JACKSON HOLE NEWS&GUIDE, Wednesday, April 25, 2012 - 11B
Obituaries
Resor, 94, was a founder of JH Land Trust A memorial service for longtime Jackson Hole landowner Stanley Rogers Resor will be held Saturday in New Canaan, Conn. He died April 17 at home in Washington, D.C. He was 94. The following was provided by his family. Stanley Rogers Resor was born in New York City on Dec. 5, 1917, the son of Stanley B. and Helen L. Resor. He was raised with his two sisters, Helen and Ann, in New York and Connecticut. In 1929, at the age of 11, he traveled to Jackson Hole for the summer with friends of his family, beginning a lifelong love for the valley. He graduated from Yale University in 1939 and Yale Law School in 1946. Throughout his life, he was a strong supporter of education and the rule of law, particularly for preventing international conflict and protecting the environment. His law school years were interrupted by service in the 10th Armored Division of the United States Army from 1942 to 1945. He served in World War II, rising from lieutenant to major. He was in Bastogne, Belgium, for his 27th birthday and Christmas 1944, when the city was surrounded by the German army during the Battle of the Bulge. The field artillery battalion in which he served as executive officer received the Distinguished Unit Citation for its participation in the defense of Bastogne. Resor was also awarded the Silver Star, the Bronze Star and the
Resor Family / courtesy photo
Stanley and Jane Resor, seen here with their grandchildren in 1987, loved spending time on the family ranch in Jackson Hole.
Purple Heart. Resor married Jane Lawler Pillsbury, of Wayzata, Minn., in 1942 before he was sent to Europe for active duty. After the war, they lived in New Canaan, and he worked for the law firm of Debevoise and Plimpton in New York City. They raised seven sons in Connecticut and Washington, D.C. The family spent part of each summer in Jackson Hole on the family cattle ranch that his father started purchasing
in 1929, sight unseen, based upon the recommendation of his 11-year-old son. Resor’s love of the family ranch was a constant in his life. In March 1965, during the Vietnam War, President Johnson appointed Resor undersecretary of the Army, and in July of that year, secretary of the Army. He served as secretary through June 1971, becoming the longest-serving service secretary during the Vietnam War. Thereafter, he resumed
law practice in New York City. From 1973 to 1978, he served with the rank of ambassador to the Mutual and Balanced Force Reduction talks between NATO and the Warsaw Pact in Vienna, Austria. He served as the first undersecretary of defense for policy from August 1978 to March 1979. In November 1979, he resumed the practice of law with Debevoise and Plimpton. He still provided counsel to the firm from 1988 until retirement in 1991.
In 1974, Mr. Resor was awarded the General George C. Marshall Medal by the Association of the United States Army for selfless service to the United States. In 1984, he was awarded the Sylvanus Thayer Award by the Association of Graduates of the United States Military Academy for outstanding service to the nation. Resor was a former fellow of the Yale Corporation (197986) and chairman of the board of directors of the Arms Control Association (1994-2000). He was a board member of The Atlantic Council, Lawyers Alliance for World Security, public television station WNET and the New Canaan County School. He was a founding board member of the Jackson Hole Land Trust. His wife Jane preceded him in death in 1994. He is survived by his second wife, Louise Walker Resor, his sister Helen R. Hauge and her family, his nephew Henry Laughlin and his family, and his seven sons and seven daughtersin-law, 20 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Following retirement, Resor dedicated much of his energy in numerous capacities to the reduction of international arms. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests a gift to the Arms Control Association of Washington, D.C., or a gift to the Jackson Hole Land Trust to help preserve the valley he visited for more than 80 years.
Petersen, 76, kept hunters well fed, bird feeders full Lifelong valley resident Ada Lucille Petersen died April 9 in Jackson. She was 76. The following was provided by her family. Ada Lucille Seaton was born Aug. 17, 1935, in Kelly to Ben and Pearl Seaton. Ada had three sisters: Laura, Helen and Edith, who died at age 2. Ada was the baby of the family. Ada attended elementary school through eighth grade in Kelly. She enjoyed spending time with her dad tending cows up Turpin Creek and on Antelope Flats. She went to high school in Jackson and would stay with different families, including Jeanine Meyer, during the week and go back to Kelly on the weekends if the weather permitted. While in high school, she met one of the few boys she wasn’t related to and fell madly in love. She married Charlie Petersen Jr. on Dec. 28, 1951, during a raging blizzard. She was 16, and he was four years older. Charlie’s brother, Bruce, went to Kelly to bring Pearl to the wedding. Ada’s father stayed behind to take care of the livestock. The storm
was so bad the wedding was delayed until Bruce and Pearl made it. They married on Charlie’s father’s birthday, which made it easy for Charlie to remember their anniversary. They went to Pinedale for their honeymoon, because that was as far as they could get in the blizzard. Ada and Charlie had six children: Cheryl, Ben, Debbie, Dale, Carol and Karen. As her children got older, Ada Petersen and Charlie hauled Benny and Debbie around Wyoming to many high school rodeos. She always supported her children in whatever it was they were doing, whether it was modeling, gymnastics, dance, rodeo or hunting. Ada worked as a telephone switchboard operator. She paid for her first dishwasher by earning $10 a trip by shuttling trucks and trailers to designated takeout spots on the Snake River
for the Rod and Reel store owned by Dick and Skippy Boyer. Charlie and Ada started Jackson Peak Outfitters in 1967 and Old Timers Float Trips shortly after. Ada cooked meals for dinner at hunting camp in the fall and in the summer provided lunch — always with plenty of coleslaw — for the float trips. They sold the scenic float trips to Triangle X Ranch around 1975. She did the book work for both the hunting camp and the float trip businesses. Ada and Charlie both drew sheep permits in 1968. On the Sleeping Indian, they got very close to two nice rams. Charlie told Ada to shoot the bigger one. Through her rifle scope, all she could see was hair. She shot and hit the smaller ram. Charlie ended up shooting the larger one. Both rams have hung in their living room since. Ada was a wonderful homemaker. She enjoyed cooking, gardening, growing flowers and watching and feeding the birds. She had numerous bird feeders in her yard and always kept them full. She sewed every grandkid polar fleece vests and flannel pajamas
and made wool vests for Tanner and many other things. All bore tags that said, “Made with love by Grandma.” Somehow she also found time to be a Rebekah with the Odd Fellows Lodge and bowled in two leagues at the Elks Lodge. She never missed the annual Shriners’ cutter races, where she was infamous for winning everyone’s money. Even this year, she insisted on going, despite her declining health. It was the highlight of her winter. Ada was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, homemaker and friend. She will always be remembered fondly. She is preceded in death by her mother, Pearl; father, Ben; sister Edith; and step-father, Harold McClary. She is survived by her husband, Charlie; sisters Helen and Laura; daughters Cheryl, Debbie (Mike), Carol and Karen (Dave); sons Ben (Mary) and Dale; grandchildren Stormi (Ryan), Sean, Charlie, Tracy (Clint), Nickie, Wiley (Amy), Wyatt, Josh, Tanner, Anne, Sayde, Kilee (Dan) and Kalisa (Bobby); and 11 great-grandchildren.
TETON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT #1 BOARD OF EDUCATION properties for sale in Jackson Hole, Star Valley, Sublette County & Teton Valley, ID
WARRANTS AND BUSINESS AGENDA Wednesday, April 25, 2012 12:00 PM Location: School District Office – 260 W. Broadway
For more information, call Michele at Teton County School District No. 1 at 733-2790.
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