The Life Story of Jensene Jacobene (Sena) Nielsen Olson
by Owen E. Olson, a Son
My mother was born June 4, 1873, in Moroni, Utah. She was the second of nine children of Christen Peter and Dorthea, Danish emigrants and converts to the Church in their native land. The Neilsen home was just across the fence south of the cemetery. The other members of this family were Mary Christena, Christian Peter, Dorthea Tomina, Johanne Rebecca, Lauritz Smith, Esther Margaret, Anna Magdelena, and one stillborn.
As a child, Mother and the rest of the family would gather around Grandfather every evening as he read from the Danish Bible. If any of the children would go to sleep, Grandfather would awaken them and read it over again so no one would miss anything.
When Mother was a young girl, she would go and do housework at different homes, washing on a scrub board, mopping wooden floors and other tasks. I think she would receive 25¢ for a days work.
When Mother was 23 years old, she went to the home of Peter Olaf and Maria Magdelena Olson to help take care of the children there. Maria was a good friend to Mother. On the 7th of May, 1896, Marie died in childbirth, and Mother stayed on taking care of the children and on December 17, 1896, she and Peter Olaf were married in the Manti Temple. At that time, there were four children in the Olson family. These were Maria Magalene (age 10), Leo Peter (age 8), Estella Annie (age 6), and Phillip Duel who only lived four months. Another child, Olaf Niels, only lived for 10 days, from January 1, 1895 until January 11, 1895.
On October 20, 1897, Mother's first child was born, and she was named Rhoda Mae. Three more children were born in Moroni. These were Guselda Dorothy (September 14, 1900), Ira Christian (March 13, 1902), and Eunice Mary (October 17, 1903). The Olson family had moved to Birch Creek in the spring of 1903, but Mother returned to Moroni for the birth of Eunice. Other additions to the family were Ray Jacob (February 17, 1907), Owen Eugen (February 27, 1910), and Lorin (November 22, 1914). This made a family of 11.
Life on the family farm in Birch Creek which is a farming area 3 miles north of Mt. Pleasant was not easy. I think at first Mother did the washing on a scrub board and boiled the cloth in a copper boiler on the stove. Flat irons for ironing were heated on the coal stove. I remember later on Mother had a wood washer. This was operated by pushing and pulling a heavy wood handle attached to the washer. There was no electricity and water was drawn for a well just east of the house. Of course, there was no indoor plumbing.
The house was a two-story light colored, brick house with three bedrooms upstairs and a step stairway to get there. Downstairs, there was another bedroom, a living room, a kitchen, and a pantry. There were covered porches on both east and west side.
Around 1915, Father, with the help of Frank Bohne, installed a water system. About a fourth of a mile east of the house, on a higher elevation, was a quicksand spring in a pasture. This spring was enclosed in concrete, and underground pipe was run to the house. With a water tank attached to the stove, we had running hot and cold water. There was not much pressure, but it was okay anyway. It was the only farm home between Mt. Pleasant and Fairview with this water system for many years.
Mother was a hard worker, working both inside and out. It took cooperation from all family members to keep things moving smoothly. Mother loved to work in the garden and always had beautiful flowers. When we butchered pigs, she was an expert at preparing the casing for sausage, making head cheese and curing the meat.
As the years rolled by, the family gradually grew smaller because the older children were getting married and moving out. By 1916, all of Father's first children had married and moved away, but that still left a family of seven children.
On January 11, 1919, the flu epidemic took the life of Stella , and after she was buried, Mother went to Rupert, Idaho, to take care of Stella's four children. She also spent time helping Nephi, as they had a premature baby which died some time later (4 months) Mother could not stay in Idaho, so she took the children on the train and brought them with her. Ila came to live with us, and the other three, Orvind, Melba, and Lavar went to live with different relatives.
On June 4, 1921, Father died, and Mother was left with the tremendous job of not only raising her children, but managing the farm. She would help with the milking, tend the garden, and do other outside work. Ike had left the farm about a year or two before Father had died. He went to work in the ore mines.
Mother also sent her three daughters, Rhoda, Griselda, and Eunice, to college at B.Y.U. They all went long enough to get teaching certificates. The girls also worked hard when at home, both inside and out.
Mother loved to cook, and anyone who came to her home had to be fed before leaving. Ras and Emma Rasmussen would come often, and as Ras said, he could smell the home-cured ham cooking, and they just had to come over for some. As we lived only about half a mile from the railroad, hoboes would come and ask for a handout. Mother would always feed them, but they had to stay out on the west porch to eat.
