Dorothy Guadalupe Angulo

Dorothy Guadalupe Angulo (Garcia), age 77, a devoted Mother, Sister, Aunt, Grandmother, great grandmother and friend, passed away peacefully at Boulder Community Hospital surrounded by family on Friday Jan. 10, 2025. She found out she had cancer in October, which thankfully was removed but due to complications from the surgery, things slowly took a turn for the worst until her passing.

Dorothy was born on March 10, 1947, in Julesburg, CO to Frank and Connie Garcia. She was the 2nd eldest of 10 siblings. She grew up in Ovid and Julesburg, CO as well as Ogallala, NE. Growing up as the second oldest, she was never afraid to get dirty and show her brothers who was in charge. They would make make-shift Go-Karts and race around the cemetery, at times even crashing since they had little control on which way they would go. Once even crashing hard while she had a young Hank with her. Often playing football with them, especially around Thanksgiving, where she would just run through each of her brothers, that is, until they all teamed up just to stop her. This continued to even when they became adults, one year she ended up breaking her wrists while she wore Dan’s size 13 shoes. She enjoyed messing with her little brothers and when their parents were away on Friday nights, she would dress them up in girls’ clothes whether they liked it or not. Her brothers found ways to get her back though, often hiding dishes under the sink when it was her turn to clean so that when their mom came home, she would yell at her for all the dishes that got missed. She was a great athlete in her day, playing basketball and volleyball throughout high school and even played softball until she was almost 9 months pregnant with her first-born son.

After graduating high school, she worked at TRW for 3 years before moving to Boulder, Colorado where she attended the University of Colorado, following her brothers to the big city and to keep an eye on them [while only rolling the doobies but never smoking, according to her]. While working as a part-time babysitter during school, she met Jose Sr in which they hit it off [their love story began/their whirlwind of love began]. They soon married in 1975 after having their first born, Jose Jr. They were married for 13yrs in which they 2 more children during their marriage: Beatrice and Francisco Sr before getting a divorced. They remained great friends until his passing in 2009.

She also worked as a secretary in Boulder, worked in Manufacturing at IBM, Special Ed Teacher, Spanish Translator, Sunday School Teacher, as well as some retail work. She also worked at Senor Miguel’s (Efrain’s) before beginning work at Head Start where she worked for 25 years where she taught many of the kids in the Alvarado Village neighborhood where she lived. While working at Head Start, she went to night school and got her CDA certificate. She loved working with kids, so following her retirement from Head Start, she became a part-time bus driver for the Learning Center, often taking her grandchildren to eat McDonald’s breakfast more than once.

She loved to color, be it on her phone on an app, or the good old-fashioned way with her collection markers and crayons. She had two phones to keep her busy and she loved to play her games while she relaxed throughout the day. She had a big collection of crossword puzzles that also kept her very busy. Every morning however, she would always have her favorite game shows on: The Price is Right, Let’s Make a Deal, The Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy, followed by her favorite soap operas: The Young and the Restless, The Bold and the Beautiful, and The Days of Our Lives. Last but certainly not least, she always loved to spend time with her family; be it with her siblings, her children, grandchildren and more recently, her great grandchildren.

She is survived by her four brothers: John, Dan (Rose), Sam, Luis; two sisters: Joanne (Louis), Carol (Joe); three children: Jose Jr (Vanessa), Beatrice (Adrian Sr), Francisco Sr (Hope); nine grandchildren: Lizeth (Marco), Adrian Jr, Lola, Biatriz (Efrain), Jose Angel , Francisco Jr, Isa, Gabi, Maya; great grandchildren: Fabian, and Efrain Adrian; and her grand-dog Sugar

She was proceeded in death by her parents Frank and Connie, brother Tom, and sisters Luisa and Susie.