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Besse Ellen Baugher Sauer

Birth	:	17 Jul 1898 Trenton, Grundy County, Missouri, USA
Death	:	30 Dec 1982 Fairfield, Jefferson County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Evergreen Cemetery, Fairfield, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.0138600, -91.9562100
Plot	:	3rd.006
Description	:	Daughter of Harlie T. and Lue Ellen BELSHE BAUGHER. Wife of Daniel W. Sauer. ---------- "The Fairfield Ledger" Thursday, December 30, 1982 Besse SAUER dies at 84; veteran Fairfield educator Besse Ellen SAUER, 84, who devoted much of her life to education died at 6:30 a.m. today at the Jefferson County Hospital. Mrs. SAUER taught for 48 years in Jefferson County, 44 of those years in Fairfield and 20 years as principal of Roosevelt School. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the First Christian Church. The Rev. Charles Kincaid will officiate and burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Visitation will... Read More	Daughter of Harlie T. and Lue Ellen BELSHE BAUGHER. Wife of Daniel W. Sauer. ---------- "The Fairfield Ledger" Thursday, December 30, 1982 Besse SAUER dies at 84; veteran Fairfield educator Besse Ellen SAUER, 84, who devoted much of her life to education died at 6:30 a.m. today at the Jefferson County Hospital. Mrs. SAUER taught for 48 years in Jefferson County, 44 of those years in Fairfield and 20 years as principal of Roosevelt School. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the First Christian Church. The Rev. Charles Kincaid will officiate and burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the Raymond Funeral Home. Memorials have been established to the First Christian Church and the Fairfield Public Library. Mrs. SAUER began her career in 1917 at Cross Lanes school west of Fairfield. The next two years she taught in Center Township before joining the Fairfield School District in 1920. She was a member of the first staff at Roosevelt School when the building was opened in 1923. Her career was interrupted by the depression in 1936 when the school board adopted a policy of employed only unmarried teachers. She returned to regular teaching in 1942 and in 1949 was named principal at Roosevelt School, a position she held until her retirement in June, 1969. Mrs. SAUER also taught at Lincoln, Logan and Central elementar (sic) schools in Fairfield. Following her retirement Mrs. SAUER served as chairman of the Living Memorials for the Jefferson County Chapter of the American Cancer Society. Mrs. SAUER was born July 17, 1898, in Trenton, Mo. She was the daughter of Harlie T. and Lue Ellen BELSHE BAUGHER. The family moved to Fairfield in 1916 and she graduated from Fairfield High School in 1917. She received her BA degree from Parsons College and MA degree from the University of Iowa. She was married Aug. 31, 1918, to Daniel SAUER. He preceded her in death May 27, 1960. Mrs. SAUER was a member of the First Christian Church, TTT, Delta Kappa Gamma. Legion Auxiliary and the national, state and local Retired Teachers Association. She is survived by nephews and a niece. Two brothers and a sister are deceased. -------------- "The Fairfield (Ia.) Ledger" Friday, March 8, 1985 Page 2 National Women's History Week "To remember the past is to commit yourself to the future" By Lillian Thada "There's no other job quite like teaching" is a quote Besse SAUER made 26 years ago when she was serving a double job as principal of two elementary buildings, Lincoln and Roosevelt. For 30 years previous to that, she had been saying to herself that every day as a teacher was a day to enjoy. Two principal jobs kept her busy, with 397 students, kindergarten through sixth grade, along with 20 teachers, custodians, part-time cooks and secretaries in her charge. Her duties as principal included improving the quality of instruction, organizing schedules and activities in her schools, passing on school policies, and supporting her teachers in discipline. Mrs. SAUER was always extremely loyal to her teachers. Among her many other involvements were the welfare and safety of the students, school patrols, parents work in the Parent Teacher Association, fire drills, and a host of clerical paper work. Besse always went out of her way to plan for an outstanding PTA meeting and very often furnished a lovely bouquet, ordered special napkins or special refreshments to make it an occasion. She truly took hostessing seriously. One of Mrs. SAUER's biggest thrills was to keep up with her students and their activities as adults. Many young adults would come up to her and say "Remember me?" and she did. When Bess BAUGHER was 10 years old, she decided she was going to be a teacher and she stayed with the goal. Almost immediately following graduation from Fairfield High School, she started teaching in Cross Lanes School. She followed that with two years of teaching in Center Township before coming into the Fairfield system. During her teaching career, she taught every elementary grade. She was a long-time resident of Jefferson County and graduated from FHS, coming here as a senior from Muscatine. She earned her bachelor of arts degree at Parsons College and studied for her master's degree at University of Iowa. Mrs. SAUER's teaching career spanned 48 years in Jefferson County, 44 of them in Fairfield. Twenty of those years were spent as principal of Roosevelt School; part of that position included the dual LIncoln-Roosevelt administrative job. Besse was a member of the First staff at Roosevelt School when the building opened in 1923. Her career was interrupted by the Depression in 1936 when the school board adopted the policy of releasing all married women. To Mrs. SAUER, that was a never-ending feeling of discrimination and she recalled that action long and often. She had married Daniel SAUER, owner of the Sauer Bakery, in 1918. Upon her retirement, Mrs. SAUER dedicated many hours to the cancer program by serving as chairwoman of the memorials and honor gifts program. She was meticulous in carrying out the procedure for a memorial gift, making sure that each donor and honored person received proper credit. Very often she delivered the thank-you notes in person. The detail represented in her cancer work was characteristic of the way she did all of her work. Her school reports were always complete, accurate and neat. Besides parents and children, Besse had a wide variety of interests. She had a zest for learning and continually was attending college summer classes and workshops. she also taught in the Parsons College elementery (sic) summer school. Reading was probably her Number 1 hobby, and it included giving books to children and the public library. In the words of one of her colleagues: "She has given half of the books in the library." Mrs. SAUER and her friends enjoyed her collection of clocks, which included tickers of all sizes. It was especially interesting to visit her home when the clocks were striking the hour, to hear the different tones and chimes and find that all clocks were within five to 10 seconds of each other. Mr. and Mrs. SAUER had no children, but Besse had very strong family ties with her relatives. She was always doing things for them and gave lovely gifts to her friends. The two most important things in Besse's life were her husband and her job. She thought much of both. She had a long and devoted affiliation with her church, First Christian. Mrs. SAUER belonged to many organizations. She was very clever in her speech and had a way of turning words into fine phrases. Consequently, when one of her organizations needed a special speech, Besse was delegated for the performance. Finally, Besse had a love affair with ice cream and never had less than two flavors in her freezer at any time.

