Josie;
You had such an impact on my kids in general, and they still remember those things taught by you to this day, there may be no way to replace your caring attitude, even as an officer, or friend.
So we try to re- emphasize your ideas to our children. We appreciate the impact you entire family has on the community, and certainly do our best to continue that attitude locally and in our travels……lots of love
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I just would like to say that of all the memories I could write about I think this one is the best one. Josie was a one of a kind person and that even after I left Delta for college then my stint in the military about 13 years away, she still came up to me and rememberd who I was and said hello and asked how I was and how I was doing. She geniunely cared about everyone and that was one of the traits that made her such a great person. Thanks and you will be missed. Richard & Angela Western I grew up with Josie and have lots of fun memories. One year at girls camp we were camping up Kanosh canyon I believe. We were probably about 14. This year there were lots and lots of Rattle Snakes. Josie decided to catch them and cook them in the camp fire and eat them. She made spears out of sticks and would stab them. I remember sitting across the picnic table watching her skin them. She would put the skinned, deheaded, snake on foil, sprinkle them with salt and pepper and wrap them in the foil. Then on the last one she laid it down and started salting it, it began to coil up! Yuk! I was so grossed out that to this day when I hear of people eating rattlesnake I think of Josie! Another girls camp we were up Springville canyon. On the second to last night we all saw a campfire burning outside of the girls camp boundaries. Around it was a whole bunch of guys causing a rucus. After the leaders went to bed Josie decided she was gonna go meet them. A couple girls went with her to make sure she came back. After a really long time we could see them still down there and a bunch of us got worried. So we headed down the hill to get them to come back. Well halfway there the Leaders started yelling at us and we told them what we were doing. They went to get Josie and sent the rest of us back to camp. But we ALL got in trouble and had to sleep in the big tent with the Leaders. I think of it now and just laugh. Josie was always the one who was either finding or starting the adventure! She was so much fun. We always wanted her along with us. Most of the memories i have of Josie probably aren’t very appropriate for this Fourm.. But i can think of a few things.. I remember one day, i was going to hang out with Hunter, and i had walked into the house and was on my way down to Hunters room, when all of a sudden Josie jumped out with a broom like a crazy lady, she was screaming, and swinging that broom around.. and me, not thinking turned around to run away and i ran right into the wall behind me. She made the best Spaghetti in the world! She was always smiling I could talk to her about absolutely anything, and she would always give me advice She was like a mom to me, and she is my Hero<3
Josie approached me in Grandma G’s basement with Sandi close behind her. I must have been around 8 or 9 putting Josie at 12 or 13? She had something important to talk to me about and started out by saying something like, ‘We normally wouldn’t say something like this but we don’t want you walking around NOT knowing.” Acted like what she was about to tell me would make me crazy smart. She then proceeded to tell me that her dad, Russ, was the cutest brother in the family and that I’m better off knowing that now instead of realizing it down the road. I attempted to argue for my own dad’s team but she was having none of it. We pulled out old photos from their childhood and went thru them carefully for what felt like ages. In each one I’d point and try to get her to agree that my dad topped them all. She’d merely look and say, ‘No.’ Finally I found one that she ‘graciously’ allowed (with minimal eye rolling) that in 1 photo my dad was cuter but also had to point out the bad camera angle on Russ. Josie gave Sandi a quick nudge of the elbow and she quickly agreed making Russell #1 and Craig #2. The look in her eye nearly made losing the argument worthwhile when she, grinning ear to ear, patted me on the shoulder letting me know being #2 wasn’t all that bad. Years after this I ran into her at a concert. Warped tour, maybe? At the concession stand I turned to find her standing straight behind me flashing me with her new piercings. No ‘hi’ just kabloom – what do you think? I’m pretty sure she was looking for a reaction and I didn’t disappoint. Mouth wide open, loss of words, incessant eye blinking, she just laughed and went off to rejoin her friends, mission complete! you probably hear a lot of stories about kids getting cops to pull over a kid they want to ask to a dance. I remember when Hunter, Josie, me and my mom(Barbie) all went on a camp\ride trip. This took place about 8 or 9 years ago…I was probably 6….. On our way out to the desert, me and Hunter were sitting in the back seat and our moms were up front chatting it up. Hunter and I were complaining that we were thirsty and Josie turned around and said “want me to spit in your mouth?” at the time I thought that was so gross! But now every time I hear someone say there thirsty I always say it! Haha! I think the Master Creator of this delicacy had to Two, achieved the master’s touch because of their Uncle George Josie was one grade older than I while attending good old