Lorene Denton Ferguson, 97, died Wednesday, July 12, 2006.
Lorene Denton Ferguson was born July 8, 1909, in Pratt, Kan. She was the sixth and youngest daughter of Rose Maude Misenheimer and John Bunyon Denton. Shortly after she was born, the family moved to Willcox, Ariz., where her father worked for the railroad and her maternal grandparents and other family members lived. Her grandparents owned the local swimming pool and the only icehouse in Willcox. The family were ranchers and her grandfather was also a Methodist minister.
Following the untimely death of Lorene's father in a railroad accident, Mrs. Denton and her girls moved to Tucson, Ariz., so the girls could continue their education. Lorene graduated from Tucson High School and attended the University of Arizona, where she was a member of Alpha Phi sorority.
When the Depression hit, the girls and their mother moved to San Diego, Calif. It was there in 1935 that Lorene, who was working at the San Diego World Fair at the time, met James Thomas "Jake" Ferguson, who was a distant cousin visiting from Shreveport, La. After a whirlwind courtship, they married and Lorene was transplanted to the Deep South, making Shreveport her home for the next 70 years.
She was devoted to her family and her church throughout her life. Besides being very active in church circles at First Presbyterian Church, she volunteered in the church library, and was a "pink lady" volunteer at Schumpert Hospital. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and her hobbies included playing golf and bridge with dear and longtime friends.
Mother insisted on the best usage of the English language, correcting her daughters sternly but politely when we said "yeah" instead of "yes." She loved music, loved to dance, and brought her love of the Arizona sky to Louisiana. Her creative talents included writing poetry about her family life with her sisters and her move to the South. Her letter-writing skills were abundant since she moved across the country from family. Her sisters were so curious about the South and wanted her to tell them all about her new surroundings.
Lorene was a loving and faithful wife, a wonderful mother who raised her children with a kind and gentle hand, a grandmother and great-grandmother and a generous friend.
The family is grateful to Community Hospice and the wonderful caregivers who attended their mother for a number of years before her death. Jennifer Henry of Fort Worth, Emma Taylor, Prinnie Ross, Dean Johnson, Clara Wheeler and Ollie Mae French, all of Shreveport, were her special angels.
Lorene was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, J.T. Ferguson; five of her sisters, including her twin sister, Loris Verlene; and her son-in-law, Clifton White Rodes.
Survivors: Her daughters, Barbara Ferguson Rodes and Lorene "Renie" Ferguson Steves and her husband, Sterling Wallace Steves; grandchildren, Stephanie Steves Burk and her husband, Dr. John Burk, Sterling Thomas Steves, Sarah Steves Eastman and her husband, Jay Smith Eastman; and great-grandchildren, Justin Rodes Burk, Jonathan Sterling Burk, James Thomas Burk, Sterling K. Steves, Jay Merritt Eastman, Lydia Denton Eastman, Emily Stephanie Eastman, Tiffany Burk Schmid and Jennifer Burk Macomber.
Lorene Denton Ferguson was born July 8, 1909, in Pratt, Kan. She was the sixth and youngest daughter of Rose Maude Misenheimer and John Bunyon Denton. Shortly after she was born, the family moved to Willcox, Ariz., where her father worked for the railroad and her maternal grandparents and other family members lived. Her grandparents owned the local swimming pool and the only icehouse in Willcox. The family were ranchers and her grandfather was also a Methodist minister.
Following the untimely death of Lorene's father in a railroad accident, Mrs. Denton and her girls moved to Tucson, Ariz., so the girls could continue their education. Lorene graduated from Tucson High School and attended the University of Arizona, where she was a member of Alpha Phi sorority.
When the Depression hit, the girls and their mother moved to San Diego, Calif. It was there in 1935 that Lorene, who was working at the San Diego World Fair at the time, met James Thomas "Jake" Ferguson, who was a distant cousin visiting from Shreveport, La. After a whirlwind courtship, they married and Lorene was transplanted to the Deep South, making Shreveport her home for the next 70 years.
