Sister Spotlight: Teri Flynn

Our sister, Teri Flynn, was born in Murray, Utah and grew up in Holliday. Her family consisted of five children with her as the middle child.  Her dad was an airline pilot for Pan American Airlines and was in the National Guard flying planes. On his last day before retiring with the National Guard, he was flying with his younger brother and they both were killed in an airplane accident in the Utah mountains.  This happened 30 years ago, and last year all Teri’s family hiked up the mountain where the plane came down. They were surprised to find some of the airplane parts still there.  All the family, including grandchildren and great-grandchildren, wrote notes on paper, put them into a time capsule, and buried it on that mountain.  

Teri went to college at BYU for three years and then married Thomas Patrick Flynn, who is now a mechanical engineer for Tesoro.  They have four biological children and adopted two boys 12 years ago. They have lived in Texas, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Arizona.  They moved to Riverton in October from Arizona.  Her hobbies and talents are anything outdoors: tennis, gardening, hiking, and crafts.  Her favorite food is Italian, especially at Carrabbas restaurant. And like most of us, she enjoys anything chocolate.  Teri keeps herself busy substituting for the Canyon District School part time and works also part time as a phlebotomist doing health screening. 

It was so enjoyable visiting with Teri.  We are so glad that they decided to settle in Riverton.  We will all enrich our lives getting to know this family better. Welcome to Riverton, Flynn family!

Sister Spotlight: Anne Esposito

The Relief Society Welcoming Committee would like to introduce another sister that has moved into our ward just recently… Sister Anne Esposito.  Anne (pronounced Annie) was born in Queens, Brooklyn, New York.  She has one brother and one sister and is the middle child. She moved to Utah seven years ago to be closer to her children. She has two sons and one daughter, Natalie who is living with her and is the Laurel president in our ward.  She has three grandchildren, a 5 year old, 3 year old, and a 9 month old. How fortunate she is to have all her children living around her in Utah.  

Anne is a convert to the church.  She was introduced to the gospel at the age of 14 years old when her older sister was baptized. Later, when visited by sister missionaries, she was baptized at the age of 22. Her mom and dad both passed away last year and Anne was able to do her mom’s temple work and is now working on her dad’s work.  Anne attended a college in Saddle Back, California and graduated with a degree in biology in nursing. She works at the Salt Lake City Behavioral Health clinic as a registered nurse which keeps her very busy. In visiting with her we realized how much Anne likes helping people. 

Anne is now divorced, but during her early married years she and her husband traveled to Italy, France, Amsterdam, Australia and many other places because of his work and then they took a cruise in the Mediterranean to Turkey, Greece, and Italy.  Her hobbies are reading and traveling. It was
​difficult for her to say which foods she enjoys (she mentioned Indian, Asian, and African food).  Since she was born and raised in the “melting pot” of New York City she enjoys all foods.  Her favorite callings were teaching in Relief Society, working with the young women, and teaching cub scouts. Her goal for the future is going back to school to receive her Masters degree in nursing and to get her daughter Natalie off on her mission.

How enjoyable it was to visit with Anne and to get to know her better. We are fortunate to have her and her daughter, Natalie, in our ward and excited to get to know them even better!