We give thanks to God for the life of Mary Emerson.
In Memoriam: Florence Mary Emerson
January 6, 1921 -
April 7, 2016
"O Lord, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. Look down upon our sorrowing hearts today, we humbly pray, and be gracious. Help all who mourn to cast every care upon you, and find comfort, through Jesus Christ our Lord."
With deep sympathy and prayers, we share news of the passing of Florence Mary Emerson of our congregation.
Mary passed from this life on Thursday, April 7 in Palos Verdes, where she spent the last few months of her life. She is preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Emerson, and is survived by three daughters.
Mary was born in Burks Falls, Ontario, Canada. She met her husband, Joseph, while working in Washington, DC in support of the war effort; Joseph was an engineer from England working in the US as a part of a British-American task force. In their married life, they lived in a variety of places, including Canada, New York, Arizona, California and Holland. Following in the footsteps of her father, who had been a country doctor in Canada, Mary was trained in nursing and certified as an LVN. After Joseph's death in 2003, Mary moved to Torrance; she joined our church in 2004.
Mary lived a life-long love of travel and adventure. Her desire to be active and useful into her 90's is part of what led us to start a Prayers and Squares Quilt Ministry at church; Mary was involved from the beginning, and treasured the prayer quilt she received toward the end of her life.
Her family will have a private service at Shepherd of the Hills United Methodist Church in Sun City West, Arizona, where she will be laid to rest next to Joseph.
May God grant us grace, that in pain we may find comfort, in sorrow hope, in death resurrection.(from the United Methodist Book of Worship)
First United Methodist Church
243 South Broadway
Redondo Beach, California 90277, United States
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