Remola Chadburn Smith mother of Sherlie

This is the way I remember Grandma

Remola and Eldon first date in the PV chapel and had their reception at the Veyo pool

At the Snow Canyon Sand Dunes

These are some cute pictures I found that showed the great love Eldon and Remola had for each other. My grandfather Eldon died when I was 1 yr old.

The Life History of Remola Chadburn Smith

I came into this world by the help of a midwife Julia Ford on the 19th of August in 1913, at Central, Washington County, Utah at my home.

My mother got my name from the book "Romola". Mother liked it spelled with an "e" better so it was Remola. I was blessed by William Gardner my bishop.

I was the first of seven children born to my parents, Benjamin Roe Chadburn and Martha Elizabeth Hunt ( sealing Jones) Chadburn. I had two brothers and four sisters; Ashby B. born 2 Feb 1916, Melba Mary born 23 Jan 1919, Fern 2 July 1921, Lois and Lloyd born 1 May 1925, SherWon born 13 June 1931.

I started school at the age of six. The first morning I went the teacher asked me what grade I was in and I said sixth. I meant I was six years old. Everyone laughed at me, I sure felt dumb.

I went to a one room school house. When I was in 5th grade they huge 4 curtains up and divided the room in 4 spaces. I went to 6th grade two times.

I was baptized Sept 4th, 1921 in the Santa Clara Creek just below the Veyo by my father. Benjamin Chadburn.

When I was young I someone wanted to know my name and I said, " Mola and Ash" So the kids called first daughter Mona)

I graduated from 8th grade in Veyo and attended the Moapa Valley High in Nevada my freshman year. I lived with Uncle Robert Chadburn. My Dad paid my room and board with produce. The only time I went home was Christmas. I caught a bad case of scarlet fever after Christmas. I graduated from Moapa Junior High May 23rd, 1929.

I went to St. George for high school. I lived at A.B. Andrues home all 3 years. I graduated from Dixie High May 19th 1932.

I met my husband Elden Orton Smith when he was twenty-two years old and I was eighteen. We met at a dance at the Veyo Swimming Pool. We almost won the dance contest the first time that we danced together. Everything that we did together was so fun. We enjoyed dancing, talking, walks in the gulch and swimming at the Veyo Pool. We had our first date at Pine Valley at the Fathers and Son's Outing. We met at the dance at the church . He took me back to the Gardner barn, where my father was the chaperone for all of us girls from Veyo. It was raining and my father let us sit in the car and visit awhile. My father cooked breakfast for all of us, over a campfire, in the lane, the next morning.

At Christmas 1933, Elden asked me to marry him. He had some bills to pay off so we had to wait awhile. We were planning to get married June 1934, but Melba and I go a chance to go on a special trip so we waited until July. We were married July 3rd, 1934 at the Salt Lake Temple. We Honeymooned in Salt Lake for three days. We saw a Shirley Temple movie and liked it so much we decided to name our first child Sherlie, so we did.

Elden had had car trouble so he had hired someone to take him to Salt Lake to be married. Nelse Madson picked us up after our honeymoon and then we drove back to Summit. We lived at Summit with his parents until Elden got his money from building a road at Buckhorn Flat, then we took the bus to St. George and my parents picked us up. They had a reception for us at the Veyo Pool.

We made our first home in Summit, Iron County, Utah. We rented from Elden's Uncle Harold Smith. We had our first child Sherlie there. Sherlie was born May 22nd, 1935. On our days off we built our first home. Melba, Fern, Lois and Lloyd all lived with us though the years while they were going to school, so Dad bought us a lot for our home and provided a cow, pigs, chickens and produce for us.

It took us a long time to build the home and our next two children, Sheldon, born Oct 7th, 1938 and Omah Lee , born May 26th 1942, were born while we lived in the two room home. Finally our home was finished and then we decided we needed to move to Cedar. We tried to sell our home, but we couldn't. So we hired Ketchum's Builders in Salt Lake to move our home to Cedar. We built a basement in Cedar and then we moved the home to Cedar. It only took one hour.

