Maureen Hardaway Obituary

Maureen Rosalind Hardaway passed away on Wednesday, March 18th, 2026 at the age of 85. She was born December 31, 1940, in Walsh County North Dakota, the eldest of six children of Willard Anderson and Rhodella Hove.

Maureen was a lifelong nurse. She graduated from Swedish Hospital School of Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1962 with a diploma in nursing. Her career took her to California, New Mexico, and Colorado where she worked critical care, surgical units, rehabilitation and home health care. She earned her bachelor's degree in Nursing from Mesa State College in 1988. The majority of her career was in Durango at Durango Community Hospital and then Mercy Hospital.

Maureen married Robert B Hardaway in 1964 and the two of them settled in the Durango area in the late 1960s. They raised a family in the Durango area and each grew in their respective professions.

In her retirement, Maureen helped many people in life. She gave both time and money to charities and causes that were close to her heart. She traveled extensively maintaining her interest and curiosity in the world and it's people.

She was preceded in death by her parents, brother John Anderson of Rochester New York, and brother Lannie Anderson of Rice, Minnesota. She is survived by her sister Bonnie (Anderson) Perea of Albuquerque, brother Greg Anderson of Phoenix, daughter Kristin Welch of Plymouth, California, daughter Lori Ann Hardaway of Phoenix, and son Mark Robert Hardaway of Albuquerque.

There will be no ceremony to mark her passing. In lieu of such, Maureen wished for donations to go to local food pantries, local botanical clubs, or to local hospice organizations.