Pearl Keziah Allen Hughes was born on June 23, 1894, in Hyrum, Utah, to Albert J. Allen and Finnetta Ann Williams Allen. She as the 7th of their 9 children. Pearl was born shortly before her father left to serve an LDS mission in the Northern States for 2 years.
Pearl grew up in Hyrum and attended elementary school at the Hyrum Central School and was a very bright student. She was especially good at spelling and was often the winner of the weekly Spelling Bees. She graduated from the 8th grade and attended Hyrum High School for one year. As a youth, Pearl enjoyed playing sports with her friends at school, especially girls' softball and basketball.
She started her second year of high school, but quit and went to work at the Home Merc Company in Hyrum. She also worked at the U.S. Post Office and the Shamhart Store in Logan.
Pearl acquired a great love for the scriptures in her youth and became well-versed in their contents. She taught Sunday School for almost 14 years before serving a 2-year mission to the Central States Mission, 1920-1922.
Prior to her mission, Pearl had begun dating John O. Hughes, from Mendon. He was called to serve a mission in England, and while they were on their missions, they wrote letters to each other. When they returned home, they resumed their courtship and made plans to be married.
Pearl and John O. were married on Nov. 21, 1923, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. This marriage was blessed with 4 children:
1) Shirley Hughes (Spence) (1924)
2) John "Keith" Hughes (1927)
3) Sarah "Carol" Hughes (Holland Call) (1927)
4) Geneil Hughes (Anderson) (1931)
They lived in several different homes in Mendon. In 1944, after John's mother passed away, they moved into her home, located at 321 North Main Street in Mendon.
Pearl and John O. endured the many hardships associated with the Great Depression. Times were hard for everyone, but John O. and Pearl were fortunate that they had plenty of food to feed their growing family because they had the farm, and because they raised a large garden.
While John O. handled all of the farm work and outside chores in the family, Pearl took care of the work on the inside of the home. She was a wonderful homemaker and cook. She was a very talented seamstress, learning how to design and sew clothing as a young girl. She made most of the clothes her family wore, from their underwear to their coats. Often when she went into Logan shopping, she would study the clothing she saw in the stores. Then she would go home and create a pattern from newspaper and sew an article of clothing similar to what she had seen in the store. She enjoyed quilting and loved to piece quilt tops together, blending the colors together beautifully. She also loved to crochet and made many beautiful doilies and crocheted the edges of pillowcases and baby blankets. While serving as an officiator in the Logan Temple, she learned the art of hardanger and created many beautiful doilies and tablecloths that her family members now cherish.
Pearl was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in many different callings, including MIA counselor and teacher, Relief Society President, teacher, Stake Board member, member of the Quilting Committee and Visiting Teacher; Primary teacher; and she served as a Logan Temple officiator for 14 years.
During her later years, Pearl had problems with high blood pressure. Not long after John's death in 1973, Pearl began having a series of small strokes. She suffered a major stroke while staying with her daughter, Geneil, in Logan. She passed away 3 days later at the Logan LDS Hospital, on Father's Day, June 16, 1974. She would have been 80 years old the following week.
Funeral services were held on Wednesday, June 19, 1974, at the Mendon Ward chapel, with Dal Freeman, Counselor in the Mendon Ward bishopric, conducting.
Pearl grew up in Hyrum and attended elementary school at the Hyrum Central School and was a very bright student. She was especially good at spelling and was often the winner of the weekly Spelling Bees. She graduated from the 8th grade and attended Hyrum High School for one year. As a youth, Pearl enjoyed playing sports with her friends at school, especially girls' softball and basketball.
She started her second year of high school, but quit and went to work at the Home Merc Company in Hyrum. She also worked at the U.S. Post Office and the Shamhart Store in Logan.
Pearl acquired a great love for the scriptures in her youth and became well-versed in their contents. She taught Sunday School for almost 14 years before serving a 2-year mission to the Central States Mission, 1920-1922.
Prior to her mission, Pearl had begun dating John O. Hughes, from Mendon. He was called to serve a mission in England, and while they were on their missions, they wrote letters to each other. When they returned home, they resumed their courtship and made plans to be married.
