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http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/14915429/detail.html
DENVER -- The lone survivor of a crash on an icy stretch of Interstate 80 in
Wyoming that killed three members of a prominent family is improving, a
family friend said Monday.
A family friend says Katy Parr was in intensive care are Wyoming Medical
Center in Casper recovering from broken ribs and cuts.
"She is awake and alert. She is improving rapidly," Steve Katich said. "She
is expected to be released this week, possibly as early as the day after
Christmas."
Katy's parents and her sister died in a car crash on an icy stretch of
Interstate 80 in Wyoming on Saturday as the family was traveling to see
relatives fro Christmas.
John Parr, 59, a Democratic political consultant who worked with governors,
mayors as well as grassroots community groups; his wife, journalist Sandra
Widener, 53; and 19-year-old daughter Chase were killed after their car was
hit by a tractor-trailer six miles west of Rawlins, the Wyoming Highway
Patrol said Sunday.
In a written statement, Mayor John Hickenlooper and his wife Helen Thorpe
said they cherished their memories of Parr, Widener and Chase.
"They made us better people. They made Denver a better city, and Colorado a
better state. We struggle to comprehend this loss, and our hearts go out to
Katy," they said.
Gov. Bill Ritter said he's been friends with the Parr family for nearly two
decades.
"There is no way to describe the pain of this terrible, terrible tragedy,"
Ritter said. "This is such a devastating loss for the entire community on
so many levels. John and Sandy made untold contributions -- small, large
and every size in between -- and touched untold lives. They were loved by
so many people that you can feel the tears ripple across Colorado today. We
will be in mourning for a long time."
Parr, the co-founder of Denver-based Civic Results, served as president of
the National Civic League from 1985 to 1995 and was a board member of the
Denver Downtown Partnership.
According to a biography posted on Civic Results' Web site, Parr directed
the field organization to help elect Dick Lamm governor of Colorado in 1974
and, in 1983, served as the transition director for Denver Mayor Federico
Pena.
Pena told 7News Parr had most recently worked for Denver A+, a community
group that extensively studied the closure of several Denver Public Schools.
Pena says Parr was about making government better.
"That was his love, that was his passion. It was Sandy's too, so they left
an enormous mark in Denver and throughout state of Colorado."
Widener wrote for The Denver Post's Sunday magazine, Empire, and helped
co-found the alternative weekly newspaper Westword and later worked as a
freelance writer.
Chase was a sophomore at Wesleyan University who had a gift for singing,
performing in "Fiddler in the Roof" in her senior year at East High School
in Denver, said Parr's niece, Kathryn Pfaltzgraff McAllister of Newport
News.
Katy is a senior at East, where she plays soccer, she said.
A candlelight vigil was held at Cheesman Park Sunday night. Many friends of
Katy gathered to offer prayers and strength.
Parent Larry Dunn said, "It's just sad to think she's going to be alone
except fo her aunts and her grandparents here in Denver."
McAllister said Parr and Widener were a team, united in their political
views and intellectual pursuits. She said the historic bungalow where the
family lived was always buzzing with plays and projects.
"They were people who lived life to the fullest," she said. "They got
involved with their friends and neighbors and they knew what it took to make
the world a better place. They thrived on helping other people."
The accident happened as the family was headed to Boise, Idaho to spend
Christmas with Widener's parents and two sisters, McAllister said.
The highway patrol said there was blowing snow and icy conditions as Parr
and his family headed westbound on I-80 in their 2007 Subaru station wagon.
First, their car slid and ended up sideways across the road, toward the
median.
Angela Seeley, 42, of Colorado Springs, Colo. swerved her sport utility
vehicle to avoid the station wagon but clipped its back. The station wagon,
driven by Parr, was then hit by the tractor-trailer. That tractor-trailer
was driven by William R. Bowers of Bremerton, Wash.
Seeley's SUV ran into the back of a snowplow driven by Johnny Frank Woolner
of Rawlins, Wyo. A 2007 Chevy pickup driven by Robert Maxwell of Douglas,
Wyo. avoided the station wagon but hit the SUV.
The crash is still under investigation.
Meanwhile, family and friends try to cope with the loss.
Steve Kadich has known Parr for more than 30 years.
Their daughters grew up together.
"I think more important that his public contributions were the kind of
people that John and Sandy were and the kind of children they had," he said.
"They were a caring, loving and open family. Friends always around their
home, Sandy was a great cook. They were an incredible family, and a loss I
think we're all trying to get our arms around."
Lamm said Parr was indispensable to his governorship.
"John was really one of those people who had broad shoulders and could
handle any task you gave him," said Lamm. "There are things that are beyond
comprehension, and to have a family close to wiped out is certainly one of
them. They were good people and they will be sorely missed."
