Sylvia Molitor

Sylvia Christine Molitor was born Sylvia Christine Hopper on February 28, 1937 to Ronald James and Effie Delina Hopper in Stellarton, Nova Scotia CANADA. Sylvia was one of five children – older brother Art , younger brothers Ronald and Lennie and younger sister Trudy. Her father nicknamed her "Silver Queen" as she was always a lady. After graduation from high school Sylvia joined the Canadian Airforce where she met her first husband, Thomas Martin. Tom and Sylvia were married May 1959. In February 1960 they had their first child, daughter, Laura. In 1963, they moved from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Long Beach, California where they had their second child, Rhonda. In 1965 they moved to Longmont, Colorado. In 1971, Tom and Sylvia amiably parted ways.

In 1972, Sylvia met her soul mate and love of her life Jack through a blind date, set up through mutual friends. Jack and Sylvia were married November 4, 1973 and Sylvia and her daughters moved to Littleton, Colorado. They were a new family. Jack and Sylvia opened up Columbine Liquors in 1974 and the years were good to them. In 1992, they sold the store, sold their home and bought an RV. This is where their new adventure begins. They traveled to 43 of the 50 states. They stayed in RV parks all over the US and Canada and it was these locations that their friends and family would come visit. They were in Orlando for a month and Sylvia's sister Trudy came down and stayed with them for a couple of weeks, also their daughter Laura and her girls came to visit and some of their friends. How many times can one go to Disney World in a month? They caravanned through Mexico where they made all kinds of new friends. They traveled with friends up to Alaska. Sylvia and Jack traveled a lot, they took cruises, traveled though Europe, went to all the hot spots in Mexico and had some great stories to share and a lot of memories were made.

Through their travels in the RV, which was approximately 2 years, they went through Phoenix, Arizona where they found a wonderful retirement community called Sun Lakes. They decided to have a house built. Sylvia really wanted to have a place where she could have dust settle and a home for her family to come visit. The Sun Lakes Retirement community was a daily party and Jack and Sylvia again made a lot of new friends. They lived here for about 7 years, but Sylvia wanted to be closer to her daughters and grandchildren, so they moved back to Colorado.

Sylvia was a nurturing and caring person and her life was revolved around taking care of her family. She loved spending time with her grandchildren (Heather, Karly, Hannah and Tommy) and watching them grow up. One of her favorite pastimes was reading cookbooks (she had thousands) and watching cooking shows. She could definitely give some of the famous chefs a run for their money. She loved to cook, and we all loved eating what she prepared and never went away hungry.

Sylvia always said that she lived a very full life and she had no regrets and lots of memories. Sylvia was a wonderful and loving daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother and friend. We all have special memories of Sylvia and we need to hold these memories close to our heart. She may be gone physically, but her spirit lives in all of us and we are all better people having known and loved her. She will be truly missed.

Surviving her is brother Art Hopper (Clare), brother Lennie Hopper (Pat) and sister Trudy Evanoff, her loving husband John Matthew Molitor, daughter Laura Craft (Dale), grandchildren Heather and Karly Craft, Hannah and Tommy Roethke. Preceding her in death are her parents Ronald and Effie Hopper, bother Ronald Hopper Jr. and daughter Rhonda Michelle Roethke.

The memorial service will take place on Saturday, March 28th, 11:00 am at Newcomer Family Funeral Home-East Metro Chapel with a "Celebration of Life" reception to be held immediately following at Heathergardens Club House (Skyline Room) located at 2888 S Heather Gardens Way, Aurora, CO - 303-751-1811.