Candace Waple

Candace came to the Estes Valley, with her husband-to-be Buzz, from Marin County, CA in 1991. While in California, Candace received a B.A. from New College of California in Environmental Education, and was a waste-water and water quality technician in Stinson Beach, CA.

After relocating to the Estes Valley, she tried her hand at several jobs she had always wanted to do, and for 11 of the last 12 years Candace was a CNA with the Estes Park Medical Center's Home Healthcare and Hospice, helping people with health and health-care issues to live comfortably and with dignity in their homes.

Where Candace found real joy in her life was in her hikes and travels and just plain “hanging out” with her friends, companions, and family, whether it be a hike over Flattop to Grand Lake, a road-trip to Jackson Hole and Yellowstone, or her two “bucket-list” trips to Hawaii. Candace's guiding principles, that “A stranger is just a friend I haven't met yet.”, and that life was something to be fully entered into to witness, experience and share, were more than realized during her life here in the Estes Valley.

Candace was preceded in death by her sister Patricia Ann Parish (1965), father William Henry Wyatt (1980), brother-in-law W. Braxton Waple (1992), mother-in-law Nancy V. Waple (1997), sister-in-law Anne Waple Denitto (2012), niece Elizabeth Marie Denitto (2012), and by her mother Eva Aneta Schroder Love (2014).

She is survived by her husband Marshall J. “Buzz” Waple, her son David B. Hollander (Lucy and Sylvia) of Ames, IA, her brother-in-law Hal G. Parish (Judy) of West Bloomfield, MI, her nephews Don Parish (Lisa, Evan, and Aidan) of Kearney, NE, and David Parish (Nurya, Claire, and Nathan) of Grand Rapids, MI, her father-in-law Marshall J. Waple, Jr. of Rehoboth Beach, DE, brothers-in-law Joseph V. Waple (Bristow, Oliver, and Nathaniel) of Richmond, VA and James R. Waple (Angela, Cecilia, Caroline, and Rosemary) of Rehoboth Beach, DE, sisters-in-law Linda Whitton of Rehoboth Beach, DE, Pamela S. Waple of Foxwells, VA, her step-sister Kim Quello (Dave) of Colorado Springs, CO, her step-sister Lynn Groover (Paul) of Heathsville, VA, step-brother Roland Brown (Carolyn) of Westminster, MD, step-sister Donna Blazek (Jack) of Woodbine, MD, step-brother Jay Jeffery Wyatt (Kayla) of Juneau, AK, and many nieces, nephews, and cousins.

A Celebration and Sharing of Candace's Life will be held with a Pot-luck and memorial/remembrance on Saturday, March 26th, 2016 at 2:00 pm. at the 800 Moraine Ave Event Center (Trout Haven Resort) in Estes Park. In lieu of flowers, it is asked that contributions be made in Candace's memory to: Hospice of the Estes Valley, Habitat for Humanity of Estes Valley, or to Heifer International.