Thaddeus Bynum Jr.

Thaddeus Bynum Jr. was born November 27, 1949 in Montgomery, Alabama to The Late Thaddeus Sr. and Esther Bynum. He departed this life on Friday, April 5, 2013 at Kindred Hospital after a long illness with diabetes and kidney failure.

Thaddeus was baptized Catholic and served as an altar boy in the Catholic Church. He attended school in the Denver Public School System. Thad played baseball throughout his school years. After attending college at Northeastern Junior College in Sterling, Colorado and CU Boulder, where he played football, Thad had a baseball tryout with a major league baseball team. An unfortunate accident ended his dream of a baseball career. He was truly a people person and never met a stranger. Because of his love for life and people, Thad drove a taxicab for many years and was the owner/operator of Rocky Mountain Limo. He loved to talk and could carry on meaningful conversations with anyone.

Thaddeus is preceded in death by his parents, Thaddeus Sr. and Esther Bynum and granddaughter SirHara Barr.

He leaves to cherish his fond memories a loving devoted wife of nearly 40 years Dorothy Bynum; daughters Danielle Barr and Carlus Bynum; grandchildren DeShant Cooper and Antoinette Barr (CO) and Christopher (Harlisa) Bynum (LA); sisters Gloria Younginer (IL) and Joann McKnight (CO); brother Larry Bynum (CO); sister in laws Florence (Tyrone) Hall, Janet Haynes, Cynthia (Joseph) Dunbar; brother in laws Henry (Carolyn) Snell and Cleveland (Valerie) Snell; Godchild Markisha Gales; 2 great grandchildren and a host of Aunts, Uncles, Nieces, Nephews, relatives and friends.