Jim Sheeler ✓

About Jim Sheeler

Jim Sheeler (1968-2021) was an American journalist known for his writing of obituaries. He was a features writer for the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post in Denver, Colorado where he was known for his feature-length obituaries featuring the lives of every-day Coloradans and servicemembers killed in the Iraq War. His 2006 feature for The Rocky Mountain News entitled Final Salute followed US Marine Corps Major Steve Beck, a casualty notification officer, as he informed familymembers of veterans that their loved ones had been killed in war. Final Salute was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing. Rocky Mountain News photojournalist Todd Heisler worked with Sheeler and was also awarded a Pulitzer Prize for feature photography for the work.