Anne Erica Colinco Kennedy Bridgewater, Virginia Obituary

Anne Erica Colinco Kennedy

Anne Erika Farrenkopf Colinco Kennedy passed away unexpectedly on November 1, 2020, at her home in Mathias, West Virginia. She was born January 11, 1973, in Loveland, Colorado to Thomas and Lynn Farrenkopf and moved with her family to Victor, Montana when she was just four. Growing up in the Bitterroot Valley, Anne developed a great love of horses as well as all small animals. With her eagle eye, she was always the first to find the killdeer’s nest full of eggs or tiny striped chicks. Anne was an intelligent child who loved to learn. She graduated from Victor High School and decided to attend college in Missoula, Montana, but interrupted her studies to join the Coast Guard. She spent most of her Coast Guard career in Alaska as a radioman. After her military service, she moved to California and embarked on a career as a dispatcher for the California Highway Patrol, during which time she helped to implement the 911 emergency system. It was also during this time that Anne met her beloved David Kennedy, the Moose to her Squirrel. The two of them left the west coast behind and settled in the place where Anne would spend her happiest years—in the hills near Mathias, West Virginia. Together Anne and David created a wonderful spot filled with gardens and a menagerie of pets, including a few that most would consider livestock. From this charmed place, she worked as a freelance writer, authoring everything from ad copy to travel blogs to books. Anne often shared photos and stories of this place with her friends and family, leaving no doubt she was just where she wanted to be. She was dearly loved by all who knew her and will be greatly missed until we meet again. In addition to her fiancé David, she is survived by her parents, Tom and Lynn Farrenkopf (Conrad, MT); siblings, Mary Farrenkopf (Harrodsburg, KY), Elizabeth (Edward) Pickering (Exeter, U.K.), Dominic (Hannah) Farrenkopf (Hamilton, MT), Maggie (Nathaniel) Barber (Hamilton, MT), Vincent Farrenkopf (Wasilla, AK), Bernadette (Isaac) Atilano (Faribault, MN), Monica (Seth) McAnally (Great Falls, MT), Regina Farrenkopf (Hamilton, MT), Joseph (Kelsey) Farrenkopf (Elk City, MN), and Claire (Jason) Englert (Stevensville, MT); as well as many loving aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews. Anne was preceded in death by her grandparents, Harold and Ruth Worrell Farrenkopf, Jean and Barney Mares, and her biological grandfather, Erwin Jansky. A memorial service will be held on November 18, 2020, at 2:00 PM at Johnson Funeral Service in Bridgewater, Virginia. A celebration of life will be held on her property in West Virginia at a later date. The service will be live streamed from the funeral home website. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to an animal charity of your choice. Online condolences may be left for her family at www.johnsonfs.com.
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Anne Erika Farrenkopf Colinco Kennedy passed away unexpectedly on November 1, 2020, at her home in Mathias, West Virginia. She was born January 11, 1973, in Loveland, Colorado to Thomas and Lynn Farrenkopf and moved with her family to Victor, Montana when she was just four. Growing up in the Bitterroot Valley, Anne developed a great love of horses as well as all small animals. With her eagle eye, she was always the first to find the killdeer’s nest full of eggs or tiny striped chicks. Anne was an intelligent child who loved to learn. She graduated from Victor High School and decided to attend college in Missoula, Montana, but interrupted her studies to join the Coast Guard. She spent most of her Coast Guard career in Alaska as a radioman. After her military service, she moved to California and embarked on a career as a dispatcher for the California Highway Patrol, during which time she helped to implement the 911 emergency system. It was also during this time that Anne met her beloved David Kennedy, the Moose to her Squirrel. The two of them left the west coast behind and settled in the place where Anne would spend her happiest years—in the hills near Mathias, West Virginia. Together Anne and David created a wonderful spot filled with gardens and a menagerie of pets, including a few that most would consider livestock. From this charmed place, she worked as a freelance writer, authoring everything from ad copy to travel blogs to books. Anne often shared photos and stories of this place with her friends and family, leaving no doubt she was just where she wanted to be. She was dearly loved by all who knew her and will be greatly missed until we meet again. In addition to her fiancé David, she is survived by her parents, Tom and Lynn Farrenkopf (Conrad, MT); siblings, Mary Farrenkopf (Harrodsburg, KY), Elizabeth (Edward) Pickering (Exeter, U.K.), Dominic (Hannah) Farrenkopf (Hamilton, MT), Maggie (Nathaniel) Barber (Hamilton, MT), Vincent Farrenkopf (Wasilla, AK), Bernadette (Isaac) Atilano (Faribault, MN), Monica (Seth) McAnally (Great Falls, MT), Regina Farrenkopf (Hamilton, MT), Joseph (Kelsey) Farrenkopf (Elk City, MN), and Claire (Jason) Englert (Stevensville, MT); as well as many loving aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews. Anne was preceded in death by her grandparents, Harold and Ruth Worrell Farrenkopf, Jean and Barney Mares, and her biological grandfather, Erwin Jansky. A memorial service will be held on November 18, 2020, at 2:00 PM at Johnson Funeral Service in Bridgewater, Virginia. A celebration of life will be held on her property in West Virginia at a later date. The service will be live streamed from the funeral home website. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to an animal charity of your choice. Online condolences may be left for her family at www.johnsonfs.com.

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Wednesday, November 18 2020
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