She was devoted to her family and her church throughout her life. Besides being very active in church circles at First Presbyterian Church, she volunteered in the church library, and was a "pink lady" volunteer at Schumpert Hospital. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and her hobbies included playing golf and bridge with dear and longtime friends.
Mother insisted on the best usage of the English language, correcting her daughters sternly but politely when we said "yeah" instead of "yes." She loved music, loved to dance, and brought her love of the Arizona sky to Louisiana. Her creative talents included writing poetry about her family life with her sisters and her move to the South. Her letter-writing skills were abundant since she moved across the country from family. Her sisters were so curious about the South and wanted her to tell them all about her new surroundings.
Lorene was a loving and faithful wife, a wonderful mother who raised her children with a kind and gentle hand, a grandmother and great-grandmother and a generous friend.
The family is grateful to Community Hospice and the wonderful caregivers who attended their mother for a number of years before her death. Jennifer Henry of Fort Worth, Emma Taylor, Prinnie Ross, Dean Johnson, Clara Wheeler and Ollie Mae French, all of Shreveport, were her special angels.
Lorene was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, J.T. Ferguson; five of her sisters, including her twin sister, Loris Verlene; and her son-in-law, Clifton White Rodes.
Survivors: Her daughters, Barbara Ferguson Rodes and Lorene "Renie" Ferguson Steves and her husband, Sterling Wallace Steves; grandchildren, Stephanie Steves Burk and her husband, Dr. John Burk, Sterling Thomas Steves, Sarah Steves Eastman and her husband, Jay Smith Eastman; and great-grandchildren, Justin Rodes Burk, Jonathan Sterling Burk, James Thomas Burk, Sterling K. Steves, Jay Merritt Eastman, Lydia Denton Eastman, Emily Stephanie Eastman, Tiffany Burk Schmid and Jennifer Burk Macomber.
Lorene Denton Ferguson, 97, died Wednesday, July 12, 2006.
Lorene Denton Ferguson was born July 8, 1909, in Pratt, Kan. She was the sixth and youngest daughter of Rose Maude Misenheimer and John Bunyon Denton. Shortly after she was born, the family moved to Willcox, Ariz., where her father worked for the railroad and her maternal grandparents and other family members lived. Her grandparents owned the local swimming pool and the only icehouse in Willcox. The family were ranchers and her grandfather was also a Methodist minister.
Following the untimely death of Lorene's father in a railroad accident, Mrs. Denton and her girls moved to Tucson, Ariz., so the girls could continue their education. Lorene graduated from Tucson High School and attended the University of Arizona, where she was a member of Alpha Phi sorority.
When the Depression hit, the girls and their mother moved to San Diego, Calif. It was there in 1935 that Lorene, who was working at the San Diego World Fair at the time, met James Thomas "Jake" Ferguson, who was a distant cousin visiting from Shreveport, La. After a whirlwind courtship, they married and Lorene was transplanted to the Deep South, making Shreveport her home for the next 70 years.
She was devoted to her family and her church throughout her life. Besides being very active in church circles at First Presbyterian Church, she volunteered in the church library, and was a "pink lady" volunteer at Schumpert Hospital. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and her hobbies included playing golf and bridge with dear and longtime friends.
Mother insisted on the best usage of the English language, correcting her daughters sternly but politely when we said "yeah" instead of "yes." She loved music, loved to dance, and brought her love of the Arizona sky to Louisiana. Her creative talents included writing poetry about her family life with her sisters and her move to the South. Her letter-writing skills were abundant since she moved across the country from family. Her sisters were so curious about the South and wanted her to tell them all about her new surroundings.
Lorene was a loving and faithful wife, a wonderful mother who raised her children with a kind and gentle hand, a grandmother and great-grandmother and a generous friend.
