Ann was born to Daniel and Mollie Stahley in a sod house at Fox, Colorado. She passed away at Avamere Care Center, just 3 months short of her 103rd birthday. Photo is from her 102nd birthday. Ann was proud of her Swiss and Swedish heritage. She would often tell the story of her Mother as a small child, with her family, coming to America and the ship sinking in the Atlantic after hitting an iceberg. A cattle ship heard distress whistles and transported all passengers with only the clothes on their backs to Philadelphia. Ann and her parents and three brothers, Paul, Sam and Joe moved to a farm east of Yuma about 1915. She had stories of trains passing through the country and they would spark prairie fires. The family was always alert and fought the fires with wet gunny sacks. She remembered the Pandemic flu of 1918 that also spread like wild fire. She said they never saw a doctor as he was probably also ill. They lost friends and neighbors but her family survived. She saw the world change from horse & buggy to space travel and cell phones. After graduating from Yuma High School she attended Parks Business School in Denver and worked as a secretary in Denver and Steamboat Springs before returning to Yuma County. Ann worked for the Farm Land Bank in Wray and Yuma for M.A. Higgins Land Company and Attorney Webb Martin. She had her eye on a confirmed bachelor, Boyd Lindsey, when he was working for Earl Fritts at the Man's Store. Ann caught Boyd's eye and they were married and moved to Omaha, Nebraska during WWII. Boyd was employed as a welder at the Martin Bomber Plant. Toward the end of WWOO, Boyd, Ann and their baby son, Danny returned to Yuma and Boyd built the Yuma Cleaners that they operated until 1974. Their daughter Joy was born in 1952. After Boyd passed away in 1978, Ann moved to Brighton. Ann was never at a loss for hobbies, clubs and activities and a wide circle of friends. She loved coffee time at restaurants in Yuma and Billie's in Brighton. She was a member of Progressive Women's Club, Eastern Star, Sew and So Club, Presbyterian Sunday School teacher, Brownie Scout leader, playing baseball with Dan and friends, contesting and writing jingles that won her many prizes including a color TV rare in 1960, Rock Hound Club, studied graphoanalysis, went to North East Junior College in Sterling to study computers and art appreciation, trips to Black Hawk with Seniors and studied metaphysics for 50 years. Her favorite clubs were Domestic Dozen and the Art Guild. She loved painting especially water color and many have her paintings in their homes. Of all the interests Ann had, her greatest love was talking; she wove a tapestry of words that still hangs over North East Colorado! Ann was able to live independently in her home, go to Billie's restaurant, do her own shopping and work several hours a week for a contractor at Adams County Court House until she was 100 years old. Ann was preceded by her husband, parents, and brothers Paul, Sam and Joe. She was survived by her son Fred (Marie) Lindsey and daughter Joy (Gary) Curtis.