Pearl and John O. were married on Nov. 21, 1923, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. This marriage was blessed with 4 children:
1) Shirley Hughes (Spence) (1924)
2) John "Keith" Hughes (1927)
3) Sarah "Carol" Hughes (Holland Call) (1927)
4) Geneil Hughes (Anderson) (1931)
They lived in several different homes in Mendon. In 1944, after John's mother passed away, they moved into her home, located at 321 North Main Street in Mendon.
Pearl and John O. endured the many hardships associated with the Great Depression. Times were hard for everyone, but John O. and Pearl were fortunate that they had plenty of food to feed their growing family because they had the farm, and because they raised a large garden.
While John O. handled all of the farm work and outside chores in the family, Pearl took care of the work on the inside of the home. She was a wonderful homemaker and cook. She was a very talented seamstress, learning how to design and sew clothing as a young girl. She made most of the clothes her family wore, from their underwear to their coats. Often when she went into Logan shopping, she would study the clothing she saw in the stores. Then she would go home and create a pattern from newspaper and sew an article of clothing similar to what she had seen in the store. She enjoyed quilting and loved to piece quilt tops together, blending the colors together beautifully. She also loved to crochet and made many beautiful doilies and crocheted the edges of pillowcases and baby blankets. While serving as an officiator in the Logan Temple, she learned the art of hardanger and created many beautiful doilies and tablecloths that her family members now cherish.
Pearl was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in many different callings, including MIA counselor and teacher, Relief Society President, teacher, Stake Board member, member of the Quilting Committee and Visiting Teacher; Primary teacher; and she served as a Logan Temple officiator for 14 years.
During her later years, Pearl had problems with high blood pressure. Not long after John's death in 1973, Pearl began having a series of small strokes. She suffered a major stroke while staying with her daughter, Geneil, in Logan. She passed away 3 days later at the Logan LDS Hospital, on Father's Day, June 16, 1974. She would have been 80 years old the following week.
Funeral services were held on Wednesday, June 19, 1974, at the Mendon Ward chapel, with Dal Freeman, Counselor in the Mendon Ward bishopric, conducting.
Pearl Keziah Allen Hughes was born on June 23, 1894, in Hyrum, Utah, to Albert J. Allen and Finnetta Ann Williams Allen. She as the 7th of their 9 children. Pearl was born shortly before her father left to serve an LDS mission in the Northern States for 2 years.
Pearl grew up in Hyrum and attended elementary school at the Hyrum Central School and was a very bright student. She was especially good at spelling and was often the winner of the weekly Spelling Bees. She graduated from the 8th grade and attended Hyrum High School for one year. As a youth, Pearl enjoyed playing sports with her friends at school, especially girls' softball and basketball.
She started her second year of high school, but quit and went to work at the Home Merc Company in Hyrum. She also worked at the U.S. Post Office and the Shamhart Store in Logan.
Pearl acquired a great love for the scriptures in her youth and became well-versed in their contents. She taught Sunday School for almost 14 years before serving a 2-year mission to the Central States Mission, 1920-1922.
Prior to her mission, Pearl had begun dating John O. Hughes, from Mendon. He was called to serve a mission in England, and while they were on their missions, they wrote letters to each other. When they returned home, they resumed their courtship and made plans to be married.
Pearl and John O. were married on Nov. 21, 1923, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. This marriage was blessed with 4 children:
1) Shirley Hughes (Spence) (1924)
2) John "Keith" Hughes (1927)
3) Sarah "Carol" Hughes (Holland Call) (1927)
4) Geneil Hughes (Anderson) (1931)
They lived in several different homes in Mendon. In 1944, after John's mother passed away, they moved into her home, located at 321 North Main Street in Mendon.
Pearl and John O. endured the many hardships associated with the Great Depression. Times were hard for everyone, but John O. and Pearl were fortunate that they had plenty of food to feed their growing family because they had the farm, and because they raised a large garden.
