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MAX COLL Obituary
February 26, 1932-March 27, 2014
Husband
Father
Legislator
River Rafter
Artist
Lawyer
Hiker
Bird Watcher
Santa Fe Living Treasure
HE LOVED
Politics
Reading Murder Mysteries
Good Food
Dogs
New Mexico
Politics
Sudoku Puzzles
Fixing Things
Poker
Woodworking
Politics
Bolo Ties
Cooking
Movies
Wildlife
Politics
Hardware Stores
Gadgets
Wild Places
Gardening
Politics
HE DISLIKED
Wearing Ties
Pretentious People
Wars
Corruption
Fancy Cars
Shopping
Big Cities
HE IS SURVIVED BY
Wife Catherine Joyce-Coll, Son Max W. Coll III (Tres), Daughter Melanie De Temple, Step-Children Lisa Wilkens, Brannigan Draic, Gillian Joyce, Brothers Charles Coll & Jon Coll and various grandchildren and nieces and nephews.
Dogs Rory, Keeley, Zizi, Ming, LiAn and Cockatoo Sophia
SERVICE
A Memorial Service will be held in the Rotunda at the Roundhouse on Monday, April 7, 2014 at 2PM. To be followed by a reception at the La Fonda Hotel in the La Teraza Room.
In Lieu of Flowers donations may be made to the
Santa Fe Watershed Association
1413 2nd Street, Suite 3
Santa Fe, NM 87505
Or the
Animal Protection of New Mexico
P.O. Box 11395
Albuquerque, NM 87192
To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.
Memories and Condolences
for MAX COLL
3 Entries
Liz Coll
April 13, 2014
The rivers of the world will miss you, Max, as do those of us who enjoyed your presence there. You always smiled the broadest when headed towards foaming whitewater, or while explaining how you ran a certain rapid, successfully or not. Thanks for taking me on my first ever rafting trip, and on many more after that. I cherish my many precious memories of remote places: the sound of a canyon wren at dawn; the sight of swallows nesting in the niches of a steep canyon wall; on the bank as we floated by views of a flock of wild turkeys, or big horn sheep, or ducks, or geese, or...Thanks, again, Max. My world was greatly broadened by my contact with you.
John Munoz
April 8, 2014
Max! A small joy each year was when you would visit our house at election time and then after you retired, meeting up with you at the Sunport as we awaited a flight and YOU remembered MY name! That was a hugely fun hour and you are definitely a Santa Fe Treasure and will always remain so. Thanks for being such a special human being! John
April 4, 2014
Alexis H. Johnson
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