For a period of time, I think before Father died, there was an Indian called Indian Jim who would come occasionally in his one horse buggy. He would be fed, and Mother would always send something home with him.
Mother had bad health a lot of her life, and on one occasion, she was really sick. The roads up to the farm were too muddy for a doctor to get to see her. So, Que and Sadie Rasmussen took Mother to their place in Mt. Pleasant where she stayed until well enough to go back to the farm. This was around about the middle of 1930. Strange, but about 20 years later (October 1952) I bought that home and Mother spent about the last five years of her life living there.
For many years, Mother and her sister would get together each year on their Father's birthday. Not only would they enjoy being together, but they would visit old friends that they knew in Moroni.
Mother was the kindest person. I never can recall her raising her voice in anger. A few soft spoken words would get the results she desired.
Mother had an unusual gift of perceiving things that would happen. Let me tell of a few instances. Mother and Dad were in Mt. Pleasant in a buggy, and a woman, a complete stranger, walked along the street in front of them. Mother spoke to Dad and said that the would marry Uncle Joe Seeley and raise his family. That is exactly what happened. Another time, Mother and I were living in Ray's home, and I went to sacrament meeting one evening. When I came home, Mother knew that I had been asked by the Bishop to go on a mission. I was never able to do this however. Another time, Mother was visiting Eunice and Reed in Emery. One evening, about 10 or 11 p.m., Mother said suddenly, "I have to go home. There is something wrong at home." So, they left Emery about 11 p.m. for the 100 mile drive to Mt. Pleasant. When they got to our home at 1 a.m., they found I was just beginning to come to with the doctor's help. I had gone unconscious because of food poisoning. A neighbor had heard me vomiting outside about 10 p.m., and had carried me in the house and called for help. I was out cold when this happened.
In October of 1946, following the death of Lorin in September, Mother and I moved into Ray's place in Mt. Pleasant. Ray and his family moved out to the farm.
In September of 1950, I had to go into the military service, and Mother was finally left all alone until April of 1952 when I returned home. In October of that year, I purchased the home that was east of Ray's one block. It was there that Mother spent the rest of her life. She enjoyed living in this home very much.
Mother's health declined, and she was bedridden for the last six months of her life. On May 14, 1957, she passed away and was buried in the family plot in Moroni.
by Owen E. Olson, a Son
My mother was born June 4, 1873, in Moroni, Utah. She was the second of nine children of Christen Peter and Dorthea, Danish emigrants and converts to the Church in their native land. The Neilsen home was just across the fence south of the cemetery. The other members of this family were Mary Christena, Christian Peter, Dorthea Tomina, Johanne Rebecca, Lauritz Smith, Esther Margaret, Anna Magdelena, and one stillborn.
As a child, Mother and the rest of the family would gather around Grandfather every evening as he read from the Danish Bible. If any of the children would go to sleep, Grandfather would awaken them and read it over again so no one would miss anything.
When Mother was a young girl, she would go and do housework at different homes, washing on a scrub board, mopping wooden floors and other tasks. I think she would receive 25¢ for a days work.
When Mother was 23 years old, she went to the home of Peter Olaf and Maria Magdelena Olson to help take care of the children there. Maria was a good friend to Mother. On the 7th of May, 1896, Marie died in childbirth, and Mother stayed on taking care of the children and on December 17, 1896, she and Peter Olaf were married in the Manti Temple. At that time, there were four children in the Olson family. These were Maria Magalene (age 10), Leo Peter (age 8), Estella Annie (age 6), and Phillip Duel who only lived four months. Another child, Olaf Niels, only lived for 10 days, from January 1, 1895 until January 11, 1895.
On October 20, 1897, Mother's first child was born, and she was named Rhoda Mae. Three more children were born in Moroni. These were Guselda Dorothy (September 14, 1900), Ira Christian (March 13, 1902), and Eunice Mary (October 17, 1903). The Olson family had moved to Birch Creek in the spring of 1903, but Mother returned to Moroni for the birth of Eunice. Other additions to the family were Ray Jacob (February 17, 1907), Owen Eugen (February 27, 1910), and Lorin (November 22, 1914). This made a family of 11.
Life on the family farm in Birch Creek which is a farming area 3 miles north of Mt. Pleasant was not easy. I think at first Mother did the washing on a scrub board and boiled the cloth in a copper boiler on the stove. Flat irons for ironing were heated on the coal stove. I remember later on Mother had a wood washer. This was operated by pushing and pulling a heavy wood handle attached to the washer. There was no electricity and water was drawn for a well just east of the house. Of course, there was no indoor plumbing.
