Obituary: Nancy Bosshard

March 6, 1944 – September 14, 2024

Nancy Kathleen Bosshard, a long-term resident of the Roaring Fork Valley, passed peacefully into eternal rest in an Eagle Colorado skilled nursing center on September 14, having bravely wrestled the previous three months with the effects of a stroke. She was born on March 6, 1944, in Los Angeles, California, to her loving parents Bob and Elan Bosshard, and grew up there with her older brother Jeff in a fully intact middle class family. She fully participated with them in week long vacation trips to Newport Beach, and camping at Big Sur and Sequoia National Park, and even day trips to nearby beaches and the snow-capped mountains. She attended public schools in LA, and upon graduation from its George Washington High School went on to a Bachelor degree in Sociology as San Jose State College. With degree in hand she went into employment with Continental Airlines as a Stewardess, as it was then called. The Viet Nam War was raging by then, and her employer became transport of military personnel to and from the war zone, during which she and all of her fellow workers were issued Second Lieutenant badges.

When this aspect of flying was over, she worked on domestically until something very unusual happened. She went with a friend for a brief skiing vacation in Aspen and was totally captivated by its natural wonders. She never returned home to California and its beaches but instead opened her own small, independent secretarial service business in downtown Aspen, which later also placed temporary workers. She took up skiing and continued as long as her legs could take the stress. Nancy’s mother had been raised in the area of Delta, Colorado, so being in that State she discovered and become very close to many of her blood relatives in that area.

Nancy became a member of the Christian Science Society in Aspen, following the religion of which she and her family had been active. She also volunteered her time in the Response organization that assisted women who were in domestic violence situations. Nancy carried her patriotism forward and took special pride in active participation in Aspen’s celebrations such as Memorial Day where she led a prayer at the Downtown Aspen Viet Nam memorial, and marched proudly with our vets in each of Aspen’s Independence Day parades. Nancy never married and had no children other than those she informally “adopted” over her years. But over the course of those years acquired numerous friends who supported her and her activities, and provided comfort in her last days.

She survived by her brother Jeff Bosshard and his wife Jennifer Carrera, her nephew Benjamin Bosshard, and numerous cousins in Colorado and other states. No funeral services are pending for Nancy, but there will be at least one informal celebration of life by those friends in the Aspen area. Her family appreciates any donation made in her memory to the Christian Science Society in Aspen.