Cora Flud

September 27, 1910 - February 20, 2010

Resident of Concord, CA. for 58 years passed away peacefully at the home of her daughter.

Cora was born in Alma, Arkansas. She was the 10^th of 11 Children of the late James Pleasant Smith and Susanna Jane Pierce Smith. Wife of the late Arthur Chester Flud and the beloved Mother to her dearly departed children Willis Flud, Leota Rooney and Burlon Flud and to her surving son Harold Flud of Middleton, ID. And daughter Kathleen Wilkinson of Winters, CA.

Grandmother to Terri Rooney-Fowler, Patti Colahan, Diane Rooney, Kathy Curtis, Tonya Narten, Marcie Azevedo, Desirae Hudgins, Marianne Gatchell, Johnny Flud, Caryn Henry Krissy Pimentel, Deanna Munoz, Valerie Numemacher, Carole Sue Radon, Matthew Flud, Judy Hernandez. Great-Grandmother to 28, and Great-great Grandmother to 5, Aunt and Great Aunt to many. In addition to being a wife and mother, this beloved Matriarch held many jobs in her lifetime. Growing up she worked on share-cropping farms and in general stores in Lurton AK., Eufaula and Stidham OK. Then she and her Husband moved their young family to Richmond CA. She worked in the shipyards during World War II, like “Rosie the Riveter”, and later at the County Hospital in Martinez. She was a strong willed, independent woman who worked hard and loved her family. Known to all as either Momma, Granny or Aunt Cora, She loved going fishing, Smith Family Reunions, and Reno, where lady luck would seem to smile on her. She loved her home the most and enjoyed making quilts, crocheting, reading and playing games with family and friends, as well as telling stories of her life to a captive audience. Cora touched the lives of many people in her ninety-nine-plus years on this earth with her caring heart, honesty, generosity and pioneer spirit. She maintained her trademark sense of strength all the way to the end. She will be forever loved and greatly missed.

Visitation will be 10 am Thursday, February 25, 2010 followed by the funeral service at 11 am at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1590 Denkinger Rd. Concord, CA. Interment will follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery, Concord, CA