While John O. handled all of the farm work and outside chores in the family, Pearl took care of the work on the inside of the home. She was a wonderful homemaker and cook. She was a very talented seamstress, learning how to design and sew clothing as a young girl. She made most of the clothes her family wore, from their underwear to their coats. Often when she went into Logan shopping, she would study the clothing she saw in the stores. Then she would go home and create a pattern from newspaper and sew an article of clothing similar to what she had seen in the store. She enjoyed quilting and loved to piece quilt tops together, blending the colors together beautifully. She also loved to crochet and made many beautiful doilies and crocheted the edges of pillowcases and baby blankets. While serving as an officiator in the Logan Temple, she learned the art of hardanger and created many beautiful doilies and tablecloths that her family members now cherish.
Pearl was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in many different callings, including MIA counselor and teacher, Relief Society President, teacher, Stake Board member, member of the Quilting Committee and Visiting Teacher; Primary teacher; and she served as a Logan Temple officiator for 14 years.
During her later years, Pearl had problems with high blood pressure. Not long after John's death in 1973, Pearl began having a series of small strokes. She suffered a major stroke while staying with her daughter, Geneil, in Logan. She passed away 3 days later at the Logan LDS Hospital, on Father's Day, June 16, 1974. She would have been 80 years old the following week.
Funeral services were held on Wednesday, June 19, 1974, at the Mendon Ward chapel, with Dal Freeman, Counselor in the Mendon Ward bishopric, conducting.
Pearl grew up in Hyrum and attended elementary school at the Hyrum Central School and was a very bright student. She was especially good at spelling and was often the winner of the weekly Spelling Bees. She graduated from the 8th grade and attended Hyrum High School for one year. As a youth, Pearl enjoyed playing sports with her friends at school, especially girls' softball and basketball.
She started her second year of high school, but quit and went to work at the Home Merc Company in Hyrum. She also worked at the U.S. Post Office and the Shamhart Store in Logan.
Pearl acquired a great love for the scriptures in her youth and became well-versed in their contents. She taught Sunday School for almost 14 years before serving a 2-year mission to the Central States Mission, 1920-1922.
Prior to her mission, Pearl had begun dating John O. Hughes, from Mendon. He was called to serve a mission in England, and while they were on their missions, they wrote letters to each other. When they returned home, they resumed their courtship and made plans to be married.
Pearl and John O. were married on Nov. 21, 1923, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. This marriage was blessed with 4 children:
1) Shirley Hughes (Spence) (1924)
2) John "Keith" Hughes (1927)
3) Sarah "Carol" Hughes (Holland Call) (1927)
4) Geneil Hughes (Anderson) (1931)
They lived in several different homes in Mendon. In 1944, after John's mother passed away, they moved into her home, located at 321 North Main Street in Mendon.
Pearl and John O. endured the many hardships associated with the Great Depression. Times were hard for everyone, but John O. and Pearl were fortunate that they had plenty of food to feed their growing family because they had the farm, and because they raised a large garden.
While John O. handled all of the farm work and outside chores in the family, Pearl took care of the work on the inside of the home. She was a wonderful homemaker and cook. She was a very talented seamstress, learning how to design and sew clothing as a young girl. She made most of the clothes her family wore, from their underwear to their coats. Often when she went into Logan shopping, she would study the clothing she saw in the stores. Then she would go home and create a pattern from newspaper and sew an article of clothing similar to what she had seen in the store. She enjoyed quilting and loved to piece quilt tops together, blending the colors together beautifully. She also loved to crochet and made many beautiful doilies and crocheted the edges of pillowcases and baby blankets. While serving as an officiator in the Logan Temple, she learned the art of hardanger and created many beautiful doilies and tablecloths that her family members now cherish.
Pearl was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in many different callings, including MIA counselor and teacher, Relief Society President, teacher, Stake Board member, member of the Quilting Committee and Visiting Teacher; Primary teacher; and she served as a Logan Temple officiator for 14 years.
During her later years, Pearl had problems with high blood pressure. Not long after John's death in 1973, Pearl began having a series of small strokes. She suffered a major stroke while staying with her daughter, Geneil, in Logan. She passed away 3 days later at the Logan LDS Hospital, on Father's Day, June 16, 1974. She would have been 80 years old the following week.
Funeral services were held on Wednesday, June 19, 1974, at the Mendon Ward chapel, with Dal Freeman, Counselor in the Mendon Ward bishopric, conducting.
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