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PHOTOS: Celebration of Life for Senator Faith Winters

By December 5, 2025 | updated 2 hours ago

Jessica Walker, Senator Faith Winter’s lifelong friend, cries as she hugs a friend at the end of the celebation of life for Senator Faith Winter outside the Colorado State Capitol on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. Senator Winter was killed in a car crash last week. (Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)
Senator Faith Winter’s daughter, Sienna Snook, cries in her seat during the celebation of life for her mother, who died in a car crash last week, outside the Colorado State Capitol on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)
Jessica Walker, Senator Faith Winter’s lifelong friend, cries as she hugs a friend at the end of the celebation of life for Senator Faith Winter outside the Colorado State Capitol on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. Senator Winter was killed in a car crash last week. (Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)
People take orange ribbons near a row of the late Senator Faith Winter’s favorite flowers before the start of the celebation of life for Senator Faith Winter on the steps of the Colorado State Capitol on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)
Hazel Gibson, left, and Colorado representative Jenny Willford deliver remarks during the celebation of life for Senator Faith Winter n the west steps of the Colorado State Capitol on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)
Colorado Representative Jenny Willford, Hazel Gibson, and Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen hug one another on the west steps of the Colorado State Capitol at the end of the celebation of life for the late Senator Faith Winter on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)
Jessica Walker, a lifelong friend to the late Senator Faith Winter, cries as she talks about her friend during the celebation of life for Senator Faith Winter on the west steps of the Colorado State Capitol on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025.

(Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)
Legislators dress in bright colors to honor the late Senator Faith Winter during the celebation of life for Senator Faith Winter outside the Colorado State Capitol on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)
Colorado Representative Jenny Willford, left, laughs at a story told by Hazel Gibson during the celebation of life for Senator Faith Winter on the west steps of the Colorado State Capitol on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)
Friends family and colleagues mingle on the west steps of the Colorado State Capitol following a celebation of life for Senator Faith Winter on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)
Senator Faith Winter’s daughter, Sienna Snook, talks about her mother and her legacy during a celebation of life for her mother, who died in a car crash last week, outside the Colorado State Capitol on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)
Friends family and colleagues mingle on the west steps of the Colorado State Capitol following a celebation of life for Senator Faith Winter on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)
People find their seats on the west steps of the Colorado State Capitol before the start of the celebation of life for Senator Faith Winter, who died in a car crash last week, on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)
Senator Michael Bennet finds greets guests in a bright orange coat to honor Senator Faith Winters during the celebation of life for Senator Winters, who died in a car crash last week, outside the Colorado State Capitol on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)
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