Wanda Maria Borowski

Wanda Maria Borowski died in Missoula on September 4, 2026. She was 83. Born in Missoula on December 18, 1942, with Polish-American roots that shaped the table more than the flag. She learned early that a day is something you finish, not something you wait for. She greeted patients by name and kinship when forms failed. A beaded lanyard held her badge; she translated bureaucracy into care. Colleagues still mention a beaded lanyard for her badge. She married Stan in 1966. They kept a house that stayed modest when the neighborhood did not. They raised a son and a daughter through public schools and ordinary weather. After Stan died in 2019, she kept the routines that still made sense: the walk, the garden, the Sunday call. Neighbors remember someone who swept the sidewalk past the property line when weather had been unfair. She liked early mornings before the heat or the noise. She died in Missoula, among streets she never needed to explain. The radio is still tuned to the station that played while work got done.