Patricia "Pat" Larsen is the daughter of Ross Call Larsen and Ruby Lee Phillips Larsen. Pat is the second child of six and the oldest daughter. Her siblings are; Richard Leland Larsen, Joyce Larsen Chandronait, Ronald Melvin Larsen, Lorraine Larsen Simmons and Royce Stanley Larsen. She married Robert Franklin "Frank" Fairchild on October 19, 1966 in Ririe, Jefferson, Idaho. Their marriage was later solemnized on May 6, 1976 in the Idaho Falls, ID LDS Temple. Pat and Frank are the parents of three sons, Robert "Bob" Franklin Fairchild II, Brian Scott Fairchild and Gregory Ross Fairchild. She is the granddaughter of Ephraim Larsen, Irene Pearl Call Larsen, William Thomas Phillips II and Stella Lee Moore Phillips. Frank and Pat have 18 grandchildren.
When Pat was five days old her parents took her to her new home in Ririe, Jefferson, Idaho where she joined her older brother Richard. Since her dad Ross had only been home from World War II for less than a year her parents, brother and she lived with her grandpa and grandma Larsen and uncle Calvin Larsen. When she was born her dad was working on building their family a home next to her grandparents home. Their properties back up to each other. The day that Pat was born her dad, grandpa and uncle poured the cement basement walls for their new home. When the forms were removed her dad wrote her name and birth date in the fresh cement for everyone to see in the future. Pat was always proud of that and showed her friends the wall anytime she could.
Pat spent her first four years living in Ririe and then in the summer of 1951 her parents, sister Joyce and she moved to Henderson, Nevada where her father had a new job. Her brother Richard stayed behind with her grandparents so he could go to school. Their family stayed in Henderson for about a year. One of Pat's favorite things to do while living there was to set out on the front step and watch the jets from Nellis Air Force Base fly over everyday. She had never seen anything like them before. One of her memories from that time was going to Nellis Air Force Base for an Easter Egg Hunt where she won a record that was yellow in color and had the song "A Tisket A Tasket" on it. It didn't take her long to memorize the song and to wear out the record.
In the fall of 1952 Pat and her family moved back to Ririe, Idaho.
Pat spent her early years playing with her best friend Jeanie Yates, her brothers and sisters and being spoiled by her grandparents. Anytime she had the chance she would run off to her grandparents home and many a time got into trouble for doing so. She always stayed busy helping her mother around the house and taking care of her younger brothers and sisters. She loved to ride her bike with her brother Richard and their friends, swimming, camping, going on picnics with her grandma and grandpa Larsen with her brothers and sisters, hiking Kelly Canyon with her grandpa, going fishing with her parents and grandpa, building pretend houses out of old bricks and landscaping the pretend yards with weeds with her brother Richard and doing all kind of crafts. One of her favorite memories was playing marching band with her younger brothers, sisters and neighborhood kids. They would march up and down their street beating on their ice cream carton drums and playing their toy instruments. She also loved camping out in the back yard with her brothers and sisters. They would make a tent by pinning blankets to the clothes lines. In her down time she loved to read and would stay up late into the night reading.
Pat attended school at Ririe Elementary School and Ririe High School where she graduated in May of 1965. Her favorite classes in school were, History, Geography, Home Ec., Bookkeeping and Library Science.
Pat was always a hard worker. While in high school she earned her spending money by picking raspberries and black currents in the summer for her mother to sale. She also did baby sitting, ironing and cleaning house for her neighbors.
In the fall of 1965 Pat started college at Ricks College (later renamed BYU-I) in Rexburg, Idaho where she majored in Interior Design and Business. Pat shared an apartment with three roommates, one of which was Alice Lyons who in the coming year would change Pat's life for ever.
In July of 1966 Pat was spending the week-end with Alice and that week-end would change her life for the better. Two weeks before, Pat and Alice had met a young Navy man named Bill Moore. That week-end Bill called Alice to ask her out. Alice told Bill she couldn't go because she had company for the week-end. When Bill found out that it was Pat he asked if she would like to go on a blind date with one of his roommates. Pat had never been on a blind date before but since it was Bill asking she said yes. Her blind date turn out to be Robert Franklin "Frank" Fairchild who was also in the Navy. Needless to say they hit it off right from the start. It was love at first sight. They got engaged a month later and married two months after that. They hadn't planned on getting married that soon but the Navy kept changing the date of when Frank would be transferred out of Idaho and Frank didn't want to leave Pat behind. As it turned out they didn't leave Idaho until the following summer in July (1967) when Frank got transferred to the East coast.