The family is grateful to Community Hospice and the wonderful caregivers who attended their mother for a number of years before her death. Jennifer Henry of Fort Worth, Emma Taylor, Prinnie Ross, Dean Johnson, Clara Wheeler and Ollie Mae French, all of Shreveport, were her special angels.
Lorene was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, J.T. Ferguson; five of her sisters, including her twin sister, Loris Verlene; and her son-in-law, Clifton White Rodes.
Survivors: Her daughters, Barbara Ferguson Rodes and Lorene "Renie" Ferguson Steves and her husband, Sterling Wallace Steves; grandchildren, Stephanie Steves Burk and her husband, Dr. John Burk, Sterling Thomas Steves, Sarah Steves Eastman and her husband, Jay Smith Eastman; and great-grandchildren, Justin Rodes Burk, Jonathan Sterling Burk, James Thomas Burk, Sterling K. Steves, Jay Merritt Eastman, Lydia Denton Eastman, Emily Stephanie Eastman, Tiffany Burk Schmid and Jennifer Burk Macomber.
Lorene Denton Ferguson was born July 8, 1909, in Pratt, Kan. She was the sixth and youngest daughter of Rose Maude Misenheimer and John Bunyon Denton. Shortly after she was born, the family moved to Willcox, Ariz., where her father worked for the railroad and her maternal grandparents and other family members lived. Her grandparents owned the local swimming pool and the only icehouse in Willcox. The family were ranchers and her grandfather was also a Methodist minister.
Following the untimely death of Lorene's father in a railroad accident, Mrs. Denton and her girls moved to Tucson, Ariz., so the girls could continue their education. Lorene graduated from Tucson High School and attended the University of Arizona, where she was a member of Alpha Phi sorority.
When the Depression hit, the girls and their mother moved to San Diego, Calif. It was there in 1935 that Lorene, who was working at the San Diego World Fair at the time, met James Thomas "Jake" Ferguson, who was a distant cousin visiting from Shreveport, La. After a whirlwind courtship, they married and Lorene was transplanted to the Deep South, making Shreveport her home for the next 70 years.
She was devoted to her family and her church throughout her life. Besides being very active in church circles at First Presbyterian Church, she volunteered in the church library, and was a "pink lady" volunteer at Schumpert Hospital. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and her hobbies included playing golf and bridge with dear and longtime friends.
Mother insisted on the best usage of the English language, correcting her daughters sternly but politely when we said "yeah" instead of "yes." She loved music, loved to dance, and brought her love of the Arizona sky to Louisiana. Her creative talents included writing poetry about her family life with her sisters and her move to the South. Her letter-writing skills were abundant since she moved across the country from family. Her sisters were so curious about the South and wanted her to tell them all about her new surroundings.
Lorene was a loving and faithful wife, a wonderful mother who raised her children with a kind and gentle hand, a grandmother and great-grandmother and a generous friend.
The family is grateful to Community Hospice and the wonderful caregivers who attended their mother for a number of years before her death. Jennifer Henry of Fort Worth, Emma Taylor, Prinnie Ross, Dean Johnson, Clara Wheeler and Ollie Mae French, all of Shreveport, were her special angels.
Lorene was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, J.T. Ferguson; five of her sisters, including her twin sister, Loris Verlene; and her son-in-law, Clifton White Rodes.
Survivors: Her daughters, Barbara Ferguson Rodes and Lorene "Renie" Ferguson Steves and her husband, Sterling Wallace Steves; grandchildren, Stephanie Steves Burk and her husband, Dr. John Burk, Sterling Thomas Steves, Sarah Steves Eastman and her husband, Jay Smith Eastman; and great-grandchildren, Justin Rodes Burk, Jonathan Sterling Burk, James Thomas Burk, Sterling K. Steves, Jay Merritt Eastman, Lydia Denton Eastman, Emily Stephanie Eastman, Tiffany Burk Schmid and Jennifer Burk Macomber.
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