Laura A Nation, 86, passed away on October 14, 2014 at New Horizons Care Center in Lovell, Wyoming. Laura was born on December 1, 1927 in Byron, Wyoming. She was the third child born to Griffith Young Abraham and Annie Laura Cowley. She married John James Nation on June 22, 1944. They had five children: Laurel Mae, Catherine Ann, Victoria Jean, John Delmar, and Jerry Robert. She and John were married for 55 years before John passed away on September 30, 1999.
Laura and John raised the six children, John Robert, Sidney Oscar, William Donald, Teresa Marie, James Arthur, and George Edward, of their daughter, Laurel Mae when she and her husband Art Rusch passed away on October 29, 1984.
She worked at the Great Western Sugar Factory for 19 years.
Laura really loved watching sports. Especially the Rocky Mountain Grizzlies while the school was in Byron. She attended all of the sporting events. It didn't matter if it was raining or snowing, she was always there. She was even presented with an award #1 Grizzly Fan. She also loved to play bingo, canasta, and yard sales. To most, Laura was called "Mama Nation"; she was everybody's MAMA because she was caring and took care of everyone and treated them as her own children, and made sure that they did right and followed the rules.
She was preceded in death by her husband, John; her daughters, Catherine Ann and Laurel Mae; her sisters, Marie Mae, Georgie La Ru Moore, Katherine Eudora Mauch, and Annajean Goff; grandson, Charles L Moore Jr.; and her parents, Griffith Young Abraham and Annie Cowley Abraham.
She is survived by her brother, John James Abraham; her daughter, Victoria Jean Nation Bell; her sons, John Delmar Nation and Jerry Robert Nation; 7 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren, and 6 great-great grandchildren.
Funeral Services will be at the Lovell Bible Church on Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. Burial will be in the Byron Cemetery. Pastor McNabb will be conducting the service. Condolences may be sent to the family online at www.haskellfuneralhome.com.
We would like to thank the people of the New Horizons Care Center and the North Big Horn Hospital for all the tender loving care she received from the nurses, CNA's, aides, and doctors.
Laura and John raised the six children, John Robert, Sidney Oscar, William Donald, Teresa Marie, James Arthur, and George Edward, of their daughter, Laurel Mae when she and her husband Art Rusch passed away on October 29, 1984.
She worked at the Great Western Sugar Factory for 19 years.
Laura really loved watching sports. Especially the Rocky Mountain Grizzlies while the school was in Byron. She attended all of the sporting events. It didn't matter if it was raining or snowing, she was always there. She was even presented with an award #1 Grizzly Fan. She also loved to play bingo, canasta, and yard sales. To most, Laura was called "Mama Nation"; she was everybody's MAMA because she was caring and took care of everyone and treated them as her own children, and made sure that they did right and followed the rules.
She was preceded in death by her husband, John; her daughters, Catherine Ann and Laurel Mae; her sisters, Marie Mae, Georgie La Ru Moore, Katherine Eudora Mauch, and Annajean Goff; grandson, Charles L Moore Jr.; and her parents, Griffith Young Abraham and Annie Cowley Abraham.
She is survived by her brother, John James Abraham; her daughter, Victoria Jean Nation Bell; her sons, John Delmar Nation and Jerry Robert Nation; 7 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren, and 6 great-great grandchildren.
Funeral Services will be at the Lovell Bible Church on Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. Burial will be in the Byron Cemetery. Pastor McNabb will be conducting the service. Condolences may be sent to the family online at www.haskellfuneralhome.com.
We would like to thank the people of the New Horizons Care Center and the North Big Horn Hospital for all the tender loving care she received from the nurses, CNA's, aides, and doctors.
Laura A Nation, 86, passed away on October 14, 2014 at New Horizons Care Center in Lovell, Wyoming. Laura was born on December 1, 1927 in Byron, Wyoming. She was the third child born to Griffith Young Abraham and Annie Laura Cowley. She married John James Nation on June 22, 1944. They had five children: Laurel Mae, Catherine Ann, Victoria Jean, John Delmar, and Jerry Robert. She and John were married for 55 years before John passed away on September 30, 1999.
Laura and John raised the six children, John Robert, Sidney Oscar, William Donald, Teresa Marie, James Arthur, and George Edward, of their daughter, Laurel Mae when she and her husband Art Rusch passed away on October 29, 1984.
She worked at the Great Western Sugar Factory for 19 years.
Laura really loved watching sports. Especially the Rocky Mountain Grizzlies while the school was in Byron. She attended all of the sporting events. It didn't matter if it was raining or snowing, she was always there. She was even presented with an award #1 Grizzly Fan. She also loved to play bingo, canasta, and yard sales. To most, Laura was called "Mama Nation"; she was everybody's MAMA because she was caring and took care of everyone and treated them as her own children, and made sure that they did right and followed the rules.
She was preceded in death by her husband, John; her daughters, Catherine Ann and Laurel Mae; her sisters, Marie Mae, Georgie La Ru Moore, Katherine Eudora Mauch, and Annajean Goff; grandson, Charles L Moore Jr.; and her parents, Griffith Young Abraham and Annie Cowley Abraham.
She is survived by her brother, John James Abraham; her daughter, Victoria Jean Nation Bell; her sons, John Delmar Nation and Jerry Robert Nation; 7 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren, and 6 great-great grandchildren.
Funeral Services will be at the Lovell Bible Church on Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. Burial will be in the Byron Cemetery. Pastor McNabb will be conducting the service. Condolences may be sent to the family online at www.haskellfuneralhome.com.
We would like to thank the people of the New Horizons Care Center and the North Big Horn Hospital for all the tender loving care she received from the nurses, CNA's, aides, and doctors.
Laura and John raised the six children, John Robert, Sidney Oscar, William Donald, Teresa Marie, James Arthur, and George Edward, of their daughter, Laurel Mae when she and her husband Art Rusch passed away on October 29, 1984.
She worked at the Great Western Sugar Factory for 19 years.
Laura really loved watching sports. Especially the Rocky Mountain Grizzlies while the school was in Byron. She attended all of the sporting events. It didn't matter if it was raining or snowing, she was always there. She was even presented with an award #1 Grizzly Fan. She also loved to play bingo, canasta, and yard sales. To most, Laura was called "Mama Nation"; she was everybody's MAMA because she was caring and took care of everyone and treated them as her own children, and made sure that they did right and followed the rules.
She was preceded in death by her husband, John; her daughters, Catherine Ann and Laurel Mae; her sisters, Marie Mae, Georgie La Ru Moore, Katherine Eudora Mauch, and Annajean Goff; grandson, Charles L Moore Jr.; and her parents, Griffith Young Abraham and Annie Cowley Abraham.
She is survived by her brother, John James Abraham; her daughter, Victoria Jean Nation Bell; her sons, John Delmar Nation and Jerry Robert Nation; 7 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren, and 6 great-great grandchildren.
Funeral Services will be at the Lovell Bible Church on Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. Burial will be in the Byron Cemetery. Pastor McNabb will be conducting the service. Condolences may be sent to the family online at www.haskellfuneralhome.com.
We would like to thank the people of the New Horizons Care Center and the North Big Horn Hospital for all the tender loving care she received from the nurses, CNA's, aides, and doctors.
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