The house was a two-story light colored, brick house with three bedrooms upstairs and a step stairway to get there. Downstairs, there was another bedroom, a living room, a kitchen, and a pantry. There were covered porches on both east and west side.
Around 1915, Father, with the help of Frank Bohne, installed a water system. About a fourth of a mile east of the house, on a higher elevation, was a quicksand spring in a pasture. This spring was enclosed in concrete, and underground pipe was run to the house. With a water tank attached to the stove, we had running hot and cold water. There was not much pressure, but it was okay anyway. It was the only farm home between Mt. Pleasant and Fairview with this water system for many years.
Mother was a hard worker, working both inside and out. It took cooperation from all family members to keep things moving smoothly. Mother loved to work in the garden and always had beautiful flowers. When we butchered pigs, she was an expert at preparing the casing for sausage, making head cheese and curing the meat.
As the years rolled by, the family gradually grew smaller because the older children were getting married and moving out. By 1916, all of Father's first children had married and moved away, but that still left a family of seven children.
On January 11, 1919, the flu epidemic took the life of Stella , and after she was buried, Mother went to Rupert, Idaho, to take care of Stella's four children. She also spent time helping Nephi, as they had a premature baby which died some time later (4 months) Mother could not stay in Idaho, so she took the children on the train and brought them with her. Ila came to live with us, and the other three, Orvind, Melba, and Lavar went to live with different relatives.
On June 4, 1921, Father died, and Mother was left with the tremendous job of not only raising her children, but managing the farm. She would help with the milking, tend the garden, and do other outside work. Ike had left the farm about a year or two before Father had died. He went to work in the ore mines.
Mother also sent her three daughters, Rhoda, Griselda, and Eunice, to college at B.Y.U. They all went long enough to get teaching certificates. The girls also worked hard when at home, both inside and out.
Mother loved to cook, and anyone who came to her home had to be fed before leaving. Ras and Emma Rasmussen would come often, and as Ras said, he could smell the home-cured ham cooking, and they just had to come over for some. As we lived only about half a mile from the railroad, hoboes would come and ask for a handout. Mother would always feed them, but they had to stay out on the west porch to eat.
For a period of time, I think before Father died, there was an Indian called Indian Jim who would come occasionally in his one horse buggy. He would be fed, and Mother would always send something home with him.
Mother had bad health a lot of her life, and on one occasion, she was really sick. The roads up to the farm were too muddy for a doctor to get to see her. So, Que and Sadie Rasmussen took Mother to their place in Mt. Pleasant where she stayed until well enough to go back to the farm. This was around about the middle of 1930. Strange, but about 20 years later (October 1952) I bought that home and Mother spent about the last five years of her life living there.
For many years, Mother and her sister would get together each year on their Father's birthday. Not only would they enjoy being together, but they would visit old friends that they knew in Moroni.
Mother was the kindest person. I never can recall her raising her voice in anger. A few soft spoken words would get the results she desired.
Mother had an unusual gift of perceiving things that would happen. Let me tell of a few instances. Mother and Dad were in Mt. Pleasant in a buggy, and a woman, a complete stranger, walked along the street in front of them. Mother spoke to Dad and said that the would marry Uncle Joe Seeley and raise his family. That is exactly what happened. Another time, Mother and I were living in Ray's home, and I went to sacrament meeting one evening. When I came home, Mother knew that I had been asked by the Bishop to go on a mission. I was never able to do this however. Another time, Mother was visiting Eunice and Reed in Emery. One evening, about 10 or 11 p.m., Mother said suddenly, "I have to go home. There is something wrong at home." So, they left Emery about 11 p.m. for the 100 mile drive to Mt. Pleasant. When they got to our home at 1 a.m., they found I was just beginning to come to with the doctor's help. I had gone unconscious because of food poisoning. A neighbor had heard me vomiting outside about 10 p.m., and had carried me in the house and called for help. I was out cold when this happened.
In October of 1946, following the death of Lorin in September, Mother and I moved into Ray's place in Mt. Pleasant. Ray and his family moved out to the farm.
In September of 1950, I had to go into the military service, and Mother was finally left all alone until April of 1952 when I returned home. In October of that year, I purchased the home that was east of Ray's one block. It was there that Mother spent the rest of her life. She enjoyed living in this home very much.
Mother's health declined, and she was bedridden for the last six months of her life. On May 14, 1957, she passed away and was buried in the family plot in Moroni.
