Anna Mae Shiflett, 86, a longtime Wenatchee resident, died March 1, 2010. Anna Mae was born September 7, 1923, in Petersburg, NE. She then attended Wenatchee High School, graduating in 1941. The year she graduated, she was Apple Blossom Princess for Wenatchee Heights. On November 12, 1941, she married Ned Shiflett. They made their first home on Wenatchee Heights, later moving to Stemilt Hill, where they raised their four children. In 1967, they moved back to Wenatchee Heights, where they had purchased a cherry orchard. She was a homemaker and worked at Stan's Merry Mart for many years, until her retirement. Anna Mae loved to garden, take care of her grandchildren and snowmobile with her family. Mom was a very caring, generous person and always had plenty to eat for anyone who happened to stop by. Never complaining, she always worked hard at whatever she did, even when she took her four young children to the orchards to pick cherries.

She is survived by her son, Darwin (Dixie) Shiflett of East Wenatchee; daughter, Anita (Jonn) DeWitt of East Wenatchee; son, Kevin (Dolly) Shiflett of Wenatchee; daughter-in-law, Kim Shiflett of Wenatchee; eight grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ned; and son, Terry.

Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, March 5, 2010, at Telford's Chapel of the Valley in East Wenatchee. Private Interment will be at the Stemilt Hill Cemetery. Arrangements under the direction of Telford's Chapel of the Valley, East Wenatchee.