Venetta Andrea Howell Brower
POLSON — Venetta Andrea Howell Brower died peacefully in her 93rd year on Dec. 9, 2006, at the Sanpete Valley Hospital in Mt. Pleasant, Utah. She died of causes incident to age and a recent heart attack.
She was born on Sept. 11, 1913, in Downey, Idaho, to William Leo Howell and Andrea Boletta Jensen. She was the second of seven children.
She attended beauty school in Washington. She fulfilled an honorable mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in North Western States Mission, and was a certified nurse's aide.
She married Edgar Franklin Brower on Sept. 28, 1939, in Las Vegas, Nevada. They were sealed for time and all eternity in the Salt Lake Temple in April 1940.
They were the parents of two sons and two daughters, Fred, Beth, Charles, and Kathy.
They lived in Nevada, Montana, Washington and Utah, but were the happiest in their home in Polson, on the shores of beautiful Flathead Lake.
Venetta loved fishing, genealogy, gardening, cooking, canning, and spending time with friends and family. She was well known for baking 12 loves of bread at a time and making wonderful chicken noodle soup. She was a workaholic and taught her children and grandchildren the love of work. She was a lifelong member of the Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints and her testimony was an important part of her life. She served as president in many different auxiliaries and was an example for good to all who knew her.
After Ed died in 1997, Venetta spent winters with her children in Washington and Utah, but continued to live in the family home in Montana during the summer, taking care of her two acres of garden, fruit trees, lawn and home. She was able to stay in Polson due to the loving care of her niece, Peggy Pick.
Her husband, her parents, two sisters, three brothers, and one daughter-in-law preceded her in death.
She is survived by her four children, Fred of Salt Lake City, Utah; Beth (Terrell) Pack of Indianola, Utah; Charles (Pam) of Newman Lake, Wash; Kathy (Jaime) Adams of St. George, Utah; brother Dean (Virginia) Howell, Billings; sisters-in-law, Marge Howell and Mary Howell of Montana, and many nieces and nephews; 36 grandchildren and 85 great-grandchildren.
Initial viewing and services held at the Broomhead Funeral Home in Riverton, Utah, on Dec. 13. A viewing at the Grogan Funeral Home in Polson will be held on Friday, Dec. 15, 2006 at 10 a.m. with a graveside service at the Lakeview Cemetery at 11 a.m. A luncheon will follow at the LDS Church in Polson.
The family expressed special thanks to Dr. Allan Day and the nurses at the Sanpete Valley Hospital for their kind and loving care, and to Candace and Steve Sanders and their staff.