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Laura E. (Hall) Jordan
Bouillez Burley passed away on November 7, 2008 just three and
one-half months short of her 100th birthday.
Laura was born February 24, 1909 in Monroeton, Pennsylvania to
Charles and Blanche Hall. At an early age her family came out
West, traveling via a train through Canada and finally settled
in the Marsing area. She had three sisters, Mildred, Clara,
and Agnes; six brothers, Albert, Curtis, Roy, Leland, Lester,
and Pater. Peter was severly handicapped. It was Laura's duty
as an older sister to watch over him. She cared for him and
loved him deeply until he died at a very early age. During her
teen years she worked away from home to help her family. At
age 18 she met and married Floyd E. Jordan and over the next
20 years they had three sons and eight daughters. Floyd died
in 1950 from lung cancer. She later married Ralph Bouillez and
after his passing in 1965, she said she would not marry again.
Howeverat age 69 she married one last time to William Burley
who passed away in 1994.
She is preceded
in death by her brothers, sisters, three husbands; three
daughters -- Vera Easteppe, Theda Nix, Pearl Rosdanl; and one
son, Laurance Jordan. Also preceding her in death was stepson,
Jim Burley.
She is survived by her
children: Clara Brooks, Norma Downen, Lewanna Dorman, Carol
Dash, Duane Jordan, Lyle Jordan, and Patricia Kanno. Also
surviving are her stepchildren, Roger Burley, Dean Burley,
Neal Burley, Dick Burley, and Darlene Kelly. She had 35
grandchildren, four preceded her in death. She has many great
grandchildren -- just too numerous to count.
The family celebrates her life as a wonderful mother who loved
her children dearly. She raised her eleven children during the
depression when she had very little to give, but she gave us
the most important things of all -- her love and her prayers. |