Our last child was born Oct 16th, 1946, it was a little girl. We named her Joan.

We lived in Cedar for two years and sold our home for enough money to buy a home and service station in Parowan, Iron County, Utah. We lived there and improved the house. By this time our two oldest children had married, so we bought the old Relief Society building from the church and proceeded to build a duplex . Sheldon and his wife Luella were going to live in one half and Elden, Joan, Omah Lee and I on the other side.

Elden had a heart attack on January 8th, 1958 and died. He was just 48 years old.

Two months after the funeral Joan, Omah Lee and I moved into the duplex. I lived there for 7 years. Omah Lee got married and Joan moved to Cedar to become a beautician.

I married Preston Williams from Kanarraville, Washington, Utah 7 years after Elden died. Preston and I lived in Kanarraville for 2 years, then Preston died of a heart attack. I lived in Kanarraville for another year then I moved to St. George. I lived in a small house that was behind Bishop Willard Milne's house, 143 E. 200 South.

While in St. George, I married William T. Jackson. We went to Cooke, Montana for the summer and when I came back I got divorced. I married Claudius Newburry Morris April 16th, 1976.

The church callings that I have had are; Secretary of the Relief Society, Primary teacher, Mutual Teacher, Visiting Teacher, Young Women Councilor, Relief Society Councilor, Homemaking teacher, Sunday School teacher, Young Women President, Single adults representative, and I worked in the temple for 6 months doing sealings.

I had many wonderful experiences in the temple. I loved the temple.

