SUN SHINES ON MEMORIAL SERVICE RECALLING UPBEAT JOHN DENVER.(News)

From: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Date: October 18, 1997 | Copyright information

It was the kind of day he loved to sing about: plenty of sunshine, the peaks of the Rockies in sight and lots of family and good friends around.

A standing-room-only crowd jammed the 2,000-seat Faith Presbyterian Church yesterday to remember John Denver as a performer whose songs ``sprang from his feelings of love.''

Under a clear blue sky in 70-degree temperatures - the opening day of Colorado's ski season - more than 100 people stood outside in this Denver suburb to listen to the memorial service on speakers.

``I'm a real reluctant fan of his music, but I was like ...

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