Florence McIntosh

Florence McIntosh, 96 years old, of Crosby, MN, passed away in peace and joined her heavenly family, 11:18 AM on June 12th 2011 at the Cuyuna Regional Care Center. She was born on January 27, 1915 in Watford City, North Dakota to Frank George Smith and Katherine Smith.

After graduating from High School in Watford City with Honors and a Scholarship, the Great Depression with banks collapsed with all her savings so college was out. Working for 60 cents per hour (as her own notes mention), she met and married Earl A. McIntosh on January 21, 1936 in Bismark, N.D. They moved to Crosby, Minnesota in 1945 after their second child, Joyce was born.

Her accomplishments were many. She was a devoted wife, and homemaker. She and her husband had four children and raised them in a wonderful loving home. She became a member of the Methodist church and was the Sunday school Director and/or teacher for many years. Her Husband was a teacher at then at the Crosby-Ironton High School teaching Math & Chemistry. They both enjoyed playing Bridge and enjoying company of their many friends and neighbors. Florence enjoyed traveling twice to her homeland of Norway, to Scotland, Egypt and the Holy Lands, and several other places in the world. She was an active Grandmother here in Crosby attending functions at school and scouting events and also spent over twenty winters ("snowbirding") in the Reno/Lake Tahoe enjoying her Grandchildren their and the scenic landscapes in Reno, Nevada and South Lake Tahoe California.

She was an active member of the Cascade United Methodist Church for over 50 years. Also, Florence was also very active in the Crosby Flower Club, Art Club (here and in Lake Tahoe), local ballroom dancing club and Sons of Norway club. She enjoyed many hobbies like art, music and dancing out with her friends. She was also a member of the Paul Bunyan Arboretum and enjoyed gardening in her yard and making flower arrangements for her home and to enter in the Crow Wing County fair annually with many blue ribbons there for flower arrangements, paintings and even stamp collection entries. She became a very skilled award winning painter of landscapes, flowers, and some portraits. These paintings were proudly used to decorate her home and room at the Crosby care center. She was able to enter paintings, even several painted from the Care Center, at the Crow Wing County Fair up last year, 2010 and received a First prize! She was a strong person and an angel in everyone's lives that she touched. She was always learning. Especially learning about natural remedies to heal the body soul and mind. She was a lady that saved a lot of things to treasure and use again and make something beautiful with. She will always be loved and remembered by her family and friends.

Florence was preceded in death by her Parents, Brother Ken, her Husband Earl McIntosh, and her Daughter Bette Moltrup,

She was survived by her Son, Galen McIntosh of Crosby MN; Daughter Joyce Peterson of South Lake Tahoe CA; and Daughter Marilyn Geyer of Aitkin MN. Florence was a grandmother of 7 Grandchildren, a Great-Grandmother of 15 Great-Grandchildren, and was also a Great-Great Grandmother to a Great-Great-Grandchild all living throughout the US in Minnesota, California, and Mississippi.

Funeral Services, a Celebration of Life and a Tea party will be at 1:30 PM this Thursday, June 16, 2011 at the Cascade United Methodist Church just off Highway 210 at 22781 Black Lake Road, Deerwood, Minnesota. Pastor Bob Hoeft will be conducting the service with music and tea to follow.