Life sketch written by Bessie Arrington to be read at her funeral:
Bessie Mae Emerson was born Sept 1, 1888, in Yates Center, Kansas, the second child in a family of five children to Charles and Annie Croker Emerson. She received her early schooling there, until the last two years of High School when the family moved to Osawatomie, Kansas, where she was the Valedictorian of the graduating Senior Class. She graduated from the Paola Normal School and taught for two years. The she graduated from the Fredonia Business College, Fredonia, Kansas, and then was employed in the office of the Prosecuting Attorney, Oklahoma City, until she was married to Bruce S. Arrington, Nov. 28th, 1910.
She was a member of the Methodist Church, and an ordained lay-speaker. She taught the Hubbel Bible Class for ten years, was an active member of the Women's Society of Christian Service, and in the circle to which she belonged.
In 1965, she received a plaque from the Gen. Federation of Women's Clubs in Washington, D.C., for the longest record of Leadership in the Idaho Federation of Women's Clubs. She was past President of the Idaho State Federation of Women's Clubs' and past President of the following groups: Civic club of Ogden, Utah; Montpelier Women's Club; Round Table Study Club; United Church Women. She is listed in "Who's Who in the West", and in 1949 organized the Federated Women's Club of Idaho Falls. She was a member of two Fraternal Organizations: The Neighbors of Woodcraft, and the North America Benefit Association of Montpelier.
When her husband retired from active duty after 48 years of service with the Union Pacific Railway Co, they moved to Idaho Falls, and built a home at 801 Saturn Ave, where she has since resided.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her mother and father, three brothers and one son, Monroe. She is survived by one son, Woodrow, 8 grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren, one sister, Ruth Ozmun of Mankato, Kansas, and 49 nephews and nieces.
"Do not carve in stone or wood- She was honest, she was good-
But rather write on the evening breeze seven short words, and those words are these—
‘She lived, she loved, and she understood.'"
Bessie Mae Emerson was born Sept 1, 1888, in Yates Center, Kansas, the second child in a family of five children to Charles and Annie Croker Emerson. She received her early schooling there, until the last two years of High School when the family moved to Osawatomie, Kansas, where she was the Valedictorian of the graduating Senior Class. She graduated from the Paola Normal School and taught for two years. The she graduated from the Fredonia Business College, Fredonia, Kansas, and then was employed in the office of the Prosecuting Attorney, Oklahoma City, until she was married to Bruce S. Arrington, Nov. 28th, 1910.
She was a member of the Methodist Church, and an ordained lay-speaker. She taught the Hubbel Bible Class for ten years, was an active member of the Women's Society of Christian Service, and in the circle to which she belonged.
In 1965, she received a plaque from the Gen. Federation of Women's Clubs in Washington, D.C., for the longest record of Leadership in the Idaho Federation of Women's Clubs. She was past President of the Idaho State Federation of Women's Clubs' and past President of the following groups: Civic club of Ogden, Utah; Montpelier Women's Club; Round Table Study Club; United Church Women. She is listed in "Who's Who in the West", and in 1949 organized the Federated Women's Club of Idaho Falls. She was a member of two Fraternal Organizations: The Neighbors of Woodcraft, and the North America Benefit Association of Montpelier.
When her husband retired from active duty after 48 years of service with the Union Pacific Railway Co, they moved to Idaho Falls, and built a home at 801 Saturn Ave, where she has since resided.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her mother and father, three brothers and one son, Monroe. She is survived by one son, Woodrow, 8 grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren, one sister, Ruth Ozmun of Mankato, Kansas, and 49 nephews and nieces.
"Do not carve in stone or wood- She was honest, she was good-
But rather write on the evening breeze seven short words, and those words are these—
‘She lived, she loved, and she understood.'"
Life sketch written by Bessie Arrington to be read at her funeral:
Bessie Mae Emerson was born Sept 1, 1888, in Yates Center, Kansas, the second child in a family of five children to Charles and Annie Croker Emerson. She received her early schooling there, until the last two years of High School when the family moved to Osawatomie, Kansas, where she was the Valedictorian of the graduating Senior Class. She graduated from the Paola Normal School and taught for two years. The she graduated from the Fredonia Business College, Fredonia, Kansas, and then was employed in the office of the Prosecuting Attorney, Oklahoma City, until she was married to Bruce S. Arrington, Nov. 28th, 1910.
She was a member of the Methodist Church, and an ordained lay-speaker. She taught the Hubbel Bible Class for ten years, was an active member of the Women's Society of Christian Service, and in the circle to which she belonged.
In 1965, she received a plaque from the Gen. Federation of Women's Clubs in Washington, D.C., for the longest record of Leadership in the Idaho Federation of Women's Clubs. She was past President of the Idaho State Federation of Women's Clubs' and past President of the following groups: Civic club of Ogden, Utah; Montpelier Women's Club; Round Table Study Club; United Church Women. She is listed in "Who's Who in the West", and in 1949 organized the Federated Women's Club of Idaho Falls. She was a member of two Fraternal Organizations: The Neighbors of Woodcraft, and the North America Benefit Association of Montpelier.
When her husband retired from active duty after 48 years of service with the Union Pacific Railway Co, they moved to Idaho Falls, and built a home at 801 Saturn Ave, where she has since resided.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her mother and father, three brothers and one son, Monroe. She is survived by one son, Woodrow, 8 grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren, one sister, Ruth Ozmun of Mankato, Kansas, and 49 nephews and nieces.
"Do not carve in stone or wood- She was honest, she was good-
But rather write on the evening breeze seven short words, and those words are these—
‘She lived, she loved, and she understood.'"
Bessie Mae Emerson was born Sept 1, 1888, in Yates Center, Kansas, the second child in a family of five children to Charles and Annie Croker Emerson. She received her early schooling there, until the last two years of High School when the family moved to Osawatomie, Kansas, where she was the Valedictorian of the graduating Senior Class. She graduated from the Paola Normal School and taught for two years. The she graduated from the Fredonia Business College, Fredonia, Kansas, and then was employed in the office of the Prosecuting Attorney, Oklahoma City, until she was married to Bruce S. Arrington, Nov. 28th, 1910.
She was a member of the Methodist Church, and an ordained lay-speaker. She taught the Hubbel Bible Class for ten years, was an active member of the Women's Society of Christian Service, and in the circle to which she belonged.
In 1965, she received a plaque from the Gen. Federation of Women's Clubs in Washington, D.C., for the longest record of Leadership in the Idaho Federation of Women's Clubs. She was past President of the Idaho State Federation of Women's Clubs' and past President of the following groups: Civic club of Ogden, Utah; Montpelier Women's Club; Round Table Study Club; United Church Women. She is listed in "Who's Who in the West", and in 1949 organized the Federated Women's Club of Idaho Falls. She was a member of two Fraternal Organizations: The Neighbors of Woodcraft, and the North America Benefit Association of Montpelier.
When her husband retired from active duty after 48 years of service with the Union Pacific Railway Co, they moved to Idaho Falls, and built a home at 801 Saturn Ave, where she has since resided.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her mother and father, three brothers and one son, Monroe. She is survived by one son, Woodrow, 8 grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren, one sister, Ruth Ozmun of Mankato, Kansas, and 49 nephews and nieces.
"Do not carve in stone or wood- She was honest, she was good-
But rather write on the evening breeze seven short words, and those words are these—
‘She lived, she loved, and she understood.'"
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