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- Eugene Mendicelli
- He was born in Italy and came to the United States in order to marry Susie Mendicelli in an arranged marriage. They lived in Pueblo where her family was, and then settled in Grand Junction, Colorado. He had been an officer in the Italian Army, where he was paid 3 cents a day. He worked for the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad as a stationary engineer, for the Public Service Company, the Uintah Railway, the Juanita Flour Mill, and the Mendicelli Bakery. The family lived at 401 W. Grand Avenue, in the location of the current Mesa County Services building.
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- Eugenia M. (Curtis) Lynch
- She was born into a Mormon family in Utah, but never embraced the faith. She became a pioneer who moved to Grand Junction shortly after its founding, and worked in the Brunswick Hotel, where she met her husband William Albion Lynch. Though she was involved in a Presbyterian study group, her husband was a Methodist and the family did not embrace any one faith. She was a homemaker who often cooked and served for several people who stayed in the family's extra rooms. Along with her husband, she homesteaded in Kannah Creek.
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- Eula Belle (Schaublin) Hasse
- She was born to Gottlieb “God Love” Schaublin and Luella (Hubbard) Schaublin in Ava, Missouri. Her father was a Swiss immigrant and farmer. Her mother was a midwife and homemaker. The 1910 US Census shows the family living in Miller, Missouri. At the time, Eula had four siblings living at home with her. Eula had relatives living in Montrose, Colorado. After her father visited them, he decided that the family should move. In December 1910, the Schaublin family relocated to Colorado’s Western Slope, when Eula was nine years old. She attended the Coal Creek School and then the Pea Green School, near Olathe. She went through the 8th grade. She married Shigemi Y. “Samuel” Hasse on October 16, 1916 in Delta. She was fifteen years old at the time of her marriage. He was an immigrant from Japan, a farmer, and a carpenter. The 1920 census shows them living on Garnet Mesa in Delta County along Uncompahgre Valley Road, with their daughter. By 1930, the family had four children. They lost their farm in 1931, during the Depression. They moved to Brighton, where they farmed for one year before moving to Fruita, where they farmed for three years. They then moved to Third Fruitridge in Grand Junction, where they farmed from 1934 until 1938 before moving to Fruitvale. The 1940 US Census shows them living in Fruitvale and farming with their seven children. Sam died on January 8, 1943. Eula did house work for people and worked for the Fruitvale School hot lunch program for eighteen years after his death. She then worked as a substitute for Mesa County schools for eight years. She attended Pear Park Baptist Church. She met regularly with retired teachers and cooks from the Fruitvale School after her retirement. She died at the age of 96. She is buried with her husband in the Orchard Mesa Cemetery.