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Jody Waters
Jody Waters was a longtime resident of Boulder, but not the dyed type who wore Birkenstock.
The 65-year-old businesswoman, who was one of 10 people shot and killed at King Soopers on Monday, is remembered for her sense of style and fashion. She worked and owned boutiques at Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall.
Jeff Shapiro, who owned a store in the downtown mall for several years, said he and his wife Melissa had met Waters.
“She came in and did some shopping with us. We went shopping with her, ”said Shapiro.
He was originally from Illinois, and so was Waters. And they have children about the same age; he said that she has two daughters.
Shapiro said that Island Farm, the women’s boutique where Waters worked, was one of the main points of the mall. And Waters was a favorite among shoppers, with many of them seeing her as a friend, he added.
“It sounds like a cliché, but it would light up a room,” said Shapiro.
State Representative Judy Amabile, whose Boulder district includes the King Soopers, knew Waters and honored her in the Colorado House of Representatives on Tuesday.
“I know her from a store on Pearl Street Mall, where I shop,” Amabile told The Denver Post, adding that Waters “was just super energetic, nice and fun.”
Waters was from Barrington, Illinois, and studied at the University of Arizona, according to his Facebook page.
Denver Post reporter Alex Burness contributed to this report.