Frank and Pat left Idaho and traveled to North Carolina to see Frank's parents, grandparents and other family members. This was a new adventure for Pat since she had never traveled to the East coast before and she was to meet her in-laws for the first time. Frank had to leave the end of August to report for duty in Groton, CT and since Pat was pregnant and due to have her baby in September the doctors wouldn't let her travel so she stayed behind with Frank's parents. After her baby son, Robert Franklin Fairchild II (Bobby) was born and he was old enough to travel Pat and Bobby went to CT. to join Frank once again. After Frank finished Sub school in December they were transferred to Charleston, South Carolina. They lived in Charleston from January 1968 until May of 1970. While in Charleston they added another son, Brian Scott Fairchild to their family.
In May of 1970 the submarine Frank was stationed on was transferred to the shipyards in Newport News, Virginia and Frank was transferred right along with the it. While there they rented a house in Hampton Beach, Virginia. In August of 1971 the submarine Frank was stationed on was once more transferred to a new home port in Groton, Ct and Frank was once again transferred with it. While in Groton they added a third son, Gregory Ross Fairchild to the family and he would be the last addition to the family.
In April of 1973 Frank was once again transferred to a new duty station. This time he was sent to three years of shore duty in Idaho Falls, Idaho to be an instructor at the Navy Nuclear Power Training Facility there. This transfer made Pat very happy because she would once again be close to her family and her sons would get to know their Larsen relatives. Frank and Pat loved to travel and to see as much of America as they could and raised their sons to love doing it to. While living in Idaho they took their sons to as many of the National Parks that they could and that were close by. Their favorite was Yellowstone National Park and any time they had company from out of state they would take their visitors there. They also loved spending as much time out of doors with their sons as they could. They bought a camper trailer so they could take their sons camping and fishing in comfort. They were tired of roughing it and sleeping on the cold, hard ground. On one of these camping trips they woke up in the middle of the night hearing a lot of noise outside of their camper. When Frank tried to go outside to see what was going on he couldn't get the camper door open. He called out to who ever was outside but no one answered and all went quiet, so after a while they went back to bed. When they got up in the morning they managed to get the door open and were amazed to find that their whole camp trailer was wrapped in toilet paper. They said that it took most of the morning to remove all of the toilet paper and they were happy to see that no damage had been done to the camper or their van. While living in Idaho Falls, Pat became very ill for several months, so when it came time for Frank to get out of the Navy they decided to re-in-list so that Pat would have medical insurance. Since Frank was still going to be in the Navy they decided to make a career of it and stay in for 20 Years. They lived in Idaho Falls until September of 1976 when it was once again time for Frank to be transferred to a new duty station. They were happy to learn that they would once again be stationed in Charleston, South Carolina where they would only be a few hours drive from Frank's parents in North Carolina.
In September of 1976 They left Idaho on their way to a new duty station in Charleston, South Carolina. They would be stationed there for three years. Even though Frank was at sea most of the time the family loved living there. They were able to go fishing, camping, go to the beach and go to North Carolina every chance they could.
After three years there it was once again transfer time for Frank. This time they were off to Orlando, Florida for three years of shore duty as an instructor at the Nuclear Power School.
In September of 1979 the family headed South to Florida where they would once again live for three years. The family loved living there especially since it didn't get cold in the winter and they had a big orange tree in their back yard. Once again the family took advantage of all they could do in Florida. They spent just about every week-end camping, fishing, going to the beach, taking their boat out on the surrounding lakes and water ways and just exploring the state. In June of 1982 Frank received the news that his mother, Ruth, had cancer so when it came time for him to be transferred once again he asked to be assigned to a submarine stationed in Charleston, South Carolina so that he could be closer to his Parents. The family made the decision for Pat and the boys to move back to North Carolina so that Pat could help Frank's dad take care of his mother and Frank would go on to Charleston alone. The family moved to North Carolina in October of 1982. In the spring of 1983 Frank and Pat built their new home just up the hill from his parents.
In October of 1982 Frank went to his new duty station in Charleston, South Carolina where he was stationed on his third and last submarine. He retired from the Navy after 20 years on January 1, 1985 and he then joined his family in North Carolina. Frank and Pat lived in North Carolina for the next 17 years. During the time that they lived in North Carolina Frank worked for several years in the civilian nuclear power business and traveled all over the country and Pat joined him when ever she could. Frank was diagnosed with MS in 1998 and once again retired back to their home in North Carolina. They spend another year in North Carolina and since their sons were all grown, married and living in other states and Frank's parents were gone Frank and Pat decided to move back to Idaho to be close to Pat's family. They moved to Idaho Falls, Idaho in August of 1999.
