Posted on: Oneida Co. Id Obits Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Id/OneidaObits/52 Surname: Crowther, Emery ------------------------- Idaho State Journal, September 25, 2000 Laura May Emery Crowther, 69, passed away Thursday, September 21, 2000, in Independence, MO. She was born March 6, 1931, in Athens, Maine, oldest daughter of Leland M. and Bertha Emery. Laura was raised and educated in Windsor, Maine. She was a graduate of Coney High School in Augusta, Maine, and also graduated from Secretarial Business College. She worked for the U.S. Information Service in Washington, D.C. While in Washington, D.C., Laura met J. Wesley Crowther. They were married June 11, 1955, in Windsor Maine. They traveled west on their honeymoon to make their first home in Sacramento, CA on Mather Air Force Base, where Wesley worked in the Judge Advocate General's office. Laura and Wesley and their first son were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple on June 14, 1956. They moved back to Malad, ID in 1957. Laura worked for 25 years as a legal secretary for Wesley, and also worked at the Pocatello FBI Service Center until she retired in late 1997. Laura is survived by her husband, J. Wesley Crowther, Malad; one sister, Shirley Rollins, Winthrop, Maine; four children, James Wesley Crowther, Jr., Pocatello, ID; Diane Emery Crowther Roylance, Lindon, UT, Randall Eric Crowther, Hyde Park, UT and Carol Ann Crowther Palmer, St. George, UT. She is also survived by 15 grandchildren. Laura was a devoted wife and mother to her family. She was an avid reader, loved traveling, gardening, cooking, being by the ocean and any or all family-oriented activities. She was an active member of the LDS Church, serving in the Primary, Relief Society, and was serving as a missionary in Independence, MO, at the time of her death. Laura was preceded in death by her parents. Funeral services were held on Tuesday, September 26, 2000, in the Malad Second Ward Bldg in Malad, ID. Burial was in the Malad cemetery under the direction of the Horsley Funeral Home.