Mary Jane Looney

The Honorable Mary Jane Looney passed away on May 12 from complications stemming from Parkinson’s. She is survived by husband, Charles Bordner (m. 1992), daughter, Lora Looney, son Erinn Looney-Triggs, granddaughter, Helen McDonald, brother, James Weatherly, stepdaughter and step son-in-law, Karen and Eric Brechner, stepdaughter, Julie Bordner, stepgrandsons, Alex Brechner and Peter Brechner, and cairn terrier dogs, Ella and Poppy.

Born in Champaign, Illinois, she and her parents, Frank and Helen Weatherly, moved west to Colorado Springs when she was 16. After starting her own family, Jane graduated from the University of Denver in Anthropology with Phi Beta Kappa honors. Earning a J.D. from the University of Denver Law School in 1977, Jane founded The Legal Clinic in Colorado Springs, a family law practice with flat fees. Later, she became Teller County’s judge and then she was appointed to the bench of Colorado’s District 13 where she presided over several high-profile criminal trials. Also in District 13, at retirement in 2005, Jane had developed Colorado Springs’ first drug court. On the bench, Judge Looney was known as a mentoring force.

An avid listener, she had a quick wit and kind spirit. Dividing her time between Tarryall and Colorado Springs, at home Jane enjoyed watercoloring, creative writing, reading, raising huskies, hiking, giving house parties, and eating See’s candies.

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