Pat is a faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saint. She held many callings in the church. She served as the ward Librarian and served in the Stake as an LDS Social Serves Coordinator. She taught Primary, Sunday School, Relief Society and for many years she was a Relief Society Visiting Teacher. She also served as the Relief Society President, Primary President and served in the Young Women's Presidency at both the Ward and Stake levels. She loved her Heavenly Father and her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. She loved all of her callings in the church but especially loved working with little children in Primary. Pat is the mother of three sons and because of this she also served as a Cub Scout Leader.
When Pat was five days old her parents took her to her new home in Ririe, Jefferson, Idaho where she joined her older brother Richard. Since her dad Ross had only been home from World War II for less than a year her parents, brother and she lived with her grandpa and grandma Larsen and uncle Calvin Larsen. When she was born her dad was working on building their family a home next to her grandparents home. Their properties back up to each other. The day that Pat was born her dad, grandpa and uncle poured the cement basement walls for their new home. When the forms were removed her dad wrote her name and birth date in the fresh cement for everyone to see in the future. Pat was always proud of that and showed her friends the wall anytime she could.
Pat spent her first four years living in Ririe and then in the summer of 1951 her parents, sister Joyce and she moved to Henderson, Nevada where her father had a new job. Her brother Richard stayed behind with her grandparents so he could go to school. Their family stayed in Henderson for about a year. One of Pat's favorite things to do while living there was to set out on the front step and watch the jets from Nellis Air Force Base fly over everyday. She had never seen anything like them before. One of her memories from that time was going to Nellis Air Force Base for an Easter Egg Hunt where she won a record that was yellow in color and had the song "A Tisket A Tasket" on it. It didn't take her long to memorize the song and to wear out the record.
In the fall of 1952 Pat and her family moved back to Ririe, Idaho.
Pat spent her early years playing with her best friend Jeanie Yates, her brothers and sisters and being spoiled by her grandparents. Anytime she had the chance she would run off to her grandparents home and many a time got into trouble for doing so. She always stayed busy helping her mother around the house and taking care of her younger brothers and sisters. She loved to ride her bike with her brother Richard and their friends, swimming, camping, going on picnics with her grandma and grandpa Larsen with her brothers and sisters, hiking Kelly Canyon with her grandpa, going fishing with her parents and grandpa, building pretend houses out of old bricks and landscaping the pretend yards with weeds with her brother Richard and doing all kind of crafts. One of her favorite memories was playing marching band with her younger brothers, sisters and neighborhood kids. They would march up and down their street beating on their ice cream carton drums and playing their toy instruments. She also loved camping out in the back yard with her brothers and sisters. They would make a tent by pinning blankets to the clothes lines. In her down time she loved to read and would stay up late into the night reading.
Pat attended school at Ririe Elementary School and Ririe High School where she graduated in May of 1965. Her favorite classes in school were, History, Geography, Home Ec., Bookkeeping and Library Science.
Pat was always a hard worker. While in high school she earned her spending money by picking raspberries and black currents in the summer for her mother to sale. She also did baby sitting, ironing and cleaning house for her neighbors.
In the fall of 1965 Pat started college at Ricks College (later renamed BYU-I) in Rexburg, Idaho where she majored in Interior Design and Business. Pat shared an apartment with three roommates, one of which was Alice Lyons who in the coming year would change Pat's life for ever.
In July of 1966 Pat was spending the week-end with Alice and that week-end would change her life for the better. Two weeks before, Pat and Alice had met a young Navy man named Bill Moore. That week-end Bill called Alice to ask her out. Alice told Bill she couldn't go because she had company for the week-end. When Bill found out that it was Pat he asked if she would like to go on a blind date with one of his roommates. Pat had never been on a blind date before but since it was Bill asking she said yes. Her blind date turn out to be Robert Franklin "Frank" Fairchild who was also in the Navy. Needless to say they hit it off right from the start. It was love at first sight. They got engaged a month later and married two months after that. They hadn't planned on getting married that soon but the Navy kept changing the date of when Frank would be transferred out of Idaho and Frank didn't want to leave Pat behind. As it turned out they didn't leave Idaho until the following summer in July (1967) when Frank got transferred to the East coast.
Frank and Pat left Idaho and traveled to North Carolina to see Frank's parents, grandparents and other family members. This was a new adventure for Pat since she had never traveled to the East coast before and she was to meet her in-laws for the first time. Frank had to leave the end of August to report for duty in Groton, CT and since Pat was pregnant and due to have her baby in September the doctors wouldn't let her travel so she stayed behind with Frank's parents. After her baby son, Robert Franklin Fairchild II (Bobby) was born and he was old enough to travel Pat and Bobby went to CT. to join Frank once again. After Frank finished Sub school in December they were transferred to Charleston, South Carolina. They lived in Charleston from January 1968 until May of 1970. While in Charleston they added another son, Brian Scott Fairchild to their family.
