IDA BLOWER
IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Ida Schow Blower, 84, of Idaho Falls,
passed away April 6, 2004, in Idaho Falls of heart failure.
She was born August 21, 1919, at Dubois, Idaho, to Ira
Michael Schow and Mary Elizabeth Bickmore Schow. The family moved to Brigham
City, Utah, where she grew up and attended schools and graduated from
high school. She then graduated from the McKay-Dee Memorial Hospital Nursing
School in Ogden.
She married Henry Blower April24, 1945, in Salt Lake
City, Utah. They were sealed in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple on August 23,
1996. They made their home in Brigham City and Salt Lake City before coming
to Idaho Falls eight years ago. She worked as a Registered Nurse at Cooley
Memorial Hospital in Brigham City, utah, until 1976, then at Hill Haven
Nursing Home in Salt Lake City.
An active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints, she served in the Relief Society and as a Primary Teacher. She
enjoyed painting with oils, reading, cooking (especially new recipes),
arts and crafts, making dolls, tennis, and swimming.
Surviving are:
Husband: Henry Blower (Idaho Falls, ID);
Daughter: Dorothy Ellen Howard (Brigham City, UT);
Daughter: Barbara Ann [Joseph] Yates (Pocatello, ID);
Son: Earl [Chris] Blower (Idaho Falls, ID);
Brother: Dan Schow (CA);
Brother: Reed Schow (CA);
Sister: Edna Jones (Bountiful, UT);
Sister: Norma Hunt (CA);
11 Grandchildren, 17 Great Grandchildren, 2 Great Great Grandchildren
She was preceded in death by her parents, brothers, Myron and Lee, and
sisters, Irene, Ellen and Beth.
Funeral Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, April
10, 2004, at the Idaho Falls LDS Lincoln Stake Center, 2545 Mesa, with
Counselor Hal Wright of the Lincoln 3rd Ward officiating.
The family will visit with friends on Saturday at 9:00
a.m., at the church.
Burial will be at 3:00 p.m., in the Brigham City Cemetery
in Brigham City, Utah, under the direction of Wood Funeral Home.