Dorothy Elaine Felton

Dec. 29, 1926 – April 25, 2018

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TORRINGTON – Funeral services for Dorothy Elaine Felton, 91, will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 2, 2018, at the Colyer Funeral Home Chapel in Torrington, with the Rev. Matt Gordon officiating. Burial will follow on Thursday at Mount Hope Cemetery in Springview, Neb. Visitation will be Tuesday from 3 – 5 p.m. at the funeral home and the casket will be open briefly following the service on Wednesday. 

Dorothy died April 25, 2018, at Community Hospital in Torrington. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to the First Congregational Church. Arrangements are by the Colyer Funeral Home and condolences may be sent to www.colyerfuneralhome.com. 

Dorothy was born Dec. 29, 1926, in Colome, S. D., the daughter of James and Dora (Weak) Stenson. She grew up and received her education in Springview, graduating high school there in 1944. 

She married Jack Felton on Dec. 28, 1946, in Ainsworth, Neb. They lived in Coulee Dam, Wash., for 17 years and she worked as a procurement officer for the Bureau of Reclamation at the Grand Coulee Dam for 14 years, retiring in 1983. They moved to Torrington in July 1984.

Dorothy was a member of the First Congregation Church and was a care center volunteer. She enjoyed sewing, watching television, gardening, walking, swimming, water skiing and especially being with her family.

Dorothy is survived by her husband Jack Felton of Torrington; son Gary (Rita) Felton of Torrington; daughter Kathyrn Schwartzkopf and her husband Don Dodson of Torrington; a half-brother, Jerry Stenson, of Fayette, Mo.; and two grandchildren, Sarah and Bryan Yeik and Seth Felton. 

She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, George and Alan; a sister Bonnie Jean Tupa; and a half-sister, Judy Rolens.