Ursula Flanagan Obituary (2020)

Ursula (nee:Becnel) Flanagan was born...well a really long time ago....she spent most of my life hiding her age, so I guess I'll continue with her wishes. She grew up in Naomi, Louisiana, daughter of Theodore Roosevelt Becnel & Osyth Mary Perez (Becnel), oldest sister to Theodore Becnel Jr. & Barbara Becnel Cribbs. Ursula was a strong willed and sometimes stubborn woman who knew what she wanted. She moved to NYC against her father's wishes in the early 1950's to attend Cooper Union Art School where she met her future husband Donald Eugene Flanagan. She worked behind the scenes with the New York Giants, and I know she was sad to give that job up when I was born. We lived in New York, San Francisco and Philadelphia, but New York was always her home! Ursula was a great artist, so creative in any medium she touched, she painted on everything when I was a kid, rocks, dressers, the living room walls! She painted great big 6 f foot orange circles on our living room walls in the apartment I grew up in, because "the white was too boring".She worked in acrylic, ceramic, but made a name for herself as a silversmith working on large, bold pieces of art jewelry with many shows in the tri-state area.She passed September 16, 2020 and will be missed by her daughter Courtney Flanagan Chobert, (John), Grandchildren, Colin & Riley Chobert and by her Sister & nieces and nephews. Funeral service are private. Cemetery Burial will be private PAUS Funeral Home Murphy Ruffenach Brian W. Donnelly Funeral Home, PC. 2237-41 South Third St. Philadelphia PA - 19148 US (215) 334-1578