Jim was born in 1935 in Denver. After moves to Chicago, IL and Louisville, KY where his father was stationed in the United States Army, his family moved back to Denver in 1945 where he grew up, graduated from South High School in 1953, and attended Barnes Business School. Jim served four years in the United States Navy during the Korean Conflict. He began his working career as an accountant at the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad, where he joined his father and met many people who would become dear and lifelong friends. Jim's subsequent employers included Dr. Gerald Starkey/City and County of Denver, the MAC Oil Company, Direct Sales Tires, and his favorite of all - the Colorado Rockies. Jim met Gwen a couple years after high school, and they were married on August 31, 1957. He enjoyed playing on a local softball team, playing the bass drum in the American Legion Post #1 Grenadiers drum and bugle corps, and back before EMT services became a commercial enterprise he served for many years on the all-volunteer District 50 Rescue Unit. Jim and Gwen raised their children Cheryl and Tim in Westminster, and created their kids' love for road trips, sunflower seeds, Elvis Presley, patriotism and drum and bugle corps music. They were involved extensively in volunteering for/serving as adult advisors for/performing accounting and administrative tasks for nearly every activity in which their kids participated, including Little League Baseball, Cub Scouts, baton contests, Girl Scouts, Rainbow Girls, DeMolay, and more sporting events for Ranum HS than they could count. Jim was also a 33° Master Mason. They have enjoyed watching their family grow with four grandchildren - Michael, Nathan, Anna and Sara - and now three great-grandchildren - Hayli, Ella and Tripp. Gwen cared for Jim at home throughout his entire journey with Alzheimer's and made his life and fight with the disease as secure and comfortable as it could possibly have been. Thank you for celebrating his life with us and sharing the many fun, funny and precious memories we have of him.
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In lieu of flowers please make a kind donation in Jim's memory to the Lutheran Hospice.
Visit https://www.sclhealth.org/locations/lutheran-medical-center-foundation/donate/ to make a donation online.
Or mail a check made payable to the Lutheran Hospice, addressed to:
Lutheran Medical Center Foundation
8300 West 38th Avenue
Wheat Ridge, Colorado 80033 and please be sure to write "in memory of Jim Burnside" on the memo line of your check.
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