Jeff, also known to his friends as “Rip”, was a man who lived life to the fullest. He said that time and energy were the only things we had to manage, and each needed to be spent wisely. He did just that. He was a true Renaissance Man with a thirst for knowledge and experience. He mastered what he practiced.
In athletics he played professional football, baseball, track, and basketball. He enjoyed golf and swimming. He rode BMW motorcycles around Colorado’s mountains. He flew airplanes and loved to travel with his wife Linda on numerous trips to Hawaii, the Virgin Islands, Cozumel, and St. Martin and St. John. He was a singer-songwriter creating ballads and country and western music. He owned and managed numerous businesses involving motivational speaking, sales training, car dealerships, a skating rink, a country and western nightclub. He wrote articles on motivational and sales training. He was an actor in commercials, movies, and in theater productions. Jeff was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps.
He loved sharing his stories with people, helping them develop their talents. He gave generously of his life to people he met complimenting and encouraging them, and always focusing on them first in business or in social settings. He was a loving father, grandfather, brother, and husband. He was so proud of his family and wanted each one to know he loved them. His family would give anything to have just one more day with him.
He spent 42 years with his wife Linda, whom he called the “love of his life”. She survives him as does their son, Patrick Van Noy at their home in Golden. He is also survived by his sister Sharon and husband Dick Van Raden, Texas, sister-in-law Kathryn Farrell, Oklahoma, his daughters Bradi Van Noy Hayes, and Jami Van Noy, both in Texas, his son Matt Magbee and wife Leslee in Georgia. Grandchildren are Hannah and McKenna Hayes, J.D. Magbee, Amber Van Noy Nufer.
A celebration of his life will be held Wednesday, June 26, 2019 at 10 am in the Chapel of Peace at Olinger Crown Hill Mortuary and Cemetery at 7777 W.29th Ave, Wheat Ridge, CO, 80033.
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