The Jackson Hole Guide
February 10, 1966
Page 3
Josephine Saunders, Pioneer Teacher, Dead at 88
Josephine Saunders passed away February 2 at St. John's hospital after a ten day illness. Funeral services were held February 5 at the American Legion Hall. Active pall bearers were Bob Shervin, Tom Lamb, Stanley Seaton, Jim Scarlett, Byron Goe, and Don Yale. Honorary pallbearers were Almer Nelson, Emmett Burrows, Jim Deloney, Jim McInelly, Allen Budge, Jim Budge, Bob Price, George Kelly, Lee Johnson, Sr., Clifford Hansen, Lloyd Moss, and Henry Gunther.
Interment was at the Aspen Hill cemetery in Jackson.
Obituary
Josephine Louise Saunders was born at Fillmore, Utah, May 12, 1877, to Culbert Byron Robinson and Eunice Eliza Mowry.
Her father was a railroad construction engineer. He brought his family from Pennsylvania to Atchison, Kansas, and left them there, as he went on west fulfilling contracts as the railroads were built into the West.
He spent the winter of 1876 teaching school in Woodscros, Utah. His family joined him in the spring. They moved to Fillmore, Utah, where several of his aunts and uncles lived. While living in Fillmore, Josephine was born. She was the only one born in the west - two sons and four daughters were born in Pennsylvania.
When Josephine was about three years old her father had railroad contracts toward Idaho. Near Pocatello he became interested in filling on a homestead. They settled in Rockland, Idaho - 18 miles east of American Falls. He soon had a two room log cabin built and had his family with him. Before long the railroad continued into Oregon and Washington and his contracts led him to the coast. The family lived in Tacoma and Ellensburg for several years.
When she was twelve they moved back to Rockland where she spent her girlhood.
At twenty, in the year 1896, she and her mother moved to Albion, Idaho, so she could attend the Albion State Normal school and train to become a teacher. She graduated in 1901.
When the Spanish American war soldiers returned home she married her soldier, Jabez J. Saunders in June 1900. Two children were born to them in Pocatello, Idaho, Roy Allyn and Rachel Mary. Roy was a carpenter and cabinet maker for many years. Rachel graduated from the University of Wyoming as a teacher and held a teacher's certificate from the state of Idaho.
In the summer of 1907, they visited her sister and husband, Maggie and Roy McBride who lived on Flat Creek. During this visit she taught the Flat Creek school. About this time, Jess filed on a homestead at the mouth of Flat Creek canyon. They built a comfortable two room log home which she made beautiful with her lovely flowers.
Flat Creek played a very important part in the lives of the early pioneers. The neighbors loved each other. Among them, besides the McBrides were the LaPlants, Robisons, Petersons, Chambers and the Goe boys. This close association of neighbors brought about parties, picnics, fishing trips, climaxed with the romance of her niece Olivette Webb and George Goe.
Josephine was a Jackson Hole pioneer teacher. She taught two years on Flat Creek, started the Grovont school and twelve years in District 1 in Jackson. Many natives of Jackson Hole can call her their teacher. She loved to teach and she loved her students. After she retired from regular teaching she tutored children in her home until the time of her death.
She is survived by her daughter Rachel Sutton, granddaughters Darleen Calvert and Mary Mac Gray, grandsons Bill Saunders and Pat Sutton, 17 great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
Her husband, Jess, preceded her in death in 1941; her son, Roy, in June 1965, and an infant daughter, Margaret, in 1916.
She had a deep love for the great outdoors - the mountains, wild flowers, streams and trees. She found expression of this great love in writing poetry. She wrote many that are beautiful - one being "The Sentinel" - a tribute to the Tetons.
"The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore."
February 10, 1966
Page 3
Josephine Saunders, Pioneer Teacher, Dead at 88
Josephine Saunders passed away February 2 at St. John's hospital after a ten day illness. Funeral services were held February 5 at the American Legion Hall. Active pall bearers were Bob Shervin, Tom Lamb, Stanley Seaton, Jim Scarlett, Byron Goe, and Don Yale. Honorary pallbearers were Almer Nelson, Emmett Burrows, Jim Deloney, Jim McInelly, Allen Budge, Jim Budge, Bob Price, George Kelly, Lee Johnson, Sr., Clifford Hansen, Lloyd Moss, and Henry Gunther.
Interment was at the Aspen Hill cemetery in Jackson.
Obituary
Josephine Louise Saunders was born at Fillmore, Utah, May 12, 1877, to Culbert Byron Robinson and Eunice Eliza Mowry.
Her father was a railroad construction engineer. He brought his family from Pennsylvania to Atchison, Kansas, and left them there, as he went on west fulfilling contracts as the railroads were built into the West.
He spent the winter of 1876 teaching school in Woodscros, Utah. His family joined him in the spring. They moved to Fillmore, Utah, where several of his aunts and uncles lived. While living in Fillmore, Josephine was born. She was the only one born in the west - two sons and four daughters were born in Pennsylvania.
