Jean Flake passed away March 15, 2026, in Queen Creek. Jean was born to Harry and Lenna Theabold in Gallup, N.M., on July 25, 1935.
After high school she attended BYU where she met a handsome returned missionary from Snowflake named Rolf Flake. They married on June 29, 1954. During their early married years, they lived in Snowflake and a few other locations before moving to Gilbert in 1965.
Survivors include children, LaDawn (Jim) Pyles, Kent (Lori) Flake, Reed (Amy) Flake, Kirk (Lori) Flake and Kristen (Carl) Bloomfield. She is also survived by one brother, Harry D. Theabold of Mesa, and six in-law siblings, Nena (Arnold) Foster, Lavona (Jay) Richardson, Leona (Lyn) Kimball, Rey (Margaret) Flake, Garry (Janet) Flake, and Keith (Jodi) Flake; 27 grandchildren, 66 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
Jean is preceded in death by husband, Rolf; daughter, Loretta (Pat) Kanavel; and sister, June Patzke.
A visitation will be held Friday, March 20, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Bunker’s Garden Chapel, Mesa. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., on Saturday, March 21, at the Gilbert Arizona Stake Center. Interment will be at 5 p.m. that same day at the Snowflake Cemetery.
Owens Livingston Mortuary of Snowflake handled the arrangements.
