Anita M. Neal died June 8, 2002 at Rose Medical Center in Denver, Colorado of heart failure. She was 84 years old. She was born November 1, 1917 to Robert Wirthlin and Augusta (Frank) Wirthlin in St. Louis, Missouri. The family moved to California where she met and married Curtis A. Neal on October 15, 1955. She was a payroll clerk for Chiksan (Now FMC) in Brea, California for 24 years. She then went to work for Jack Rider at Pacific Oil World. She moved to Colorado with her daughter and lived in a retirement community.
Mrs. Neal is survived by her daughter Glenda Seitz and her husband Dennis of Firestone, Colorado, sons Roger Neal and his wife Shirley of Gooding, Idaho, Rodney Neal and his wife Cheryl of Bend, Oregon and Robert Neal of Crooked River Ranch, Oregon, also several grandchildren and great grandchildren.