On February 26, 2024, Tammy Jo Bertolette passed away peacefully at home due to complications with chronic illness. Tammy was 62 years old.
Tammy was born in Denver, CO in 1962 to Bernie and Beverlee Snyder. She was a writer at New Hope Communications in Boulder, CO, and worked as an in-home caregiver for two men with Down’s Syndrome. She met her husband Russell at the Dances of Universal Peace, and they married in February 2005. She earned her Masters Degree in Counseling in 2010. Tammy spent most of her life in Denver, Boulder, Evergreen and Indian Hills, Colorado.
Tammy was an interfaith scholar who discovered wisdom in many spiritual paths, among them, Christianity, Tibetan Buddhism, Sufism, and The Course in Miracles. She loved animals, poetry and music. She participated in the Dances of Universal Peace and the Sufi Ruhaniat, playing hand drums and the ukulele for their events, for the Denver Ukefest, and at home with her husband. She took up hand-sewing later in life and provided her friends and family with personalized gifts. She was known to all her friends and family as thoughtful, kind and generous, with a beautiful smile and an open heart.
Tammy is preceded in death by her mother Beverlee Anders. She is survived by her husband Russell; her father and stepmother Bernie and Marlene Snyder; her brother and sister-in-law Craig and Lesley Snyder, and their four daughters Rachel, Hannah, Cara and Maggie; her brother- and sister-in-law Skip and Renée Bertolette; her sister- and brother-in-law Katy and Dale Hess, and their two sons Alek and Russell.
A memorial service will be held at Staunton State Park, Colorado, 2pm Saturday, May 25, 2024. Donations in Tammy’s name can be made to Evergreen Animal Protective League (https://eapl.com) or Evergreen Christian Outreach (https://evergreenchristianoutreach.org/donate/financial-gifts.html)
For me, Tammy was a special person. She was sensitive to my individuality, always warm to be with, always appreciative of others, and she had a unique and caring perceptiveness of my feelings. I will always love her.
Tammy was special. She walked into the room and the first thing you noticed was her beautiful, high-watt smile. Then you felt her light, her kindness, and that she truly cared and was listening to you. If ever a person was born on this earth to brighten it, Tammy was. I am so grateful to have known her. A light has gone from this world but her legacy of kindness lives on in us and we can remember her in our own acts of service.