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Anna Novak

August 8, 2022
Ft. Collins, CO

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Novak, Anna 1/19/1935 - 8/8/2022 Fort Collins Dr. Anna Novak (Sedal), 87, passed away on August 9, 2022 at her home in MacKenzie Place, Fort Collins, Colorado from natural causes following a years long struggle with memory loss and a broken heart after her beloved husband of 56 years passed in 2009. Anna was born on January 19, 1935 in Uzhhord, and raised in Kosice, Czechoslovakia, the only child of Mikulas and Maria Sedal. She married her first and only love, Dr. Ervin Novak on August 20,1953 and together with their two small children they emigrated to the United Stated in 1964. Anna lived a life full of accomplishments. She was educated in Czechoslovakia where she earned her medical degree. She arrived in the US not knowing any English and quickly learned the language, passed the medical boards and embarked on a successful career as a physician during a time where there were very few female doctors. Anna worked as a trauma physician in the emergency department at Borgess Hospital for many years and then at the Sindecuse Health Center at Western Michigan University where she became the Chief of Staff. Anna was well-liked by her colleagues and patients for whom she showed kindness and care and provided excellent medical treatment. Anna and Ervin did everything together and enjoyed many diverse activities including travelling, theater, music, art, hosting parties and socializing with friends. Anna was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend. She will be fondly remembered and dearly missed. Anna is survived by her son, Michael of Denver, CO and his partner Terri Littleford; her daughter, Katherine (Townsend) and her husband David, and grandchildren Nick, Ryan and Lana of Fort Collins, Colorado. Condolences and memories for the family may be left at www.goesfuneralcare.com