When Josephine was about three years old her father had railroad contracts toward Idaho. Near Pocatello he became interested in filling on a homestead. They settled in Rockland, Idaho - 18 miles east of American Falls. He soon had a two room log cabin built and had his family with him. Before long the railroad continued into Oregon and Washington and his contracts led him to the coast. The family lived in Tacoma and Ellensburg for several years.
When she was twelve they moved back to Rockland where she spent her girlhood.
At twenty, in the year 1896, she and her mother moved to Albion, Idaho, so she could attend the Albion State Normal school and train to become a teacher. She graduated in 1901.
When the Spanish American war soldiers returned home she married her soldier, Jabez J. Saunders in June 1900. Two children were born to them in Pocatello, Idaho, Roy Allyn and Rachel Mary. Roy was a carpenter and cabinet maker for many years. Rachel graduated from the University of Wyoming as a teacher and held a teacher's certificate from the state of Idaho.
In the summer of 1907, they visited her sister and husband, Maggie and Roy McBride who lived on Flat Creek. During this visit she taught the Flat Creek school. About this time, Jess filed on a homestead at the mouth of Flat Creek canyon. They built a comfortable two room log home which she made beautiful with her lovely flowers.
Flat Creek played a very important part in the lives of the early pioneers. The neighbors loved each other. Among them, besides the McBrides were the LaPlants, Robisons, Petersons, Chambers and the Goe boys. This close association of neighbors brought about parties, picnics, fishing trips, climaxed with the romance of her niece Olivette Webb and George Goe.
Josephine was a Jackson Hole pioneer teacher. She taught two years on Flat Creek, started the Grovont school and twelve years in District 1 in Jackson. Many natives of Jackson Hole can call her their teacher. She loved to teach and she loved her students. After she retired from regular teaching she tutored children in her home until the time of her death.
She is survived by her daughter Rachel Sutton, granddaughters Darleen Calvert and Mary Mac Gray, grandsons Bill Saunders and Pat Sutton, 17 great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
Her husband, Jess, preceded her in death in 1941; her son, Roy, in June 1965, and an infant daughter, Margaret, in 1916.
She had a deep love for the great outdoors - the mountains, wild flowers, streams and trees. She found expression of this great love in writing poetry. She wrote many that are beautiful - one being "The Sentinel" - a tribute to the Tetons.
"The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore."
The Jackson Hole Guide
February 10, 1966
Page 3
Josephine Saunders, Pioneer Teacher, Dead at 88
Josephine Saunders passed away February 2 at St. John's hospital after a ten day illness. Funeral services were held February 5 at the American Legion Hall. Active pall bearers were Bob Shervin, Tom Lamb, Stanley Seaton, Jim Scarlett, Byron Goe, and Don Yale. Honorary pallbearers were Almer Nelson, Emmett Burrows, Jim Deloney, Jim McInelly, Allen Budge, Jim Budge, Bob Price, George Kelly, Lee Johnson, Sr., Clifford Hansen, Lloyd Moss, and Henry Gunther.
Interment was at the Aspen Hill cemetery in Jackson.
Obituary
Josephine Louise Saunders was born at Fillmore, Utah, May 12, 1877, to Culbert Byron Robinson and Eunice Eliza Mowry.
Her father was a railroad construction engineer. He brought his family from Pennsylvania to Atchison, Kansas, and left them there, as he went on west fulfilling contracts as the railroads were built into the West.
He spent the winter of 1876 teaching school in Woodscros, Utah. His family joined him in the spring. They moved to Fillmore, Utah, where several of his aunts and uncles lived. While living in Fillmore, Josephine was born. She was the only one born in the west - two sons and four daughters were born in Pennsylvania.
When Josephine was about three years old her father had railroad contracts toward Idaho. Near Pocatello he became interested in filling on a homestead. They settled in Rockland, Idaho - 18 miles east of American Falls. He soon had a two room log cabin built and had his family with him. Before long the railroad continued into Oregon and Washington and his contracts led him to the coast. The family lived in Tacoma and Ellensburg for several years.
When she was twelve they moved back to Rockland where she spent her girlhood.
At twenty, in the year 1896, she and her mother moved to Albion, Idaho, so she could attend the Albion State Normal school and train to become a teacher. She graduated in 1901.
When the Spanish American war soldiers returned home she married her soldier, Jabez J. Saunders in June 1900. Two children were born to them in Pocatello, Idaho, Roy Allyn and Rachel Mary. Roy was a carpenter and cabinet maker for many years. Rachel graduated from the University of Wyoming as a teacher and held a teacher's certificate from the state of Idaho.
In the summer of 1907, they visited her sister and husband, Maggie and Roy McBride who lived on Flat Creek. During this visit she taught the Flat Creek school. About this time, Jess filed on a homestead at the mouth of Flat Creek canyon. They built a comfortable two room log home which she made beautiful with her lovely flowers.
