Emma Hargrave.
Emma Meta Sophia Ruebsahm Hargrave was born in Hye, Texas on August 14, 1924. Emma and her husband , Al, were married on November 29, 1946. Emma is survived by three children: Anne Hand (Jim), Debbie Masingill (Mike Miller) Alfred Earl Hargrave, Jr. (Susan), and her grandchildren, Douglas Hand (Alicia), Jennifer Vannoy (David) Scott Hand (Tara), Ryan Masingill (Jenn), Jeff Masingill (Amanda), Sarah and Evan Hargrave . She leaves behind six great-grandchildren: Max and Monte Hand , Malone and Anna Vannoy and Leon and Eli Hand.
In 1948 Al and Emma moved to Malad where they spent the next 23 years of their marriage as owners of the Malad City Pharmacy. Emma worked at the local hospital while raising Anne, Debbie and Alfred. She became the head nurse of the hospital. Emma returned to school and earned her Master’s in Clinical Psychiatry at the University of Utah. Emma commuted to Salt Lake each week and came home on weekends. A rare pathway for a woman in the 1960s! She was a trailblazer with an adventurous spirit.
Al and Emma moved to Portland with Al Jr. in 1971 . Emma worked at the YA Medical Center in the psychiatric unit where she was the Head Nurse. She spent the rest of her career there until she retired in 1996. Emma and AI were very active in the Presbyterian Church.
In retirement, they moved to Vancouver, Washington. They enjoyed their life there playing golf, bridge. reading, watching the golfers from their patio, and traveling far and wide. As their health began to fail they moved to a nursing home in Tacoma where their daughter Anne lives. Al sided there until his death in 2008. Emma remained there until the sumer of 2012 when she transitioned to a facility in Payette to be near her daughter, Debbie . Sadly, she only lived there a couple of months until her death on September 27, 2012.
Both Al and Emma had many fond memories of their lives in Malad .
Emma was a great wife, dear mother, and loving grandmother. So often she was selfless, always putting others first. She will be dearly missed, but never forgotten.