Faye Sloan (Rathbun) Osburnsen |
| Posted 2009-05-08 by Pat Wilson |
| OSBURNSEN, Faye Sloan Faye Sloan Osburnsen passed peacefully away on Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at her winter home in Sun Village, Surprise, Arizona. She was born September 7, 1921 in Hayes Center, Nebraska, one of five children of Maude and Filander Rathbun. Faye¹s childhood was spent on the family homestead in Nebraska. During the Depression and sand storms of the 1930¹s the farm was lost and the family moved to Salem, Oregon, where Faye graduated from high school and worked as a maid and berry picker. She then moved to Alaska and married Kermit Sloan and was employed by the Civil Aeronautical Administration as a code and radio operator at a remote weather and control station on Sheep Mountain. CAA employment took them next to Superior, Montana; Butte, Montana and Farmington, New Mexico where she worked for Southern Union Gas for ten years. Faye enjoyed all forms of art and was an avid painter. Her favorite subjects were the local flowers, terrain and people. She and friend Ada started a gift and art gallery, The Shop Unique, in Farmington, New Mexico, .In June 1980, Faye married Larry Osburnsen and they lived in Africa and the Philippines where he was employed in land development. They traveled extensively during these years and then settled in Montana on Flathead Lake in the summer and Arizona in the winter. Faye loved her year around gardens and hosting family and friends in her home. She is survived by her husband, Larry Osburnsen and sons: Ted (Elana) Sloan and Todd Sloan; granddaughter, Stephany Conway and great grandchildren: Kayla and Jaylen and his daughters: Diane Osburnsen and Linda (Mike) Gwiazdon and grandsons: Shane (Tina) Reese and great grandchildren: Heather, Adeline and Max; and grandsons: Scott (Tricia) Reese, Koan Mercer and Matt Gwiazdon.A celebration of her life was held on Tuesday, March 29, 2005 at the Zuni Clubhouse in Sun Village, Surprise, Arizona, and another is planned for July in Big Arm, Montana. She will be remembered for her warm smile, gracious and caring manner and love of life. Her family extends a big thank you to all for your love and support in our sorrow. A memorial has been set up in her name to assist Native American children to pursue their love of art. Published in the Daily News-Sun on 4/9/2005. |
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