Leona May Moon Flamm died at age 88 on February 26, 2010. She was born March 6, 1921 in Fairfield, Camas County, Idaho, to Reuben Ezra Moon and Emma Lueisa Howells Moon, the next to the last of eleven children, seven of whom survived. She grew up in Fairfield, Egin, St. Anthony, and Rexburg. During the Depression she developed a keen sense of humor and many other positive qualities through her family's closeness amid hardships.
She started school early, enrolled by her mother because she kept running away to school at the age of five, slipping into classrooms to sit with her siblings. She later conveyed her belief in the power of education to all of her children.
Leona met her sweetheart, Kenneth Rigby Flamm, to whom she was married on Feb. 19, 1941 in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple. To this loving union were born seven children—five girls and two boys.
Devoted members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Leona and Kenneth both served in a variety of church jobs, sometimes together. Leona also supported Ken in his lifelong participation in the Boy Scouts of America and in his work as a mortician at Flamm Funeral Home.
After Kenneth's death on June 24th, 1993, Leona continued to live in their family home in Rexburg. When her health declined, she moved to Idaho Falls to live close to her daughter Julie and her family.
Leona is survived by her children, Luana (Niel) Anderson of Austin, Texas; Joyce Flamm of Thatcher, Arizona; Karen (Bill) Crumley of Perry, Utah; Barbara (Wayne) Allred of Plano, Texas; Douglas (Kristine) Flamm of McLain, Virginia; and Julie (Robert) Martineau of Idaho Falls, Idaho. She is also survived by 26 grandchildren and 42 great grandchildren whom she deeply loved and enjoyed. In addition to her husband and an infant son, Kenneth Jay, Leona was preceded in death by her parents, her brothers, Clifton, Kenneth, Junius, Lyle and Dean; and sisters, Gladys, Stella, Fern, Ellen, and Marie.
Funeral services will be held 1:00 p.m. Friday, March 5th at the Rexburg 16th Ward LDS Chapel on Hidden Valley Drive, Bishop Terry Gorton officiating. The family will receive friends Thursday evening from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. at Flamm Funeral Home and again from Noon to 12:45 p.m. at the church prior to services.