B. Edward Turvey

It is with profound sorrow that our family announces the death of beloved husband, father, friend and physician, B. Edward Turvey on December 27th at home, after living many years with Parkinson's disease.Dr. Turvey was a graduate of Oberlin College in Ohio and Columbia University Medical School in New York City with further medical training at the University of Michigan, Tufts and Harvard Medical Schools. Edward was board certified in internal medicine and cardiology and was a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and American Heart He moved to Boulder in 1971 with his first wife Bunny to accept a position in clinical cardiology and internal medicine at the Boulder Medical Center. There he remained for his entire career of 32 years, retiring in 2003. He served terms as Chief of Medicine and Chief of the Medical Staff of Boulder. Edward greatly enjoyed his practice of medicine, and his patients, colleagues and associates in the Boulder medical community. He felt privileged to teach at the University of Colorado, both on the Boulder campus and at the medical school in Denver and to provide clinical training and supervision to nurse practitioner, physician assistant and medical students in the office. He loved spending time with his family, including his 3 adored children and 2 grandchildren. His passions, aside from medicine, included listening to music, fly fishing with the troutmeisters, traveling, model railroading and spending time in the mountains.He is survived by his wife, Trudy, son Michael Turvey of Portland, Oregon, daughter Jennifer Turvey of New York City, daughter Lara Pausback (J ) and grandsons Sam and Henry Pausback of Littleton, Colorado, brothers Dan and Bob and sister June.A celebration of Edward's life will be held at Har Hashem 3950 Baseline in Boulder on January 7th, 2011 at 9:30 in the morning.In lieu of flowers, should you wish to honor Edward, donations in his name may be made to the Davis Phinney Foundation at 4676 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80304 or to Family Hospice Foundation at 1790 30th Street, Boulder, 80301