The Life Story of Jensene Jacobene (Sena) Nielsen Olson
by Owen E. Olson, a Son
My mother was born June 4, 1873, in Moroni, Utah. She was the second of nine children of Christen Peter and Dorthea, Danish emigrants and converts to the Church in their native land. The Neilsen home was just across the fence south of the cemetery. The other members of this family were Mary Christena, Christian Peter, Dorthea Tomina, Johanne Rebecca, Lauritz Smith, Esther Margaret, Anna Magdelena, and one stillborn.
As a child, Mother and the rest of the family would gather around Grandfather every evening as he read from the Danish Bible. If any of the children would go to sleep, Grandfather would awaken them and read it over again so no one would miss anything.
When Mother was a young girl, she would go and do housework at different homes, washing on a scrub board, mopping wooden floors and other tasks. I think she would receive 25¢ for a days work.
When Mother was 23 years old, she went to the home of Peter Olaf and Maria Magdelena Olson to help take care of the children there. Maria was a good friend to Mother. On the 7th of May, 1896, Marie died in childbirth, and Mother stayed on taking care of the children and on December 17, 1896, she and Peter Olaf were married in the Manti Temple. At that time, there were four children in the Olson family. These were Maria Magalene (age 10), Leo Peter (age 8), Estella Annie (age 6), and Phillip Duel who only lived four months. Another child, Olaf Niels, only lived for 10 days, from January 1, 1895 until January 11, 1895.
On October 20, 1897, Mother's first child was born, and she was named Rhoda Mae. Three more children were born in Moroni. These were Guselda Dorothy (September 14, 1900), Ira Christian (March 13, 1902), and Eunice Mary (October 17, 1903). The Olson family had moved to Birch Creek in the spring of 1903, but Mother returned to Moroni for the birth of Eunice. Other additions to the family were Ray Jacob (February 17, 1907), Owen Eugen (February 27, 1910), and Lorin (November 22, 1914). This made a family of 11.
Life on the family farm in Birch Creek which is a farming area 3 miles north of Mt. Pleasant was not easy. I think at first Mother did the washing on a scrub board and boiled the cloth in a copper boiler on the stove. Flat irons for ironing were heated on the coal stove. I remember later on Mother had a wood washer. This was operated by pushing and pulling a heavy wood handle attached to the washer. There was no electricity and water was drawn for a well just east of the house. Of course, there was no indoor plumbing.
The house was a two-story light colored, brick house with three bedrooms upstairs and a step stairway to get there. Downstairs, there was another bedroom, a living room, a kitchen, and a pantry. There were covered porches on both east and west side.
Around 1915, Father, with the help of Frank Bohne, installed a water system. About a fourth of a mile east of the house, on a higher elevation, was a quicksand spring in a pasture. This spring was enclosed in concrete, and underground pipe was run to the house. With a water tank attached to the stove, we had running hot and cold water. There was not much pressure, but it was okay anyway. It was the only farm home between Mt. Pleasant and Fairview with this water system for many years.
Mother was a hard worker, working both inside and out. It took cooperation from all family members to keep things moving smoothly. Mother loved to work in the garden and always had beautiful flowers. When we butchered pigs, she was an expert at preparing the casing for sausage, making head cheese and curing the meat.
As the years rolled by, the family gradually grew smaller because the older children were getting married and moving out. By 1916, all of Father's first children had married and moved away, but that still left a family of seven children.
On January 11, 1919, the flu epidemic took the life of Stella , and after she was buried, Mother went to Rupert, Idaho, to take care of Stella's four children. She also spent time helping Nephi, as they had a premature baby which died some time later (4 months) Mother could not stay in Idaho, so she took the children on the train and brought them with her. Ila came to live with us, and the other three, Orvind, Melba, and Lavar went to live with different relatives.
On June 4, 1921, Father died, and Mother was left with the tremendous job of not only raising her children, but managing the farm. She would help with the milking, tend the garden, and do other outside work. Ike had left the farm about a year or two before Father had died. He went to work in the ore mines.
Mother also sent her three daughters, Rhoda, Griselda, and Eunice, to college at B.Y.U. They all went long enough to get teaching certificates. The girls also worked hard when at home, both inside and out.
Mother loved to cook, and anyone who came to her home had to be fed before leaving. Ras and Emma Rasmussen would come often, and as Ras said, he could smell the home-cured ham cooking, and they just had to come over for some. As we lived only about half a mile from the railroad, hoboes would come and ask for a handout. Mother would always feed them, but they had to stay out on the west porch to eat.
