Never to be forgotten – Sigrid Noll Ueblacker Passes

Sigrid Noll Ueblacker, 68, of Broomfield, Colorado, passed away unexpectedly in Lafayette, Colorado, on Wednesday, October 28, 2009.   She was born on November 11, 1940, in Vienna, Austria, the beloved daughter of the late Hugo Noll and the late Helga Schenk.   Sigrid is survived by her daughter Elke Edwards and son-in-law Roger Edwards, son Gernot Ueblacker, daughter Sabina Kim Ueblacker, son Walter Scott Ueblacker, ex-husband Horst Ueblacker, grandchildren Nakai Harrington, Chanel Ueblacker and Aaron Harrington, grandchildren-in-law David and Donna Edwards, and great-grandchild Danica Rose Harrington.

Sigrid also is survived by her sister Inge Gann, brother-in-law Helmut Gann, and their children, Gudrun Gann-Schmidt and Guenther Gann.  She was predeceased by her brother, Dieter Noll, and is survived by his wife Annemarie Noll and their children, Uli, Albert, Hannes, Maximilian, Xandi and Elizabeth.

Sigrid was a much beloved mother, sister, aunt, grandmother, great-grandmother, friend and wildlife rehabilitator, whose devotion, generosity, compassion, spirit of giving, and love for life touched thousands of people.  Sigrid became a licensed raptor rehabilitator in 1982 and founded the Birds of Prey Foundation in 1984.  Her legacy as Director of the Foundation includes over 10,000 birds treated.  Sigrid’s quarter-century of often intensive, round-the-clock work gave an immeasurable boost to America’s raptor population from the many thousands of successful releases, then in turn, those birds’ countless offspring in the wild.  She conducted training seminars in bird rehabilitation, and was a tireless fundraiser on behalf of the Foundation’s avian care and release efforts.  Since the 1980s, schoolchildren all over the area were captivated and enriched by her educational programs, which featured unreleasable birds who themselves were longtime friends and companions of Sigrid’s.

A private service was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2009, for family, close friends and staff.  A celebration of Sigrid’s life, open to all, will be held on 23 May 2010, and will be announced through the Birds of Prey Foundation (website at http://www.birds-of-prey.org).  In lieu of gifts or flowers, memorial donations can be made to the Birds of Prey Foundation, 2290 S. 104th St., Broomfield CO, 80020, or online through their website.

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