Anna LaFlure

Hoosick Falls – Anna Philips Slocum LaFlure, 94, died peacefully on October 28, 2012, at her daughter’s home in Wauseon, OH, after a brief illness. She was a popular resident at the Fulton Suites in Wauseon, where she had resided since 2007. Prior to her move north she resided in Largo, FL.
Ann was born on October 22, 1918, at home in Easton, NY, the second of three girls born to Alex and Lillian Surdam Slocum. After graduating from the Walter A. Wood High School in Hoosick Falls, NY, she attended Green Mountain College, Class of ’39, in Poultney, VT, and studied business. Ann married William (Bill) R. LaFlure at her parents’ home in Hoosick Falls on April 19, 1941, and they remained happily married for 47 years until his death in 1989.
Those who met Ann were immediately drawn to her wit and kind spirit. She had great enthusiasm for travel, was a clever crafter and had a love of word games, but above all she cherished time spent with her family and friends.
She is preceded in death by her husband, William R. LaFlure, her sisters, Harriet Young and Mary Chisholm, and her nephews David Young and Van Miles. She is survived by her children, Linda Nelson and husband Chris and Russell LaFlure and wife Nora, her grandchildren, Kimberly Werring and husband Bill, Jessica Nelson, Sara Nelson-Veith and husband Jason, Krista Bailey and Steven LaFlure and wife Laura, three great-grandchildren, one niece, two nephews and her furry friend, Alfie.
In accordance with the wishes of the deceased, there will be no funeral service, and a private interment for the family will be held in the spring.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Visiting Nurses and Hospice of Williams and Fulton Counties, 230 Westfield Drive, Archbold, OH, 43502, or Meals-on-Wheels of Wauseon, 240 Clinton Street, Wauseon, OH, 43567.
Online expressions of sympathy may be made at www.weigelfuneralhomes.com.