John Tinsman Cauvel was born on a farm a few miles west of Spokane, Washington, the 8th of 9 children of Charles 'Charley' Wellington Cauvel and Margaret Belle Yard Cauvel. His mother was already sick with tuberculosis and would die when John was only 5 years old of the disease which had already taken the life of Margaret's father and three of her siblings in Pennsylvania. John's father struggled to provide for his family by farming a small scab rock farm that provided few comforts. John and his siblings attended local elementary schools and then North Central High School in Spokane from which John graduated in 1933. John and four of his brothers all worked for the two Spokane newpapers, The Spokesman Review and The Chronicle. Their oldest brother was the only one to attend college and became a chemical engineer at a paper company which made, among other things, the paper on which newspapers are printed.
John married Irma Isabelle 'Belle' Minden on 24 Oct 1934 and had two children, John Rodney born in 1937 and Roberta Belle born in 1941. During WWII, John left the newspaper business and worked at Galena Air Base (later renamed Fairchild AFB) refurbishing fighter and bomber aircraft that were damaged in the war. When the war ended, John returned to newspaper work. In 1947 John moved his wife and children across the state to Tacoma where he worked for the Tacoma News Tribune until his retirement. John and his wife Belle loved to hunt and fish and were active in church life. John died at the age of 84 in 1998 after suffering from heart trouble, prostate cancer and later, dementia. His remains were cremated. In 2003, after Belle died, their combined cremated remains were scattered over the waters of a peaceful cove located at North 47.481111 Degrees/West 123.279167 Degrees, a favorite fishing spot of theirs on Lake Cushman on the Olympic Peninsula.
John married Irma Isabelle 'Belle' Minden on 24 Oct 1934 and had two children, John Rodney born in 1937 and Roberta Belle born in 1941. During WWII, John left the newspaper business and worked at Galena Air Base (later renamed Fairchild AFB) refurbishing fighter and bomber aircraft that were damaged in the war. When the war ended, John returned to newspaper work. In 1947 John moved his wife and children across the state to Tacoma where he worked for the Tacoma News Tribune until his retirement. John and his wife Belle loved to hunt and fish and were active in church life. John died at the age of 84 in 1998 after suffering from heart trouble, prostate cancer and later, dementia. His remains were cremated. In 2003, after Belle died, their combined cremated remains were scattered over the waters of a peaceful cove located at North 47.481111 Degrees/West 123.279167 Degrees, a favorite fishing spot of theirs on Lake Cushman on the Olympic Peninsula.
John Tinsman Cauvel was born on a farm a few miles west of Spokane, Washington, the 8th of 9 children of Charles 'Charley' Wellington Cauvel and Margaret Belle Yard Cauvel. His mother was already sick with tuberculosis and would die when John was only 5 years old of the disease which had already taken the life of Margaret's father and three of her siblings in Pennsylvania. John's father struggled to provide for his family by farming a small scab rock farm that provided few comforts. John and his siblings attended local elementary schools and then North Central High School in Spokane from which John graduated in 1933. John and four of his brothers all worked for the two Spokane newpapers, The Spokesman Review and The Chronicle. Their oldest brother was the only one to attend college and became a chemical engineer at a paper company which made, among other things, the paper on which newspapers are printed.
John married Irma Isabelle 'Belle' Minden on 24 Oct 1934 and had two children, John Rodney born in 1937 and Roberta Belle born in 1941. During WWII, John left the newspaper business and worked at Galena Air Base (later renamed Fairchild AFB) refurbishing fighter and bomber aircraft that were damaged in the war. When the war ended, John returned to newspaper work. In 1947 John moved his wife and children across the state to Tacoma where he worked for the Tacoma News Tribune until his retirement. John and his wife Belle loved to hunt and fish and were active in church life. John died at the age of 84 in 1998 after suffering from heart trouble, prostate cancer and later, dementia. His remains were cremated. In 2003, after Belle died, their combined cremated remains were scattered over the waters of a peaceful cove located at North 47.481111 Degrees/West 123.279167 Degrees, a favorite fishing spot of theirs on Lake Cushman on the Olympic Peninsula.
John married Irma Isabelle 'Belle' Minden on 24 Oct 1934 and had two children, John Rodney born in 1937 and Roberta Belle born in 1941. During WWII, John left the newspaper business and worked at Galena Air Base (later renamed Fairchild AFB) refurbishing fighter and bomber aircraft that were damaged in the war. When the war ended, John returned to newspaper work. In 1947 John moved his wife and children across the state to Tacoma where he worked for the Tacoma News Tribune until his retirement. John and his wife Belle loved to hunt and fish and were active in church life. John died at the age of 84 in 1998 after suffering from heart trouble, prostate cancer and later, dementia. His remains were cremated. In 2003, after Belle died, their combined cremated remains were scattered over the waters of a peaceful cove located at North 47.481111 Degrees/West 123.279167 Degrees, a favorite fishing spot of theirs on Lake Cushman on the Olympic Peninsula.
