George Angleton of Fort Collins, Colorado passed away peacefully on July 2nd, 2017 after a period of declining health. He was born on May 23, 1927 in Pontiac, MI to his parents Laurel and Elizabeth Angleton.
He attended Pontiac High School where he learned to play the French horn and developed his practical joking skills. He served in the Air Force during WWII then completed his BS in Physics at Michigan State University. He continued his education with an MS in Physics at the University of Rochester. His graduate work began as a scientist in the Health Division at Los Alamos National Labs in New Mexico. This is where he met and married the love and joy of his life and constant companion for 62 years, Doris Ranken. He and Doris moved to Michigan to continue graduate work at the University of Michigan. He completed his PhD in Radiation Biology and Statistics at the Medical College of Virginia and his post-doc at the University of North Carolina. During their travels he and Doris added 4 of their 5 girls...[more]

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German Shepherd dogs and a cat to their crew. He spent summers working as a scientist for Martin Marietta in Denver CO. Eventually they moved to Ft Collins CO and added 1 more daughter to the bunch. There George began a career he loved at Colorado State University as a Professor of Radiation Biology and Biostatistics where he worked for 32 years. He published numerous papers and a book on topics related to low level radiation and multivariate statistics. He was instrumental in creating the first computer center at the Veterinary Hospital in Ft. Collins. He was forever an exceptional teacher to his students, his children and strangers he would meet, believing learning and forward progress, even in small steps, were accomplishments to celebrate. George was best known for his love of his family and the adventures he lead them on, his incredible wit, the dream home he and Doris designed and built in FL, his love of music; (he was actively participating in choral groups in FL and CO and still taking French horn lessons), a firm handshake, a good martini and good conversation.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Laurel and Elizabeth Angleton and sister Alice Furlong, all of Pontiac, MI and his eldest daughter Leslie Angleton of Ft. Collins, CO. He is survived by his loving wife Doris Angleton and 4 daughters; Stephanie Strafach (Frank) of Johnstown, CO. Carolyn Angleton of Meadow Vista, CA. Jennifer Angleton (Greg Panno) of Milford, MA and Alyson Humbert (Frank) of Windsor, CO and 10 grandchildren; Brittany, Courtney and Tyler Larson; Louisa and Clemens Angleton; Marcello and Gianni Panno; Ashley, Taylor and Melissa Humbert.
He will be missed tremendously by all who knew him and cherished him but he has left many wonderful memories and stories for us all. Funeral arrangements are being made by Allnutt Funeral Home in Fort Collins. There will be a visitation on the evening of Thursday July 6th from 6 - 9 pm at Allnutt Funeral Service in Ft. Collins and a memorial service Saturday, July 8th at 5 pm at the Foothills Unitarian Church, 1815 Yorktown Ave. in Ft. Collins. The family asks friends to send flowers to Allnutt Funeral service. Family and friends are invited to sign the online guest book at www.allnutt.com where additional information on funeral services can be found.