In May of 1970 the submarine Frank was stationed on was transferred to the shipyards in Newport News, Virginia and Frank was transferred right along with the it. While there they rented a house in Hampton Beach, Virginia. In August of 1971 the submarine Frank was stationed on was once more transferred to a new home port in Groton, Ct and Frank was once again transferred with it. While in Groton they added a third son, Gregory Ross Fairchild to the family and he would be the last addition to the family.
In April of 1973 Frank was once again transferred to a new duty station. This time he was sent to three years of shore duty in Idaho Falls, Idaho to be an instructor at the Navy Nuclear Power Training Facility there. This transfer made Pat very happy because she would once again be close to her family and her sons would get to know their Larsen relatives. Frank and Pat loved to travel and to see as much of America as they could and raised their sons to love doing it to. While living in Idaho they took their sons to as many of the National Parks that they could and that were close by. Their favorite was Yellowstone National Park and any time they had company from out of state they would take their visitors there. They also loved spending as much time out of doors with their sons as they could. They bought a camper trailer so they could take their sons camping and fishing in comfort. They were tired of roughing it and sleeping on the cold, hard ground. On one of these camping trips they woke up in the middle of the night hearing a lot of noise outside of their camper. When Frank tried to go outside to see what was going on he couldn't get the camper door open. He called out to who ever was outside but no one answered and all went quiet, so after a while they went back to bed. When they got up in the morning they managed to get the door open and were amazed to find that their whole camp trailer was wrapped in toilet paper. They said that it took most of the morning to remove all of the toilet paper and they were happy to see that no damage had been done to the camper or their van. While living in Idaho Falls, Pat became very ill for several months, so when it came time for Frank to get out of the Navy they decided to re-in-list so that Pat would have medical insurance. Since Frank was still going to be in the Navy they decided to make a career of it and stay in for 20 Years. They lived in Idaho Falls until September of 1976 when it was once again time for Frank to be transferred to a new duty station. They were happy to learn that they would once again be stationed in Charleston, South Carolina where they would only be a few hours drive from Frank's parents in North Carolina.
In September of 1976 They left Idaho on their way to a new duty station in Charleston, South Carolina. They would be stationed there for three years. Even though Frank was at sea most of the time the family loved living there. They were able to go fishing, camping, go to the beach and go to North Carolina every chance they could.
After three years there it was once again transfer time for Frank. This time they were off to Orlando, Florida for three years of shore duty as an instructor at the Nuclear Power School.
In September of 1979 the family headed South to Florida where they would once again live for three years. The family loved living there especially since it didn't get cold in the winter and they had a big orange tree in their back yard. Once again the family took advantage of all they could do in Florida. They spent just about every week-end camping, fishing, going to the beach, taking their boat out on the surrounding lakes and water ways and just exploring the state. In June of 1982 Frank received the news that his mother, Ruth, had cancer so when it came time for him to be transferred once again he asked to be assigned to a submarine stationed in Charleston, South Carolina so that he could be closer to his Parents. The family made the decision for Pat and the boys to move back to North Carolina so that Pat could help Frank's dad take care of his mother and Frank would go on to Charleston alone. The family moved to North Carolina in October of 1982. In the spring of 1983 Frank and Pat built their new home just up the hill from his parents.
In October of 1982 Frank went to his new duty station in Charleston, South Carolina where he was stationed on his third and last submarine. He retired from the Navy after 20 years on January 1, 1985 and he then joined his family in North Carolina. Frank and Pat lived in North Carolina for the next 17 years. During the time that they lived in North Carolina Frank worked for several years in the civilian nuclear power business and traveled all over the country and Pat joined him when ever she could. Frank was diagnosed with MS in 1998 and once again retired back to their home in North Carolina. They spend another year in North Carolina and since their sons were all grown, married and living in other states and Frank's parents were gone Frank and Pat decided to move back to Idaho to be close to Pat's family. They moved to Idaho Falls, Idaho in August of 1999.
Pat is a faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saint. She held many callings in the church. She served as the ward Librarian and served in the Stake as an LDS Social Serves Coordinator. She taught Primary, Sunday School, Relief Society and for many years she was a Relief Society Visiting Teacher. She also served as the Relief Society President, Primary President and served in the Young Women's Presidency at both the Ward and Stake levels. She loved her Heavenly Father and her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. She loved all of her callings in the church but especially loved working with little children in Primary. Pat is the mother of three sons and because of this she also served as a Cub Scout Leader.
