Mary Anne Martell with her mother, Betty Anne Martell-Husted

Quota International of Fort Collins member and friend, Betty Anne Martell-Husted, was born September 19, 1920 in Fort Morgan, Colorado; and died in Fort Collins on April 11, 2016.

During the celebration of our Quota friend Betty Anne Martell-Husted’s long and wonderful life, many “superlatives” were mentioned to describe her. Having joined Quota in 1982, her 34 years of club service was a reflection of her strongly held personal values, indomitable spirit, and generosity.

Betty Anne was the daughter of Nelle Gillett, one of the founding members of Quota International of Fort Collins, so perhaps it is fair to say, “Quota was in her blood”. Betty Anne was always a consistently devoted and supportive member. Her ever-enthusiasm for Quota was a “new member magnet”. She approached every Club activity with a wonderful “Let’s do it attitude” .

Betty Anne lived the fundamentals of Quota in her personal and professional lives. She understood and promoted selflessness, service, sharing, and friendship. Betty Anne taught elementary school, sold encyclopedias, and was a travel agent, a corporate administrative assistant, and an Anheuser Busch tour Guide, “with the mantra ’never a dull moment.’” While working and raising her family, Betty Anne also made volunteer service and friendship her priorities. Through the years she held Quota offices, served on the Board, and always was first to volunteer for committees and projects — particularly if fun costumes were involved!

In addition to serving as Club President in 1987-88, Betty Anne served as Lieutenant Governor, and District Governor of District 9, then a 3 state group of 10 active Quota Clubs. Betty Anne’s leadership – pre-fax, and pre-email and pre-internet – was always genuinely personal and professional. She traveled to many District meetings and often was the greeter at the registration table. She was proud of our Quota’s service to disadvantaged women and children. In one of our favorite photos of Betty Anne, she was riding on a parade float with the deaf children from McGraw school in a St. Patrick’s day parade. She was waving and had huge smile. That was our Betty Anne.