The untimely departure of our beloved Poppi, “the Best Dad in the World,” leaves us in deep sorrow. Joel T. M. Bamford, a dearly loved father, grandfather, husband, neighbor, and dermatologist, passed away peacefully in the presence of his two daughters, Maria Bamford and Sarah Bamford Seidelmann, at the Solvay Hospice house, where he and his late wife Marilynn had been active supporters of the hospice’s fundraising efforts. The COVID virus caused problems for him.

Joel used the following words to describe his life’s experience: “Life is the chance, thought and action are the substance. Joy is an extra.

When he established the “Cookie Club” on his own at the age of six to hang out with other six-year-olds and their mothers, Dr. Joel did as he had promised.

Dr. Thomas Edwin Bamford, a neurologist and psychiatrist, and Fannie Lee Raup, an RN, were his parents. They met and worked at Columbia P and S, where Dr. Bamford was born on May 6, 1941 in New York City.

He completed a seven-year college and medical curriculum at Johns Hopkins University, Stanford University, and Bronxville Public School. He served with the George Washington submarine for two and a half years as a member of the Navy.

One of his greatest accomplishments was his over 60-year marriage to Marilynn Halverson Bamford, whom he referred to as the “love of his life and the best choice he ever made,” which started on their wedding day, December 23, 1965.

His two “progeny,” daughters with Marilynn, Sarah and Maria, warmly accepted his brave second shot at love.

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Joel loved Duluth and spent more than 60 years living here. He was active in many local communities as a volunteer and renaissance enthusiast. He mentored a child with an absent father for several years, taught ESL one-on-one to Hmong refugees, performed in several Playhouse productions, served on Men as Peacekeepers and represented congregants on the St. Paul’s episcopal church vestry. He was always content to be a novice and tried his hand at stand-up comedy when his daughter needed a last-minute opener. He also enjoyed sewing, baking, playing the guitar, and the piano.

Don’t be so humble, you’re not that wonderful, advised Golda Meir, according to one of his favorite quotations.

. The first world congress of trampoline jogging, Dr. Bamford “no soap” (bars of wood to place in your soap dish so you could avoid the terrifying skin-drying effect of actual soap), and the jerry-rigged bed seat belt that keeps people who experience night terrors in their beds at night were all initiatives that he frequently led. He was always willing to give something new a try.

It’s an ideal day to sail, there’s a wonderful breeze, Dr. Bamford exclaimed with awe and enthusiasm as his demise drew near. Always curious throughout his life and a scientist at heart, he studied novel treatments for Roseacea, volunteered as a general physician in South and Central American communities.

He believed that his poetic writing style and sweet, “telegraphic” communication style, in which “you assume others are thinking as quickly and comprehend what you propose to say,” might be what people most associate him with.

The West Kent Alley Snowblowers Society, which Joel co-founded, enjoyed attempting to interpret his possible text message meanings. (He frequently desired to bake and distribute cakes to them!) He was constantly worried that his intuition was lacking.

Julie Anne Matheson, Joel’s sibling, passed away before him (originally Jo Lee Bamford). His two daughters Sarah Townsend Bamford Seidelmann and Maria Bamford, his two lawful sons Dr. Mark Seidelmann and Scott Marvel Cassidy, and his four grandsons George, Katherine, Josephine, and Charlie Seidelmann survive him.

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For CHUM, where our dear father frequently helped, making sandwiches and serving as a greeter in the drop-in center, we kindly request that any memorial contributions in his honor be made to in place of flowers. Duluth, Minnesota, 55802 125 North First Avenue

Funeral will be held at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church on March 18 at 11 a.m. Before the ceremony at 10 am, there will be a visitation, and then there will be a luncheon.

Joel wanted these lines about joy, optimism, and connection to conclude his obituary:

Any of us could appear as a rainbow in someone else’s skies. April Angelou

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