IN MEMORY OF

Jerry Simms 68, born November 3, 1951 and passed away on January 27, 2020 in Boulder, Colorado. Jerry Simms was an incredible husband to Terry Simms, father to Rachael Meir, Lauren, Ellen and Sara Simms, grandfather, brother, uncle, mentor, leader and friend to so many people.

He led a life of incredible honor and dignity, and was loved by everyone who knew him. He was a lover of travel and had always wanted to do much more of it after retirement. Unfortunately, due to the grievous neuromotor and cognitive effects that the Parkinson's disease caused, his dreams of any further travel quickly vanished. Nonetheless, a couple of years ago, his daughter Lauren had passionately tried to arrange a family trip to Tahiti, a bucket list place that Jerry had always wanted to visit. She and her sister Rachael had devised a number of different strategies and avenues that they felt may make the trip feasible for Jerry; however in the end, it was determined that the extraordinary stress and discomfort he would have to endure, would not be worth the reward. With Jerry's recent passing, the family has decided Tahiti is the best place for them to scatter his ashes and to honor his love for travel.

Jerry Simms (retired) general manager of Atlas Metal & Iron Corp. of Denver. Simms’ career in the recycling industry spanned more than four decades, during which he successfully led a number of key regulatory and legislative victories for the industry through his involvement with ISRI. Simms also served as a national officer in the position of Vice Chair of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries ("ISRI") in Washington, D.C.