By Mrs. Marvin (Rosemarie) Nelson, a daughter 

Rosa Elizabeth Ward John was born in a little, two room, log cabin, at Woodruff, Idaho, June 3, 1885.  Her parents were George and Eunice Alice Nicholas Ward. 

Rosa was the tenth child of a family of fourteen.  As she grew, she assumed her assigned duties as a family member.  By the age of sixteen, when her Father died, she was well trained in the art of homemaking. 

While on his mission, a young man from the nearby community of Portage, Utah, started corresponding with her.  Their friendship continued when he returned home and she married Thomas James John, February 25, 1903 in the Logan Temple. 

They lived in a little frame home just South of her Mother’s home.  This is where their first child was born.  They then moved to Portagee, Utah, where they lived until the second son was born. 

In the Spring of 1905, they had a chance to homestead some land in the foothills, East of Woodruff, Idaho.  The young family moved back to the two room, log, home where she was born.  They built a little home on the homestead acreage and each Spring, the little family moved to the canyon where they broke the land and planted and harvested the crops. Then they would move back to the log cabin for the winter. 

May 10, 1926, the youngest of the family of five boys and three girls, died.  In the Fall of that same year, her husband was called on a second mission.  She drew her children about her and shouldered  the responsibilities of farm life until his return.  

Upon his return in 1928, the family moved to Tremonton, Utah, where she created a home filled with love and devotion to her children. This dearly beloved lady died, June 10, 1945.