G. Grandpa Eldon Orton Smith

History of Elden Orton Smith By Max L. Maxwell
Elden was born 17 Nov. 1909, in Summit, Iron, Utah. He was the son of Charles Clarence Smith and his mother was Rebecca Taylor Orton. His mother's father Samuel T. Orton was the first family to settle and build in Summit, in the spring of 1857, where they lived in a dugout during the first winter. His father's father William Hoy Smith at one time was one of the most well-to-do men in Summit and kept his boys and others in jobs. William worked on the farm, herded sheep and hauled freight to Delemar and Pioche, Nevada.
Elden's father's family had to move around quite a bit in order for his dad to find work and the family moved with him so they could stay together.
Elden was their first of four children, Elden - 17 Nov. 1909; Clara - 1 Oct. 1913; Charles Orton - 13 July 1918, and a baby daughter, who was bom dead, his mother called her Rhea - 22 Oct. 1925. They lived in Parowan, Summit, Iron Springs and Delta.
Elden's family was not too active in the church and when Elden was baptized and ordained to the Priesthood it was not by his father. He was almost 14 before he was ordained a Deacon.
Elden was a better than average student in school, he graduated from Parowan High School on the 4 May 1928. ' Elden then went on to collage at Branch Agricultural Collage of Utah, in Cedar City, Utah. He graduated on 5 May 1933. He also completed a Special course in Automotive Mechanics. The course consisted of 680 hours training on the following units of the automobile: Running gears and body, power transmission and control, power generation and electrical system. On the 20 May 1933. He completed many course in National Guard of The United States and of the state of Utah. A few or Field Artillery, Common Sub-Course and Auto Mechanics. He Completed his Vocational Training at Branch Agricultural Collage, He completed the W.P.A. Worker, (Semi-skilled) course on 3 Aug. 1941.
Elden's father would occasionally drink and when he came home he was very abusive to Elden and mother Smith. When Charles Orton (called Ort) was old enough Charles Clarence would take Ort with him on his drinking partys, they were mad that Elden wouldn't go with them so when they got home at times Dad Smith would have Ort hold Elden while he beat him. Elden held fast to what he believed in and never held hard feelings against either of them.
Things were hard for this family during the Depression and because of this Elden went to the C.C.C. (Civilian Conservation corps which at it's peak employed 500,000 young men. It was part of the "New Deal", which Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt put together to help the nation get out of the Depression.) to work. This helped his family out a great deal. He Enrolled 30 June 1933 at Camp F-17, Pine Valley, Utah. (Elden O. Smith, CC9-107278.)
It was while Elden was in the C.C.C. and working in the Pine Valley area that he went to a dance at the Veyo Swimming Pool. Here he met Remola for the first time. He was 23 and she was 20 years old. They knew that they were meant of each other. Elden was a strong 6 foot 2 inches tall and not a pound of fat on him and a good looking young man. Their first date was at a dance at the Pine Valley Chapel. It was a fathers and daughters outing in the afternoon with a dance that night. Elden met Remola at the dance. The Veyo group was staying in Gardner's Barn. Elden took her back to the barn after the dance. It was raining so Remola's father let them sit in the car and visit a while before he left.
Elden and Remola went together for nearly two years and were engaged quite a while before he had money to buy a ring for her, as Elden had to help his father meet his family debts. When Elden asked Remola to be his wife, they were out on the lawn at her home in Veyo, it was dark and the stars were bright. He said, "As soon as I can swing it, do you think it would be heaven on earth to spend the rest of your life with me"? Remola put her arm around him and said, "Oh Yes".
They planned to get married in June but because of a trip that Remola had the opportunity to go on they moved the date back to 3 July 1934, in the Salt Lake Temple. The St George Temple was closed and the Salt Lake Temple was closing on 3 July too. So Elden met her in Salt Lake City, and they went through the temple alone. They were married by George F. Richards. They went into the temple at 6 a.m. and got out at 2:30p.m. Their Honeymoon was in Salt Lake City, for 3 days. After they got out of the temple they went to a Shirley Temple movie. It was the first movie that either had ever been to and they liked it so much that they decided to name their first daughter Shirley. This they did, but Remola changed the spelling to Sherlie.
Elden's car was an old Essex, and just before he left for Salt Lake City, it broke down. So he hired Nelse Madson and his son Elmer to take him to Salt Lake. Madsens stayed at his daughter's home in Springville and then came and picked up the newly weds and took them back to Summit.
Elden and Remola lived with his family in Summit until they had money to move to a home of their own. Remola camped with Elden out on Buckhom Flat north of Paragonah and south of Beaver, while he was working with a crew to widen the road. When they had a break they took a bus to St George, where Remola's family picked them up and took them to Veyo for a wedding reception at the Veyo Swimming Pool. Clark Chadburn (a cousin) came and played for a dance. They had a large crowd. Ma Hopp made a beautiful Wedding cake and brought them a present too. After the lunch Elden and Remola sit up in the Band Stand and unwrapped all of the presents and showed them and told whom they were from. They got a lot of lovely things.
They made their first real home in Summit, Utah. They rented a place from Elden's uncle, Harold Smith. Elden still had to work at Buckhorn Flat so they would have some money to get house keeping setup. They went into debt and got a cook stove and a linoleum rug to go on the front room and bedroom floor, from Leighs Furniture in Cedar City. Mother Smith loaned them a bed and there were cupboards, a rocking chair, an old sofa, a table and an old bench already in the place. The bench was fixed for a wash bench by putting a curtain around it.
Sherlie was born while they were living in this home.
Elden built a home in Summit on his days off and after work. It was at the west end of town. Remola's sisters and brother came and lived with them while they went to high school in Cedar City. In return for this Remola's parents paid for the lot and fuunished them a cow to milk, a pig to fatten and chickens to eat that also furnished them eggs. The folks also gave them fruit and vegetables to bottle and anything they could to help them. Elden and Remola also had a garden.