DHS. I remember my Freshman year, I was out of class wandering the halls when I passed a group of girls by the lockers. They were a bit of a rough crowd. One of them, the leader, approached me and attempted to pick a fight. Out of nowhere, Josie appeared. She and I were never close friends. In fact, at this point, we didn’t know each other at all. I guess she just had this innate desire to look out for the “underdog.” So, she stepped in with a few words in my defense which was appearantly enough to “call off the dogs.” In her own cool, spunky way she let me know she had my back. After that, I never had another run-in. I’ll always remember her energy and enthusiasm! Andrea Dutson Peatross I was friends with Jo before she went on to become a police officer so many of the memories would be inappropriate in this forum,as those who knew her then would have to agree. However, I loved her very much and I still think about her and have to laugh out loud at some of those moments we shared. One thing she always insisted over the course of our friendship was that she was going to move to LA.and become a cop. Of course knowing her then I had some doubts. Not because I did not believe she would be a good one but rather because we were both young and wild.Also, she had a love for her community and I could not imagine her being that far from her hometown. I left Delta many years ago but was contacted by a mutal friend about two years ago. While talking about the “good old days” he informed me that Josie was an officer. I was so envious to hear that she had followed her dream. I had wanted to get up my degree in social work for many years but felt that it was to late in life for that. After several weeks of thinking about Josie and the fact that she was doing what she had always said she was going to do. I was inspired. I registered for classes and am nearly done. If it were not for Josie, the amazing person that she is I would never have thought it would not have been possible for me, an ALC student, to earn a college degree. I remember something she once said,” I may learn slowly, but I do learn”. She had no idea the impact those words have had on my life. What those words have come to mean to me are that it is never to late to turn things around. I will love her and miss her amazing personality and beautiful smile forever. Dana Josie enjoyed playing softball and so did I. We had the opportunity to play on the Sahara Motors team together. Josie enjoyed winning though that was not always the case being on the Sahara Motors team. She was also very competitive. I played in the outfield. I remember watching Josie throw a ball to first base to try to get the runner out. She would throw the softball really fast and hard even in short distances because she wanted to get the out. Sometimes her throws were not exactly on target. I remember worrying about the fate of the runner. I cannot remember if she ever hit a runner but definitely the runner had to adjust to her throw. And with that I was always so glad that I was on her team and not the opponent. I had a meeting in Cedar City a few years ago and on my way home decided to go through Milford instead of using the freeway. I tend to have somewhat of a lead foot and was just leaving Enoch when out of no where I see these lights flashing behind me. Curses! So I pull over. A nice and very young policeman comes up and asks for my license. After some fumbling I finally get it out and hand it over. He looked at the name and asked me if I was related to Officer Greathouse. It was right after Josie finished her training. In my mind I was thinking of a guy for some reason and then it clicked. Oh, you mean Josie – she is my niece. The officer then told me that he had gone through the training progam with her and thought a lot of her. The officer then handed back my license and told me that I needed to slow down because there were a lot of black cows in the area. I thanked him and went on my merry way looking left and right for those black cows while keeping my speed down. Jo Jo got me out of that ticket! At the Sahara party on December 23 Jo told me that she had alerted all the police from Southern Utah to Northern Utah to be on the lookout for my license plate. I wouldn’t be able to go anywhere without the threat of a ticket. The only way she would call off the hunt was if I made her a batch of Boston Cremes. She told me she would buy all the ingredients if I would make it. I told her if she bought the ingredients I would. Ingredients or not unfortunately I didn’t follow through and make her the candy which I now certainly regret. Hopefully I can learn from this experience with Jo to do things now, not put them off. Josie was 2 years older than me in school and we didn’t see each other much. When I did see her she was usually going into or out of the Principal’s Office. The one time I remember her coming out she was laughing and said to me, “I just told him it’s my time of the month and he let me go.” When we were young her dad and his siblings decided to build a family cabin in southern Utah. For a couple weeks at a time the guys who were old enough went down to build it. I was too young to add anything so they let me hammer a few nails and then didn’t mind if I left them alone. So I waited until a 3-wheeler freed up and started driving it around. After a while Josie saw me and hopped on the back. We putted around as long as she could handle it and then made it clear either I speed up and make things a little more dangerous or get off for her to drive. |
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