Edith Flora Kearsley was born to Edward William Kearsley and Annie Waterfall on the Durney Ranch, located Southwest of the town of Victor, Teton, Idaho. As a child, Edith worked very hard helping her mother with household chores and also on the family farm. They didn't have electricity or phones, or television.
Growing up in a small town called Victor, Edith knew John Scott Humble (her future husband), but "never took great notice of him" before. Scott liked to dance and would ask her to dance at each dance. The first date Edith and Scott went on was him taking her home from a dance. Five years later they were married on 31 July 1925 in Driggs, Teton, Idaho.
Edith and Scott had nine children. Their second born son, Nile Evan Humble became very ill and died at the age of 20 months of spinal meningitis. It was a devastating time for Edith and Scott to lose a sweet little child. The burial was especially hard for them, as they had no one to share their grief with. Everyone was scared that spinal meningitis was contagious, so they all stayed away from the funeral. Only their neighbor, Howard Tonks, came to the funeral with the Humble family to share their grief.
Their first son, who was named after his father, served in World War II. Just a few months after their son John Scott Humble, Jr. returned from serving in the war, he was injured in a logging accident. John Scott, Jr. was working with his cousins getting logs out of the hills for a barn, when the new rope he had tied down the pole with broke. The pole hit him in the back of his head. He was taken to Driggs, then to Idaho Falls where he was sent on further by an ambulance to Salt Lake City where he died a few days later.
Only a short six years after Edith's firstborn son died from the logging accident, her husband John Scott Humble, Sr. died. Edith was devastated. She had 8 young children to care for, with no formal education, and no professional skills to provide financially for them. She decided to move to St. Helens, Columbia, Oregon to live close to some of her siblings. She did her best to provide for the family, using her homemaking skills. She worked as a "lunch lady" for many years in the school to provide for the family financially.
Edith endured many hardships and trials, but through it all, she kept a positive attitude. She always had much laughter and humor in her life. Edith lived to be 94-years old. She is greatly missed.
Growing up in a small town called Victor, Edith knew John Scott Humble (her future husband), but "never took great notice of him" before. Scott liked to dance and would ask her to dance at each dance. The first date Edith and Scott went on was him taking her home from a dance. Five years later they were married on 31 July 1925 in Driggs, Teton, Idaho.
Edith and Scott had nine children. Their second born son, Nile Evan Humble became very ill and died at the age of 20 months of spinal meningitis. It was a devastating time for Edith and Scott to lose a sweet little child. The burial was especially hard for them, as they had no one to share their grief with. Everyone was scared that spinal meningitis was contagious, so they all stayed away from the funeral. Only their neighbor, Howard Tonks, came to the funeral with the Humble family to share their grief.
Their first son, who was named after his father, served in World War II. Just a few months after their son John Scott Humble, Jr. returned from serving in the war, he was injured in a logging accident. John Scott, Jr. was working with his cousins getting logs out of the hills for a barn, when the new rope he had tied down the pole with broke. The pole hit him in the back of his head. He was taken to Driggs, then to Idaho Falls where he was sent on further by an ambulance to Salt Lake City where he died a few days later.
Only a short six years after Edith's firstborn son died from the logging accident, her husband John Scott Humble, Sr. died. Edith was devastated. She had 8 young children to care for, with no formal education, and no professional skills to provide financially for them. She decided to move to St. Helens, Columbia, Oregon to live close to some of her siblings. She did her best to provide for the family, using her homemaking skills. She worked as a "lunch lady" for many years in the school to provide for the family financially.
Edith endured many hardships and trials, but through it all, she kept a positive attitude. She always had much laughter and humor in her life. Edith lived to be 94-years old. She is greatly missed.
Edith Flora Kearsley was born to Edward William Kearsley and Annie Waterfall on the Durney Ranch, located Southwest of the town of Victor, Teton, Idaho. As a child, Edith worked very hard helping her mother with household chores and also on the family farm. They didn't have electricity or phones, or television.
Growing up in a small town called Victor, Edith knew John Scott Humble (her future husband), but "never took great notice of him" before. Scott liked to dance and would ask her to dance at each dance. The first date Edith and Scott went on was him taking her home from a dance. Five years later they were married on 31 July 1925 in Driggs, Teton, Idaho.
Edith and Scott had nine children. Their second born son, Nile Evan Humble became very ill and died at the age of 20 months of spinal meningitis. It was a devastating time for Edith and Scott to lose a sweet little child. The burial was especially hard for them, as they had no one to share their grief with. Everyone was scared that spinal meningitis was contagious, so they all stayed away from the funeral. Only their neighbor, Howard Tonks, came to the funeral with the Humble family to share their grief.
Their first son, who was named after his father, served in World War II. Just a few months after their son John Scott Humble, Jr. returned from serving in the war, he was injured in a logging accident. John Scott, Jr. was working with his cousins getting logs out of the hills for a barn, when the new rope he had tied down the pole with broke. The pole hit him in the back of his head. He was taken to Driggs, then to Idaho Falls where he was sent on further by an ambulance to Salt Lake City where he died a few days later.
Only a short six years after Edith's firstborn son died from the logging accident, her husband John Scott Humble, Sr. died. Edith was devastated. She had 8 young children to care for, with no formal education, and no professional skills to provide financially for them. She decided to move to St. Helens, Columbia, Oregon to live close to some of her siblings. She did her best to provide for the family, using her homemaking skills. She worked as a "lunch lady" for many years in the school to provide for the family financially.
Edith endured many hardships and trials, but through it all, she kept a positive attitude. She always had much laughter and humor in her life. Edith lived to be 94-years old. She is greatly missed.
Growing up in a small town called Victor, Edith knew John Scott Humble (her future husband), but "never took great notice of him" before. Scott liked to dance and would ask her to dance at each dance. The first date Edith and Scott went on was him taking her home from a dance. Five years later they were married on 31 July 1925 in Driggs, Teton, Idaho.
Edith and Scott had nine children. Their second born son, Nile Evan Humble became very ill and died at the age of 20 months of spinal meningitis. It was a devastating time for Edith and Scott to lose a sweet little child. The burial was especially hard for them, as they had no one to share their grief with. Everyone was scared that spinal meningitis was contagious, so they all stayed away from the funeral. Only their neighbor, Howard Tonks, came to the funeral with the Humble family to share their grief.
Their first son, who was named after his father, served in World War II. Just a few months after their son John Scott Humble, Jr. returned from serving in the war, he was injured in a logging accident. John Scott, Jr. was working with his cousins getting logs out of the hills for a barn, when the new rope he had tied down the pole with broke. The pole hit him in the back of his head. He was taken to Driggs, then to Idaho Falls where he was sent on further by an ambulance to Salt Lake City where he died a few days later.
Only a short six years after Edith's firstborn son died from the logging accident, her husband John Scott Humble, Sr. died. Edith was devastated. She had 8 young children to care for, with no formal education, and no professional skills to provide financially for them. She decided to move to St. Helens, Columbia, Oregon to live close to some of her siblings. She did her best to provide for the family, using her homemaking skills. She worked as a "lunch lady" for many years in the school to provide for the family financially.
Edith endured many hardships and trials, but through it all, she kept a positive attitude. She always had much laughter and humor in her life. Edith lived to be 94-years old. She is greatly missed.
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