From Holland St. John - "Naomi Sevina St John, the daughter of Winfield Scott and Marion (Phillips) St John, was born August 21, 1879 near Arlington, Iowa on the family farm. After the family moved to the town of Arlington in March of 1885, she attended the Arlington schools, along with her sister Ruth and brothers Monroe and Freeman. Sometime around 1890 the family moved again, this time to the town of West Union, north of Arlington. Naomi and Monroe graduated from West Union High School the spring of 1897 and both began teaching that winter. In 1901 Naomi, with her brother Monroe, came to Washington state where she continued in her teaching career. She taught at Richmond Beach, Snohomish, Everett and Conconully. For a few years, she left the teaching profession and took up a homestead in Montana. However, missing her parents and other members of the family, she returned in 1923 to Richmond Beach where she had previous built a house and continued her teaching. She retired from teaching after thirty years of service. After her parents died, who had been living with her, she moved to a Seattle senior apartment complex and later to an assisted living facility in Des Moines, south of Seattle. Naomi was gifted at "fancy work" such as embroidery, quilt making and crocheting. She also did a great deal of reading until she became almost totally blind. She lived at Judson Park for a number of years until her death on February 25, 1985. She was 105 year old."
From Holland St. John - "Naomi Sevina St John, the daughter of Winfield Scott and Marion (Phillips) St John, was born August 21, 1879 near Arlington, Iowa on the family farm. After the family moved to the town of Arlington in March of 1885, she attended the Arlington schools, along with her sister Ruth and brothers Monroe and Freeman. Sometime around 1890 the family moved again, this time to the town of West Union, north of Arlington. Naomi and Monroe graduated from West Union High School the spring of 1897 and both began teaching that winter. In 1901 Naomi, with her brother Monroe, came to Washington state where she continued in her teaching career. She taught at Richmond Beach, Snohomish, Everett and Conconully. For a few years, she left the teaching profession and took up a homestead in Montana. However, missing her parents and other members of the family, she returned in 1923 to Richmond Beach where she had previous built a house and continued her teaching. She retired from teaching after thirty years of service. After her parents died, who had been living with her, she moved to a Seattle senior apartment complex and later to an assisted living facility in Des Moines, south of Seattle. Naomi was gifted at "fancy work" such as embroidery, quilt making and crocheting. She also did a great deal of reading until she became almost totally blind. She lived at Judson Park for a number of years until her death on February 25, 1985. She was 105 year old."
