The mission of Boulder Hot Springs will live on despite the death of the charismatic woman who saw the facility’s promise and made it the center of a spiritual healing philosophy she developed.
Anne Wilson Schaef, 85, died Jan. 19 at her home in Rogers, Arkansas. The author of 18 books and founder of a mode of spiritual healing called “Living in Process,” Schaef attended Jefferson High School and, in 1989, assembled a group of partners that bought and set out to restore Boulder Hot Springs, an endeavor that continues to this day.
“She was keenly aware of the important place Boulder Hot Springs had in Montana’s history and continually worked toward making [it] a place of healing for all who came here,” Peter Sidley, Schaef’s longtime business manager, assistant and one of the members of the limited partnership that owns the resort, said by email. “Those of us who are still around to take care of the old place have the same beliefs about this place that Anne did and we absolutely plan to carry on the mission of Boulder Hot Springs.”
