Monthly Archives: March 2023

Mary Ann Ellis Cragun’s Breast Cancer

Posted on March 17, 2023 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

I often wonder how women dealt with breast cancer years ago.  How was it treated?  How did they cope?  Were there ways to cure it?  My own grandma, Ruby Smuin died of breast cancer weeks after I was born. I … Continue reading →

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Obituary for Vernald Williams Johns, son of Amy Barker

Posted on March 3, 2023 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

Amy Barker, pictured below with her husband, Thomas Saville Johns, and children, is a sister to my 2nd great grandmother, Harriet Matilda Barker.  Vernald is her son, my grandpa Franklin’s cousin. HERALD JOURNAL, THE (LOGAN, UT) | 5 MARCH 1999 … Continue reading →

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