OBITUARY
Edwin James Ryan
June 18, 1933 – February 1, 2021
Edwin James Ryan was born on June 18, 1933 and passed away on February 1, 2021 and is under the care of Olinger Crown Hill Mortuary & Cemetery.
Graveside Service & Committal will be held on February 27, 2021 at 2:00 pm at Olinger Crown Hill, 7777 West 29th Avenue, Wheat Ridge, Colorado.
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Services
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Graveside Service & Committal
Saturday, February 27, 2021
Memories
Edwin James Ryan
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ADD A MEMORYRobert Ryan
February 27, 2021
Ed and I always had a good time when I went to his house and we tried to stay out of trouble while honky tonky around town. He always had a great sense of humor as I did so we got along good.
Roberta Birnbaum
February 25, 2021
Ed will always remain a part of some of our best memories: family times spent celebrating the good things in life.. He was always generous to a fault, had a wicked sense of humor, and was a loyal husband, father, and friend. We will miss him! May the angels welcome him to Paradise!
Bobbie and Fritz
Mary Beer
February 23, 2021
Ed was a member of Widowed Men and Women of America. He enjoyed attending meetings and events. He was proud to tell us that he was from Cooperstown, NY the home of the baseball hall of fame.
Brian Birnbaum
February 22, 2021
Mike, Kelly, John and family: We are sorry to hear of the passing of your father. He was a good man. I will always cherish the time spent with your parents, especially Thanksgivings, Christmas Eves and CU football games.
Brian, Carol, Andrew and Meghan
Kim Glenney
February 20, 2021
Sorry to hear about Uncle Ed. This was from a trip to Colorado in 1981.
Julie Ryan
February 20, 2021
Beautiful memories of both Ed and Janet! They went out of their way to show Rod and I a GREAT time when we came to visit! I never laughed so HARD when Ed got down with Andy when he was just 2 and the dog, Buffy and pretended to bark at the dog! Buffy joined in in the "singing!" It was hilarious! I remember that Ed, Janet, Rod and I all had tears rolling down our faces! It was an unforgettable moment! He saw to it that every little detail was checked off when we came to Denver and skied in the Rocky Mountains! Ed and Rod were both good skiers. Me, I was real good at crashing into trees, people and other obstacles. Ed also know of the BEST restaurants in town! He was smart, witty and LOVED to kid me about being a Southerner and Southern stereotypes. He was usually right on the mark! He knew that when the news reporter interviewed a Southerner, they would always have missing teeth, would be wearing a "wife-beater undershirt" would spit on the ground while on camera, and either had a wad of chewing tabbaco juices running out the side of their mouths, or the much more sophisticated, classy Southerners would have a chewed up toothpick hanging out of their teeth. And of course, they would talk using "ain'ts" , use double negatives and other various grammar no-no's. And they always had a cap on, a comb-over and would scratch or "adjust" their private parts on TV. And that was in the first 5 seconds! Ed would howl! And then turn to me and would say something like "Is that one of your relatives?" "Oh, I forgot, You all marry your cousins, right? " I couldn't help but laugh because he had Southerners pegged! Then he would say "you being from Greenville, SC, you all don't act that way. And your grandfather got his engineering degree from Clemson. I thought you could only major in farming or truck driving." Janet would be laughing but she would turn and playfully scold him. "Oh, Ed!" But she was laughing too. He will be missed!
John Ryan
February 14, 2021
Halloween he would show his wacky side!
kelly jeffers
February 14, 2021
the grandkids grew up, and we did too, sort of, missing a few , but this was the last picture we had with a few of us , and Mom (Janet) and Dad (Ed)
kelly jeffers
February 14, 2021
here they visited Germany
kelly jeffers
February 14, 2021
Mom and Dad loved to travel, Hawaii was one of their favorites
kelly jeffers
February 14, 2021
and another one
kelly jeffers
February 14, 2021
and more babies
kelly jeffers
February 14, 2021
when some were babies
kelly jeffers
February 14, 2021
and these grandkids
kelly jeffers
February 14, 2021
Dad loved his Grandkids
Michael Ryan
February 13, 2021
Dad and mom flew down to Tucson to be there for the graduation of their grand-daughter, Erin Ryan, from the University of Arizona. They were very proud.
Michael Ryan
February 13, 2021
Here is the family at Easter 1962, just weeks before John would be born.
Michael Ryan
February 13, 2021
After getting out of the Air Force, dad attended and graduated from the University of Colorado.
Michael Ryan
February 13, 2021
Here are Ed and Janet, 50 years later, with their grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Michael Ryan
February 13, 2021
Ed was posted to Lowry AFB. On weekends the airmen went up to the resort at Eldorado Springs, where he met Janet Birnbaum. They were married in January 1956.
Michael Ryan
February 13, 2021
After graduating from high school, dad had the chance to attend Cornell University on scholarship, but passed it up to join the Air Force. Here he is as a freshly minted Airman. He would eventually make Technical Sergeant.
Michael Ryan
February 13, 2021
This is dad when he graduated from Cooperstown High School.
John Ryan
February 13, 2021
Worlds Fair, New York 1964
Dad & Mom made it a point to take us many places so we could have experiences that he never had a chance to as a kid:
Tijuana - crazy taxi ride to go buy some cheesy souvenir's
Toronto - lived there for a few months while he straightened up the company finances - backyard concert, canoe outings, Niagra Falls
Los Angeles - Disneyland, Knots Berry Farm, Universal Studios
(met the actor Doug McClure)
Washington DC - got to visit all of the Monument and Museums
Hawaii - Arizona Memorial, surfing North Shore, scuba diving off of Maui
Boston - Old North Church, Paul Revere House
Cooperstown - Baseball Hall of Fame, Doubleday Field, Golf and sailing on Otsego Lake
John Ryan
February 13, 2021
I think the reason I make up songs for each of our kids and grandkids is because my dad taught me to. I remember this song from when I was this little: "Johnny Ryan, was a rebel, as he rode, through the west, on him horsey...!" I Love you dad!
John Ryan
February 13, 2021
Military Honors
John Ryan
February 13, 2021
Dad at one of his birthday's - lots of family and friends
John Ryan
February 13, 2021
Dad's Resume - smart, driven, successful
John Ryan
February 13, 2021
Dad Smiling
John Ryan
February 13, 2021
Dad & Mom