Native Golden resident and Golden pioneer descendant Maurice (Maury) Maas, passed away Friday morning July 22, 2011. He was 85 years old.
Maury was born in the Golden neighborhood of Goosetown in 1926 to Fred and Gladys Maas. He attended Golden schools and graduated from GHS in 1944.
The world was still at war and Maury's dream of flying led him to volunteer for the Army Air Corps. The war was turning in favor of the allies and the country no longer had an urgent need for pilots, but they still needed medics sending Maury to report for medical duty.
After the war Maury worked at Coors and attended the CU Extension and Colorado School of Mines where he learned surveying. He worked for the Jefferson County Engineer and later joined the Bureau of Roads. He surveyed and laid out the roads for Berthoud Pass, Jackson Hole Wyoming area, and Big Bend National Park, Texas. Maury had returned to Golden briefly during this time. There was a cute new girl in town, Doris Fisher, working at the phone company. His friends thought it would be a great, double blind date, practical joke to hire her as Maury's baby sitter and surprise them both. The joke was on them though because they really hit it off and were happily married for the next sixty years. At that time, there was a big new facility being built north of Golden on Rocky Flats. With a family now on the way, Maury and Doris left the Bureau of Roads and permanently moved back to Golden where he took a job as a security guard at Rocky Flats. There wasn't much of a facility yet so he taught himself chemistry during the long shifts. Proving his talent and knack of problem solving Maury soon became a plant process treatment manager until he retired in 1982.
Maury was proud of his Golden heritage and loved spending time with his family which had grown to include sons Bill (Coreen) and Ed (Mickey) and their five grandchildren Brenna, Mary, Luke, Stacey and Katie.
Maury was a kind, generous and talented man. He will be missed. In lieu of flowers Maury would have wanted your support to go to American Legion Post 21, 500 9th St, Golden, CO 80401.
Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 12, 2011 at the Golden Cemetery, 755 Ulysses St., Golden.
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Maury was born in the Golden neighborhood of Goosetown in 1926 to Fred and Gladys Maas. He attended Golden schools and graduated from GHS in 1944.
The world was still at war and Maury's dream of flying led him to volunteer for the Army Air Corps. The war was turning in favor of the allies and the country no longer had an urgent need for pilots, but they still needed medics sending Maury to report for medical duty.
After the war Maury worked at Coors and attended the CU Extension and Colorado School of Mines where he learned surveying. He worked for the Jefferson County Engineer and later joined the Bureau of Roads. He surveyed and laid out the roads for Berthoud Pass, Jackson Hole Wyoming area, and Big Bend National Park, Texas. Maury had returned to Golden briefly during this time. There was a cute new girl in town, Doris Fisher, working at the phone company. His friends thought it would be a great, double blind date, practical joke to hire her as Maury's baby sitter and surprise them both. The joke was on them though because they really hit it off and were happily married for the next sixty years. At that time, there was a big new facility being built north of Golden on Rocky Flats. With a family now on the way, Maury and Doris left the Bureau of Roads and permanently moved back to Golden where he took a job as a security guard at Rocky Flats. There wasn't much of a facility yet so he taught himself chemistry during the long shifts. Proving his talent and knack of problem solving Maury soon became a plant process treatment manager until he retired in 1982.
Maury was proud of his Golden heritage and loved spending time with his family which had grown to include sons Bill (Coreen) and Ed (Mickey) and their five grandchildren Brenna, Mary, Luke, Stacey and Katie.
Maury was a kind, generous and talented man. He will be missed. In lieu of flowers Maury would have wanted your support to go to American Legion Post 21, 500 9th St, Golden, CO 80401.
Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 12, 2011 at the Golden Cemetery, 755 Ulysses St., Golden.
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Native Golden resident and Golden pioneer descendant Maurice (Maury) Maas, passed away Friday morning July 22, 2011. He was 85 years old.
Maury was born in the Golden neighborhood of Goosetown in 1926 to Fred and Gladys Maas. He attended Golden schools and graduated from GHS in 1944.
The world was still at war and Maury's dream of flying led him to volunteer for the Army Air Corps. The war was turning in favor of the allies and the country no longer had an urgent need for pilots, but they still needed medics sending Maury to report for medical duty.
After the war Maury worked at Coors and attended the CU Extension and Colorado School of Mines where he learned surveying. He worked for the Jefferson County Engineer and later joined the Bureau of Roads. He surveyed and laid out the roads for Berthoud Pass, Jackson Hole Wyoming area, and Big Bend National Park, Texas. Maury had returned to Golden briefly during this time. There was a cute new girl in town, Doris Fisher, working at the phone company. His friends thought it would be a great, double blind date, practical joke to hire her as Maury's baby sitter and surprise them both. The joke was on them though because they really hit it off and were happily married for the next sixty years. At that time, there was a big new facility being built north of Golden on Rocky Flats. With a family now on the way, Maury and Doris left the Bureau of Roads and permanently moved back to Golden where he took a job as a security guard at Rocky Flats. There wasn't much of a facility yet so he taught himself chemistry during the long shifts. Proving his talent and knack of problem solving Maury soon became a plant process treatment manager until he retired in 1982.
Maury was proud of his Golden heritage and loved spending time with his family which had grown to include sons Bill (Coreen) and Ed (Mickey) and their five grandchildren Brenna, Mary, Luke, Stacey and Katie.
Maury was a kind, generous and talented man. He will be missed. In lieu of flowers Maury would have wanted your support to go to American Legion Post 21, 500 9th St, Golden, CO 80401.
Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 12, 2011 at the Golden Cemetery, 755 Ulysses St., Golden.
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Maury was born in the Golden neighborhood of Goosetown in 1926 to Fred and Gladys Maas. He attended Golden schools and graduated from GHS in 1944.
The world was still at war and Maury's dream of flying led him to volunteer for the Army Air Corps. The war was turning in favor of the allies and the country no longer had an urgent need for pilots, but they still needed medics sending Maury to report for medical duty.
After the war Maury worked at Coors and attended the CU Extension and Colorado School of Mines where he learned surveying. He worked for the Jefferson County Engineer and later joined the Bureau of Roads. He surveyed and laid out the roads for Berthoud Pass, Jackson Hole Wyoming area, and Big Bend National Park, Texas. Maury had returned to Golden briefly during this time. There was a cute new girl in town, Doris Fisher, working at the phone company. His friends thought it would be a great, double blind date, practical joke to hire her as Maury's baby sitter and surprise them both. The joke was on them though because they really hit it off and were happily married for the next sixty years. At that time, there was a big new facility being built north of Golden on Rocky Flats. With a family now on the way, Maury and Doris left the Bureau of Roads and permanently moved back to Golden where he took a job as a security guard at Rocky Flats. There wasn't much of a facility yet so he taught himself chemistry during the long shifts. Proving his talent and knack of problem solving Maury soon became a plant process treatment manager until he retired in 1982.
Maury was proud of his Golden heritage and loved spending time with his family which had grown to include sons Bill (Coreen) and Ed (Mickey) and their five grandchildren Brenna, Mary, Luke, Stacey and Katie.
Maury was a kind, generous and talented man. He will be missed. In lieu of flowers Maury would have wanted your support to go to American Legion Post 21, 500 9th St, Golden, CO 80401.
Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 12, 2011 at the Golden Cemetery, 755 Ulysses St., Golden.
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