Theodore Boardman, 93, Lake Forest

Theodore Robinson Boardman passed away at home in Lake Forest on June 12, 2024. He was 93.

Born December 16, 1930 at Evanston Hospital to Frances Louise Robinson Boardman and Ronald Peck Boardman, Senior, Ted attended Northwoods School among other high schools and headed west to Colorado College and then to University of Denver, majoring in Theatre. He married Anne Marie Carton Boardman with whom he had three children and a life-long friendship.

Ted’s career was as diverse as his friend group through life. He prospected for uranium in the West after college. He later served in the Navy Reserve for four years from 1951 to 1955. He was an early investor in Chicagoland’s Channel 26 which added cultural diversity to residents’ television viewing. He additionally championed the Black Hills Central Railroad, preserving a steam locomotive experience for tourism in South Dakota in 1957. In the early 1960’s Ted founded the Bath & Tennis Club in Lake Bluff with his father. The 62-acre club served 330 families and featured novel year-round tennis, swimming, squash, ice hockey, a toboggan hill, and seven cottages for residents. Ted worked for two decades as a stockbroker at EF Hutton & Company.

Ted is survived by two of his three children, Carolyn Frances Zuccareno (Tom) of Carbondale, Colorado and Robert Bradford Boardman (Juanita) of Lake Forest, Illinois and six grandchildren. He had one brother, Ronald Peck Boardman, Junior (deceased) and another son, Theodore Christopher Boardman (deceased).

A memorial service will be held at a later date at Lake Forest Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his name to the Colorado College, 14 East Cache La Poudre Street, Colorado Springs, CO (T:719-389-6000).