Obituary for Melvin Andrew Potter Melvin Andrew Potter of Fort Collins, Colorado passed away Wednesday April 18, 2018 at 7 pm after a long battle with Parkinson’s and Dementia. Melvin was born in Wyoming Colorado to two wonderful parents, Leslie and Fannie Potter (Bilderback). He grew up in Walden, Colorado with one little brother and sister, Maurice and Judith Potter.
In school he enjoyed playing football and basketball. He married Beatrice May Potter (Vogel) on June 20, 1970 in Lincoln, Nebraska. He had three daughters and one son.
He also raised his grandson, Andrew, as his own. Melvin had a passion for the outdoors. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, camping, picnicking, and spending time with his family.
His strength was in helping other people. Melvin, like his father, was a man of biblical principles and prided himself on reading the Bible several times through. He was of Methodist background and he strived to instill strong morals and values in his kid’s lives and always taught us to treat others as we would like to be treated.
He met his wife, Bea, through a friend and they dated about a year before they got married. They and their four children lived in Denver, Colorado and in Brighton, Colorado where they lived on a small country acreage where they were able to have animals and activities not available to most city kids. Melvin and Bea later moved to Fort Collins, Colorado to be closer to family.
They bought and lived in Melvin’s parents’ house where the family spent many summers gardening and canning vegetables for the family. Many family gatherings were spent there and Melvin loved going “All out” to make holidays special for his kids. There have now been 5 generations of family to grow up in his house.
Home and family meant everything to Melvin and he worked hard to give ALL he could. Melvin was a man of very high I.Q. He graduated from North Park High School, Walden, Colorado.
He had a desire to be in the wildlife/forestry industry and attended college in Gunnison and at CSU. In Melvin’s younger years he worked on ranches in Walden. In 1963 he joined the United States Air Force and was stationed in Okinawa, Japan during Vietnam.
Later he went on to a hard working life of drywall and construction. After many years of enduring the hard back breaking work of construction, he decided to go back to school to work on computers. He retired from Thompson School district, Loveland, Colorado after many years of repairing computers.
He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Roy Stanley Potter. Melvin is survived by his devoted and loving wife, Beatrice; children, Darla (Joe) Woodman, Russell (Becky) Stutzman, Carla (Joe) Mullins, Tina (Snyder) Lebehn; 12 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren; brother, Maurice (Mary) Potter and sister, Judith McKee (Potter); aunt(s), and numerous cousins. To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Melvin Andrew Potter please visit our Sympathy Store.
Today’s Events Funeral Services 2018 APR 24. 11:00 AM Resthaven Funeral Home 8426 South HWY 287 Fort Collins, CO, US, 80525 www. resthavencolorado.com Cemetery Details Resthaven Memory Gardens 8426 S Hwy 287 Fort Collins, CO, 80525 www.
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