Maureen Agnes Nirschl

Maureen Agnes Nirschl passed away peacefully in her home on July 9, 2026, showing faith-filled grace and courage, and surrounded by family. She was 95 years old. During the several weeks before her death, she was blessed by the unconditional love of many family and friends in her home. There was nothing she treasured more than a family gathering with love, friendship, food and laughter.

Maureen was born on June 30, 1931, in Campbellsport Wisconsin to Alice and Reinhold Weber. The 5th of 8 children, she loved being a part of a large, loving family. Maureen met the love of her life, Richard (Dick) Nirschl, on a blind date during her Nursing School dances. Although it was “love at first sight” for him, it wasn’t long before she realized that he was her soulmate and they quickly married. She had always wanted a large family, so over 13 years they had 8 children. Her life’s calling was to serve her family by creating a loving and supportive home. They raised their family while living in Wisconsin, San Diego, and Longmont, CO.

Inspired by her work in a dental office in high school, she attended St. Agnes Nursing School in Fon du Lac, WI, where she became an RN. She worked as a nurse in various hospitals until her children were born. In 1987, she chose to pursue her healing ministry as a Massage Therapist and quickly built a strong private practice. She earned a reputation as having the most amazing “Healing Hands”.

Maureen had a deep Catholic faith, which guided and shaped all aspects of her life. In the early 1970’s, Maureen and Richard attended a Marriage Encounter weekend – which changed their lives forever. They then decided they would “change the world one marriage at a time” and lived the motto “Love is a daily decision”. Through their work in Marriage Encounter and Marriage Retorno, they led many retreat weekends for other couples, participated on the national leadership team, and developed deep and lasting friendships. She was passionate about social justice and always took action to feed the poor, house the unhoused, and change the world for the better through love in action. Most recently, she was known as the family “Prayer Warrior” – she did meditational prayer/rosary every day, which she called a “prayer sit” and we lovingly referred to as her “prayer nap”.

Maureen loved being around family and friends for meals, going out to eat, traveling with the family, gardening (especially roses and other flowers), eating sweets (chocolate!), playing games, and watching the Denver Broncos and old-time shows on TV. One of the ways that she showed her love to others was to send every family member (kids, grandkids, nieces, nephews, siblings, etc.) a very special birthday card each year. Many people looked forward to finding that card in their mailbox the week of their birthday!

She is preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Richard Nirschl, her brothers Allan Weber and Robert Weber, her sister Carolyn Leininger, his siblings Fr. Nick Nirschl, Joe Nirschl, and Florence Szubielski, and several nieces and nephews. She is survived by her eight children – Joe (Joanne) Nirschl, Chris (Sherry) Nirschl, Tom (Gwen) Nirschl, Monica (Neil) Schmoker, Matt (Rose) Nirschl, Alissa (Steve) Kegler, Celeste (Gilbert) Salinas, and Nick(Remy) Nirschl; 22 grandchildren – Jennifer, Branden, Breckin, Michael, Christin, Dustin, Leah, Heidi, Maddy, Nick, Steven, Katie, Brian, Elisabeth, Matt, Hannah, Maureen, Monica, Emily, Zachary, Nicole, and Richie; 17 great-grandchildren – Valerie, Jacob, Zack, Grace, Silas, Elijah, Matias, Tobias, Titus, Leonidas, Talie, Isabell, Ellie, Lacey, Sammy, Scarlett, Kiran; and 3 great-great-grandchildren – Melody, Lily, and Ivy; siblings Eloise Bienvenu, Mary Alice Metzler, Eugene Weber, Don (Judy) Weber, Noreen Weber and numerous nieces and nephews whom she adored, including Lynne Matthews and Phil Bienvenu, and many dear friends.

A Rosary will be held at Ahlberg Funeral Home 326 Terry Street, Longmont, Colorado on July 30th at 6 p.m., and a funeral mass will be held at Mead Guardian Angels Catholic Church 109 South 3rd Street in Mead, Colorado on July 31st at 11 a.m. Donations may be made to the St. John the Baptist Food Bank (https://www.johnthebaptist.org/food-bank), A Woman’s Work organization (https://awomanswork.org/), or the Norbertine Abbey in Albuquerque, NM (https://norbertinecommunity.org/).