Flora Amussen was the daughter of Carl Christian Amussen and his wife Barbara McIsaac Smith. Flora was born in Logan, Utah. Her father died when she was only 15 months old, however he was able to leave a good legacy and so she was raised in relative comfort.
Amussen attended Utah State Agricultural College, now Utah State University, where she met Ezra Taft Benson.
At Utah State she was a tennis player, winning the colleges women"s singles title. Her mother was later called on a mission to Hawaii and they served as companions in Honolulu. After her return from her mission, Flora dated Ezra Taft Benson again and they were engaged within two months of her return from her mission.
In 1992 Flora was given Brigham Young University"s Exemplary Womanhood award.
