Linda Louise Bevard
May 15, 1945 – February 21, 2026
Linda Louise Bevard, a daughter of the son of a pioneer, and a wonderful voice in song was born under a prairie sky in Denver, Colorado, to Margaret (Woodis) Bevard and WWII veteran George Bevard on May 15, 1945. Linda lived a life full of music, friends and family. She left us on February 21, 2026, surrounded by friends. Her deep love for music, words, calligraphy, art and nature shaped much of her life.
After graduating from Colorado State University in 1967 with a degree in English her sense of adventure kicked in, and she moved to Boston where she enjoyed the culture, folk music and liberal politics of the 1960’s. Her love of the Front Range brought her back to Boulder in 1970. She worked as a typesetter and was active in local theater. She also sang close harmony with two of her good friends and her sisters, a group which she named “The Daughters of The Sons of The Pioneers.”
Adventure called again in 1988. Linda moved to Australia where she lived in Hobart, Tasmania for a year. She contemplated emigration and traveled widely in Australia and Asia until the Front Range brought her back to Colorado once more. She settled in in Denver where she worked as an editor. She sang with the Columbine Chorale, declaring herself now a “world famous alto.” She also joined a book club, created word art with her antique printing press, and travelled around the United States and Europe.
In 2019 Linda moved to Niwot, Colorado. She joined the Longmont Chorale, and the Inkberry book club, and continued to travel even after being diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2021. She especially enjoyed the annual Sand Hill Crane migration in Nebraska and month-long trips to England and Scotland with her core group of friends –the Boulder Family. She was a beloved Auntie to her friends’ children and will be greatly missed by the Boulder Family nieces and nephews.
Linda is survived by her sisters Ruth Ellen Bevard of Lafayette, Colorado and Patricia Jean Bevard (Victor Krag) of Mariposa, California, numerous cousins and many longtime friends. She was a beloved friend whose kindness, wit and warmth touched everyone who knew her. She, who was forever proud of her Colorado roots will be deeply missed and forever remembered.
Deep in my heart is a song. Here on the range I belong. Drifting along with the tumbling tumbleweeds.
Linda Louise Bevard and I met while freshmen students at Colorado State University. She was a beautiful, kind, friendly and welcoming personality who demonstrated no fear, hesitation or shyness in talking with an African American young man with a somewhat thick southern drawl and obvious unfamiliarity with the environment in which he found himself. Linda once said some months later, after we had bumped into each other around the campus and become friends, that she was just as nervous during our first meeting as I but she did not want to seem small townish or drive me away. As time and years passed Linda and I met each others parents and she visited with my my folks on one or two of her trips to Louisiana while I was stationed overseas in Germany and in Viet Nam. Linda was a kind, gentle, friendly and adventurous woman with a welcoming loving spirit and she will certainly be missed.
In my view, the world is a lesser place without Linda Louise Bevard’ s presence. It was a long and sometimes challenging run Linda. I am