Elsie migrated WWI from England to Utah to be with her fiance, and be near the center of the Mormon church in Salt Lake. She was detained as an undesirable by Ellis Island authorities because of her faith. She declined to marry the fiance, and others that proposed to her, in favor of Lewis Merrill. Their children said time after time how amazed they were that their parents never said a cross word to each other. Many people at Elsie's funeral stated she never said an unkind word about anyone.
Elsie was widowed during the depression; she had 8 children. She kept her family together despite pressure from relatives to divide them out between them. She sold Watkin's products door to door, and worked at the family business, Deseret Mortuary. She never wasted a thing. A brown paper bag was good for a child's lunch for a week. The grape skins were returned to the jam to intensify the flavor, and not to waste them. Her chocolate cake with sea foam icing was famous, as was her hand cranked ice cream.
Elsie was a worker in the Salt Lake Temple for many years. She memorized how many steps and directions to each room, when her eyesight dimmed, so she could keep working there. She also had many hymns memorized with all their verses so she could sing with the congregation despite not being able to see.
Elsie was widowed during the depression; she had 8 children. She kept her family together despite pressure from relatives to divide them out between them. She sold Watkin's products door to door, and worked at the family business, Deseret Mortuary. She never wasted a thing. A brown paper bag was good for a child's lunch for a week. The grape skins were returned to the jam to intensify the flavor, and not to waste them. Her chocolate cake with sea foam icing was famous, as was her hand cranked ice cream.
Elsie was a worker in the Salt Lake Temple for many years. She memorized how many steps and directions to each room, when her eyesight dimmed, so she could keep working there. She also had many hymns memorized with all their verses so she could sing with the congregation despite not being able to see.
Elsie migrated WWI from England to Utah to be with her fiance, and be near the center of the Mormon church in Salt Lake. She was detained as an undesirable by Ellis Island authorities because of her faith. She declined to marry the fiance, and others that proposed to her, in favor of Lewis Merrill. Their children said time after time how amazed they were that their parents never said a cross word to each other. Many people at Elsie's funeral stated she never said an unkind word about anyone.
Elsie was widowed during the depression; she had 8 children. She kept her family together despite pressure from relatives to divide them out between them. She sold Watkin's products door to door, and worked at the family business, Deseret Mortuary. She never wasted a thing. A brown paper bag was good for a child's lunch for a week. The grape skins were returned to the jam to intensify the flavor, and not to waste them. Her chocolate cake with sea foam icing was famous, as was her hand cranked ice cream.
Elsie was a worker in the Salt Lake Temple for many years. She memorized how many steps and directions to each room, when her eyesight dimmed, so she could keep working there. She also had many hymns memorized with all their verses so she could sing with the congregation despite not being able to see.
Elsie was widowed during the depression; she had 8 children. She kept her family together despite pressure from relatives to divide them out between them. She sold Watkin's products door to door, and worked at the family business, Deseret Mortuary. She never wasted a thing. A brown paper bag was good for a child's lunch for a week. The grape skins were returned to the jam to intensify the flavor, and not to waste them. Her chocolate cake with sea foam icing was famous, as was her hand cranked ice cream.
Elsie was a worker in the Salt Lake Temple for many years. She memorized how many steps and directions to each room, when her eyesight dimmed, so she could keep working there. She also had many hymns memorized with all their verses so she could sing with the congregation despite not being able to see.
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