June 04, 1930 - October 07, 2016
Floriene LaVerne Tillemans Obituary
(Age 86) Floriene LaVerne Tillemans passed away peacefully October 7th, 2016 in Spokane, WA with three generations of family by her side.
Flo was born on June 4, 1930 in Laurel, MT, one of eleven children born to Bransford Palmer and Eva Mae Palmer. Floriene graduated from Dawson County High School in 1948. At Dawson Community College, she met and married Arnold Johnson. Together they had three children Sandy, Larry and Jerry.
She moved to Havre, MT where she met and married Ray Tillemans and they added three more kids to their family: Stan, Nancy and Gloria. She raised all six of her children in Havre. She started at Bear Paw Motors and worked at various other Havre businesses as a bookkeeper. Later, she became a real estate agent and a broker. After moving to the west coast she became a travel agent, which was the occupation she enjoyed the most.
Flo was actively involved with the Democratic Party, and was chosen to be a delegate at the State Convention. She was also a member of, and past president of, the VFW Womens Auxiliary. She enjoyed bowling for many years, playing cards with friends and trips to Beaver Cr. Park. She loved to sew, do a variety of crafts and to crochet for her children and grandchildren. In her high school yearbook, it was said that Flo was happy as a lark, busy as a bee, and true to her friends, as you can see. That statement truly turned out to be our Mom.
She is survived by all six children: Sandy (Jim) Cline of AZ; Larry L.J. (Maria) Johnson of MT; Jerry Butch (Holly) Johnson of AK; Stan Tillemans of WA; Nancy Tillemans of WA; and Gloria Gregory of CA. She had twelve grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. She is also survived by her sister, Shirley Jo Palmer of B.C. and her brother, Ronnie Palmer of NV. She was preceded in death by both parents and 8 of her siblings.
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