The second child Shelden, their only boy, and the third child Omah Lee were born while living there in this home in Summit.
Sherlie - born 22 may 1935 - Cedar City, Utah (Iron Co. Hosp.) Shelden Chadbum - born 7 Oct. 1938 (Iron Co. Hosp) Omah Lee - born 26 May 1942 (Iron co. Hosp.)
On the 7 Dec. 1941 the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The USA was at War.
Lloyd, Remola's brother, who was living with them couldn't join the service fast enough. He was so set on joining the military, that he finally convinced his father Benjamin Chadbum to sign to give his permission, because he was not yet 18 years of age. He lost his life in this war, and he was home and buried, before he was even old enough to have been in the war. It wasn't long until the National Guard unit that Elden was in for 15 years was called up. (Elden O. Smith Sergeant Battery. "F" 222nd Field Artillery, Cedar City, Utah.) But Elden was not able to go, because of his family responsibilities. (This really hurt him.) With the war on, Elden was working in Cedar City for Lunt Motor Co., he was their front end and alignment man. (Best in the Country.) It became necessary for the family to move to Cedar City. They tried to sell their home in Summit but didn't even get a bite. Maser Dalley whom they borrowed money from every now then, suggested they build a basement on a lot in Cedar City and get Ketchum's Builders and Movers in Salt Lake to come and move the home from Summit to Cedar City. This they did. There was no damage to the home. All that needed to be fixed was a new flue.
By now they were expecting another little one. Joan was born 16 Oct 1946 in Cedar City, Iron, Utah. (Iron Co. Hosp.)
It was a special treat when Elden stayed home a little later than normal and fixed breakfast for the family, he made very special pancakes.
They lived in Cedar City a little over two years and then sold their home and made enough to buy a home and Service station/garage in Parowan. This gave their son, Shelden, a job as well as the rest of the family. The kids loved to go out with Elden when he took the wrecker out to pick up a car that had stop running. By this time Sherlie had married Brent Talbot from Paragonah, Iron, Utah, and Shelden had marriage on his mind. When Shelden married Luella Phillips, from Parowan, Elden and Shelden bought the old Relief Society building from the LDS church. This building had been donated to the church by Brigham Young. They proceeded to add an extra bedroom and carport on each end of the building with a basement to the north for furnace and storage for two families. Elden with his family on the east side and Shelden on the west side.This property is at 116 West Center, Parowan, Utah.
Elden was made a Seventy by EIRay L. Christianson, 13 Nov. 1954. He was one of the seven Presidents of the Seventy in the Parowan Stake. He was also called as a Stake Missionary and very active.
Elden took his family on a number of trips. One was to Wayne Wonderland, (Capitol Reef Natl. Park.) On this trip they were afraid that they might get caught in a flash flood. The road going through Wayne Wonderland at that time was just a dirt and gravel road. It cris-crossed the river bed dozens of times, and they were in the bottom of a very deep canyon when the storm hit, and on top of that the car stalled and Elden and Shelden had to hike out for help, leaving the rest of the family in the car as it was raining very hard. They were ready to spring out of the car, if they heard the flood sound and climb to higher ground. Remola said that it was a terrible time, but the children remember it as quite a thrill, but also frightening. They also went to the Giant Redwood forest in Northern California. Another trip was to Disneyland--also to the "Parade of Roses" on New Year's Day. Many short trips to the mountains and canyons, like Cedar Breaks, Navajo Lake, Bryce Canyon, and the sand dunes.
Elden had a heart attack on 8 Jan. 1958 when he was just 48 years old. He was working as a mechanic in his service station/garage in Parowan, when he dropped his wrench and the man waiting for his car said to Shelden, "I think
something is wrong with your Dad". When they pulled him out from under the car he was dead. This was just two months before they moved into the new home that they had been remodeling with Shelden. His funeral was on 11 Jan. 1958, and he was buried in the Parowan Cemetery.
I would like to quote from a talk that Grace Burt gave at Elden's funeral. "It's eleven years ago this June since they came to live in our neighborhood. Of course it's always been Elden's home more or less, but it was new to
Remola.... But from that time on we have enjoyed their deep friendship, association and their wonderful understanding." "We have watched their faith in what they did carry on in their lives. I remember when he decided to close the Station on Sunday. He said to me, "The few dollars I would make on that day could never make up for what I am losing by being away from my family." And he has been blessed by so doing. He has been a devoted husband and a kind and patient father."
"He kept one or two good cows in his back yard. He enjoyed them very much and he took such wonderful care of them. And May always admiring those cows and hinting around how she would like a calf and so on, and they were so fine. So. He says, "Well I'll tell you what I'll do May, when a steer arrives on the program, you can have it." But you know May never did get that, those cows went right on producing heifer calves to the number of eight. He, Elden and Remola and T. Taylor have virtually kept us in cream and milk."
"Elden was a mediator for peace and love among his people. He wasn't a perfect man, for who of us here is perfect? He was working hard on trying to live the Gospel and be a friend to all his fellow men. He told me one day that his hardest task had been to bring his fiery temper and his cranky attitudes under control, that he would be a better person for people to live with."
The real value of the kindly friend or neighbor who loves you with all your faults and failings thrown in, is priceless, and isn't bought with money. Fortunate indeed are those who know such fine people. We are told that the wealth o£ a man is the number of things he loves and blesses, which in return love and bless him.
We are going to miss Eldon a lot from our neighborhood and in our lives. Every morning he went out to the pasture to milk the cow. Every morning he drove away in the wrecker and we heard him come home at all hours of the night. And just grew a part of our lives, for having him come and go. But we'll always keep in our hearts the happy memories of a lasting friendship with him. The kingdom of heaven, we are told, is not a place but a state of mind. And we can all enjoy that if we put ourselves in tune and I pray that this family will remember all the fine things of their