For a period of time, I think before Father died, there was an Indian called Indian Jim who would come occasionally in his one horse buggy. He would be fed, and Mother would always send something home with him.
Mother had bad health a lot of her life, and on one occasion, she was really sick. The roads up to the farm were too muddy for a doctor to get to see her. So, Que and Sadie Rasmussen took Mother to their place in Mt. Pleasant where she stayed until well enough to go back to the farm. This was around about the middle of 1930. Strange, but about 20 years later (October 1952) I bought that home and Mother spent about the last five years of her life living there.
For many years, Mother and her sister would get together each year on their Father's birthday. Not only would they enjoy being together, but they would visit old friends that they knew in Moroni.
Mother was the kindest person. I never can recall her raising her voice in anger. A few soft spoken words would get the results she desired.
Mother had an unusual gift of perceiving things that would happen. Let me tell of a few instances. Mother and Dad were in Mt. Pleasant in a buggy, and a woman, a complete stranger, walked along the street in front of them. Mother spoke to Dad and said that the would marry Uncle Joe Seeley and raise his family. That is exactly what happened. Another time, Mother and I were living in Ray's home, and I went to sacrament meeting one evening. When I came home, Mother knew that I had been asked by the Bishop to go on a mission. I was never able to do this however. Another time, Mother was visiting Eunice and Reed in Emery. One evening, about 10 or 11 p.m., Mother said suddenly, "I have to go home. There is something wrong at home." So, they left Emery about 11 p.m. for the 100 mile drive to Mt. Pleasant. When they got to our home at 1 a.m., they found I was just beginning to come to with the doctor's help. I had gone unconscious because of food poisoning. A neighbor had heard me vomiting outside about 10 p.m., and had carried me in the house and called for help. I was out cold when this happened.
In October of 1946, following the death of Lorin in September, Mother and I moved into Ray's place in Mt. Pleasant. Ray and his family moved out to the farm.
In September of 1950, I had to go into the military service, and Mother was finally left all alone until April of 1952 when I returned home. In October of that year, I purchased the home that was east of Ray's one block. It was there that Mother spent the rest of her life. She enjoyed living in this home very much.
Mother's health declined, and she was bedridden for the last six months of her life. On May 14, 1957, she passed away and was buried in the family plot in Moroni.
by Owen E. Olson, a Son
My mother was born June 4, 1873, in Moroni, Utah. She was the second of nine children of Christen Peter and Dorthea, Danish emigrants and converts to the Church in their native land. The Neilsen home was just across the fence south of the cemetery. The other members of this family were Mary Christena, Christian Peter, Dorthea Tomina, Johanne Rebecca, Lauritz Smith, Esther Margaret, Anna Magdelena, and one stillborn.
As a child, Mother and the rest of the family would gather around Grandfather every evening as he read from the Danish Bible. If any of the children would go to sleep, Grandfather would awaken them and read it over again so no one would miss anything.
When Mother was a young girl, she would go and do housework at different homes, washing on a scrub board, mopping wooden floors and other tasks. I think she would receive 25¢ for a days work.
When Mother was 23 years old, she went to the home of Peter Olaf and Maria Magdelena Olson to help take care of the children there. Maria was a good friend to Mother. On the 7th of May, 1896, Marie died in childbirth, and Mother stayed on taking care of the children and on December 17, 1896, she and Peter Olaf were married in the Manti Temple. At that time, there were four children in the Olson family. These were Maria Magalene (age 10), Leo Peter (age 8), Estella Annie (age 6), and Phillip Duel who only lived four months. Another child, Olaf Niels, only lived for 10 days, from January 1, 1895 until January 11, 1895.
On October 20, 1897, Mother's first child was born, and she was named Rhoda Mae. Three more children were born in Moroni. These were Guselda Dorothy (September 14, 1900), Ira Christian (March 13, 1902), and Eunice Mary (October 17, 1903). The Olson family had moved to Birch Creek in the spring of 1903, but Mother returned to Moroni for the birth of Eunice. Other additions to the family were Ray Jacob (February 17, 1907), Owen Eugen (February 27, 1910), and Lorin (November 22, 1914). This made a family of 11.
Life on the family farm in Birch Creek which is a farming area 3 miles north of Mt. Pleasant was not easy. I think at first Mother did the washing on a scrub board and boiled the cloth in a copper boiler on the stove. Flat irons for ironing were heated on the coal stove. I remember later on Mother had a wood washer. This was operated by pushing and pulling a heavy wood handle attached to the washer. There was no electricity and water was drawn for a well just east of the house. Of course, there was no indoor plumbing.
