Push play to see a full photo gallery from the Shelly Bordas memorial, and a retrospective of her life told in photos.

Friends and family packed the Littleton Town Hall Arts Center on Tuesday to honor actor, teacher and mother Shelly Bordas, who died Jan. 4 of cancer. Here are photos from the service by the DCPA’s John Moore.

Sarah Rex of DCPA Cabaret’s Forbidden Broadway sang the Ave Maria, accompanied by Mitch Samu, and Carla Kaiser Kotrc of Miners Alley Playhouse’s upcoming
The Cripple of Inishmaan sang Safe Within Your Arms, composed by Mark Hayes.

Speakers included Pam Clifton, Steven J. Burge, Emily MacIntyre, John Moore, and Bordas’ sister, Katie, and uncle. The pastor was David Kates.

Our previous coverage of the Shelly Bordas story:

Shelly Bordas’ final message to theatre community: ‘Love rules out’
Shelly Bordas is Colorado’s 2013 Theatre Person of the Year
Denver Actors Fund assists Shelly Bordas
Podcast: Shelly talks about appearing in Theatre Group’s Debbie Does Dallas
Photos: Shelly Bordas benefit performances raise money, lift hearts

The three-part video series: