Jennie (Jen) Jones Barton Southworth Obituary (1916

Jennie (Jen) Jones Barton Southworth 89 passed away on Feb.12, 2005 at Harrison Hospital. She was born on Jan.23, 1916 in Madison, Wisconsin to James A. Barton and Jennie G. (Jones) Barton. She was rasied and educated in Wisconsin and graduated from Minot High School in Minot North Dakota. She went on to recieve her B.S. degree from Nnorth Dakota State University in Bismark , North Dakota. She then attended University of Washington where she recieved her Masters degree. She married Walton T. Southworth in 1940 in Sheridan, Wyoming. She began her teaching career in Leonard, North Dakota and Gillette, Wyoming before moving to Kitsap county. She began teaching in the Central Kitsap School where she taught english, drama and debate. She then retired in 1978 after 35 years of teaching. Following her retirement she tutored for over 10 and was a Certified Tutor and Tutor trainer in the Lauback Method of teaching for adults. She published a book titled "I expected to be fired" sometime after her teaching expirences. She was a member of the National Thespian Society and Delta Kappa Gamma, a teachers fraternity. She recieved a the Jefferson Award in 1989 from the American Institute for Pubic Service. Then in 1999 she was a recipient of the Pathfinder Award from Puget Sound Assoc. of Phi Beta Kappa. She was recognized by 'The Sun' as one of Kitsap's 25 most influential people of the millennium , and in 1999 CKHS renamed the theater in her honor. She was a long time member of Silverdale United Methodist Church. She is survived by her son Richard Southworth and his wife Linda of Centralia, grandchildren Andrea, Kennan and Jennifer, and five great- grandchildren . She is preceded in death by her husband and a sister.