WESTMINSTER – Lyndi McCartney, the wife of former University of Colorado football coach Bill McCartney, passed away Thursday afternoon after a lengthy, hard-fought battle with emphysema.  She was 70.

 

“We have four children and 10 grandchildren and we all loved her very much,” Bill McCartney said of his wife for a half century; the two celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary last Dec. 29.

 

Lyndi spent her last days in Hospice care and was surrounded by family when she finally succumbed after decade-plus long battle against the disease.  Grandsons, the sons of daughter Kristy, T.C., a CU graduate assistant coach, and Derek, a freshman on the football team, were among those present when she passed.

 

The eldest McCartney son, Mike, announced his mother’s passing on his Facebook page with simply, “RIP Mom.  I am who I am because of you.  Love you.”  He works as a player’s representative with Priority Sports out of Chicago.

 

The youngest son, Marc, posted this on Facebook: “Today I mourn, but my mom suffers no more.  She is forever in heaven now and that gives me a great peace that surpasses all understanding. Thank you to all of the people who loved my mom and have been praying for her. Your thoughts and prayers have been a great encouragement and comfort to me and my family.”  Marc is the vice president for special events with RightNow, a non-profit ministry in Rockwall, Texas

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The couples’ other son, Tom, is the football coach at Fairview High School in Boulder.

 

Services are pending.

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