Roughly 400 people from Summit County and beyond filled the Silverthorne Pavilion on Saturday to reflect on the life of Jay Bauer, a beloved Breckenridge attorney who died earlier this month.
“He always had something funny to say. It would make you laugh. It would also make you think,” former Frisco Mayor Bernie Zurbriggen said.
Rick Bly, a longtime friend and Breckenridge resident, served as master of ceremonies. He said Bauer — who died March 2 at age 65 — contacted him a few weeks earlier and suggested the memorial service begin and end with music and “maybe you should tell a joke.”
Bauer moved to Summit County in 1973, and established his law practice soon after that.
When it was discovered that he had cancer, doctors gave Bauer four months to live. He survived more than two years. During much of that time he was working in his law office or going on trips — often with his wife Joni, who lived with him in Dillon.
