Arlen Ambrose
Third-generation Pueblo native, lifelong Denver resident and one of the founders of Temple Sinai, Arlen Ambrose passed away on February 8, 2022. He was 84. A funeral service was held on Feb. 10 at Temple Sinai, officiated by Rabbi Richard Rheins. Feldman Mortuary made the arrangements.
Mr. Ambrose graduated from CU in 1959 and from Georgetown Law Center in 1962.
He was a clerk for Judge William E. Doyle on the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, and was a partner in the law firm Ambrose, Porter and Higgs, and the firm Hays, Patterson, Ambrose.
A founding member of Temple Sinai in 1967, Mr. Ambrose was the synagogue’s chief archivist. He was also past-president of the Denver Institute of Jewish Studies and founding president of the Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society.
“Arlen’s presence in the AA community will be acutely missed,” said his family. “Over the course of 43 years he had been friend, advisor, sponsor and mentor to dozens, if not hundreds, and touched lives in so many significant ways.”
One week earlier, Mr. Ambrose’s brother, Denver neighborhood activist Larry Ambrose, passed away at the age of 76.
Mr. Ambrose was also preceded in death by his wife Ruth Lurie.
Survivors include children David (Roxane) and Jody; stepchildren Lisa (Lyle) Jones, Andrea (Michael Banks), David Link and Kim O’Donnell; and numerous grandchildren.
Contributions may be made to Temple Sinai or Planned Parenthood.
Harvey Newman
Harvey Newman, a longtime engineer at KMGH-TV (Channel 7) in Denver, passed away on Jan. 31, 2022. A service was held on Feb. 3 at Mt. Nebo Memorial Park, officiated by Rabbi Sara Gilbert. Arrangements were made by Feldman Mortuary.
Mr. Newman was born on May 1, 1936 in New Jersey. After his graduation from high school, Mr. Newman enlisted in the US Navy, stationed in Greenland and Alaska.
Mr. Newman’s military service was during the Cold War. His family says Mr. Newman had involvement with the “DEW Line,” a series of radar stations across Arctic regions that could detect enemy bombers.
After his military service, Mr. Newman started his 30-year career at KMGH, beginning as a technician, and later as an on-air technical director.
“His time there was a measure of not only his technological expertise and his career success,” his family said, “but also of his ability to keep an even keel in the face of a precise and demanding environment.”
In 1966 Mr. Newman married Benita Weingart. They were married for over 55 years until his passing.
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