William Kenneth Feldman, Jr.

Bill was born in La Veta, Colorado on February 1, 1938 to William Kenneth Feldman Sr and Helen Coker Feldman. The family moved to Lamar, then Fort Collins when he was very young. He attended Remington School, Lincoln Junior High and Fort Collins High School, graduating in 1956. He and his family were members of the Baptist Church, a practice he carried on with his own family. Bill had a kind and gentle spirit. He was tenderhearted with a quick wit and keen sense of humor. He had an easy laugh and a happy smile. He was industrious, resourceful, artistic and generous. He loved animals and nature, especially the mountains, and loved to just have fun. He married his high school sweetheart, Mary Rosselle, and they had three children, René Kingsley (Kerry) of Berthoud, CO, Ginnette Patzer (Don) of Fort Collins and Kenneth Feldman (Dee Myers) of Rist Canyon. They later divorced and he was briefly married to Arlis Webb. He and Joyce ThomAS married in 1991 and were together until her death in 2015. Bill had an admirable work ethic which began at an early age with a paper route and then the floral industry working for Columbine Floral Products and Paul Wood Florist. He bought AAA Pavement Marking in 1969. A sole proprietorship employing his children and even a couple of grandchildren. He retired in the early 2000’s. He was very creative and always looked for ways to do tasks more easily. He invented the Big Foot Layout Tool, manufactured them in his home shop and sold them throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico. Bill was an avid bowler. In 1975 he rolled the highest 3 game series (765) in Fort Collins at the time. He bowled on several leagues starting in the mid 1960’s. He enjoyed traveling to bowl in tournaments and formed life-long friendships with teammates. Bill was an excellent fisherman and enjoyed many trips to Florida and Texas, but mostly he enjoyed the mountain lakes in Colorado and Wyoming. He expertly tied his own flies. The family cabin on the border of Colorado and Wyoming was, and is, a special memory making place for family gatherings. Bill was preceded in death by his wife Joyce, his parents and sisters, Sally Bockman and Patty Bowers. Surviving are his sister Penny Stewart of Bonny Lake, WA, his children, 11 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren – Kyle & Lori Kingsley (Keegan and Kayla) of Greeley, Maggie & Brett Lovenburg (Alex Kingsley, Jazmyn and Graedyn) of Loveland, Bradley Webb of Portland OR, Nik & Karen Kingsley (Autumn and Trevor) of Clovis NM, Jeffrey Kingsley (Emma) of Berthoud, Patrick Webb of Loveland, Abbie & Wally Anderson (Shania, Paige and Olivia) of Berthoud, Josie Feldman & Josh Benjamin (Kalstin, Kenneth, Aphina and Eleanor) of Wellington, Elycia Feldman & James Swonder (Quentin and Wesley), Andrew Webb of Fort Collins and Madelyn Feldman (Joshua, Naomi and Natalie) of Montana and one great great granddaughter, Salina Grace Lovenburg.

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William Kenneth Feldman, Jr.

February 1, 1938 - June 19, 2019