I would like to take a Quote from Wm. Randolph Grimshaw talk also. "I have known Brother Elden a long time, but have been more intimately acquainted with him in the Quorum of Seventy, where he has been one of the Seven Presidents, and where he has been active and faithful and has taken care of his responsibilities. I have had experiences that indicate to me that they had a great deal of faith. And if they had faith, they will be all right. I asked Sister Remola if she was ready for a test of her faith, (This was just a few weeks ago.) But I had no idea and I'm sure she didn't that it would be such a great test as this. But I have no fear that she shall not loose her faith because it's pure and well grounded. She will hold fast to it. The Lord will buoy her up to carry on until her work is fmished and then she may join her husband again."
Elden spent a good share of his life in times that were hard. The Depression, then World War II. In spite of this he did well and provided for his family very well. He was a God fearing man that had a strong testimony of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints-he always taught his children to stand for the truth and not to be ashamed of being a member of the LDS church.
By Max L. Maxwell
The information in this history is right as for as I know. I never met Elden and went only on the history of others and the records of the family. To my knowledge there is no history written on Elden. If I have left something out that needs to be in or if something is wrong, just let me know. Max L. Maxwell, 1197 Baneberry Dr., St George, Utah
Source: Remola Chadbum History; Charles Clarence Smith History; History of Summit, Utah; Family record of Omah Lee Smith; Stories from family members, Transcript of Elden Smith Funeral Service; and Microsoft Home Encarta Encyclopedia.

