Alexander James Eliopulos

Alex was preceded by his wife Martha. He wanted it emphasized that he loved Martha very much and they were married for 64 years.

He was also preceded in death by his brothers George, Chris and Nick and his sister Shirley and her husband Paul.

He is survived by his sons Jim, George and Martin and his daughter Helen. By his grandchildren Alex, Alexis, Sophia and Max. Also, Alex has 2 younger surviving brothers, George and John.

As Alex aged, he had generally declining health for years. He was receiving Hospice care at home for some time. Because of his prolonged illness, he was able to have a lot of quality time with his family. He also developed meaningful relationships with the various wonderful Home Health providers that were there to help care for him.

The memories from these final days will be cherished by his family along with so many memories of his entire life. He enjoyed nightly face time visits with his son Martin. Frequent phone calls and face time visits with his son Jim and his daughter-in-law Denise. Jim also made numerous visits to Longmont. George was often visiting and at times would bring over Beth. He enjoyed the cinnamon rolls and other foods he brought over.

Alex recognized that all of his children took care of him and Martha. And he wanted to emphasize that his son-in-law Richard and Helen worked particularly hard taking care of him. Richard was there all along and doing so much for dad and doing so many care taking duties. He especially wanted to note that Helen was dad’s primary care-taker and was by his side day and night and did so much for him.

Alex looked forward to the many face time connections, phone calls, visits from their grand-children Sophia, Alexander, Max and Alexis. He was able to see Alexis and her husband Ben and Max and his wife Rebecca shortly before he died. He was excited that his grandson Alex recently got married to Kelley and was so proud that Sophia graduated Dental school. All will miss him dearly.

Dad was blessed at being able to develop positive relationships with a number of the in-home care givers. And Father Gabriel’s visits were also enjoyed by him. He asked that these relationships be emphasized in is obituary.

It is worth noting that for months, the cats Jonesy and Ripley were constant companions and he enjoyed them. They rarely left his side in the final weeks.

In his final months, dad was constantly telling others how much he appreciated them and thanking them for being there.

Also, for those of you who knew Alex, his love of and delivery of really bad dad jokes was not at all dimmed until the final weeks of his life.

Alex was born and raised in Rawlins, Wyoming, by his parents James and Elaine, both immigrants from Greece. The family was raised in the Greek Orthodox Church and that has been important to him his whole life.

Alex went to the University of Wyoming for undergrad and then University of Denver Law School. Alex also had a passion for opera and became and accomplished Tenor.

He met his soon-to-be wife Martha and fell in love after Alex convinced her to accompany him on the piano for an aria he was performing. He was very clear that this was one of his favorite memories and wanted to mention that the specific music was Ecco, ridente in cielo from the Barber of Seville.

He went away to Vienna Austria so, as the story goes, he could study international law. Most certainly he did, and he took advantage of that time in Vienna to further his opera training. He convinced Martha to come to Vienna where they were married.

Alex and Martha shared a great love of music. Alex studied and sang tenor operatic arias throughout his musical life. He fondly recalled being a soloist with the Denver Symphony Orchestra as a young performer. He also sang in other concerts, many accompanied by his beloved Martha. He recalled singing leads in productions of Show Boat and Carousel with his favorite local Opera group in Cheyenne.

After a brief private law practice with his brother Chris, Alex accepted a job in the Public Service Commission for the State of Wyoming, in 1959. At that point, he and Martha moved to Cheyenne where they raised their family. He eventually became Chief Counsel at PSC. He recalled serving in that position for decades. He described how he worked to regulate utilities such as electric and telephone. He described utilities as being powerful and he tried to keep rates down and affordable. He understood that the utilities needed to have enough to be able to provide services to care for people. Alex’s children will recall how “taking care of the people” was an important value of his.

After retirement, Alex and Martha moved to Grand Junction, Colorado from 2003 to 2017 so Martha could be closer to her last remaining sibling. In 2017 they moved to Longmont Colorado so they could be closer to George and Helen. Easier access to DIA for Jim and Denise to visit. Alex and Martha traveled at times to visit their son Martin until they could not travel long distances anymore.

When dad was asked what his values were that he wanted emphasized, he stated “Family, Work, Music.”

Dad and mom were members of the Saints Constantine and Helen Eastern Orthodox Church in Cheyenne, Saint Nicholas Eastern Orthodox Church in Grand Junction and Saints Peter and Paul Eastern Orthodox Church in Gunbarrel Colorado.

Alex is loved as a son, brother, husband, father, grandfather.

In lieu of flowers, Alex asked that there be donations to Saints Peter and Paul Eastern Orthodox Church in Gunbarrel Colorado or to International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC).

Services for Alex are as follows:

Viewing will be on Thursday, 6/25/26 from 11AM to 12:30 at Saints Peter and Paul Orthodox Church in Gunbarrel Colorado.

Services will be held immediately after on Thursday, 6/25/26 at 12:30 at Saints Peter and Paul Orthodox Church.

Internment at 2PM at Mountain View Memorial Park in Boulder, Colorado.

Remembrance/Makaria at 2:30PM at Saints Peter and Paul Orthodox Church Hall.