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Besse Ellen Baugher Sauer's memorial is located at: Evergreen Cemetery, Fairfield, Jefferson County, USA.
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Besse Ellen Baugher Sauer death on 30 Dec 1982 in Fairfield, Jefferson County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 41.0138600
Longitude: -91.9562100

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1. Evergreen Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.0138600, -91.9562100

2. Old Fairfield Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.0148000, -91.9598000

3. Memorial Lawn Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.9766998, -91.9032974

6. Roth Cemetery
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7. Bethesda Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.0019000, -91.8796000

8. Smith Family Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.9972416, -92.0362857

9. Wheeler Cemetery
Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0797000, -91.9185500

10. Galliher Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.9666892, -91.8835038

11. Upper Richwoods Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.0602989, -91.8807983

12. Jefferson County Poor Farm Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.9416900, -91.9996200

13. Perlee Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.0805750, -91.8993380

14. Pattison Cemetery
Fairfield, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9444008, -91.9049988

15. Moorman Cemetery
Fairfield, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0452995, -92.0622025

16. Wright Cemetery
Fairfield, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9524000, -91.8728000

17. Antioch Cemetery
Fairfield, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1002998, -91.9147034

18. Moyer Cemetery
Fairfield, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1046982, -91.9330978

19. Cumberland Cemetery
Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9248000, -91.9903000

20. Gregg Cemetery
Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0078011, -92.0811005

21. Salina Cemetery
Salina, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0419006, -91.8330994

22. McCleary Cemetery
Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9892006, -92.0805969

23. Brooks Cemetery
Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0635986, -92.0693970

24. Thompson Cemetery
Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9155998, -91.9772034