Florence Cline Lister

1920 - 2016

Florence Cline Lister obituary, 1920-2016, Mancos, Co

BORN

1920

DIED

2016

Florence Lister Obituary

Florence Cline Lister died September 4 at her home in Mancos, Colorado. Florence was born on April 29, 1920, the daughter of Paul and Mary Cline.

In the late 1930s Florence had her first encounter with archaeology when her father told her the exciting story of finding a corrugated cooking jar in an ancestral Pueblo archaeological site. This convinced her to enroll at the University of New Mexico and begin a life in archaeology that spanned over 70 years.

Florence's distinguished career included publishing important studies of Spanish and Mexican Majolica and ancestral Pueblo pottery and becoming widely known for her many popular books on Southwestern archaeology. Many early publications were co-authored with her husband Robert Lister. They married in 1944, and their life together ended too soon when Bob died in 1990.

Florence taught the public about the human past through her 40 publications, as a scholar on innumerable public tours, and as an eloquent and entertaining speaker who regularly delivered talks to overflow audiences.

Florence leaves behind a wide circle of friends who were touched by the times they shared with her: her dinner parties were the stuff of legend, her intelligence and wit sublime.

Florence is survived by two sons, Frank, in Mancos, and Gary, who lives with his wife Barbara in Estes Park, Colorado, and by four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Memorial donations can be sent to the Robert H. and Florence C. Lister Fellowship at the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, 23390 Road K, Cortez, Colorado 81321.

Published by The Journal on Sep. 9, 2016.
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