Grandma Sherlie Smith Talbot

Sherlie has a conductor of the PHS Band, Cheerleader and Senior High School picture.
A Happy Birthday Wish to Sherlie Smith Talbot
A am sending out a special tribute to my Mom. Mom you have been such a great support in my life. I appreciate all your love and concern through the years. You are the glue that keeps us together. I appreciate your listening ear and your sounding board. I love you so much! I also appreciate that you taught me how to work and to get satisfaction from doing a good job. I also remember you making sure that I was always honest in my dealings. I hope to carry on your legacy and teach my posterity about you and your values. With Love Mitzie





These pictures are of Grandpa and Grandma Smith mom's parents. The collage has pictures of mom's siblings, mom's kids, and her young family. Notice the twin dress! Mom made all of our clothes until I was married. She was an excelant seamstress and made many of our clothes out of old drapery and upholstery samples from the store.

Sherlie Smith Talbot

Born: I was born May 22, 1935 in the Iron County Hospital at Cedar City, Utah. My folks were living in Summit at the time. I was the oldest of a family of four children. My father was Elden Orton Smith, and my mother was Remola Chadburn Smith. I had 1 brother and 2 sisters. Sheldon Chadburn Smith, my younger brother was born 7th, Oct. 1938. OmahLee Smith was born 26, May 1942. Joan Smith the youngest was born 16, Oct. 1946.
Living conditions as a child: Throughout my childhood my parents had to work hard. Daddy held down three jobs most of the time; National Guard, front end alignment mechanic for Lunt Motors, and he drove the school bus to Summit. Mom took care of her 4 brothers and sisters while they went to school in Cedar. Grandpa Chadburn gave us a cow and other animals to help out with the food and things.
Just after I started the first grade, we got the petitions, floors, and roof on the new part of our house in Summit. Before that time, the 7-9 of us, Mom, Dad, Sheldon, OmahLee, Lloyd, Lois, Melba, Fern and I were living in a two room house. (Mom’s brothers and sisters, Melba, Fern, Lloyd, and Lois were going to school in Cedar.) There was no indoor toilet, so Mom fixed a little potty between the two bookcases for us kids. Lloyd, Lois and I slept across the street in Aunt Clara and Uncle Ellis Bryant's spare bedroom.

Just before I started into the sixth grade we moved from Summit to Cedar. We took the house with us. The movers jacked it up on truck with poles under it and away they went. They couldn't take the house across the Cedar Creek Bridge as it was before they had widened the bridge, so they had to take the house clear around Cedar bottoms to get into Cedar with it. We moved to Parowan at the end of 7th grade.
I graduated from High School in 1953. I have very outstanding memories of high school. I helped to decorate all the special dances and helped with the floorshows by either dancing or singing. Sara Ward, Merna Halterman, and I were cheerleaders our junior year. My senior year I was photo editor for the yearbook and Drum Majorette of the High School Band. My girl friends and I sang all around the area and I did real well in the Solo Festival. Along with all the school activities, I taught tap, and was the Jr. Sunday School organist and danced in the regional all girls dance and the Gold and Green Ball.
Work: I worked for Daddy at the station in Parowan. I pumped gas, washed windows, checked oil just like everyone else. I had to use a ladder to get to the big diesels. I surprised many customers when I could give them good service. My senior year I worked at LaRoma Café in Parowan.
When the kids were young I tried to stay home. However I have helped my husband with his furniture business quite a bit throughout the years with the deliveries and collections. As he moved into business for himself, we worked hand-in -hand for many months several different times remolding the store and preparing for business. I have done a lot of accounts, statements and cleaning throughout the years. When Brent moved out to Kemp Korners Shopping Center, I worked at least part-time every day. When Beckie is in school I work 9-3:30p.m.
Marriage: I first met my future husband, Brent Gale Talbot, at my girlfriend Anna Talbot's house. Brent was outback fixing his car. It wasn't until my junior year, however that we met officially. He was 22 and I was 17.
One night he honked his car horn several different times outside the house. My father would not allow us to answer to horns, so I went to MIA. After MIA ,Brent was waiting to take me home. We had 5 dates before he went in the service. We went steady for 14 months. ( He was in Germany) Brent sent me a diamond in his parents Christmas parents present. Brent called me from Germany and ask me to marry him.
Brent really impressed me from the start because he had standards and was clean cut.
Brent came home Aug 2nd and we were married August 22nd, 1953 in the St. George Temple. President Harold S. Snow officiated. The St. George Temple was closed for fall cleaning, so we went to Salt Lake and got our endowments. Then we went to St. George Temple and we were married among all the cleaning tools, ladders and etc.
Vision: During the delivery of Natalie the doctor administered a spinal, which did not take. When the doctor began to cut it threw me into shock. I remember feeling so peaceful and tired and I did not hurt anymore. The doctor kept yelling my name and I wished he'd just leave me alone. My Father Eldon appeared to me and I was talking to him. When I finally came to, the doctors ask me whom I was talking to. When I told him he said, I am sure glad I didn't know how near gone you were. I know the Lord wanted me to be here to take care of the girls. That's why he let me stay.
Trials/Blessings:
During this time Brent was on the road for Leighs all the time. He only came home on Sunday. He was trying to start a store for Leigh Furniture in St. George. He had the one in Kanab doing well.
When Natalie was three years old, we decided to move to St. George. Brent had been asked to manage the Leigh Furniture Store in St. George.
Brent lived in the top of the old Arrowhead Hotel, while we were doing the lobby for the Leigh Furniture Store. He came home Sundays for a while, then for 6 months I picked up the kids after school on Friday and drove to St. George. Saturday and Sunday we worked on the house we were building and helped Brent with the store. Monday morning we got up early and drove back to Parowan. After six months, I could not take it so we camped out in the hotel with Brent. We had no sink, so we washed dishes in a washbowl. We cooked on a hot plate. Brent and I slept on a hide a bed. It took us another 6 months to build our home in St. George.
Our move to St. George was good for the girls, they have had a lot of advantages that they could not get in Parowan. All of the girls really improved in their schoolwork too.
Travel: Mom and Dad were lucky to travel across the world to meetings or to go on trips that Dad won trough selling home furnishings. Some of the places that they visited were; California, Mexico, Hawaii, Germany, Hong Kong, Egypt, Israel,China, Canada and many places in the USA.
Church positions: Sunday school teacher, Primary secretary, 1st counselor in the Primary, 26 yrs in the nursery, and a Primary teacher for 18 years, I was a 1st counselor in the mutual, Pianist, Chorister, and Stake Primary Nursery Leader.
I really enjoyed all my callings, but have enjoyed especially working with the children. I also really enjoyed working with the tiny little ones in the new consolidated nursery program. It is a lot of preparation but the little ones are so special and cute.I also have served in 4-h program for 25 years. I have taken all my girls through their programs and have been in charge of the County Community Pride Project for 14 years, and served on the County 4-H Council.

