Mary Elizabeth (Warford) Englund Obituary

Mary Elizabeth Warford Englund, 88, of Centennial, Colorado, passed away on October 21, 2022. She was born on August 15, 1934, in Denver, Colorado to Oscar Lee Warford and Martha (Vigil) Warford. Mary was the second oldest of eight children. Many remember how much she enjoyed cooking and entertaining and spending time with her family and friends. She became a RLP nurse in 1952 and worked on the OBGYN floor in the labor/delivery and nursery at Denver General Hospital. She married Dr. Garth W. Englund in 1956 and they moved to Minnesota where she became a full-time mom, housewife and volunteer. After they moved back to Denver in 1958, she volunteered for many years at Porter Memorial Hospital, where she was president of the auxiliary board; she was also active in Friends of Nursing, and the Colorado Classic Horse Show, an annual benefit for the Colorado Heart Association. In 1982 she began working in several daycare centers in the Denver area. After retiring, she enjoyed participating in the Bethany Lutheran Church Young at Heart group. Her hobbies included reading, walking, enjoying her cats and dogs, crafts, music, watching movies, and doing things with her grandchildren. Her favorite thing to do was to help others and she could always be counted on to lend a caring hand.

She is survived by her son, Garth Walfred Englund Jr (wife, Deborah); daughter, Lisa Marie Englund; daughter, Nancy Kay Englund; grandsons, Garth W. Englund III and Anders J. Englund; siblings, Odette Steuve, Ethel Runyon, Rueben Warford (wife, Paula); brother-in-law, Jerry McDonald; and many beloved nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews. Mary was preceded in death by Garth Sr, by her parents and by her siblings, Gary Warford, Dennis Warford, JoAnn McDonald and Georgia Ferguson.

Services will take place on Thursday, November 17, 2022 at 1:00 PM at Bethany Lutheran Church 4500 East Hampden Avenue, Cherry Hills Village, Colorado, 80113. After the service, interment will take place at the Bethany Lutheran memorial garden. A reception in the church Fellowship Hall will immediately follow. The service will also be live streamed at bethany-denver.org.

The family gratefully acknowledges the many kind expressions of sympathy shown during their time of loss. They request if you wish to make a memorial gift, you consider a donation to the Mary Englund Memorial Scholarship, which will provide a scholarship to a nursing student through the Friends of Nursing. Donations can be made online at friendsofnursing.org or by check payable to Friends of Nursing. Please write Mary Englund Memorial Scholarship on the memo line and mail to Friends of Nursing, P O Box 735, Englewood, CO 80151.