Ann Elizabeth Latty March 4, 2008

Ann Elizabeth Latty, 37, of Dallas, Ore., died Tuesday in Salem, Ore. Her husband is Shon Latty.

Annie and her family lived in Reedsport at the time that we lived there, Her husband was one of Robert’s officers.

Born Nov. 28, 1970, in Scranton, daughter of Guy Wood, Dalton, and Janet Henderson Wood, Clarks Summit, she grew up in Clarks Summit and graduated from Abington Heights High School in 1989. She joined the Coast Guard, which took her to San Pedro, Calif., and then to Petaluma, Calif., where she graduated from Yeoman School. She was then transferred to Sandy Hook, N.J. While stationed there, she met her husband and they married Dec. 7, 1991, in Clarks Summit. They were then transferred to Hawaii. While in Hawaii, her daughter Samantha was born. Annie was honorably discharged in 1995 and moved to Reedsport, Ore., in 1996. In 2001, while in Reedsport, her son Jonathan was born. In 2006, she moved to Dallas.

She enjoyed being a homemaker and mother, choosing to home-school her children. She also enjoyed being a puppeteer, translating and teaching American Sign Language, computers, arts and crafts, quilting and church activities. She was an active member of Dallas Evangelical Bible Church, teaching Awana’s, children’s church and American Sign Language and singing with the Women of Praise.

Also surviving are three children, Sabrena Switzer, who attends Oklahoma State University; Samantha and Jonathan Latty, both of Dallas; a sister, Susan O’Connor, Morrisville; two brothers, Glen Wood, Clarks Summit; and John Wood, Hop Bottom; aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews.

A memorial celebration was held Saturday at the Evangelical Bible Church. Arrangements by the Dallas Mortuary Tribute Center. Contributions may be made to a trust fund for her children in care of the funeral home