History of Syrena Kinney Lowe
Written by Cleone Peterson
Syrena Kinney was born October 21, 1893 at Oakley, Cassia County, Idaho to Benjamin and Comfort Hope VanCuren Kinney. She married Oussie Lowe at the age of 24 and shared the responsibility of raising his three daughters, LeOra - then 10 years old, Reva 8 years old and Retta 6 years old. Their mother, Bertha Whitehead Lowe died giving birth to a baby boy on February 23, 1915. Oussie refused to marry Syrena ouside of the Temple, so she received the missionaries and was baptized in order to go to the Temple.
Oussie ran the milk wagon with a team of horses from Cherryville into Franklin, using a sleigh in winter months. The family moved to the Whitehead farm in Cherryville because John Whitehead had passed away and his wife moved into Franklin. Besides the milk wagon, Oussie ran the Whitehead farm for several years and then moved back down to the new home.
Syrena helped on the farm. They always had a garden and chickens, and there was always something to do. The family moved to Grace in about 1920 traveling by horse and wagon with furniture, chickens and a cow tied behind. They slept in a barn at Treasureton and went on to Grace the next day. They farmed the Snow place in Grace, but when the crops failed, they moved to the Comish home.
The family attended church regularly, and Syrena worked in the Primary. After two years in Grace, the family moved back to Franklin where Oussie took over his mother's farm and got his milk-hauling job back. This took up all of his Sunday, so church was forgotten once more.
Syrena was a member of the daughters of Utah Pioneers, Ellen Wright Camp, and also had huge books of genealogy. She had 11 grandchildren, and as her granddaughters grew, she gave them pedigree charts of their ancestors along with pictures, which must have taken some amount of research and dedication. She loved doing genealogy and put many hours into it.
Each of her granddaughters also received a quilt she made for them. I remember so many times going to her home finding a quilt on, and she spent many hours at it. She also loved to crochet. My mother taught us to embroidery, and we always had pillow cases and vanity scarves to embroidery. When we finished them, we would take them to Syrena for her to crochet on. She also crocheted pillowcases where the bottom of the pillowcase was a lace dress on a girl. She crocheted dresses for dolls, hot pads and much more. She crocheted left-handed, so when I learned to crochet and tried to copy what she had done, I had to turn it backwards. I still have the quilt she made for me when I got married.
We went to their home up Maple Creek quite often when I was a child. She always had food for us and put on a meal. She canned deer meat and vegetables from her garden.
We would stay there occasionally and play with our cousins who lived down the road a few miles. LeOra's oldest son, Clyde would go there for two or three weeks every summer to help Granddad in the hay field. Syrena took care of him and would let him go fishing as long as he would tell her where he was going. Clyde remembers that she could shoot the magpies on top of the barn from her porch with a 22 rifle.
Syrena must have had a somewhat difficult life marrying Oussie when she was 24 and then taking on three girls-the oldest being only 13 or 14 years younger than she was-and being introduced to farm life. I'm sure there were many times Oussie would leave for the day, and she would be there without transportation. She was the only Grandma LeOra's family ever knew.
In the fall of 1965 Syrena became ill, and after a time in the hospital, she was placed in the rest home in Lava, Idaho. Without her to care for him, Oussie also became ill and joined her there until March of l966 when they came back to their home in Franklin.
Syrena passed away on August 8, 1971 in the Franklin County Hospital in Preston after a short illness. She was buried in the Franklin Cemetery beside Oussie and Bertha.
Added by Merlyn Cook: Funeral services were held in Franklin Ward LDS Chapel with Bishop Floyd C. Robinson officiating. She was survived by two daughters Mrs. Charles (Reva) Rippon and Mrs. Victor (Retta) Porter. One daughter Mrs. Carson (LeOra) Taylor preceded her in death. Two sisters, Mrs. Olive Johnson, Emmett, and Mrs. Edna Spafford, San Jose, Calif. were still living.
