Elda Miller Tea

ELDA TEA IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Elda Louise Miller Tea, 85, of Idaho Falls, passed away October 14, 2005, at Parkwood Meadows Assisted Living Center of cancer. She was under the care of Aspen Home Health & Hospice. She was born June 26, 1920, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Albert Alfred Miller and Laura Harmine Kossek Miller. She grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls and graduated from Idaho Falls High School. She has been a lifelong resident of Idaho Falls. She married Ralph Charles Tea November 28, 1940, in Rexburg, Idaho. Their marriage was solemnized in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple January 28, 1986. She was a homemaker and mother and also worked as a design seamstress for Singer Company, and as a lab technician for U & I Sugar and Roger Brothers. Her husband passed away March 5, 1984. She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, where she served in the Relief Society Presidency, as a Primary Teacher, and served a mission at the Extraction Center. She enjoyed reading, crocheting, sewing draperies, and traveling. Surviving are: Son: Max Ralph (Kaye) Tea of Ithaca, New York Son: Larry Eldon (Cathy) Tea of Idaho Falls, ID Brother: Franklin Miller of Squim, WA Sister: Luella Kramer of Idaho Falls, ID Sister: Coleen Iverson of Idaho Falls, ID 7 Grandchildren & 5 Great Grandchildren She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Ralph, two sisters, Dorothy and Dora, and two brothers, Vernon and Raymond. Funeral Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, October 20, 2005, at Wood Funeral Home, 273 North Ridge, with Bishop LaMar Densley of the Idaho Falls LDS Woodruff 1st Ward officiating. The family will visit with friends Wednesday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. and Thursday for one hour prior to the services, both at Wood Funeral Home. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery under the direction of Wood Funeral Home.