Patricia "Pat" Larsen is the daughter of Ross Call Larsen and Ruby Lee Phillips Larsen. Pat is the second child of six and the oldest daughter. Her siblings are; Richard Leland Larsen, Joyce Larsen Chandronait, Ronald Melvin Larsen, Lorraine Larsen Simmons and Royce Stanley Larsen. She married Robert Franklin "Frank" Fairchild on October 19, 1966 in Ririe, Jefferson, Idaho. Their marriage was later solemnized on May 6, 1976 in the Idaho Falls, ID LDS Temple. Pat and Frank are the parents of three sons, Robert "Bob" Franklin Fairchild II, Brian Scott Fairchild and Gregory Ross Fairchild. She is the granddaughter of Ephraim Larsen, Irene Pearl Call Larsen, William Thomas Phillips II and Stella Lee Moore Phillips. Frank and Pat have 18 grandchildren.
When Pat was five days old her parents took her to her new home in Ririe, Jefferson, Idaho where she joined her older brother Richard. Since her dad Ross had only been home from World War II for less than a year her parents, brother and she lived with her grandpa and grandma Larsen and uncle Calvin Larsen. When she was born her dad was working on building their family a home next to her grandparents home. Their properties back up to each other. The day that Pat was born her dad, grandpa and uncle poured the cement basement walls for their new home. When the forms were removed her dad wrote her name and birth date in the fresh cement for everyone to see in the future. Pat was always proud of that and showed her friends the wall anytime she could.
Pat spent her first four years living in Ririe and then in the summer of 1951 her parents, sister Joyce and she moved to Henderson, Nevada where her father had a new job. Her brother Richard stayed behind with her grandparents so he could go to school. Their family stayed in Henderson for about a year. One of Pat's favorite things to do while living there was to set out on the front step and watch the jets from Nellis Air Force Base fly over everyday. She had never seen anything like them before. One of her memories from that time was going to Nellis Air Force Base for an Easter Egg Hunt where she won a record that was yellow in color and had the song "A Tisket A Tasket" on it. It didn't take her long to memorize the song and to wear out the record.
In the fall of 1952 Pat and her family moved back to Ririe, Idaho.
Pat spent her early years playing with her best friend Jeanie Yates, her brothers and sisters and being spoiled by her grandparents. Anytime she had the chance she would run off to her grandparents home and many a time got into trouble for doing so. She always stayed busy helping her mother around the house and taking care of her younger brothers and sisters. She loved to ride her bike with her brother Richard and their friends, swimming, camping, going on picnics with her grandma and grandpa Larsen with her brothers and sisters, hiking Kelly Canyon with her grandpa, going fishing with her parents and grandpa, building pretend houses out of old bricks and landscaping the pretend yards with weeds with her brother Richard and doing all kind of crafts. One of her favorite memories was playing marching band with her younger brothers, sisters and neighborhood kids. They would march up and down their street beating on their ice cream carton drums and playing their toy instruments. She also loved camping out in the back yard with her brothers and sisters. They would make a tent by pinning blankets to the clothes lines. In her down time she loved to read and would stay up late into the night reading.
Pat attended school at Ririe Elementary School and Ririe High School where she graduated in May of 1965. Her favorite classes in school were, History, Geography, Home Ec., Bookkeeping and Library Science.
Pat was always a hard worker. While in high school she earned her spending money by picking raspberries and black currents in the summer for her mother to sale. She also did baby sitting, ironing and cleaning house for her neighbors.
In the fall of 1965 Pat started college at Ricks College (later renamed BYU-I) in Rexburg, Idaho where she majored in Interior Design and Business. Pat shared an apartment with three roommates, one of which was Alice Lyons who in the coming year would change Pat's life for ever.
In July of 1966 Pat was spending the week-end with Alice and that week-end would change her life for the better. Two weeks before, Pat and Alice had met a young Navy man named Bill Moore. That week-end Bill called Alice to ask her out. Alice told Bill she couldn't go because she had company for the week-end. When Bill found out that it was Pat he asked if she would like to go on a blind date with one of his roommates. Pat had never been on a blind date before but since it was Bill asking she said yes. Her blind date turn out to be Robert Franklin "Frank" Fairchild who was also in the Navy. Needless to say they hit it off right from the start. It was love at first sight. They got engaged a month later and married two months after that. They hadn't planned on getting married that soon but the Navy kept changing the date of when Frank would be transferred out of Idaho and Frank didn't want to leave Pat behind. As it turned out they didn't leave Idaho until the following summer in July (1967) when Frank got transferred to the East coast.