Written by Cleone Peterson
Syrena Kinney was born October 21, 1893 at Oakley, Cassia County, Idaho to Benjamin and Comfort Hope VanCuren Kinney. She married Oussie Lowe at the age of 24 and shared the responsibility of raising his three daughters, LeOra - then 10 years old, Reva 8 years old and Retta 6 years old. Their mother, Bertha Whitehead Lowe died giving birth to a baby boy on February 23, 1915. Oussie refused to marry Syrena ouside of the Temple, so she received the missionaries and was baptized in order to go to the Temple.
Oussie ran the milk wagon with a team of horses from Cherryville into Franklin, using a sleigh in winter months. The family moved to the Whitehead farm in Cherryville because John Whitehead had passed away and his wife moved into Franklin. Besides the milk wagon, Oussie ran the Whitehead farm for several years and then moved back down to the new home.
Syrena helped on the farm. They always had a garden and chickens, and there was always something to do. The family moved to Grace in about 1920 traveling by horse and wagon with furniture, chickens and a cow tied behind. They slept in a barn at Treasureton and went on to Grace the next day. They farmed the Snow place in Grace, but when the crops failed, they moved to the Comish home.
The family attended church regularly, and Syrena worked in the Primary. After two years in Grace, the family moved back to Franklin where Oussie took over his mother's farm and got his milk-hauling job back. This took up all of his Sunday, so church was forgotten once more.
Syrena was a member of the daughters of Utah Pioneers, Ellen Wright Camp, and also had huge books of genealogy. She had 11 grandchildren, and as her granddaughters grew, she gave them pedigree charts of their ancestors along with pictures, which must have taken some amount of research and dedication. She loved doing genealogy and put many hours into it.
Each of her granddaughters also received a quilt she made for them. I remember so many times going to her home finding a quilt on, and she spent many hours at it. She also loved to crochet. My mother taught us to embroidery, and we always had pillow cases and vanity scarves to embroidery. When we finished them, we would take them to Syrena for her to crochet on. She also crocheted pillowcases where the bottom of the pillowcase was a lace dress on a girl. She crocheted dresses for dolls, hot pads and much more. She crocheted left-handed, so when I learned to crochet and tried to copy what she had done, I had to turn it backwards. I still have the quilt she made for me when I got married.
We went to their home up Maple Creek quite often when I was a child. She always had food for us and put on a meal. She canned deer meat and vegetables from her garden.
We would stay there occasionally and play with our cousins who lived down the road a few miles. LeOra's oldest son, Clyde would go there for two or three weeks every summer to help Granddad in the hay field. Syrena took care of him and would let him go fishing as long as he would tell her where he was going. Clyde remembers that she could shoot the magpies on top of the barn from her porch with a 22 rifle.
Syrena must have had a somewhat difficult life marrying Oussie when she was 24 and then taking on three girls-the oldest being only 13 or 14 years younger than she was-and being introduced to farm life. I'm sure there were many times Oussie would leave for the day, and she would be there without transportation. She was the only Grandma LeOra's family ever knew.
In the fall of 1965 Syrena became ill, and after a time in the hospital, she was placed in the rest home in Lava, Idaho. Without her to care for him, Oussie also became ill and joined her there until March of l966 when they came back to their home in Franklin.
Syrena passed away on August 8, 1971 in the Franklin County Hospital in Preston after a short illness. She was buried in the Franklin Cemetery beside Oussie and Bertha.
Added by Merlyn Cook: Funeral services were held in Franklin Ward LDS Chapel with Bishop Floyd C. Robinson officiating. She was survived by two daughters Mrs. Charles (Reva) Rippon and Mrs. Victor (Retta) Porter. One daughter Mrs. Carson (LeOra) Taylor preceded her in death. Two sisters, Mrs. Olive Johnson, Emmett, and Mrs. Edna Spafford, San Jose, Calif. were still living.
