Anna Mae Flower
La Grande
1917-2004
Anna Mae Whiting Flower, 86, of La Grande died Jan. 18. Viewing will be from 1 to 6 p.m. today at Loveland Funeral Chapel, 1508 Fourth St. The funeral will begin at 10 a.m. Thursday at the LDS chapel in Island City, 11206 S. McAlister Road.
Mrs. Flower was born April 11, 1917, to Edward Daniel and Mary Emelia Olsen Whiting at Mount Glenn. She graduated from La Grande High School in 1934 and attended Eastern Oregon Normal School. She taught at Kimberly, Sumpter, La Grande and North Powder before earning a bachelor's degree at Eastern Oregon College and later a master's degree at the University of Oregon. She taught grade school and home economics, and was one of the first to be certified as a media specialist in library
science.
On Jan. 17, 1944, she married Jake Cecil Flower in Los Angeles. The couple were later divorced.
She was a member of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, where she served in many capacities and received a Leader's Award. She enjoyed gardening, reading, crocheting afghans, and teaching and playing the piano and organ.
Survivors include children and their spouses, Kay and Joe Hall of Rock Springs, Wyo., Lee and Ann Flower of La Grande, and Keith and Laura Flower of Firth, Idaho; 15 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. A sister, Blanche Quebbeman, a brother, Edward Whiting, two grandchildren, Summer Flower and Autumn Flower, and a great-grandchild, Tanys Flower, all died earlier.
Lagrande Observer Feb. 8 @004
La Grande
1917-2004
Anna Mae Whiting Flower, 86, of La Grande died Jan. 18. Viewing will be from 1 to 6 p.m. today at Loveland Funeral Chapel, 1508 Fourth St. The funeral will begin at 10 a.m. Thursday at the LDS chapel in Island City, 11206 S. McAlister Road.
Mrs. Flower was born April 11, 1917, to Edward Daniel and Mary Emelia Olsen Whiting at Mount Glenn. She graduated from La Grande High School in 1934 and attended Eastern Oregon Normal School. She taught at Kimberly, Sumpter, La Grande and North Powder before earning a bachelor's degree at Eastern Oregon College and later a master's degree at the University of Oregon. She taught grade school and home economics, and was one of the first to be certified as a media specialist in library
science.
On Jan. 17, 1944, she married Jake Cecil Flower in Los Angeles. The couple were later divorced.
She was a member of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, where she served in many capacities and received a Leader's Award. She enjoyed gardening, reading, crocheting afghans, and teaching and playing the piano and organ.
Survivors include children and their spouses, Kay and Joe Hall of Rock Springs, Wyo., Lee and Ann Flower of La Grande, and Keith and Laura Flower of Firth, Idaho; 15 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. A sister, Blanche Quebbeman, a brother, Edward Whiting, two grandchildren, Summer Flower and Autumn Flower, and a great-grandchild, Tanys Flower, all died earlier.
Lagrande Observer Feb. 8 @004
Anna Mae Flower
La Grande
1917-2004
Anna Mae Whiting Flower, 86, of La Grande died Jan. 18. Viewing will be from 1 to 6 p.m. today at Loveland Funeral Chapel, 1508 Fourth St. The funeral will begin at 10 a.m. Thursday at the LDS chapel in Island City, 11206 S. McAlister Road.
Mrs. Flower was born April 11, 1917, to Edward Daniel and Mary Emelia Olsen Whiting at Mount Glenn. She graduated from La Grande High School in 1934 and attended Eastern Oregon Normal School. She taught at Kimberly, Sumpter, La Grande and North Powder before earning a bachelor's degree at Eastern Oregon College and later a master's degree at the University of Oregon. She taught grade school and home economics, and was one of the first to be certified as a media specialist in library
science.
On Jan. 17, 1944, she married Jake Cecil Flower in Los Angeles. The couple were later divorced.
She was a member of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, where she served in many capacities and received a Leader's Award. She enjoyed gardening, reading, crocheting afghans, and teaching and playing the piano and organ.
Survivors include children and their spouses, Kay and Joe Hall of Rock Springs, Wyo., Lee and Ann Flower of La Grande, and Keith and Laura Flower of Firth, Idaho; 15 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. A sister, Blanche Quebbeman, a brother, Edward Whiting, two grandchildren, Summer Flower and Autumn Flower, and a great-grandchild, Tanys Flower, all died earlier.
Lagrande Observer Feb. 8 @004
La Grande
1917-2004
Anna Mae Whiting Flower, 86, of La Grande died Jan. 18. Viewing will be from 1 to 6 p.m. today at Loveland Funeral Chapel, 1508 Fourth St. The funeral will begin at 10 a.m. Thursday at the LDS chapel in Island City, 11206 S. McAlister Road.
Mrs. Flower was born April 11, 1917, to Edward Daniel and Mary Emelia Olsen Whiting at Mount Glenn. She graduated from La Grande High School in 1934 and attended Eastern Oregon Normal School. She taught at Kimberly, Sumpter, La Grande and North Powder before earning a bachelor's degree at Eastern Oregon College and later a master's degree at the University of Oregon. She taught grade school and home economics, and was one of the first to be certified as a media specialist in library
science.
On Jan. 17, 1944, she married Jake Cecil Flower in Los Angeles. The couple were later divorced.
She was a member of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, where she served in many capacities and received a Leader's Award. She enjoyed gardening, reading, crocheting afghans, and teaching and playing the piano and organ.
Survivors include children and their spouses, Kay and Joe Hall of Rock Springs, Wyo., Lee and Ann Flower of La Grande, and Keith and Laura Flower of Firth, Idaho; 15 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. A sister, Blanche Quebbeman, a brother, Edward Whiting, two grandchildren, Summer Flower and Autumn Flower, and a great-grandchild, Tanys Flower, all died earlier.
Lagrande Observer Feb. 8 @004
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