Frank and Pat left Idaho and traveled to North Carolina to see Frank's parents, grandparents and other family members. This was a new adventure for Pat since she had never traveled to the East coast before and she was to meet her in-laws for the first time. Frank had to leave the end of August to report for duty in Groton, CT and since Pat was pregnant and due to have her baby in September the doctors wouldn't let her travel so she stayed behind with Frank's parents. After her baby son, Robert Franklin Fairchild II (Bobby) was born and he was old enough to travel Pat and Bobby went to CT. to join Frank once again. After Frank finished Sub school in December they were transferred to Charleston, South Carolina. They lived in Charleston from January 1968 until May of 1970. While in Charleston they added another son, Brian Scott Fairchild to their family.
In May of 1970 the submarine Frank was stationed on was transferred to the shipyards in Newport News, Virginia and Frank was transferred right along with the it. While there they rented a house in Hampton Beach, Virginia. In August of 1971 the submarine Frank was stationed on was once more transferred to a new home port in Groton, Ct and Frank was once again transferred with it. While in Groton they added a third son, Gregory Ross Fairchild to the family and he would be the last addition to the family.
In April of 1973 Frank was once again transferred to a new duty station. This time he was sent to three years of shore duty in Idaho Falls, Idaho to be an instructor at the Navy Nuclear Power Training Facility there. This transfer made Pat very happy because she would once again be close to her family and her sons would get to know their Larsen relatives. Frank and Pat loved to travel and to see as much of America as they could and raised their sons to love doing it to. While living in Idaho they took their sons to as many of the National Parks that they could and that were close by. Their favorite was Yellowstone National Park and any time they had company from out of state they would take their visitors there. They also loved spending as much time out of doors with their sons as they could. They bought a camper trailer so they could take their sons camping and fishing in comfort. They were tired of roughing it and sleeping on the cold, hard ground. On one of these camping trips they woke up in the middle of the night hearing a lot of noise outside of their camper. When Frank tried to go outside to see what was going on he couldn't get the camper door open. He called out to who ever was outside but no one answered and all went quiet, so after a while they went back to bed. When they got up in the morning they managed to get the door open and were amazed to find that their whole camp trailer was wrapped in toilet paper. They said that it took most of the morning to remove all of the toilet paper and they were happy to see that no damage had been done to the camper or their van. While living in Idaho Falls, Pat became very ill for several months, so when it came time for Frank to get out of the Navy they decided to re-in-list so that Pat would have medical insurance. Since Frank was still going to be in the Navy they decided to make a career of it and stay in for 20 Years. They lived in Idaho Falls until September of 1976 when it was once again time for Frank to be transferred to a new duty station. They were happy to learn that they would once again be stationed in Charleston, South Carolina where they would only be a few hours drive from Frank's parents in North Carolina.
In September of 1976 They left Idaho on their way to a new duty station in Charleston, South Carolina. They would be stationed there for three years. Even though Frank was at sea most of the time the family loved living there. They were able to go fishing, camping, go to the beach and go to North Carolina every chance they could.
After three years there it was once again transfer time for Frank. This time they were off to Orlando, Florida for three years of shore duty as an instructor at the Nuclear Power School.
In September of 1979 the family headed South to Florida where they would once again live for three years. The family loved living there especially since it didn't get cold in the winter and they had a big orange tree in their back yard. Once again the family took advantage of all they could do in Florida. They spent just about every week-end camping, fishing, going to the beach, taking their boat out on the surrounding lakes and water ways and just exploring the state. In June of 1982 Frank received the news that his mother, Ruth, had cancer so when it came time for him to be transferred once again he asked to be assigned to a submarine stationed in Charleston, South Carolina so that he could be closer to his Parents. The family made the decision for Pat and the boys to move back to North Carolina so that Pat could help Frank's dad take care of his mother and Frank would go on to Charleston alone. The family moved to North Carolina in October of 1982. In the spring of 1983 Frank and Pat built their new home just up the hill from his parents.
In October of 1982 Frank went to his new duty station in Charleston, South Carolina where he was stationed on his third and last submarine. He retired from the Navy after 20 years on January 1, 1985 and he then joined his family in North Carolina. Frank and Pat lived in North Carolina for the next 17 years. During the time that they lived in North Carolina Frank worked for several years in the civilian nuclear power business and traveled all over the country and Pat joined him when ever she could. Frank was diagnosed with MS in 1998 and once again retired back to their home in North Carolina. They spend another year in North Carolina and since their sons were all grown, married and living in other states and Frank's parents were gone Frank and Pat decided to move back to Idaho to be close to Pat's family. They moved to Idaho Falls, Idaho in August of 1999.
