Second Annual Arvada Cemetery Tour a Resounding Success

Mary Jo Giddings and Mark McGoff, co-chairs

Special thanks to Helen Dreiling, Arvada Cemetery

Ann Jackson, Arvada’s first woman mayor, who also served on City Council, remembered by her daughter, Elisabeth Ratcliff

Former Fire Chief Nick Skinner, Sr., remembered by current Arvada Fire Protection District Chief Paul Dextras

Chet Hoskinson, who served on the Arvada Town Board and Library Board and was a post-WWII building contractor who led Arvada’s first housing boom, portrayed by Historical Society board member Scott Staley

Frank Tiller, former city council man and last personal owner of the Arvada Flour Mill, portrayed by Historical Society board member Michael Thompson

Former Police Chief Leonard “Smitty” Smith, remembered by current Arvada Police Chief Ron Sloan

Jack Tomlinson, former Arvada mayor, city councilman and North Jeffco Board President, remembered by his son Ed

Clyde Morris, Arvada School Board member and Jefferson County Commissioner, remembered by his granddaughter Arvada Historical Society board member Jo Ann Collard