MURDER, MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND YOURS
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/14915429/detail.html
DENVER -- The lone survivor of a crash on an icy stretch of Interstate 80 in
Wyoming that killed three members of a prominent family is improving, a
family friend said Monday.
A family friend says Katy Parr was in intensive care are Wyoming Medical
Center in Casper recovering from broken ribs and cuts.
"She is awake and alert. She is improving rapidly," Steve Katich said. "She
is expected to be released this week, possibly as early as the day after
Christmas."
Katy's parents and her sister died in a car crash on an icy stretch of
Interstate 80 in Wyoming on Saturday as the family was traveling to see
relatives fro Christmas.
John Parr, 59, a Democratic political consultant who worked with governors,
mayors as well as grassroots community groups; his wife, journalist Sandra
Widener, 53; and 19-year-old daughter Chase were killed after their car was
hit by a tractor-trailer six miles west of Rawlins, the Wyoming Highway
Patrol said Sunday.
In a written statement, Mayor John Hickenlooper and his wife Helen Thorpe
said they cherished their memories of Parr, Widener and Chase.
"They made us better people. They made Denver a better city, and Colorado a
better state. We struggle to comprehend this loss, and our hearts go out to
Katy," they said.
Gov. Bill Ritter said he's been friends with the Parr family for nearly two
decades.
"There is no way to describe the pain of this terrible, terrible tragedy,"
Ritter said. "This is such a devastating loss for the entire community on
so many levels. John and Sandy made untold contributions -- small, large
and every size in between -- and touched untold lives. They were loved by
so many people that you can feel the tears ripple across Colorado today. We
will be in mourning for a long time."
Parr, the co-founder of Denver-based Civic Results, served as president of
the National Civic League from 1985 to 1995 and was a board member of the
Denver Downtown Partnership.
According to a biography posted on Civic Results' Web site, Parr directed
the field organization to help elect Dick Lamm governor of Colorado in 1974
and, in 1983, served as the transition director for Denver Mayor Federico
Pena.
Pena told 7News Parr had most recently worked for Denver A+, a community
group that extensively studied the closure of several Denver Public Schools.
Pena says Parr was about making government better.
"That was his love, that was his passion. It was Sandy's too, so they left
an enormous mark in Denver and throughout state of Colorado."
Widener wrote for The Denver Post's Sunday magazine, Empire, and helped
co-found the alternative weekly newspaper Westword and later worked as a
freelance writer.
Chase was a sophomore at Wesleyan University who had a gift for singing,
performing in "Fiddler in the Roof" in her senior year at East High School
in Denver, said Parr's niece, Kathryn Pfaltzgraff McAllister of Newport
News.
Katy is a senior at East, where she plays soccer, she said.
A candlelight vigil was held at Cheesman Park Sunday night. Many friends of
Katy gathered to offer prayers and strength.
Parent Larry Dunn said, "It's just sad to think she's going to be alone
except fo her aunts and her grandparents here in Denver."
McAllister said Parr and Widener were a team, united in their political
views and intellectual pursuits. She said the historic bungalow where the
family lived was always buzzing with plays and projects.
"They were people who lived life to the fullest," she said. "They got
involved with their friends and neighbors and they knew what it took to make
the world a better place. They thrived on helping other people."
The accident happened as the family was headed to Boise, Idaho to spend
Christmas with Widener's parents and two sisters, McAllister said.
The highway patrol said there was blowing snow and icy conditions as Parr
and his family headed westbound on I-80 in their 2007 Subaru station wagon.
First, their car slid and ended up sideways across the road, toward the
median.
Angela Seeley, 42, of Colorado Springs, Colo. swerved her sport utility
vehicle to avoid the station wagon but clipped its back. The station wagon,
driven by Parr, was then hit by the tractor-trailer. That tractor-trailer
was driven by William R. Bowers of Bremerton, Wash.
Seeley's SUV ran into the back of a snowplow driven by Johnny Frank Woolner
of Rawlins, Wyo. A 2007 Chevy pickup driven by Robert Maxwell of Douglas,
Wyo. avoided the station wagon but hit the SUV.
The crash is still under investigation.
Meanwhile, family and friends try to cope with the loss.
Steve Kadich has known Parr for more than 30 years.
Their daughters grew up together.
"I think more important that his public contributions were the kind of
people that John and Sandy were and the kind of children they had," he said.
"They were a caring, loving and open family. Friends always around their
home, Sandy was a great cook. They were an incredible family, and a loss I
think we're all trying to get our arms around."
Lamm said Parr was indispensable to his governorship.
"John was really one of those people who had broad shoulders and could
handle any task you gave him," said Lamm. "There are things that are beyond
comprehension, and to have a family close to wiped out is certainly one of
them. They were good people and they will be sorely missed."
