Virginia Culver, who in her 44 years at the Denver Post covered religion and reported news obituaries, yet on the matter of her own mortality remained intensely private, died Sunday in Denver.

She was 84, if you must know.

The irreverent journalist, nicknamed “the Rev” by some colleagues and “God” by others, forged a career out of explaining the intersection of religion and rapidly changing social values, and later memorializing the lives of Coloradans who otherwise would never have made headlines.

“This was Virginia’s gift — helping readers understand the world around them and the people whose names they’d never heard,” Denver Post Editor Lee Ann Colacioppo said. “She wasn’t in this business to do big news investigations. She wanted to tell stories and she did it with unfailing energ

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