Henrietta Augusta (Felske) Anderson, loving daughter, sister, friend, wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and aunt, went home to our Lord Jesus on Tuesday June 6, 2023 at Centre Avenue Health & Rehab in Ft. Collins, CO. surrounded by family. She was born August 19, 1931 to Otto and Millie Felske in Ft. Collins, Colorado. She had 2 older brothers and 1 younger sister. She attended schools in Ft. Collins and graduated from Ft. Collins High School in 1949. She met and married her husband Wayne in 1951. She was an army wife with an army life for a few years. Four children were born to this union. They had homes in Ft. Collins, Bellvue, and their final home for the past 50 years was in Longmont. Henrietta was not only a busy mom, but also worked outside of the home. While her children were young, she worked nights at the Dog Track. She then worked as a telephone operator for a short while, followed by many years as secretary for the AAA insurance company. Finally, for close to 20 years she worked for 2 different Labor Unions in administrative duties until she retired. After retirement she and Wayne enjoyed snowmobiling trips, motorcycle trips, and lots of fishing and camping trips. They enjoyed trips to Mexico and Las Vegas often, along with trips to visit family in both Wyoming and Montana. Later in life they enjoyed trips to Black Hawk as they both liked to gamble a little. Henrietta was an avid sports fan. She loved football and was a Denver Bronco fan and also loved CSU and Wyoming football, Denver Nugget basketball and the Colorado Avalanche hockey. Besides sports she loved to watch game shows while she crocheted many gifts for those she loved.
Henrietta is survived by her sister Delores Streit of Ft. Collins, CO., 3 of her 4 children; Linda (Roger) Easum of Powell WY, David (Joanie) Anderson of Windsor, CO, and Sally (Scott) Doyle of Severance, CO; 9 grandchildren; Jeff (Lynn) Easum, Jeremy (Kim) Easum, Cody (Gwen) Easum, Addrienne (Andy) Sims, Paul Anderson, Nathan (Stephanie) Anderson, Shawn Russell, Brian (Ginna) Doyle and Kelly Doyle; 17 great grandchildren, 2 great, great grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents Millie and Otto Felske, her husband Wayne Anderson of 59 years, her brothers Art Felske and Don Felske, Sister in laws Joyce Felske, Laura Langen, and Edith Sanders, Brother in laws CJ Streit, Frank Langen, and Ed Sanders, her third daughter Vickie Russell, and one granddaughter Callie Easum.
Graveside services and interment of ashes will be held at Berthoud Cemetery on Tuesday June 20th, 2023 at 11:00 a.m.
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