Marguerite Alford Flouer

KEENAN — Marguerite Alford Flouer, 97 of Keenan, W.Va., died Aug. 23, 2010 at the Glenwood Retirement Village in Princeton, W.Va., where she had been residing since 2006.

She was born on April 16, 1913, near Hillsdale, W.Va., the daughter of H.L. “Tide” and Rose Tomlinson Alford.

Marguerite was a graduate of Union High School and the National Business College of Roanoke, Va. She worked as a secretary for the law firm of Haynes and Ford and for Judge Charles Lobban, all of Lewisburg, W.Va. for nearly 35 years. She was also a member of the Union Presbyterian Church and was a member of the choir as well as the Women’s Circle. For many years, she volunteered as a Gray Lady at the former Andrew S. Rowan Memorial Home and, with her husband, George, organized and assisted with Red Cross Blood Drives in Union.

Marguerite married George Flouer on Oct. 29,1937, in Wheeling, W.Va. The couple resided in Lost River State Park where George was Assistant Superintendent until he entered the U.S., Navy for the duration of World War II. Both avid naturalists throughout their lives, Marguerite and George were active in the Brooks Bird Club and were instrumental in the establishment and maintenance of the Hanging Rock Raptor Observatory on Peters Mountain.

Marguerite is survived by her children, Jack Flouer and his wife, Peggy of Manhattan, Kan., Joan Flynn and her husband, H.M. “John” of Tazewell, Va.; five grandchildren, Michael Flouer of Atlanta, Ga., Christopher Flouer of Springfield, Mo., Gwyn Flouer Heidrick and her husband, Brad of Olathe, Kan., Major John Flynn (USMC) and his wife, Riley stationed at Camp Lejeune, N.C. and Captain Bryan Flynn (USA) and his wife, Meagan of Ft. Benning, Ga.; nine great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, George; four sisters, Mary Allen, Eva Harris, Snowe Bobbit McCoy, Pauline Handlan Ballowe and one brother, Hermon Alford.

Services will be 11 a.m. Friday at the Union Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Greg Wood, Pastor, Tazewell Presbyterian Church and the Rev. James Grant, retired pastor of Tazewell Presbyterian Church. Burial will follow in the Fairview Cemetery, Keenan, W.Va. The family will receive friends from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday at the Broyles-McGuire Funeral Home in Union.

A memorial has been established for the maintenance of the piano at the Union Presbyterian, P.O. Box 239, Union, WV 24983 in her name.