Crowther_Laura May Emery_6 Mar 1931
MALAD, Ida. – 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 Agency 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, Calif., 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 in 1957. Laura worked 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; Diane Emery Crowther Roylance, Lindon, Utah; Randall Eric Crowther, Hyde Park, Utah; and Carol Ann Crowther Palmer, St. George, Utah. She also is 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 will be held on Tuesday, September 26, 2000, in the Malad Second Ward building, 20 South 100 West. Friends may call at the Horsley funeral Home, 132 W. 300 N., Malad, Idaho, this evening, September 25, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. and on Tuesday one hour prior to service. Burial will be in the Malad City Cemetery.