Randy Mack Wren

DENVER—Randy Mack Wren, 66, born in Denver died on July 10. He was born in Porter Hospital on June 11, 1951 to John E. Wren and Martha Jane (Edwards) Wren. Randy grew up in south east Denver, he was educated at University Park Elementary School, Denver Country Day School, and Cherry Creek High School where he graduated in 1969. He attended Chapman College in California where he participated in World Campus Afloat which sparked a life-long passion for travel. He’d recently traveled to China and had a trip planned for Russia where he hoped to confirm whether or not the Russians did it.

After working for Frontier Bank, Manna Foods, and a wholesale business he helped launch, he moved to New York City where he studied with Lee Strasberg, and he appeared in off-broadway productions, and was featured in TV and magazine ads. He had many stories about Studio 54 and New York.

Randy returned to Denver when has father was diagnosed with cancer to help his mother. He worked in a variety of restaurants and found a true calling in being a tour guide in Denver. He was a long time member of the Denver Advertising Federation, the Denver Dinosaurs, the Denver Press Club, the Colorado Symphony Guild, and St. Andrews Episcopal Church. He recently join the Park Hill Tennis Club. He was the founder of the Grove Project, the Hallelujah Ball, a benefit for St. John’s Hospice, and Randy Wren Live, a cable television program. He was a supporter of many causes, and did a lot of volunteer work for various organizations and friends. Randy was preceded in death by his parents; his sister-in-law, his brother Jay’s wife, Mary (Kennefick) Wren; his niece and nephew Vicky and Jason Wren, Jay and Mary’s son and daughter; and his friend Fred Baldus.

Survivors include his brothers, Jay Wren of Castle Rock and John Wren of Denver, and his niece Kathleen Jean “Katie” (Wren) Petock and Will Petock, his nephew John Thomas Wren and Meagan Feeley of Denver, nieces Regan (Wren) and Tim Hall of Denver, Brooke (Wren) and Ned Sisan of Katy, Texas, and Allie Wren.and many cousins. He had many family members and close friends, see some of their photos and memories on Facebook.com/RememberingRandyWren.

Visitation Wednesday, July 19, 2017, 4pm to 7pm at Olinger Crown Hill Mortuary, 7777 W. 29th Ave., Wheat Ridge, CO. A memorial service and reception will be held Thursday, July 20 at 10:30 in St. Andrews Episcopal Church, 2015 Glenarm Pl., Denver, followed by a graveside ceremony at Crown Hill Cemetery. Contributions to the Colorado Symphony, the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, or the Central City Opera.

Arrangements under the direction of Olinger Crown Hill Mortuary, Cemetery & Arboretum, Wheat Ridge, CO.