History of Syrena Kinney Lowe
Written by Cleone Peterson
Syrena Kinney was born October 21, 1893 at Oakley, Cassia County, Idaho to Benjamin and Comfort Hope VanCuren Kinney. She married Oussie Lowe at the age of 24 and shared the responsibility of raising his three daughters, LeOra - then 10 years old, Reva 8 years old and Retta 6 years old. Their mother, Bertha Whitehead Lowe died giving birth to a baby boy on February 23, 1915. Oussie refused to marry Syrena ouside of the Temple, so she received the missionaries and was baptized in order to go to the Temple.
Oussie ran the milk wagon with a team of horses from Cherryville into Franklin, using a sleigh in winter months. The family moved to the Whitehead farm in Cherryville because John Whitehead had passed away and his wife moved into Franklin. Besides the milk wagon, Oussie ran the Whitehead farm for several years and then moved back down to the new home.
Syrena helped on the farm. They always had a garden and chickens, and there was always something to do. The family moved to Grace in about 1920 traveling by horse and wagon with furniture, chickens and a cow tied behind. They slept in a barn at Treasureton and went on to Grace the next day. They farmed the Snow place in Grace, but when the crops failed, they moved to the Comish home.
The family attended church regularly, and Syrena worked in the Primary. After two years in Grace, the family moved back to Franklin where Oussie took over his mother's farm and got his milk-hauling job back. This took up all of his Sunday, so church was forgotten once more.
Syrena was a member of the daughters of Utah Pioneers, Ellen Wright Camp, and also had huge books of genealogy. She had 11 grandchildren, and as her granddaughters grew, she gave them pedigree charts of their ancestors along with pictures, which must have taken some amount of research and dedication. She loved doing genealogy and put many hours into it.
Each of her granddaughters also received a quilt she made for them. I remember so many times going to her home finding a quilt on, and she spent many hours at it. She also loved to crochet. My mother taught us to embroidery, and we always had pillow cases and vanity scarves to embroidery. When we finished them, we would take them to Syrena for her to crochet on. She also crocheted pillowcases where the bottom of the pillowcase was a lace dress on a girl. She crocheted dresses for dolls, hot pads and much more. She crocheted left-handed, so when I learned to crochet and tried to copy what she had done, I had to turn it backwards. I still have the quilt she made for me when I got married.
We went to their home up Maple Creek quite often when I was a child. She always had food for us and put on a meal. She canned deer meat and vegetables from her garden.
We would stay there occasionally and play with our cousins who lived down the road a few miles. LeOra's oldest son, Clyde would go there for two or three weeks every summer to help Granddad in the hay field. Syrena took care of him and would let him go fishing as long as he would tell her where he was going. Clyde remembers that she could shoot the magpies on top of the barn from her porch with a 22 rifle.
Syrena must have had a somewhat difficult life marrying Oussie when she was 24 and then taking on three girls-the oldest being only 13 or 14 years younger than she was-and being introduced to farm life. I'm sure there were many times Oussie would leave for the day, and she would be there without transportation. She was the only Grandma LeOra's family ever knew.
In the fall of 1965 Syrena became ill, and after a time in the hospital, she was placed in the rest home in Lava, Idaho. Without her to care for him, Oussie also became ill and joined her there until March of l966 when they came back to their home in Franklin.
Syrena passed away on August 8, 1971 in the Franklin County Hospital in Preston after a short illness. She was buried in the Franklin Cemetery beside Oussie and Bertha.
Added by Merlyn Cook: Funeral services were held in Franklin Ward LDS Chapel with Bishop Floyd C. Robinson officiating. She was survived by two daughters Mrs. Charles (Reva) Rippon and Mrs. Victor (Retta) Porter. One daughter Mrs. Carson (LeOra) Taylor preceded her in death. Two sisters, Mrs. Olive Johnson, Emmett, and Mrs. Edna Spafford, San Jose, Calif. were still living.