I read Mom’s journals and it is basically years of running, running, running.  It seriously made me so tired.  Mom always had so many irons in the fire.  I feel guilty that I ask her to tend my kids so often. Whenever I ask her to tend she always was so willing, but now I can see that it was a real sacrifice for her to tend.  

        Mom worked at Dad’s store throughout the years.  She started with cleaning, building, organizing, running errands, then she helped with the billing, filling and collecting. With all of Dad’s illness, Mom eventually learned everything about the store. Mom never enjoyed working at the store. She always felt like she needed to be home helping and guarding the girls. 

        Everyone needed Mom and so she ran around trying to help everyone.  Mom also helped Grandpa and Grandma Morris and Grandma Thomas and many neighbors.  Mom always had a t least one church calling.  Mom served in the Stake Primary and as a nursery worker for 26 years.  Mom loves kids and especially nursery age kids.   Mom also served with the local 4-H as a leader and advisor and then on the Washington County Board for 25years also.   Throughout her time in 4-H she helped teach and she organized 4-H community aid and service projects. 

        Mom was pretty independent and could do almost everything around the house.(inside and out) She worked very hard to keep a clean organized house and yard.   She also worked hard to make sure that her children had every opportunity to explore and build their talents. 

If she had a fault it was spoiling and indulging her children to much.  She tried hard to make sure that everyone had all they needed and wanted.  Mom sacrificed her time and talents to make sure that her children had the things that they desired.  

Family tradition included working hard, eating together at lunch and going on trips. Also if anyone in the family had a big assignment we would all try and help the person with the problem or project. 

Dad had a lot of illness and arthritis and so this required him to go to Salt Lake City to see doctors and get treatments.  Dad also sold many lazy-boys rockers and so he went back and forth to Tremonton to get them.  The independent businessman is a hard life.  One has to do as much as possible for one’s self.   The money is hard to come by sometimes.  Life for Mom and Dad was work, work, work.

