Remembering Beatrice 'Bea' Bell, pioneering Broncos cheerleader, political activist and friend to many - The Boulder Reporting Lab

Remembering Beatrice 'Bea' Bell, pioneering Broncos cheerleader, political activist and friend to many - The Boulder Reporting Lab

Beatrice Theresa Bell passed away on July 16, 2026, at her home in Boulder. She had been battling Stage 4 breast cancer, congestive heart failure and wasting syndrome for more than two years. She would ask those who knew her to celebrate her life, not her passing. She was the daughter of Thomas B. Bell Sr. and Beatrice Theresa Jones and arrived in Denver on March 4, 1954. She was known as “Theresa” to her close family and throughout her school y…