Pat is a faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saint. She held many callings in the church. She served as the ward Librarian and served in the Stake as an LDS Social Serves Coordinator. She taught Primary, Sunday School, Relief Society and for many years she was a Relief Society Visiting Teacher. She also served as the Relief Society President, Primary President and served in the Young Women's Presidency at both the Ward and Stake levels. She loved her Heavenly Father and her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. She loved all of her callings in the church but especially loved working with little children in Primary. Pat is the mother of three sons and because of this she also served as a Cub Scout Leader.
When Pat was five days old her parents took her to her new home in Ririe, Jefferson, Idaho where she joined her older brother Richard. Since her dad Ross had only been home from World War II for less than a year her parents, brother and she lived with her grandpa and grandma Larsen and uncle Calvin Larsen. When she was born her dad was working on building their family a home next to her grandparents home. Their properties back up to each other. The day that Pat was born her dad, grandpa and uncle poured the cement basement walls for their new home. When the forms were removed her dad wrote her name and birth date in the fresh cement for everyone to see in the future. Pat was always proud of that and showed her friends the wall anytime she could.
Pat spent her first four years living in Ririe and then in the summer of 1951 her parents, sister Joyce and she moved to Henderson, Nevada where her father had a new job. Her brother Richard stayed behind with her grandparents so he could go to school. Their family stayed in Henderson for about a year. One of Pat's favorite things to do while living there was to set out on the front step and watch the jets from Nellis Air Force Base fly over everyday. She had never seen anything like them before. One of her memories from that time was going to Nellis Air Force Base for an Easter Egg Hunt where she won a record that was yellow in color and had the song "A Tisket A Tasket" on it. It didn't take her long to memorize the song and to wear out the record.
In the fall of 1952 Pat and her family moved back to Ririe, Idaho.
Pat spent her early years playing with her best friend Jeanie Yates, her brothers and sisters and being spoiled by her grandparents. Anytime she had the chance she would run off to her grandparents home and many a time got into trouble for doing so. She always stayed busy helping her mother around the house and taking care of her younger brothers and sisters. She loved to ride her bike with her brother Richard and their friends, swimming, camping, going on picnics with her grandma and grandpa Larsen with her brothers and sisters, hiking Kelly Canyon with her grandpa, going fishing with her parents and grandpa, building pretend houses out of old bricks and landscaping the pretend yards with weeds with her brother Richard and doing all kind of crafts. One of her favorite memories was playing marching band with her younger brothers, sisters and neighborhood kids. They would march up and down their street beating on their ice cream carton drums and playing their toy instruments. She also loved camping out in the back yard with her brothers and sisters. They would make a tent by pinning blankets to the clothes lines. In her down time she loved to read and would stay up late into the night reading.
Pat attended school at Ririe Elementary School and Ririe High School where she graduated in May of 1965. Her favorite classes in school were, History, Geography, Home Ec., Bookkeeping and Library Science.
Pat was always a hard worker. While in high school she earned her spending money by picking raspberries and black currents in the summer for her mother to sale. She also did baby sitting, ironing and cleaning house for her neighbors.
In the fall of 1965 Pat started college at Ricks College (later renamed BYU-I) in Rexburg, Idaho where she majored in Interior Design and Business. Pat shared an apartment with three roommates, one of which was Alice Lyons who in the coming year would change Pat's life for ever.
In July of 1966 Pat was spending the week-end with Alice and that week-end would change her life for the better. Two weeks before, Pat and Alice had met a young Navy man named Bill Moore. That week-end Bill called Alice to ask her out. Alice told Bill she couldn't go because she had company for the week-end. When Bill found out that it was Pat he asked if she would like to go on a blind date with one of his roommates. Pat had never been on a blind date before but since it was Bill asking she said yes. Her blind date turn out to be Robert Franklin "Frank" Fairchild who was also in the Navy. Needless to say they hit it off right from the start. It was love at first sight. They got engaged a month later and married two months after that. They hadn't planned on getting married that soon but the Navy kept changing the date of when Frank would be transferred out of Idaho and Frank didn't want to leave Pat behind. As it turned out they didn't leave Idaho until the following summer in July (1967) when Frank got transferred to the East coast.
Frank and Pat left Idaho and traveled to North Carolina to see Frank's parents, grandparents and other family members. This was a new adventure for Pat since she had never traveled to the East coast before and she was to meet her in-laws for the first time. Frank had to leave the end of August to report for duty in Groton, CT and since Pat was pregnant and due to have her baby in September the doctors wouldn't let her travel so she stayed behind with Frank's parents. After her baby son, Robert Franklin Fairchild II (Bobby) was born and he was old enough to travel Pat and Bobby went to CT. to join Frank once again. After Frank finished Sub school in December they were transferred to Charleston, South Carolina. They lived in Charleston from January 1968 until May of 1970. While in Charleston they added another son, Brian Scott Fairchild to their family.
