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Florence Neas Tommerup, 91

by Daily Inter Lake
| February 10, 2010 5:02 AM

Florence Neas Tommerup, 91, passed away peacefully on Feb. 7, 2010. She was born July 7, 1918, in Kamloops, British Columbia. She was the daughter of Al and Ruthella (Williams) Neas. She attended grade school at Kila and graduated from Flathead County High School in 1936. She was employed for 15 years at Mountain States Power Company in Kalispell as a telephone operator. She also worked as a telephone operator in Portland and Spokane, and worked for 10 years at Consolidated Freightways. On Oct. 13, 1972, she married Maurice Boorman. After his death she married Clarence Tommerup on Aug. 7, 1979. Florence and Clarence loved to entertain their family and friends in their home. They built a new home together in Smith Valley where they truly enjoyed the next 27 years together. Florence was a member of the Eagles Auxiliary No. 234 where she and Clarence loved to go dancing every weekend. She had a great sense of humor and made everyone laugh. She loved to work in her flower gardens. She was preceded in death by her parents; six sisters; three brothers; her husband, Maurice Boorman; and husband, Clarence Tommerup; and her stepson, Larry Tommerup. She is survived by her son, Barney Davidson, and his wife, Carol, along with their children, Venessa, Bradd, Erron and Jared; stepdaughter, Carol Guest, along with her children, Susan and Shawn Schmid, Scott and Laurie Guest, and Sheila and Andrew Wilson; her stepdaughter-in-law, Dorthy Tommerup, along with her children, Larry and Joni Tommerup, Laurie Hazard, Cindy and Tom Tinnell and David Tommerup; nephews, Monty Hall, Dusty Torgerson, Dallas Torgerson and Larry Neas; and nieces, Fay Fisher and Terry Torgerson. She also has numerous great-grandchildren and friends. She will be dearly missed by all her family and friends. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 12, at Johnson-Gloschat Funeral Home, followed by burial at C.E. Conrad Memorial Cemetery. Johnson-Gloschat Funeral Home is caring for Florence s family. You are invited to go to www.jgfuneralhome.com to offer condolences and view Florence s tribute wall.