Rosamond "Poo" Putsch Memorial

September 17, 2020 • 6 Comments

Rosamond PutschRosamond "Poo" Putsch Rosamond (Poo) Putsch, 81, of Canyon Creek, Montana passed away Sunday, Sept. 6, 2020. A memorial service with live streaming will be planned for 2021 at the Holter Museum in Helena.

The daughter of David T. and Lydia L. Dana, she was born in Boston, MA, and spent her formative years at their home in Lenox, Mass. Married on June, 17 1960 to Bob Putsch, she lived in Denver as well as Cleveland, Ohio during the years her husband, Bob, undertook medical school and residency.

She fell in love with the West – living in Shiprock, NM, Denver, CO, Seattle, WA, and Canyon Creek, MT where she designed and had built a home where she could teach and produce her art, thrive in the beauty surrounding her, and host family and friends.

Poo studied Fine Arts as a graduate student at Yale and for a year in Florence, Italy before her marriage. She graduated from University of Colorado in 1977 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.

DU Field Hockey Coach

As a women’s field hockey coach for Denver University and a USA Field Hockey Olympic development training camp, as well as the girls soccer coach at Mercer Island High School she encouraged young women to build on their strengths and to believe in themselves – taking her teams to the National Field Hockey League tournaments and High School state finals.

As a lifelong art teacher she shared her passion for art and encouraged creativity and love of art in all her students – including organizing kids art exchanges with Kunming China and teaching art at Wolf Creek and Canyon Creek MT grade schools, hosting art camps at her ranch, and as a docent at the Holter Museum in Helena.

She made friends across the globe, traveling to Italy, Norway, Ireland, UK, France, Spain, Australia, New Zealand, Iceland, China, Laos, Mexico, even exploring villages up the Amazon and pyramids in Egypt while in her 70s.

As a tireless volunteer, whether on school boards, in support of arts, museums or fundraisers – she gave selflessly to improve the lives of those around her and help the causes she believed in.

Mere words cannot encompass Poo’s force of life nor depth of impact on the lives she influenced over her lifetime. Poo created a life lived in service to others and always with an artist’s eye towards the beauty around her.

Most of all, she was a devoted wife and life partner of 60 years to Bob Putsch; an amazing mother to her 5 children, Jeff, Alison, Jon, Molly and David; an adoring grandmother to her 9 grandchildren, Daria, Cassie, Kristin, Cobey, Derek, Lydia, Kai, Jameson and Louis; loving sister to David T. Dana; surrogate mother to many she took under her wing; and steadfast and true friend to the countless others who came into her life. Poo is survived by these family members and numerous cousins.

She was a true force of nature and will be greatly missed. Her spirit lives on in our hearts and in her art. We are all better for having had her in our lives.

Poo and Bob Wedding Poo and Bob, Oaxaca, MX, 2020

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Leah Cupino(non-registered)

I spent a long weekend talking at length with Poo as a fellow artist at a holiday show at the Holter Museum a couple of years ago. Her gentle approach to her work, (She turned me on to her love of the hue 'Indian yellow'!) and strong desire to keep her community well connected to beauty left me full of inspiration and awe. I have always wished I would get a chance to visit with her again. I went looking for her contact info today so we could meet again and found this beautiful obituary instead. My sincere condolences to her family and close community of friends with whom I know she is sorely missed.

Peg and Earl Smith(non-registered)

Poo was a singular person---her intelligence, her kindness and her artistic ability. She will be remembered for all she did as a Holter docent and as an art teacher. She taught so many children about the joy of art. We were lucky to work with her as Holter docents. She was a shining light to the world.

Peg Hunter(non-registered)

I worked with Poo in the docent group at the Holter and taught several classes with her. I have always admired her energy and generosity and her upbeat personality. Patrick and I have a framed work of hers which means a lot to us. She was a force and will be missed by many.
Our deepest condolences to Bob and family.

Amy Livezey(non-registered)

Always so willing, capable, inspiring, and artful - Poo was so strong in character and abilities. It's hard to imagine the world without her present, but it'll be easy to remember her impact. Poo and Bob graciously allowed Dale and I to be married on their ranch 18 years ago, in exchange for participating in a quick-draw fundraiser for the local fire house. That's a typical way Poo combined life with giving, and encouraging others to do the same.

LINDA HOFF IRVIN(non-registered)

A beautiful remembrance - of an awesome life. What a sad loss.

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