2/21/2009
Nancy Wilson
ASHBACH,
M.D.
Dr. Ashbach was born on Aug. 1, 1939, to Leland and Margaret Wilson in
Quincy, Fla.
She was a graduate of Carleton College, Northfield, Minn., the University
of Colorado Medical School, and the University of Colorado Executive MBA
Program.
In 1961, she married Gerald R. Ashbach. Jerry and Nancy had two children,
David Gerald in 1962, and Elizabeth Leslie in 1964. They were blessed with
two grandchildren, Sam and Maia, in 1993 and 1995, respectively. They
divorced in 1999. Dr. Ashbach married Charles (Chuck) L. Jack in 2001.
Dr. Ashbach began her practice of medicine in Loveland in 1979, founding
the Columbine Family Practice Center. She was a diplomate, American Board of
Family Practice and the American Board of Medical Management. She served her
profession in many capacities, including as president, Colorado Academy of
Family Physicians and director of the American Academy of Family Physicians.
In the mid-1990s, Dr. Ashbach served as a senior health policy analyst
for the Jackson Hole Group. She was president and CEO of Metlife Healthcare
of Colorado, and she served as adjunct professor of health policy in 2004 at
the University of Denver School of Public Policy.
During her entire career, she first and foremost loved caring for
patients either in a formal or house-call setting. Dr. Ashbach was a
longtime member of the Rocky Mountain Chamber Singers and All Saints’
Episcopal Church. She and Chuck loved traveling, reading, spending time with
family, and vacationing in Florida.
Dr. Ashbach is survived by her husband, Chuck, and her two children,
David and Elizabeth; two grandchildren, Sam and Maia Ashbach-Sladek; and two
sisters and brothers-in-law, Mary Sue and Kenneth Coleman of Ann Arbor,
Mich., and Rebecca and Robert Brunswig of Greeley, Colo.
At the end of her life, she was cared for at McKee Medical Center, where
she practiced for many years. Surrounded by her family, she passed away full
of the grace which she personified throughout her life.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the University
of Michigan ALS Research Fund, attn. Dr. Eva Feldman, University of Michigan
Health System, 5017 BSRB, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2200.
Services will be held at All Saints’ Episcopal Church in Loveland at 10
a.m. Tuesday.
