Fearl Shiner was the second child and second daughter born to Sarah Jane Searle and Charles William Shiner on June 24, 1910 in Delta, Utah. She was the first white girl born in that Indian Territory. Her father, who always had fragile health, died of heart failure when Fearl was just 9 years old, then just four years later, when she was 13, her mother died- leaving behind six orphaned children. For the next couple of years she was taken care of by her Shiner grandparents, then her maternal grandmother, Julia Ellen Peterson.
At age 16, Fearl went to Los Angeles, California to live with her older sister, Leola Hawley, and her husband. There she got a job in a dress shop where she learned to sew and where she helped make designer dresses for Hollywood movie stars. There she learned the fine art of dressmaking which she ultimately used all her life sewing for many prosperous customers and teaching for years in the Fearl Turner School of Dressmaking.
Fearl met her first husband, Jack Polland, while dancing at the Paladium Ballroom. They had two children, Donald Jack and Sharlie Jane Polland. She and Jack divorced.
Fearl went to work in a Singer Sewing Machine store. She fell in love with her boss, Frederick Charles Risch and married him in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1941. They had a daughter, Freddyanne. The relationship ended in divorce when Freddyanne was eight years old.
Fearl and Freddyanne were reactivated into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by their Ward Bishop and his wife - Joe and Helen Cottam. They eventually introduced Fearl to Lowell Eugene Turner, a recent widower. He quickly became the love of her life. They were married in the Saint George, UT temple May 16, 1953. Freddyanne (Annie), was sealed to them on the same day.
Lowell's first wife, Jessie Alberta Whitaker Turner, died of cancer a year earlier. He had two adult children, Donna Faye Turner Smith and Charles Whitaker Turner who Fearl adored from the time she first met them. Together Lowell and Fearl shared a blended family of three daughters and two sons.
Lowell and Fearl had a wonderful life together for 28 years. They lived in California, Arizona, Utah and then eventually they moved back to Arizona. Lowell died on September 24, 1980 leaving her a widow for 20 years until she passed away on September 30, 2000.
Fearl's hobbies and passions in life included family, sewing, dress design, doll collecting, gardening and reading. She was an active member of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers and was a founding member of DUP's Squaw Peak Camp in Phoenix, AZ. Because of her wonderful talent in dressmaking, Fearl was best known for her beautifully coordinated wardrobe. She made lifelong friends and was especially sensitive to the needs of others having experienced so much heartache herself before meeting Lowell.
In her old age, Fearl suffered from arthritis and then Alzheimers. She spent her last years in the Madison Meadows Retirement Center and then the Capri Nursing Home in Phoenix, AZ. She passed away peacefully on September 30, 2000. She was dearly loved by her children and grandchildren. She is buried next to Lowell and Jessie in the Midway, UT Cemetery.
Written by Fearl's granddaughter, Kimberly Ann Richardson Means, daughter of Ann Turner Richardson
At age 16, Fearl went to Los Angeles, California to live with her older sister, Leola Hawley, and her husband. There she got a job in a dress shop where she learned to sew and where she helped make designer dresses for Hollywood movie stars. There she learned the fine art of dressmaking which she ultimately used all her life sewing for many prosperous customers and teaching for years in the Fearl Turner School of Dressmaking.
Fearl met her first husband, Jack Polland, while dancing at the Paladium Ballroom. They had two children, Donald Jack and Sharlie Jane Polland. She and Jack divorced.
Fearl went to work in a Singer Sewing Machine store. She fell in love with her boss, Frederick Charles Risch and married him in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1941. They had a daughter, Freddyanne. The relationship ended in divorce when Freddyanne was eight years old.
Fearl and Freddyanne were reactivated into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by their Ward Bishop and his wife - Joe and Helen Cottam. They eventually introduced Fearl to Lowell Eugene Turner, a recent widower. He quickly became the love of her life. They were married in the Saint George, UT temple May 16, 1953. Freddyanne (Annie), was sealed to them on the same day.
Lowell's first wife, Jessie Alberta Whitaker Turner, died of cancer a year earlier. He had two adult children, Donna Faye Turner Smith and Charles Whitaker Turner who Fearl adored from the time she first met them. Together Lowell and Fearl shared a blended family of three daughters and two sons.
Lowell and Fearl had a wonderful life together for 28 years. They lived in California, Arizona, Utah and then eventually they moved back to Arizona. Lowell died on September 24, 1980 leaving her a widow for 20 years until she passed away on September 30, 2000.
Fearl's hobbies and passions in life included family, sewing, dress design, doll collecting, gardening and reading. She was an active member of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers and was a founding member of DUP's Squaw Peak Camp in Phoenix, AZ. Because of her wonderful talent in dressmaking, Fearl was best known for her beautifully coordinated wardrobe. She made lifelong friends and was especially sensitive to the needs of others having experienced so much heartache herself before meeting Lowell.
In her old age, Fearl suffered from arthritis and then Alzheimers. She spent her last years in the Madison Meadows Retirement Center and then the Capri Nursing Home in Phoenix, AZ. She passed away peacefully on September 30, 2000. She was dearly loved by her children and grandchildren. She is buried next to Lowell and Jessie in the Midway, UT Cemetery.
