Waltraut Liselotte ""Trudy"" Baudinat

Trudy Baudinat , born Waltraut Liselotte Wagner, beloved mother, grandmother (Oma), great-grandmother , ultimate survivor and true friend to so many people during her life, passed away after a yearlong battle with lung cancer on December 25, 2013 at age 87. Trudy, a longtime resident of Aurora , Colorado, was born in Haffwerder, a fishing village in East Prussia on Sept. 9, 1926. Her family later moved to Reimanswalde, East Prussia and Karlsbad, Sudetenland where she attended business school. She survived many harrowing moments during World War II, which gave her the underlying strength, courage and grace she carried with her throughout her life. In November of 1945, after World War II, she obtained work with the US Army in Dachau as an interpreter and bilingual secretary during the War Trials. It is there where she met and later married Max Baudinat, a French Liaison Officer serving with the Allied forces in Dachau as part of the Liberation. They emigrated to Buffalo, New York in 1950 in search of a better life and settled in Aurora, Colorado in 1960. Trudy was a homemaker and later worked 30 years as a server at André's Confiserie Suisse in Denver. She loved her clients dearly. She and Max divorced in 1978 and she never remarried. Trudy loved dancing, gardening, reading, traveling and most of all spending time with her family and dear friends. She will be remembered for her generosity, honesty and her loving, caring spirit and will be so deeply missed by many. Survivors include her son James Baudinat, daughter Barbara Baudinat-Hacke (Scott), longtime companion Elbert Berger, grandchildren Nicolette , Tyler and Alex and great-grandchildren De'Antay, Jaylon and Aiyana. A memorial will be held on Sunday, January 26, 2014 at 2pm at Horan and McConaty Funeral Home, 5303 E. County Line Rd, Centennial, CO 80122. Contributions may be made in her name to the Denver Hospice, her team of angels. (501 S. Cherry St, #700 / Denver, CO 80246) Please share your memories of Trudy with the Baudinat family at the online guestbook. See the following link for a video tribute of Trudy's life. http://bit.ly/1ct9bPw.