Isabella Ross Pape

Isabella was a Nurse. Managed the Spokane's Women's Athletic Club. Later managed Alexandria Motel (a boarding house in Spokane). As a child, stuffed pillows for the coffins her father built. Once attended a speech by Albert Einstein in Pasadena, Ca. Her oldest brother worked on the Grand Coulee dam.

• Would have immigrated around 1909-1913*

Isabella was tall and slender. Even as an older woman she could bend over "straight-legged" and place both palms flat on the ground. (from John C Bower, grandson).

Could roll a cigarette with one hand. (from John C Bower, grandson).

Sarah Bower said that she had fair skin, but did not freckle, and had dark hair that she would set in waves.