Milton Louis Anfenger

Milton L. Anfenger was born in Denver September 3, 1874. His father was Louis Anfenger, a Denver pioneer and pominent businessman. Milton Anfenger was an attorney, Colorado state senator, a humanitarian, and a civic leader in Denver, Colorado. He graduated from East Denver High School in 1892. He attended stanford University and graduated with a L.L.B. in 1895. Milton Anfenger was admitted to the Colorado Bar Association in 1897. He was elected to the Colorado State Senate, and served during the fifteenth and sixteenth Colorado general assemblies. He was married to Essie Wolfson in 1911. A member of Wlks Lodge #17, he was elected Exhaulted Rule in 1913. He was a member of B'nai B'rith #2 and served as President for the local lodge as well as Treasurer and President of the District Grand Lodge. He was an organizer of the Allied Jewish Council and was active in the Central Jewish Council, Central Jewish Aid Society, and treasurer of the United Health Appeal board of the Allied Council and worked as editor of the "Jewish News." Anfenger was President of the Denver Bears baseball team from 1923-1932. He was treasurer of Beth Israel Hospital and President of the National Jewish Hospital Board from 1945-1952. A member of several civic organizations, he was also activly involved in the National Guard, Masons, Odd Fellows, Denver Chamber of Commerce, board member of the Green Gables Country Club, and organizer of the Sons of Colorado. Milton Anfenger died December 9, 1952.

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