bottle printer for Coors Brewing Company. Jake also founded, Container Systems, Inc., a box manufacturer that supplied corrugated boxes to Coors and Monfort Beef in Greeley. After selling Container Systems, Jake was semi-retired, but his entrepreneurial spirit did not retire. Papa Jake's Popcorn Company served up gourmet jars of popcorn throughout the Rocky Mountain region featuring corn home-grown on a farm in Windsor Colorado operated by his son Anthony. Jake liked to work, but he loved golf. He joined the Cherry Hills Country Club in 1951. The family practically grew up at the club and this is where he loved to be. He will miss the club and all close friendships established at Cherry. He was a near scratch golfer in his younger years and continued hitting golf balls on the range until just a few months ago. Jake had his own spot on the range that was occupied no matter what the season. Snow was his biggest nemesis. He was a passionate student of the golf swing and anyone who knew him through golf knew this, and more than likely heard some of his swing wisdom. A memorial service will be held at a later date. If desired memorial contributions may be made either to The Denver Hospice, 501 South Cherry Street, Suite 700, Denver CO 80246 or the Western Golf Association Evans Scholarship Foundation, One Briar Rd., Golf, IL 60029 www.wgaesf.org.