Apr. 20, 1947 - Feb. 18, 2012
Laurie Altina Black, age 64, of Burley, passed away Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012, at the Mini-Cassia Care Center in Burley.
She was born April 20, 1947, in Lincoln, Neb., the daughter of DeWayne and Sarra Elizabeth Yonker Caress. She married Mark Black on Dec. 7, 1990, in Elko, Nev. After graduating from Minico High School, she lived in the Paul and Burley area most of her adult life where she was a farmer’s wife and in her later years worked as a cashier at different local places.
Laurie belonged to the Baptist Church and is now home with her Heavenly Father in the eye of fresh flowers that she loved. She enjoyed crafts, sewing and spending time in her flower garden. Most of all, she loved her children and grandchildren and enjoyed every minute with them. She will be dearly missed by her friends and family.
She is survived by her four children, Shane (Melony) Albertson of New Orleans, La., Jason Albertson of Blackfoot, and Kimberly (Darren) Frost and Wade Albertson, both of Burley; her mother, Sarra Jepson of Salem, Ore.; and one sister, Julie Helm of Salem, Ore. She is also survived by 14 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her father, stepfather, two grandsons, grandparents and one nephew.
At Laurie’s request, no formal service will be held. Cremation is under the direction of Rasmussen Funeral Home and Cremation Service of Burley.
