A celebration of life will be held Sunday, Feb. 19, at 2 p.m. at the AppleShed in Cedaredge, with Chaplain Nina Gogenola officiating.

Mrs. Middleton was born March 29, 1945, in Watertown, S.D., to Selmer and Evelyn (Olson) Anderson. She spent her childhood on a farm in Clear Lake, S.D., and attended Willow Row, a rural school, through eighth grade. She graduated from Clear Lake High School in 1963.

She received a scholarship for Layton School of Fine Art where she graduated in 1968. She earned her master's degree from the University of Wisconsin in December 1983. She later became a licensed clinical social worker, graduating with honors from Colorado State University in May 1989. She was an addiction specialist for the LARICO Center for youth in Fort Collins. She received additional training in EMDR therapy and received level III certification in May 1987.

Mrs. Middleton enjoyed hiking, camping, reading, listening to music, her family and cross country skiing. She was an accomplished artist.

She is survived by a brother, Don Anderson of Austin, Texas; two sisters and their husbands, Joan and Jerry Ulrich of Denton, Texas, and Jan and Rog Melius of Faulkton, S.D.; four great-nieces, Joy Ulrich, Jill and Scott McLaughlin, Dawn and Darwin Wold, and Twila and Britt Romans; and two great nephews, Kelly and Dawn Melius, and Mike and Tracy Melius.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice and Palliative Care of Western Colorado, P.O. Box 24, Delta, CO 81416.

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Taylor Funeral Service and Crematory is handling the arrangements.