She was born October 3, 1907 in Shelley, to Christian Anderson and Martha Christensen Anderson. She grew up and attended schools in Shelley, graduating from Shelley High School. She later graduated from Ricks College in Rexburg.
On December 8, 1927, she married Lyman A. Arave in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple. She was a mother, homemaker, and worked as a Licensed Practical Nurse. She was a member of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers and was chosen Shelley's Mother of the Year in 1984.
An active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, she served in numerous callings including Primary President, Relief Society President and Stake Relief Society President. Her hobbies included drapery making, clock repairs, sewing, ceramics, making porcelain dolls, quilting, weaving rugs and raising peacocks.
Surviving: 7 children, 2 sisters-in-law [names deleted], 33 grandchildren, 74 great-grandchildren, and 16 great-great-grandchildren
She was preceded in death by her husband, three sons, a daughter-in-law, a son-in-law, three sisters, eight brothers, one grandson-in-law, and three great grandchildren.
Funeral Services were held on Friday, January 31, 2003, at the Idaho Falls LDS Sunnyside 1st Ward, 3721 Shadow Mountain Trail.
(Obit courtesy Ellis & Lynn)
She was born October 3, 1907 in Shelley, to Christian Anderson and Martha Christensen Anderson. She grew up and attended schools in Shelley, graduating from Shelley High School. She later graduated from Ricks College in Rexburg.
On December 8, 1927, she married Lyman A. Arave in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple. She was a mother, homemaker, and worked as a Licensed Practical Nurse. She was a member of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers and was chosen Shelley's Mother of the Year in 1984.
An active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, she served in numerous callings including Primary President, Relief Society President and Stake Relief Society President. Her hobbies included drapery making, clock repairs, sewing, ceramics, making porcelain dolls, quilting, weaving rugs and raising peacocks.
Surviving: 7 children, 2 sisters-in-law [names deleted], 33 grandchildren, 74 great-grandchildren, and 16 great-great-grandchildren
She was preceded in death by her husband, three sons, a daughter-in-law, a son-in-law, three sisters, eight brothers, one grandson-in-law, and three great grandchildren.
Funeral Services were held on Friday, January 31, 2003, at the Idaho Falls LDS Sunnyside 1st Ward, 3721 Shadow Mountain Trail.
(Obit courtesy Ellis & Lynn)
Family Members
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Terrence Christian Anderson
1889–1954
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Randall Lewis Anderson
1891–1975
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Antone Franklin Anderson
1892–1918
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Mable E. Anderson Roberts
1894–1964
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Howard Wilford Anderson
1896–1969
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Ernest Dewey Anderson
1898–1918
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Anna Christina Anderson
1901–1913
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Charles Irving Anderson
1903–1963
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Martha Leila "Lila" Anderson Arave
1905–2002
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Reed Weldon Anderson
1909–1991
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Edward Wayne "Ted" Anderson
1911–1999
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