FOWLES, ANNIS JONES, December 30, 1912 – May 8, 2008

Annis Jones Fowles died of natural causes on Thursday, May 8, 2008 at Mercy Hospital in Nampa, Idaho. She was born December 30, 1912 in a log cabin to a pioneer family in Malad, Idaho. Annis was the fifth and youngest child born to Hugh William Jones and Margaret Mae Palmer.

Annis was educated in Malad schools and graduated from Malad High School in 1931. She attended Albion Normal School, a two-year college in Albion, Idaho, and graduated from there in 1934 with a teaching certificate. Mrs. Fowles taught grades one through four in a two-room school in Daniels, Idaho, a small farming community. She then taught for four years in Malad.

In Albion, Annis met E. Russell Fowles, and they were married on April 6, 1939 in St. Ignatius, Montana while they were on their way to school at the University of Idaho. The marriage was solemnized in 1964 in the Idaho Falls Temple. To this union four daughters were born: Sally Jo, Margaret Ann, Kay and Jean.

The family moved to Caldwell in July, 11947 and she resided there for 60 years in the family home at 103 Dearborn Street.

Annis was a life-long member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She was active in church and served faithfully. She was active in PTA and served on the election board for many years.

At 21, she was eligible to vote, and the first time she cast a ballot she voted for her father, who was elected a Senator from Oneida County to the first Idaho State Legislature. She personally voted in every election since that time, and in 2006 voted absentee ballot for the first time.

Annis was never one for the ‘good ole days’ because there were washboards, coal cook stoves, horses and wagons. She thought the greatest inventions to be electricity, the washing machine and the electric stove.

Annis was the last living member of her immediate family, and was preceded in death by her husband, Russ Fowles in 2000; her daughter, Margaret Hall in 2006; her son-in-law, Ron Bridges; her parents; and her brothers and sisters.

She is survived by her daughters, Sally J. Bridges of Bellevue, Washington; Kay (John) Denny of Sammamish, Washington; and jean (Al) Heck of Caldwell, Idaho. Also surviving her are 11 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at the Caldwell Stake Center of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Monday, May 12. Interment followed at Canyon Hill Cemetery in Caldwell.