In May of 1970 the submarine Frank was stationed on was transferred to the shipyards in Newport News, Virginia and Frank was transferred right along with the it. While there they rented a house in Hampton Beach, Virginia. In August of 1971 the submarine Frank was stationed on was once more transferred to a new home port in Groton, Ct and Frank was once again transferred with it. While in Groton they added a third son, Gregory Ross Fairchild to the family and he would be the last addition to the family.
In April of 1973 Frank was once again transferred to a new duty station. This time he was sent to three years of shore duty in Idaho Falls, Idaho to be an instructor at the Navy Nuclear Power Training Facility there. This transfer made Pat very happy because she would once again be close to her family and her sons would get to know their Larsen relatives. Frank and Pat loved to travel and to see as much of America as they could and raised their sons to love doing it to. While living in Idaho they took their sons to as many of the National Parks that they could and that were close by. Their favorite was Yellowstone National Park and any time they had company from out of state they would take their visitors there. They also loved spending as much time out of doors with their sons as they could. They bought a camper trailer so they could take their sons camping and fishing in comfort. They were tired of roughing it and sleeping on the cold, hard ground. On one of these camping trips they woke up in the middle of the night hearing a lot of noise outside of their camper. When Frank tried to go outside to see what was going on he couldn't get the camper door open. He called out to who ever was outside but no one answered and all went quiet, so after a while they went back to bed. When they got up in the morning they managed to get the door open and were amazed to find that their whole camp trailer was wrapped in toilet paper. They said that it took most of the morning to remove all of the toilet paper and they were happy to see that no damage had been done to the camper or their van. While living in Idaho Falls, Pat became very ill for several months, so when it came time for Frank to get out of the Navy they decided to re-in-list so that Pat would have medical insurance. Since Frank was still going to be in the Navy they decided to make a career of it and stay in for 20 Years. They lived in Idaho Falls until September of 1976 when it was once again time for Frank to be transferred to a new duty station. They were happy to learn that they would once again be stationed in Charleston, South Carolina where they would only be a few hours drive from Frank's parents in North Carolina.
In September of 1976 They left Idaho on their way to a new duty station in Charleston, South Carolina. They would be stationed there for three years. Even though Frank was at sea most of the time the family loved living there. They were able to go fishing, camping, go to the beach and go to North Carolina every chance they could.
After three years there it was once again transfer time for Frank. This time they were off to Orlando, Florida for three years of shore duty as an instructor at the Nuclear Power School.
In September of 1979 the family headed South to Florida where they would once again live for three years. The family loved living there especially since it didn't get cold in the winter and they had a big orange tree in their back yard. Once again the family took advantage of all they could do in Florida. They spent just about every week-end camping, fishing, going to the beach, taking their boat out on the surrounding lakes and water ways and just exploring the state. In June of 1982 Frank received the news that his mother, Ruth, had cancer so when it came time for him to be transferred once again he asked to be assigned to a submarine stationed in Charleston, South Carolina so that he could be closer to his Parents. The family made the decision for Pat and the boys to move back to North Carolina so that Pat could help Frank's dad take care of his mother and Frank would go on to Charleston alone. The family moved to North Carolina in October of 1982. In the spring of 1983 Frank and Pat built their new home just up the hill from his parents.
In October of 1982 Frank went to his new duty station in Charleston, South Carolina where he was stationed on his third and last submarine. He retired from the Navy after 20 years on January 1, 1985 and he then joined his family in North Carolina. Frank and Pat lived in North Carolina for the next 17 years. During the time that they lived in North Carolina Frank worked for several years in the civilian nuclear power business and traveled all over the country and Pat joined him when ever she could. Frank was diagnosed with MS in 1998 and once again retired back to their home in North Carolina. They spend another year in North Carolina and since their sons were all grown, married and living in other states and Frank's parents were gone Frank and Pat decided to move back to Idaho to be close to Pat's family. They moved to Idaho Falls, Idaho in August of 1999.
Pat is a faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saint. She held many callings in the church. She served as the ward Librarian and served in the Stake as an LDS Social Serves Coordinator. She taught Primary, Sunday School, Relief Society and for many years she was a Relief Society Visiting Teacher. She also served as the Relief Society President, Primary President and served in the Young Women's Presidency at both the Ward and Stake levels. She loved her Heavenly Father and her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. She loved all of her callings in the church but especially loved working with little children in Primary. Pat is the mother of three sons and because of this she also served as a Cub Scout Leader.
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