enny's and Sears and Nick worked at the Brick and Tile Company, Coca Cola, and later the U. S. Postal Service. Mildred and Nick had two daughters Donna and Linda. Mil and Nick could often be found fishing. They fished the Shell Rock river, or over at Clear Lake, and up in Minnesota each summer. She was very fond of family trips, traveling to California, Chicago, and Denver to see relatives. She loved flowers and planted huge flower and vegetable gardens each season. She enjoyed persuading her grandchildren with delicious foods and snacks to help maintain her yard and gardens. She treasured her family the most and had wonderful late summer family picnic feasts in her yard. After Nick's death in 1990, she moved out to Colorado to be with her daughters Linda and Donna. While in Colorado she made trips to California to see her sister Kelli and to Oklahoma to see sister Val. She lived at Heather Gardens in Denver spending her days quilting, painting landscapes with watercolors, playing bridge, attending Church, and taking trips to the mountains. She is preceded in death by her brother Louis (1965) husband Nick (1990), and daughters Linda Hovenga (1995) and Donna Gorman (2014). She is survived by her Sisters Kelli "Elenor" Navratil Young and Valores "Val" Brock, nephew Bob Navratil, Sons-in-Law Larry Hovenga and Jay Gorman, her grand and great-grandchildren in Colorado, and nieces and nephews in Oklahoma and California. To read the full obituary, please click here: http://www.majorericksonfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Mildred-M-Dosen?obId=3911763#/obituaryInfo