Emogene Estelle Saulsgiver

April 3, 1920 - July 21, 2020

Emogene Estelle Babcock Saulsgiver, 100, formerly of Hyde Park Drive, Panama and Orchard Grove, Jamestown, NY passed away Tuesday, July 21, 2020 at Heritage Green Rehab and Skilled Nursing, Greenhurst, N.Y. Emogene was born on April 3, 1920 in Obi, NY, the daughter of the late Earl Babcock and Emily Barber Royce. She attended school in Richburg, N.Y. Emogene was a member of the Panama Baptist Church and a lifetime member of the North Harmony Senior Citizens Center. Emogene enjoyed handmade crafts, knitting, crocheting, embroidery and tatting. She handmade over twenty-five quilts sewing them by hand. Her main priority was raising and caring for her family. Emogene is survived by two sons: Gordon (Patricia) Saulsgiver of Lakewood, N.Y. and Steven (Loretta) Saulsgiver of Ashville, N.Y.; her son-in-law: John Saylor of Sugar Grove, PA; her brother: Lyle Babcock of Frewsburg, N.Y.; her sister: Wilma Clark of Georgia; eleven grandchildren, many great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband of 58 years of marriage, Dwight Webster Saulsgiver whom she married on November 7, 1936 and who died on September 12, 1994; her daughter: Ann Saylor (May 16, 2020); three grandchildren and one great grandchild. Memorial donations may be made to the North Harmony Senior Citizens Center, 5377 Stow Ferry Rd., Stow, NY 14785. No services will be observed at this time. Her family will have a private graveside service. Inurnment will be in Maple Grove Cemetery, Ashville, N.Y. Funeral arrangements are under the care of Powers, Present & Sixbey Funeral Home, Inc., 316 East Fifth Street, Jamestown, NY 14701. To light a candle or to send condolences to Emogene’s family please visit www.presentsixbeyfuneral.com.