Erman Alaire (Browning) Tenney |
| Posted 2008-05-28 by Judy Wight Branson |
| Daily Courier, Prescott, Arizona Wednesday, May 28, 2008 Erman Alaire (Browning) Tenney passed from this life on Saturday, May 17, 2008, at the age of 84. She and her adoring husband, Lyman, were residents of the Arizona Pioneer Home. Born on Oct. 13, 1923, to James Ernest and Erman Grace ‘Polly’ (Warren) Browning, Alaire graduated from Willcox High School in 1941. She met Lyman Tenney at Prescott during Frontier Days that same year and they were married on June 29, 1942 – a union that lasted 65 years. Their life together was a series of wonderful experiences with never a dull moment – and they were seldom seen apart. Alaire was a rancher’s wife, raising her children Jim, Todd and adopted son Cody teaching the “three R’s” – riding, roping and ranching. In 1957, she was named ‘Mrs. Prescott’ in the Mrs. USA Contest and placed third in the Mrs. Arizona contest! Alaire was an active member of Willcox Cowbelles and Yavapai Cowbelles, served as president of Prescott’s Junior Monday Club and was a member of the Arizona Alpha Chapter of Lambda Chi Omega Sorority. She was a member of two horseback quadrille teams – the Barbara Worth Brigadettes of Prescott and the Galloping Gossips of Brawley, Calif. She played fast pitch softball until she was 37 – and only quit then because of a bad horse wreck. She loved to watch her grandkids rope, run barrels and play ball, and enjoyed having them on the ranch. In 1966, Alaire became a pioneer in the vast Australian Outback, where she rode beside her husband to ‘muster’ thousands of wild cattle and domesticate wild water buffalo. When they left the Outback, Alaire was an integral part of the Tenney team that educated Australians in roping and western style horsemanship – she was loved by all. Alaire was preceded in death by her parents, J. E. and ‘Polly’ Browning, and her brother, Ernest Alvin Browning. She leaves behind her loving husband Lyman, her sons James Lyman (Marion) Tenney and Tommy Todd (Peta-Anne) Tenney, adopted son Cody Darrell (Sharon) Browning, grandchildren Jean Alaire (Tony) Albright, Cindy Tenney Lee, Tammy Tenney (Colby) Paquette, Charles Lyman (Mary) Tenney, Jacob Lyman T. (Renae) Tenney, Cotton Logan T. Tenney, Cathy Noelette Hooker and Jeanette Kay Carslile; and 13 great-grandchildren, Michael, Ashley, Rose, Rio, Chaz, Tyler, Sienna, Jesse, Arianna, Myla, Lane, Stephanie and Christina. Alaire will be cremated. Funeral services will be held at the Methodist Church, 505 W Gurley St., Prescott, on Friday May 30, 2008, at 1 p.m. Willcox memorial will be at the Methodist Church in Willcox on Saturday, May 31, at 10:30 a.m. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be sent to the Willcox Cowbelles, P.O. Box 354, Willcox, AZ 85644-0354 and the Yavapai Cowbelles, Box 1408, Prescott, AZ 86302-1408. Services entrusted to Hampton Funeral Home Information provided by survivors. |
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