Anna Estenes

ANNA BELL ESTENES IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Anna Isabell "AnnaBell" Houlahan Estenes, 93, of Idaho Falls, passed away May 26, 2008, at Lily & Syringa Home in Idaho Falls. She was under the care of Aspen Home Health & Hospice. She was born November 20, 1914, in Perrineville, New Jersey, to Michael Houlahan and Mary Emmons Houlahan. She grew up in New Jersey, graduated from Hightstown High School and attended Ryder College. She also lived in East Windsor Township, Roosevelt, and Hightstown, New Jersey, before moving to Idaho Falls. She married Steve J. Estenes January 31, 1970, in Hightstown, New Jersey. He preceded her in death March 14, 1998. She was a homemaker and stepmother to Eileen McMurray and Mary Brady, step grandmother to Michael, Jason, Kelly, Coleen, Patricia and Scott, and many great grandchildren, and also worked as a bookkeeper for Hightstown Rug Mill. She was a member of Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Idaho Falls and St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Hightstown, New Jersey. She served as a den mother in the Cub Scouts. She enjoyed crocheting and especially loved traveling with her husband. Survivors include: Nephew: Dr. Thomas J. Maley, Idaho Falls, ID She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, two brothers, Joe and John Houlahan, and two sisters, Elizabeth Houlahan and Josephine Maley. Funeral Services will be held Thursday, June 5, 2008, in Hightstown, New Jersey. Burial will be in the Roosevelt Cemetery in Hightstown, New Jersey. ------------------------------------