Linde Melanie Hartley

Linde Hartley passed away on April 24, 2014, at her home, following a courageous battle with leiomyosarcoma cancer. At the time of her passing, she was surrounded by family and friends. A service to celebrate Linde's life will be held at 1:00 pm on Friday, May 2, 2014 at Horan & McConaty Family Chapel, 11150 E. Dartmouth Ave., Aurora, Colorado. Linde was born on December 28, 1960 to Tom and Beverly Hartley in Boulder, Colorado. She graduated from Cary-Grove (IL) High School where she was involved in many activities including swing choir, theater and academic pursuits. She was an honors graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and went on to become a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). She worked for companies such as Deloitte and MIS and enjoyed a very successful career at SunGard Insurance. Due to her intelligence, work ethic, and ability to lead, she reached the positions of Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer. Colleagues described her as a strong, compassionate and visionary leader. She was committed to building and developing her teams, and selflessly gave credit to others. She truly cared for and connected with those with whom she worked. After the cancer death of a colleague and friend at SunGard Insurance Linde founded the Legacy Group. The group works on annual community projects in the greater Denver area. Linde was known throughout her life for her beautiful singing voice, razor-sharp wit, and joyous sense of humor. When Linde was in the room, laughter was always present. Her compassion for those in her life extended not only to her human family, but also her feline one. Linde's love of all animals was legendary, but the love she had for her cats was special. They were her children. Maya, Mela, Max, Marley, and Stoli will miss her terribly but her much-adored Baloo is with her now. Every life Linde touched – whether human or animal – was better because of her. Those left to honor her memory include her mother, Beverly, her brother Tom (Margaret), her sisters; Lisa (David), Leslie (Leonard) and Lauren, nieces and nephews, cousins, and many dear friends. She has joined her beloved father – who nicknamed Linde beautiful child. Her family and friends will cherish every wonderful memory of time spent with Linde and her legacy will live on through them. As the angel Clarence, from the classic holiday movie would say, ""She really had a wonderful life."" In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to the following charities Linde supported: Every Creature Counts (www.everycreaturecounts.org) and the Denver Dumb Friends League (www.ddfl.org). Please share your memories of Linde and condolences with her family by signing the guest book below.