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Jo Ann Stephens Farnsworth

Profile Updated: June 9, 2015
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Class Year
1955
Residing In
Montpelier, ID USA
Spouse/Partner
Marion David Farnsworth - deceased
Occupation
retired typist and disabled job coach
Children
Patricia Ann, born 1962
Kathy Jo, born 1966
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After graduation I attended one year at BYU. Then I was employed and lived in Ogden, Utah working at Hill Air Force Base. I married and moved several times to Portland, Oregon; Seattle, Washington; Logan, Utah; Montpelier, Idaho; Cottonwood, Arizona; Kennewick (Tri Cities), Washington and back to Montpelier after retiring. I worked for the Department of Energy in Richland, Washington as a Wang Word Processing Operator which was the forerunner of today's computers. Right now I am working on the walking tour of old Downtown finding old photos to place in one or two stores per block. I hope it turns out.

School Story

My favorite story is when we were in the 7th grade, Mrs. Stoddard was so mad, because people would chew gum and she was for ever making us spit our gun in the waste basket before class started. We were getting better, but one day Gary Miles was chewing a great big pink wad of bubble gum. She went up to him and had him place it in her hand, then she rubbed the gum in his hair just over his forehead and he wore it that way all day, because he couldn't get it out. His mother worked at the laundry so she got it out for him that night without having to cut off his hair.

My other favorite story is one that other people told about Charles Kunz from Bern. He did something in study hall that made Belvina Johnson angry and when she went to his desk, he climbed under the desk and she couldn't get him out. Finally she called the principal. The principal started to go under the desk to pull Charlie out and Charlie said, "Oh Mr. Wwwwinters is she after you too?"

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Posted on: Sep 03, 2017 at 4:28 PM

Happy birthday Karen. I drove to Georgetown to bring you a card and some candy, but you weren't home. I hope you have found it. I bet you were having a party somewhere. The photo in the newspaper was really good.

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Jun 29, 2017 at 10:33 AM

Thank you David for finding this obituary.  The message I sent was before the obituary was published and she was admitted to the hospital with pneumonia.  Besure to delete my message,

 

Jun 18, 2017 at 2:33 PM

All the 1955 classmates from the Montpelier area that went to school with Donna Welker Glauser are feeling very bad that we did not know about her death.  We wanted to go to the Montpelier Cemetry.  Some memories of Donna was how she liked to dance around the house, so when she got married I gave her a dancing figurine.  One time several of the group called the big five were at a party at her house playing the wigi (how to spell it?) board game when suddenly all the Christmas cards that were standing up on the mantel blew down and it scared us all thinking it was a spirit, ghost or something.

Good bye Donna we love you.

 

 

Jun 16, 2017 at 10:33 AM

Donna was my best friend before high school and in highschool.  We also shared an ancestor Amos R. Wright.  I willl miss Donna so much.  What time is the interment at the Montpelier Cemetery?

 

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Jan 24, 2017 at 1:47 PM
Jan 24, 2017 at 1:47 PM

You are as good looking as ever. What a beautiful couple.

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Jan 15, 2017 at 11:42 AM

Posted on: Jan 11, 2017 at 7:45 PM

Happy Birthday Bill. Be glad you are in AZ. We are having the worst snow of the century they say. I had a boy get the snow off the roof of the house next door to your old house here in Montpelier so I thought about you today.

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Jun 20, 2016 at 5:15 PM

Happy Birthday Paul.

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Mar 21, 2016 at 7:59 PM

Have a belated happy birthday DeAnne. We had some good singing together.

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Sep 02, 2015 at 6:36 PM

Good bye Ann.  You were such a nice person.  Condolences to your family.

 

Aug 03, 2015 at 2:34 AM