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Has 40 ancestors and 17 descendants in this family tree.
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| Name |
Flora Call |
| Birth |
22 Apr 1868 |
Steuben, Huron, Ohio, United States  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Death |
26 Nov 1938 |
North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
15 Aug 1997 |
LOGAN |
| FamilySearch ID |
L7N1-44F |
| Burial |
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I97061 |
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| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
Charles Henry Call, b. 22 Mar 1823, Colrain, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States d. 6 Jan 1890, Paisley, Lake, Florida, United States (Age 66 years) |
| Mother |
Henrietta Catherine Gross, b. 22 Jul 1837, Miehlen, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland d. 21 Feb 1910, Paisley, Lake, Florida, United States (Age 72 years) |
| Marriage |
9 Sep 1855 |
Pella, Marion, Iowa, United States |
| Family ID |
F31029 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Elias Charles Disney, b. 6 Feb 1859, Bluevale, Morris-Turnberry, Huron, Ontario, Canada d. 13 Sep 1941, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (Age 82 years) |
| Marriage |
1 Jan 1888 |
Kismet, Lake, Florida, United States |
| Children |
| | 1. Herbert Arthur Disney, b. 8 Dec 1888, Acron, Lake, Florida, United States d. 29 Jan 1961, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States (Age 72 years) |
| + | 2. Raymond Arnold Disney, b. 30 Dec 1890, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States d. 24 May 1989, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, United States (Age 98 years) |
| | 3. Roy Oliver Disney, b. 24 Jun 1893, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States d. 20 Dec 1971, Burbank, Los Angeles, California, United States (Age 78 years) |
| + | 4. Walter Elias Disney, b. 5 Dec 1901, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States d. 15 Dec 1966, Burbank, Los Angeles, California, United States (Age 65 years) |
| | 5. Ruth Flora Disney, b. 6 Dec 1903, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States d. 7 Apr 1995, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States (Age 91 years) |
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| Family ID |
F31031 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
21 Apr 2024 |
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 | Birth - 22 Apr 1868 - Steuben, Huron, Ohio, United States |
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 | Marriage - 1 Jan 1888 - Kismet, Lake, Florida, United States |
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 | Death - 26 Nov 1938 - North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 15 Aug 1997 - LOGAN |
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 | Burial - - Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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| Notes |
- FLORA CALL DISNEY ~
was the wife of Elias Charles Disney. She is the mother of Walt Disney , ( Walter Elias Disney). Her other children were Herbert Arthur Disney , Raym ond Arnold Disney, Roy Oliver Disney and Ruth Flora Disney .
Elias Charles Disney and his wife Flora Call Disney are entombed withi n t he Great Mausoleum in the Sanctuary of Truth in Forest Lawn Memorial- Par k in Glendale, California.
Walt Disney and his family are remembered in a beautiful private garde n i n another location in this same Forest Lawn Memorial-Park in Glendale , Ca lifornia. Other family is in Forest Lawn Memorial-Park in Glendale a nd th e Hollywood Hills.
Flora was born in Steuben, Ohio, the daughter of Henrietta (née Gross) ( 1 837–1910) and Charles Call (1823–1890), who were neighbors of Kepple El ia s Disney and Mary Disney, parents of Elias Charles Disney, her husband . S he was of German and English descent .
She was a devoted and loving wife to Elias Charles and she raised thei r c hildren affirming the strict Christian values she and Elias wanted t o ins till in each one of their children.
The many moves Elias often needed to make were accepted by Flora becau s e she believed each move was intended to make their family closer and h op efully more financially sound, and she wanted their children to experi enc e other regions of the country. Flora fortunately was a very calm pre senc e to Elias and each one of their children.
It was Flora who seemed to temper the strict and rigid disposition of El i as and she calmed him when he did seem less tolerable when he was fraug h t with disciplinary actions with their children. To be certain, Elias l ov ed his family and he was likely under pressure due to financial proble ms ! Flora really enjoyed reading stories daily and even often playing ga me s with their children.
In Marceline, Missouri, when the Disney Family owned a small farm, Flo r a always made certain the children had good meals, warm clothes in th e co lder months, and that they spent time outside playing and learning a bou t the various farm animals on their farm. Walt was first exposed to a ll s orts of farm animals that most likely ingrained in his heart his dee p lov e for animals as he would later portray in so many of his beloved a nimate d and true-life films! In later years Walt would often reminiscenc e abou t the good times on the farm in Marceline and about the many anima ls he l oved and that his parents wanted him to respect and to enjoy an d to love !
It was in Marceline when Elias bought Flora her first sewing machine. S h e was quite a seamstress and she made most of the clothes for the child re n. She liked red and blue threads and used a lot of these colors on he r n ew leg-powered sewing machine!
When the Disney's lived in Kansas City, Missouri, Flora always made su r e each child had a good sack lunch for school and when Walt and Roy del iv ered newspapers for Elias early each morning and again after school, F lor a saw to it that the boys were dressed properly with extra layers o f clot hes in the cold bitter winters and that they had good food to eat.
Flora always did her best to see that the children knew that their birth d ays were special even though it was seldom an experience for Flora t o b e able to have enough eggs to bake cakes. She would spread "extra but ter " on a fresh slice of home baked bread and make this a special gift f or e ach one of their birthdays.
She and Elias were quite happy when the family moved to Kansas City. S h e encouraged each of their children to be excited about each new day a n d to dream about the future. Flora felt things were more stable for he r f amily in Kansas City as they were all working!
Sons Raymond Arnold Disney and Roy Oliver Disney were bank tellers at t h e First National Bank in downtown Kansas City, Missouri at the same ti m e Walt opened his first animation studio he called Laugh-O-gram Studi o lo cated at 31st and Forest Avenue. This original building remains toda y, al beit in disrepair, and hopefully will be fully restored! A most con certe d effort is in place to renew this building !
Raymond Arnold Disney's son who is Charles Elias Disney was named afte r h is grandfather Elias Charles Disney. Elias only saw Charles Elias fo r a s hort time before he passed away on his grandsons first birthday o n Septem ber 13, 1941.
After several years in Kansas City, Flora and Elias moved to Oregon t o b e with their son Herbert Arthur Disney and his family, and then the y move d to California at the insistence of Walt and Roy.
After the success of their milestone feature animated film "Snow White a n d the Seven Dwarfs" in 1938, Walt and Roy presented their parents wi t h a new home in North Hollywood, near the Disney studios in Burbank, Ca li fornia. Less than a month after moving in, Flora complained to Walt an d R oy of problems with the gas furnace in her new home. Studio repairme n wer e sent to the house twice, but the problem was obviously not adequa tely f ixed. Flora wrote a letter to her daughter Ruth describing their w onderfu l new home, the beautiful California weather, and how very happ y she an d Elias were to be close to Walt and Roy, but again complainin g of the fu mes from the furnace.
Flora passed from this life on Saturday, November 26, 1938 (two days aft e r Thanksgiving) as the result of asphyxiation caused by the fumes. On T ha nksgiving day Flora and Elias had enjoyed a lovely dinner with Walt an d L illian and Roy and Edna in Walt's home. The loss of his Mother plague d Wa lt Disney with much deep grief for the rest of his life. Walt felt p erson ally responsible for the furnace not being repaired properly. It wa s Ro y Oliver Disney who comforted and reassured both Walt and Elias an d the r est of the family that "the tragic and very sad loss of Flora wa s no one' s fault!"
Walt and his siblings thought about their beloved Mother for the res t o f their lives! Flora was a woman of strong Christian character and he r fa mily was everything to her. And she was everything to them!
"May Flora Call Disney Rest In Peace." Amen.
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