Written by Cleone Peterson
Syrena Kinney was born October 21, 1893 at Oakley, Cassia County, Idaho to Benjamin and Comfort Hope VanCuren Kinney. She married Oussie Lowe at the age of 24 and shared the responsibility of raising his three daughters, LeOra - then 10 years old, Reva 8 years old and Retta 6 years old. Their mother, Bertha Whitehead Lowe died giving birth to a baby boy on February 23, 1915. Oussie refused to marry Syrena ouside of the Temple, so she received the missionaries and was baptized in order to go to the Temple.
Oussie ran the milk wagon with a team of horses from Cherryville into Franklin, using a sleigh in winter months. The family moved to the Whitehead farm in Cherryville because John Whitehead had passed away and his wife moved into Franklin. Besides the milk wagon, Oussie ran the Whitehead farm for several years and then moved back down to the new home.
Syrena helped on the farm. They always had a garden and chickens, and there was always something to do. The family moved to Grace in about 1920 traveling by horse and wagon with furniture, chickens and a cow tied behind. They slept in a barn at Treasureton and went on to Grace the next day. They farmed the Snow place in Grace, but when the crops failed, they moved to the Comish home.
The family attended church regularly, and Syrena worked in the Primary. After two years in Grace, the family moved back to Franklin where Oussie took over his mother's farm and got his milk-hauling job back. This took up all of his Sunday, so church was forgotten once more.
Syrena was a member of the daughters of Utah Pioneers, Ellen Wright Camp, and also had huge books of genealogy. She had 11 grandchildren, and as her granddaughters grew, she gave them pedigree charts of their ancestors along with pictures, which must have taken some amount of research and dedication. She loved doing genealogy and put many hours into it.
Each of her granddaughters also received a quilt she made for them. I remember so many times going to her home finding a quilt on, and she spent many hours at it. She also loved to crochet. My mother taught us to embroidery, and we always had pillow cases and vanity scarves to embroidery. When we finished them, we would take them to Syrena for her to crochet on. She also crocheted pillowcases where the bottom of the pillowcase was a lace dress on a girl. She crocheted dresses for dolls, hot pads and much more. She crocheted left-handed, so when I learned to crochet and tried to copy what she had done, I had to turn it backwards. I still have the quilt she made for me when I got married.
We went to their home up Maple Creek quite often when I was a child. She always had food for us and put on a meal. She canned deer meat and vegetables from her garden.
We would stay there occasionally and play with our cousins who lived down the road a few miles. LeOra's oldest son, Clyde would go there for two or three weeks every summer to help Granddad in the hay field. Syrena took care of him and would let him go fishing as long as he would tell her where he was going. Clyde remembers that she could shoot the magpies on top of the barn from her porch with a 22 rifle.
Syrena must have had a somewhat difficult life marrying Oussie when she was 24 and then taking on three girls-the oldest being only 13 or 14 years younger than she was-and being introduced to farm life. I'm sure there were many times Oussie would leave for the day, and she would be there without transportation. She was the only Grandma LeOra's family ever knew.
In the fall of 1965 Syrena became ill, and after a time in the hospital, she was placed in the rest home in Lava, Idaho. Without her to care for him, Oussie also became ill and joined her there until March of l966 when they came back to their home in Franklin.
Syrena passed away on August 8, 1971 in the Franklin County Hospital in Preston after a short illness. She was buried in the Franklin Cemetery beside Oussie and Bertha.
Added by Merlyn Cook: Funeral services were held in Franklin Ward LDS Chapel with Bishop Floyd C. Robinson officiating. She was survived by two daughters Mrs. Charles (Reva) Rippon and Mrs. Victor (Retta) Porter. One daughter Mrs. Carson (LeOra) Taylor preceded her in death. Two sisters, Mrs. Olive Johnson, Emmett, and Mrs. Edna Spafford, San Jose, Calif. were still living.