Flat Creek played a very important part in the lives of the early pioneers. The neighbors loved each other. Among them, besides the McBrides were the LaPlants, Robisons, Petersons, Chambers and the Goe boys. This close association of neighbors brought about parties, picnics, fishing trips, climaxed with the romance of her niece Olivette Webb and George Goe.
Josephine was a Jackson Hole pioneer teacher. She taught two years on Flat Creek, started the Grovont school and twelve years in District 1 in Jackson. Many natives of Jackson Hole can call her their teacher. She loved to teach and she loved her students. After she retired from regular teaching she tutored children in her home until the time of her death.
She is survived by her daughter Rachel Sutton, granddaughters Darleen Calvert and Mary Mac Gray, grandsons Bill Saunders and Pat Sutton, 17 great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
Her husband, Jess, preceded her in death in 1941; her son, Roy, in June 1965, and an infant daughter, Margaret, in 1916.
She had a deep love for the great outdoors - the mountains, wild flowers, streams and trees. She found expression of this great love in writing poetry. She wrote many that are beautiful - one being "The Sentinel" - a tribute to the Tetons.
"The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore."
February 10, 1966
Page 3
Josephine Saunders, Pioneer Teacher, Dead at 88
Josephine Saunders passed away February 2 at St. John's hospital after a ten day illness. Funeral services were held February 5 at the American Legion Hall. Active pall bearers were Bob Shervin, Tom Lamb, Stanley Seaton, Jim Scarlett, Byron Goe, and Don Yale. Honorary pallbearers were Almer Nelson, Emmett Burrows, Jim Deloney, Jim McInelly, Allen Budge, Jim Budge, Bob Price, George Kelly, Lee Johnson, Sr., Clifford Hansen, Lloyd Moss, and Henry Gunther.
Interment was at the Aspen Hill cemetery in Jackson.
Obituary
Josephine Louise Saunders was born at Fillmore, Utah, May 12, 1877, to Culbert Byron Robinson and Eunice Eliza Mowry.
Her father was a railroad construction engineer. He brought his family from Pennsylvania to Atchison, Kansas, and left them there, as he went on west fulfilling contracts as the railroads were built into the West.
He spent the winter of 1876 teaching school in Woodscros, Utah. His family joined him in the spring. They moved to Fillmore, Utah, where several of his aunts and uncles lived. While living in Fillmore, Josephine was born. She was the only one born in the west - two sons and four daughters were born in Pennsylvania.
When Josephine was about three years old her father had railroad contracts toward Idaho. Near Pocatello he became interested in filling on a homestead. They settled in Rockland, Idaho - 18 miles east of American Falls. He soon had a two room log cabin built and had his family with him. Before long the railroad continued into Oregon and Washington and his contracts led him to the coast. The family lived in Tacoma and Ellensburg for several years.
When she was twelve they moved back to Rockland where she spent her girlhood.
At twenty, in the year 1896, she and her mother moved to Albion, Idaho, so she could attend the Albion State Normal school and train to become a teacher. She graduated in 1901.
When the Spanish American war soldiers returned home she married her soldier, Jabez J. Saunders in June 1900. Two children were born to them in Pocatello, Idaho, Roy Allyn and Rachel Mary. Roy was a carpenter and cabinet maker for many years. Rachel graduated from the University of Wyoming as a teacher and held a teacher's certificate from the state of Idaho.
In the summer of 1907, they visited her sister and husband, Maggie and Roy McBride who lived on Flat Creek. During this visit she taught the Flat Creek school. About this time, Jess filed on a homestead at the mouth of Flat Creek canyon. They built a comfortable two room log home which she made beautiful with her lovely flowers.
Flat Creek played a very important part in the lives of the early pioneers. The neighbors loved each other. Among them, besides the McBrides were the LaPlants, Robisons, Petersons, Chambers and the Goe boys. This close association of neighbors brought about parties, picnics, fishing trips, climaxed with the romance of her niece Olivette Webb and George Goe.
Josephine was a Jackson Hole pioneer teacher. She taught two years on Flat Creek, started the Grovont school and twelve years in District 1 in Jackson. Many natives of Jackson Hole can call her their teacher. She loved to teach and she loved her students. After she retired from regular teaching she tutored children in her home until the time of her death.
She is survived by her daughter Rachel Sutton, granddaughters Darleen Calvert and Mary Mac Gray, grandsons Bill Saunders and Pat Sutton, 17 great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
Her husband, Jess, preceded her in death in 1941; her son, Roy, in June 1965, and an infant daughter, Margaret, in 1916.
She had a deep love for the great outdoors - the mountains, wild flowers, streams and trees. She found expression of this great love in writing poetry. She wrote many that are beautiful - one being "The Sentinel" - a tribute to the Tetons.
"The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore."
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