People

: Edithe Lilly (Lloyd) Pryor; She was born in Crested Butte, Colorado and moved to Palisade in 1894. She grew up in Palisade and attended school there, graduating high school in 1911. She went onto Colorado Women’s College in Denver and became a teacher, passing the county examinations in 1913. She taught grade school in Palisade until her marriage in 1915. She married Raymond George Pryor. They moved to Canon City in 1925, and then to Grand Junction in 1927. They returned to Palisade in 1943. She received the Distinguished Citizen award from the Palisade Chamber of Commerce in 1978. She taught Sunday school at the First Baptist Church and was a first vice president of the Colorado American Baptist Organization. She was also a member of the Eastern Star, and worked as a Grey Lady volunteer.

: Edithe M. (Eakin) Hickman; A native of Palisade, Colorado and a homemaker. She cooked for workers on the fruit farm she owned with Virgil Hickman and helped oversee the fruit packing operation. *Photograph courtesy of the Palisade Historical Society.

: Edna (Bonebreak) Williams; She was born to Peter K. Bonebreak and Carrie F. (Craddick) Bonebreak in Guthrie Center, Iowa. Her father was a farmer and county clerk who apparently died when Edna was young. Her mother was a homemaker and school teacher. She worked as the first full-time music teacher in the state of Iowa. She married Orlo David Williams in 1905 and the two moved to Grand Junction, Colorado shortly after. They purchased a home at 1148 Ouray Avenue, which was the house located furthest east in the town at that point. She was a homemaker, a charter member of the Music Club in Grand Junction, and at one time was in charge of the choir in the First Methodist Church.

: Edna (Gordon) Cooper; A one-time resident of the Gateway area of Mesa County, Colorado.

: Edna (Monson) Brenton; She was born on a homestead near Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Her parents were some of the earliest white settlers of the Steamboat area. She went to both country and city schools. With her husband, she farmed several crops. She also worked at a local restaurant beginning at the age of 14.

: Edna Blaisdell; A sixth grade teacher at the first Lowell School in Grand Junction, Colorado.

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