Written by Fearl's granddaughter, Kimberly Ann Richardson Means, daughter of Ann Turner Richardson
Fearl Shiner was the second child and second daughter born to Sarah Jane Searle and Charles William Shiner on June 24, 1910 in Delta, Utah. She was the first white girl born in that Indian Territory. Her father, who always had fragile health, died of heart failure when Fearl was just 9 years old, then just four years later, when she was 13, her mother died- leaving behind six orphaned children. For the next couple of years she was taken care of by her Shiner grandparents, then her maternal grandmother, Julia Ellen Peterson.
At age 16, Fearl went to Los Angeles, California to live with her older sister, Leola Hawley, and her husband. There she got a job in a dress shop where she learned to sew and where she helped make designer dresses for Hollywood movie stars. There she learned the fine art of dressmaking which she ultimately used all her life sewing for many prosperous customers and teaching for years in the Fearl Turner School of Dressmaking.
Fearl met her first husband, Jack Polland, while dancing at the Paladium Ballroom. They had two children, Donald Jack and Sharlie Jane Polland. She and Jack divorced.
Fearl went to work in a Singer Sewing Machine store. She fell in love with her boss, Frederick Charles Risch and married him in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1941. They had a daughter, Freddyanne. The relationship ended in divorce when Freddyanne was eight years old.
Fearl and Freddyanne were reactivated into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by their Ward Bishop and his wife - Joe and Helen Cottam. They eventually introduced Fearl to Lowell Eugene Turner, a recent widower. He quickly became the love of her life. They were married in the Saint George, UT temple May 16, 1953. Freddyanne (Annie), was sealed to them on the same day.
Lowell's first wife, Jessie Alberta Whitaker Turner, died of cancer a year earlier. He had two adult children, Donna Faye Turner Smith and Charles Whitaker Turner who Fearl adored from the time she first met them. Together Lowell and Fearl shared a blended family of three daughters and two sons.
Lowell and Fearl had a wonderful life together for 28 years. They lived in California, Arizona, Utah and then eventually they moved back to Arizona. Lowell died on September 24, 1980 leaving her a widow for 20 years until she passed away on September 30, 2000.
Fearl's hobbies and passions in life included family, sewing, dress design, doll collecting, gardening and reading. She was an active member of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers and was a founding member of DUP's Squaw Peak Camp in Phoenix, AZ. Because of her wonderful talent in dressmaking, Fearl was best known for her beautifully coordinated wardrobe. She made lifelong friends and was especially sensitive to the needs of others having experienced so much heartache herself before meeting Lowell.
In her old age, Fearl suffered from arthritis and then Alzheimers. She spent her last years in the Madison Meadows Retirement Center and then the Capri Nursing Home in Phoenix, AZ. She passed away peacefully on September 30, 2000. She was dearly loved by her children and grandchildren. She is buried next to Lowell and Jessie in the Midway, UT Cemetery.
Written by Fearl's granddaughter, Kimberly Ann Richardson Means, daughter of Ann Turner Richardson
At age 16, Fearl went to Los Angeles, California to live with her older sister, Leola Hawley, and her husband. There she got a job in a dress shop where she learned to sew and where she helped make designer dresses for Hollywood movie stars. There she learned the fine art of dressmaking which she ultimately used all her life sewing for many prosperous customers and teaching for years in the Fearl Turner School of Dressmaking.
Fearl met her first husband, Jack Polland, while dancing at the Paladium Ballroom. They had two children, Donald Jack and Sharlie Jane Polland. She and Jack divorced.
Fearl went to work in a Singer Sewing Machine store. She fell in love with her boss, Frederick Charles Risch and married him in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1941. They had a daughter, Freddyanne. The relationship ended in divorce when Freddyanne was eight years old.
Fearl and Freddyanne were reactivated into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by their Ward Bishop and his wife - Joe and Helen Cottam. They eventually introduced Fearl to Lowell Eugene Turner, a recent widower. He quickly became the love of her life. They were married in the Saint George, UT temple May 16, 1953. Freddyanne (Annie), was sealed to them on the same day.
Lowell's first wife, Jessie Alberta Whitaker Turner, died of cancer a year earlier. He had two adult children, Donna Faye Turner Smith and Charles Whitaker Turner who Fearl adored from the time she first met them. Together Lowell and Fearl shared a blended family of three daughters and two sons.
Lowell and Fearl had a wonderful life together for 28 years. They lived in California, Arizona, Utah and then eventually they moved back to Arizona. Lowell died on September 24, 1980 leaving her a widow for 20 years until she passed away on September 30, 2000.
Fearl's hobbies and passions in life included family, sewing, dress design, doll collecting, gardening and reading. She was an active member of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers and was a founding member of DUP's Squaw Peak Camp in Phoenix, AZ. Because of her wonderful talent in dressmaking, Fearl was best known for her beautifully coordinated wardrobe. She made lifelong friends and was especially sensitive to the needs of others having experienced so much heartache herself before meeting Lowell.
In her old age, Fearl suffered from arthritis and then Alzheimers. She spent her last years in the Madison Meadows Retirement Center and then the Capri Nursing Home in Phoenix, AZ. She passed away peacefully on September 30, 2000. She was dearly loved by her children and grandchildren. She is buried next to Lowell and Jessie in the Midway, UT Cemetery.
Written by Fearl's granddaughter, Kimberly Ann Richardson Means, daughter of Ann Turner Richardson
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