Anna Isabel Sargent

Birth: Jul 16, 1916 Des Moines Polk County Iowa, USA Death: Jul. 6, 2009 Garden Grove Orange County California, USA

Anne Isabel (Savage)Sargent was born in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa on 16 July 1916 to William Oliver Savage, who was born in Iowa and Mary Mabel Buck, who was also born in Iowa. She attended Roosevelt High School but graduated from East High School in Des Moines. While she attended Creston Junior College she lived with her aunt Avilda and her grandmother Anna Bussy (Ward) Buck. She met her husband Robert Lynn Sargent of Gettysburg, South Dakota through her brother Ivan Savage while they were both working at a construction company. They were married on 12 Jun 1938 in the first Federated Church in Des Moines, Iowa. In late 1938 they moved to Glendale, California and then in 1939 they moved to Honolulu, Hawaii Territory because of his job as a civilian working with the military at Hickham Field. They were there when Pearl Harbor was bombed on 7 Dec 1941. They moved back to California in 1942 and moved to Salt Lake City, Utah and then to Lubbock, Texas. In 1945 they moved back to California to stay. They moved first to Compton where they joined the Compton 1st Methodist Church, then in 1952 they moved to Long Beach where they joined the Lakewood Methodist Church, and finally in 1964 they moved to Anaheim. Diane joined the family in 1958. In 1966 they joined the West Anaheim United Methodist Church. Anne was the treasurer and a member of the nominating committee for the United Methodist Women. She was also the financial secretary and the membership secretary for the church. She was also one of the babysitters for the choir and a 15 year member of the church handbell choir along side her daughter Diane. Robert Lynn Sargent died on 24 Aug 1985 in Anaheim. She is survived by her daughter Diane of Anaheim and her sister Marjorie Cook of Pelham, Alabama. Anne passed away at Chapman Care Center, followed by cremation and burial at sea. Memorial services were held on 25 Jul 2009 at 2:00 pm at the West Anaheim United Methodist Church in Anaheim. in lieu of flowers, please send a donation in her name to the West Anaheim United Methodist Church 2045 West Ball Road, Anaheim, CA. The money in the memorial fund is for the exculsive use of the West Anaheim United Methodist Church Handbell Choir.

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Parents:

 William Oliver Savage (1879 - 1956)

 Mary Mabel Buck Savage (1882 - 1966)

Spouse:

 Robert Lynn Sargent (1913 - 1985)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial: Cremated, Ashes scattered at sea.

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Created by: Tigger Record added: Jul 08, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 39207084