Winthrop P. Murray, Jr.
Winthrop P. Murray, Jr. died July 23, 2016 in Snohomish, Washington after a 14 year battle with Prostate Cancer. He was 57 years old.
Win was an Army brat, born in Fort Meade, Maryland and lived in Texas and Taiwan before his father retired in Boulder, Colorado in the 1960’s. He attended Boulder High and took courses for ski area management at Leadville Community College. In 2005 he and his wife Shelley, moved to Buena Vista, Colorado and in 2011 to Snohomish, Washington.
Over his working career he held many different jobs, the ones he enjoyed most were Security at Chautauqua Auditorium, his tile setting business, Win Murray Tile Setting, and the past five years representing Archoustics Mountain in the Seattle area.
Win had a passion for life, most especially skiing and his friends. He enjoyed many adventures, 4 wheeling, fishing, golf, dirt bike riding, “elbows on the bar” and anything else that caught his interest. During the past two years when he was told to slow down he took up kite flying and still made a mad adventure out of it. This past year he made it a point to return to Colorado to visit his friends and squeeze in just a few more adventures.
Win is survived by his wife of 23 years, Shelley Byington, his mother Eleanor Murray, his sisters Mary Liz Orella and Susan Mackenzie, and nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his father, Winthrop P. Murray, Sr. His ashes will be scattered on his most memorable backcountry ski run, one where he once had a day alone and made his own powder tracks with no others around to mar their perfection, a satisfaction he never forgot.
A BBQ will take place in Boulder this fall (date not set yet) for everyone to get together and have some fun memories of Win.
A GoFundMe site has been set up to help with Win’s medical expenses from the last two years, gofund.me/2fb26zw any donation will be appreciated.