Rita Bass Coors

Wife of William Coors

Bass, 75, died March 26 2015 from ovarian cancer. Married to Bill Coors, Bass was known around the state for her vivacious personality and caring spirit, friends said. Bass moved to Colorado in 1969 with her first husband, Vern Bickel. They had two sons, Brent and Tyler. After a divorce from Bickel and a second marriage where she was widowed, Bass married Coors in 1995. Bass is survived by her husband, William “Bill” Coors; a brother, Lynn Gamphor; and two sons, Tyler Bass and Brent Bickel.

Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

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Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

• 4 contributions · 57,700 USD (Aug 18 '06→Oct 13 '08)

Colorado Democratic Party

• 4 contributions · 30,250 USD (May 21 '91→Jul 2 '08)

Democratic National Committee Governing body for the U.S. Democratic Party

• 5 contributions · 30,000 USD (Jul 30 '99→Jun 30 '00)

Mark Udall former US Senator and Representative from Colorado

• 14 contributions · 18,300 USD (Apr 6 '98→Mar 21 '12)

John Tony Salazar Democratic US Representative from Colorado

• 9 contributions · 15,600 USD (Jan 22 '04→Feb 20 '09)

Ed Perlmutter US Representative from Colorado

• 6 contributions · 11,900 USD (May 13 '05→Oct 6 '11)

Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee

• 1 contribution · 10,000 USD (Oct 1 '04)

Joe Lieberman Former US Senator for CT (1989-2013); Vice President nominee (2000)

• 1 contribution · 10,000 USD (Oct 23 '06)

Mike Coffman Former US Representative from Colorado

• 4 contributions · 7,250 USD (Dec 8 '11→Aug 15 '14)

Ken Salazar Biden Ambassador to Mexico; Former Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior, former Democratic Colorado U.S. senator

• 11 contributions · 6,200 USD (Mar 27 '04→Feb 13 '09)

Family

Arnold Alperstein Criminal defense attorney

• husband (?→'89)*

Vern Bickel Entrepreneur in the health club business

• husband ('62→'73)*

Lynn Gamphor

• brother

Brent Bickel Louisville Colorado

• Son

Tyler Bass

• Son

William K Coors Grandson of Adolph Coors Company founder Adolph Coors

• husband ('95→Mar 26 '15)*

Updated over 5 years ago

Types	Person, Business Person
Gender	Female
Birthday	1940
Date of death	Mar 26 '15
Aliases	Rita Bass