Katharine Symes McMurtry passed away on November 13, 2022.  She will be remembered for her service to her family, community, and her devotion to her friends. An accomplished equestrian, skier, artist, and lover of animals, she worked early in life as an instructor at the Outward-Bound Education Center in Baad-Mittelberg, Austria.

Katharine earned a degree in fine art from the University of Colorado.

Katharine loved her work serving the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, the Denver Botanical Gardens and Windsor Gardens.  She was a strong advocate for animals and adored her family pets. Katharine was a loving and caring daughter to her mother. Her brothers, sisters, nephew and nieces will remember her as a kind, loving and thoughtful spirit.

As a fourth-generation Denver native, Katharine's family tradition of service runs deep. Her Great Grandfather George Gifford Symes served as the Justice of the Supreme Court for the Territory of Montana and two terms in the U.S. Congress. Her Grandfather John Foster Symes was United States District Judge for the District of Colorado.

Her Father John McMurtry was president of the Denver Rotary Club and her mother served on the first volunteer Board of the Winter Park Recreation Association and helped to establish the first amputee ski program at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area.

Katharine is survived by her sisters and brothers, Sherry Cauchois, Caro McMurtry, John McMurtry (Jeanette McMurtry), and Michael McMurtry (Julie Paulson), and her nephew and nieces Scott Cauchois, Marie Cauchois, Jessica McMurtry, Jenevieve McMurtry, and Jordan McMurtry. She is preceded in death by her parents John and Virginia McMurtry and family mentor Robert Nelson.

A private celebration of life will be held in June 2023.

We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give , Sir Winston Churchill