The house was a two-story light colored, brick house with three bedrooms upstairs and a step stairway to get there. Downstairs, there was another bedroom, a living room, a kitchen, and a pantry. There were covered porches on both east and west side.
Around 1915, Father, with the help of Frank Bohne, installed a water system. About a fourth of a mile east of the house, on a higher elevation, was a quicksand spring in a pasture. This spring was enclosed in concrete, and underground pipe was run to the house. With a water tank attached to the stove, we had running hot and cold water. There was not much pressure, but it was okay anyway. It was the only farm home between Mt. Pleasant and Fairview with this water system for many years.
Mother was a hard worker, working both inside and out. It took cooperation from all family members to keep things moving smoothly. Mother loved to work in the garden and always had beautiful flowers. When we butchered pigs, she was an expert at preparing the casing for sausage, making head cheese and curing the meat.
As the years rolled by, the family gradually grew smaller because the older children were getting married and moving out. By 1916, all of Father's first children had married and moved away, but that still left a family of seven children.
On January 11, 1919, the flu epidemic took the life of Stella , and after she was buried, Mother went to Rupert, Idaho, to take care of Stella's four children. She also spent time helping Nephi, as they had a premature baby which died some time later (4 months) Mother could not stay in Idaho, so she took the children on the train and brought them with her. Ila came to live with us, and the other three, Orvind, Melba, and Lavar went to live with different relatives.
On June 4, 1921, Father died, and Mother was left with the tremendous job of not only raising her children, but managing the farm. She would help with the milking, tend the garden, and do other outside work. Ike had left the farm about a year or two before Father had died. He went to work in the ore mines.
Mother also sent her three daughters, Rhoda, Griselda, and Eunice, to college at B.Y.U. They all went long enough to get teaching certificates. The girls also worked hard when at home, both inside and out.
Mother loved to cook, and anyone who came to her home had to be fed before leaving. Ras and Emma Rasmussen would come often, and as Ras said, he could smell the home-cured ham cooking, and they just had to come over for some. As we lived only about half a mile from the railroad, hoboes would come and ask for a handout. Mother would always feed them, but they had to stay out on the west porch to eat.
For a period of time, I think before Father died, there was an Indian called Indian Jim who would come occasionally in his one horse buggy. He would be fed, and Mother would always send something home with him.
Mother had bad health a lot of her life, and on one occasion, she was really sick. The roads up to the farm were too muddy for a doctor to get to see her. So, Que and Sadie Rasmussen took Mother to their place in Mt. Pleasant where she stayed until well enough to go back to the farm. This was around about the middle of 1930. Strange, but about 20 years later (October 1952) I bought that home and Mother spent about the last five years of her life living there.
For many years, Mother and her sister would get together each year on their Father's birthday. Not only would they enjoy being together, but they would visit old friends that they knew in Moroni.
Mother was the kindest person. I never can recall her raising her voice in anger. A few soft spoken words would get the results she desired.
Mother had an unusual gift of perceiving things that would happen. Let me tell of a few instances. Mother and Dad were in Mt. Pleasant in a buggy, and a woman, a complete stranger, walked along the street in front of them. Mother spoke to Dad and said that the would marry Uncle Joe Seeley and raise his family. That is exactly what happened. Another time, Mother and I were living in Ray's home, and I went to sacrament meeting one evening. When I came home, Mother knew that I had been asked by the Bishop to go on a mission. I was never able to do this however. Another time, Mother was visiting Eunice and Reed in Emery. One evening, about 10 or 11 p.m., Mother said suddenly, "I have to go home. There is something wrong at home." So, they left Emery about 11 p.m. for the 100 mile drive to Mt. Pleasant. When they got to our home at 1 a.m., they found I was just beginning to come to with the doctor's help. I had gone unconscious because of food poisoning. A neighbor had heard me vomiting outside about 10 p.m., and had carried me in the house and called for help. I was out cold when this happened.
In October of 1946, following the death of Lorin in September, Mother and I moved into Ray's place in Mt. Pleasant. Ray and his family moved out to the farm.
In September of 1950, I had to go into the military service, and Mother was finally left all alone until April of 1952 when I returned home. In October of that year, I purchased the home that was east of Ray's one block. It was there that Mother spent the rest of her life. She enjoyed living in this home very much.
Mother's health declined, and she was bedridden for the last six months of her life. On May 14, 1957, she passed away and was buried in the family plot in Moroni.
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