Malcolm MacDougall Obituary

MacDougall
Malcolm "Sandy" MacDougall
January 26, 1938 - April 18, 2018
We mourn the loss and celebrate the life of our dearly beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend Malcolm "Sandy" MacDougall, who passed from this life, surrounded by family, early Tuesday morning the 18th of April 2018. The world is less warm and bright without him.
Sandy was born in Denver, CO on January 26, 1938, to parents Malcolm "Mal" and Helen MacDougall. His first car was a 1915 Ford Model T, in which he loved to take people for rides. He graduated from East High School in Denver, and then went to Colorado A&M in Fort Collins to pursue a pre-veterinary degree. While in Fort Collins he met and was absolutely smitten with Phyllis Pomrenke, who would become Mrs. Phyllis MacDougall on December 20th, 1959. Marrying Phyllis was always one of his proudest accomplishments. They moved to Boulder so Sandy could get his law degree. Son Barry was born just before Sandy graduated with his Doctorate of Law. After graduating from CU Law School in 1962 Sandy became a law clerk for The Honorable Judge Jean S. Breitenstein, 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. Then he took a position with the Denver Water Board before joining the firm at Saunders, Snyder & Ross. Red-haired son Chris was born in June of 1963. In 1967 Sandy took the position of General Council for the Golden Circle Corp. and moved to Colorado Springs. In 1969 Sandy was offered a partnership with Geddes & Sparks. He eventually opened his own private practice, partnering with Juliann Woldridge and Hank Worley. While he truly believed in the Rule of Law, many people have said that Sandy had a great gift of making the law make sense and understandable.
Sandy always was a proud part of his community. He was a co-founder of the Southglenn Civic Association and while there he helped found Arapahoe Jr. College. He was the president of the Board of Directors of The Western Museum of Mining & Industry. Sandy was a long-serving board member of Park State Bank and Trust in Woodland Park. The people who worked with him say he was a brilliant thinker, but were equally impressed with his kindness and humility.
Everyone who met Sandy liked him. As a real renaissance man...he could talk intelligently about just about anything, and even if he disagreed with you it was still a fun time. He loved to travel and meet people. He figured he could talk with folks from other countries because if they couldn't understand him he could get louder.
One of life's troubles was the loss of his youngest son Chris in the Spring of 1987.
Sandy loved to sit by the ocean, any ocean, as long as it was warm, and play his ukulele and sing. He loved to sail, having learned mostly through books, and was granted the title "Commodore" by Moorings, Inc. His happiest place was the south shore of Kauai, a little town called Po'ipu, where every evening at sundown he would serenade his neighbors with his ukulele, and they would all gather and sing.
Sandy never would utter a negative word about anyone, even in private. He was a man of quiet integrity. He helped people with no expectations of anything in return. He was never pushy but offered wise advice. He influenced and bettered many lives. He will be sorely missed by his many friends, colleagues, and especially his family. He is survived by loving wife Phyllis, devoted son Barry MacDougall, daughter-in-law Maria MacDougall, former daughter-in-law Cindy Moran, granddaughters Heather, Jenny, Heidi, and Maria, and grandson Edgar, and great-grandchildren Chloe, Hartley, Logan, Foster, Rylan, and Tanner.
Memorial services will be held at The First Presbyterian Church at 219 East Bijou on Wednesday, April 25th, at 1:00 pm. A reception will follow in the church plaza. In lieu of flowers, charitable contributions may be given to: The Western Museum of Mining and Industry, 225 North Gate Blvd, Colorado Springs, CO 80921.
We love you, and we miss you, Forever.
~ And tell Chris hi from all of us. ~