North Logan: Anna Elizabeth Coulson Embry was born 16 May 1915 and died 10 September 2003.

She grew up in Nephi, Utah, the daughter of Jesse and Lydia Rowbury Coulson. In 1936 she completed her nursing training at Holy Cross Hospital, took a job in Kanab, UT and gave it up for one at the old Logan Hospital where she rose to chief surgical nurse, the position she held when she married Bertis L. Embry in the Logan Temple six months before Pearl Harbor.

In the war years they crisscrossed the country several times but she came back to Nephi when Bert went to Europe shortly after VE day. She was wife, mother and chief logistics officer for the family through degrees at Stanford and University of Missouri, summer courses at Argonne National Lab (outside Chicago) and Cornell University and international assignments in Iran and Guatemala.

She was an active member of the LDS Church and served an active mission with her husband in Spain. Anna updated her nursing skills while Bert was finishing a PhD in Columbia, MO. Back in Utah, she worked for Sunshine Terrace and as a Cache County Public Nurse.

When Bert began to show signs of dementia at about age 80, her goal was to stand by him. She did that and stayed another four years, perhaps to teach us patience. As annoying as her repetitions could be, she was also a source of endless amusement.

Anna Embry is survived by her children Lloyd Bertis (Kim), Hunters Point WA; Lydia Ann, North Logan and Oakland, CA; Janet Iola, Salt Lake City; Jessie Louise, Provo and Leo James (Kim). Ft Collins, CO and grandchildren Christopher Lloyd, Melissa Rose, Anna Ruth, Ryan James, Sarah Kim and Stephen Bertis. The rest of us want to thank Jessie for the succor she gave.

We also acknowledge Orem Nursing and Rehabilitation Center for picking up the details freeing us to be only a loving presence as her life ended. Funeral services will be Saturday, 13 September 2003 at 12:00 noon in the North Logan Third Ward, 1850 North 400 East, North Logan, UT under the direction of Allen-Cranney Mortuary. Friends may call at the mortuary (420 East 1800 North) Friday evening from 6:00-8:00 p.m. and Saturday at the church from 10:30-11:30 a.m.

If you wish, donations can be made to the Anna E. C. and Bertis L. Embry scholarships in electrical and agricultural engineering at Utah State University, c/o the Development Office, Old Main, USU, Logan UT 84322.