Ross Park Pocatello Memories

 We use to hold the William Haston and Annie Serena Sorensen Wardle family reunion at ross Park in Pocatello every other year.  We had some very good times there, eating and exploring the cliffs.  I returned a couple weeks ago and took a few pictures.  I was told at the museum that Dead Man's Cave is no longer there.  However the zoo i there.  The Fort Hall replica is now at the top of the park.  The rides have been removed.  There is still a stage area, but it may have been moved.  There is still a pool across the street, but it is larger and has a water slide.  Also there is a skate park across the street.  I wonder if it my be time to return and have a large reunion.  

Death Record: James Wilford Wardle Sr.

"Idaho, Southeast Counties Obituaries, 1864-2007," image 1 of 1; Idaho Falls Regional Family History Center, Idaho Falls.

From this record we learn James Wilford Wardle died Sept. 23, 1972 F;35 a.m.  He was born South Jordan Utah Nov. 2, 1981 to William Haston Wardle who was born in South Jordan and Annie Serena Sorenson born in Little Cottonwood, Utah.  His widow is Melissa Ann Shaw and the family home is 126 So. 1st st. Rigby, Idaho.  He was buried in Mountain view Cemetery, Pocatello, Id and the funeral was Sept. 26, 1972.

I need help

I have a of William Haston's family.  The picture identifies a woman holding a baby as Aunt Hattie.  The closest I come to this is Harriet Rhodehouse, the wife of Charles.  Charles and William were close in age so this is a possibility.  I was wondering if anyone new of anyone who could be closer?  I checked the sisters of Annie and no one has a name similar to this.  Harriet had a baby who would have been two months, named Harriet Wardle.

b. Wilford, Audrey in arms, Melissa, Mary, Anne (mother) Aunt Hattie, baby
f. Birdie, Delilah, Orrin, William (father)

Baby Pictures of Children of William Haston Wardle

These are the children of William Haston and Annie Sorensen Wardle.  They had eleven children, ten of whom reached maturity.  Most pictures taken before first birthday.

James Wilford Warde 2 November 1891

William LeRoy Wardle 13 January 1894

Mary Ann Wardle 14 March 1896

Leo Isaac Wardle 17 December 1897

Vernal Haston Wardle 26 Januaru 1900

Delilah Sarah Wardle 10 January 1902

Reed Smoot Wardle 2 September 1904

Elbirdie Christine Wardle 18 October 1906

Norval Junius Wardle 21 March 1909

No picture Norman Andrew Wardle 18 March 1912 (died at one month old)

Orrin Dermont Wardle 22 June 1913

Mary Rupp, Leo Wardle: More Picture sharing and identification

This picture is identified on the back as Aunt Mary Rupp.  She is the daughter of William Haston and Annie Sorensen Wardle.  She was the third child of eleven born to this union.  She married Milton Woodruff Thompson and had six children with him.  When he passed away she married George Earl Rupp.  They had no children together but he did have four children from a previous marriage.  His first wife had also passed away.

 No identification on these two pictures.  Please help if you can.

Leo Wardle is also the son of William Haston and Annie Sorensen Wardle.  He was the fourth of eleven children.  He was married three times, Maude Tempest, Joy Jean Williams and Marian Adams.  My dad spent time with he and Aunt Joy during WWII when my dad was stationed at Treasure Island.  Uncle Leo worked for the rail industry.

This picture is identified as Lionel and Arthur Peterson, Children of Uncle Jim and Aunt Mary Peterson.  In ths case Mary is Mary Sorensen Peterson, youger sister of Annie Sorensen Wardle.  Lionel and Arthur are her two oldest children born 1901 and 1903.