Mom has all of her children off and on their own.  It has not been without much struggle on Mom’s part.  There has been illness  divorce and money troubles.  All of Mom’s children are active in the church and most of her grandchildren.  Mom has 4 daughters and 19 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren at this time. 

Mom has a good relationship with all of her family.   She is a true matriarch.  It has been 16 years since Brent passed away of a massive heart attack and many secondary illnesses.   Mom has been strong in Dad’s absence and kept everything going.  Beckie and Bruce bought the store a few years before Dad’s passing.   Mom sold her big house and moved into a condo when Dad passed.   Mom continued to help at the store and then slowly tapered her assignments off to just tending for Beckie.  Mom has been totally retired for a few years now.  

Mom is still active in church and has been extremely active in Relief Society humanitarian work for years now.  She goes and helps for several hours every Monday. 

        Mom also makes all of the gifts that she gives away and has been very thoughtful and caring. She has shared her talents with all of us.  It usually takes her 7 to 8 months to make her Christmas gifts every year.  

        Mom also has a good friend base. She has 6 or so friends that get together 1 time a month to go to dinner and talk.  Sometimes they go to a movie.  

        Mom feels bad that Brent missed out on so many things that the kids have participated in an accomplished.  (he probably didn’t) I think that she misses talking and discussing the things with him. Since Brent’s death Beckie has had 4 children. Brent and Sherlie now have 17 great-grandchildren.   

Talbot Family traditions:

Dad developed a special way of doing Christmas trees with non-bonded quilt batting.  It was laid across the Christmas tree as if snow fell on it and then the entire tree was sprayed with canned snow.   We always had lights on our house and we had a Santa and his reindeer (There was a red light on the end reindeer for Rudolph) on the roof and a BIG nativity on the lawn.

Dad would make yummy homemade pancakes on Sunday sometimes. He had a really thin batter and the pancakes where really light and good.

Dad also made a hash brown cakes with grated fresh potatoes and eggs?  He made the potatoes into a patty and fried it.

At Easter we had hardboiled egg wars.  We would hit eggs until there was a winner.

The 5 pecan trees in the yard played a big role in our lives.   We had to knock the nuts down from the trees that were too tall then dry them and crack them and store them.  

Mom’s story of getting her driver’s license:

Sherlie wanted to learn to drive. She was more than 16 and did not know how to drive.  Her little brother Sheldon 4 yrs younger who worked at the service station was driving all the time.  Sherlie complained to her father and told him he was not fair. So after work Eldon, her father brought his stick-shift truck out and told her to jump in and drive it home. She had had no previous driving instruction. Sherlie jumped in and drove the truck in first gear all the way home.  When she got home she did not know how to turn it off.  

The next day Sherlie called one of her friends and the friend came over and helped her practice driving.  After a short time Sherlie hopped in the truck and took it to get her license. 

Officer Barton gave her the driving test and he thought it was amazing that she could drive the dumpy truck and double clutch etc., so the officer let Sherlie pass and gave her the drivers license.  Officer Barton gave Sherlie’s dad, Eldon a $40 dollar ticket for the truck not passing a safety inspection.  Eldon’s service station was a designated safety inspection place. 

Eldon was kind of upset.

Desert Mound night guards:

Brent was working regular hours at Eldon’s service Station during the week.  He was learning to be a mechanic.  On weekends when Desert Mound was closed, Brent and Sherlie were the watchman. 

They took pillows and blankets and whoever was not watching could take a nap.  Sherlie said it was ok during the day as you could read or walk around but at night it was dark and scary and boring.

Most of the time it was uneventful, but one night a big boss came and tried to get in without papers.  He got mad at them at first and then he was grateful. 

 

Grandpa Brent Gale Talbot

I first sat down and wrote a whole list of things I remember about Dad and
then I got out a letter that 1 wrote tn 1987 to Dad on Father's Day and it was
many of the same examples. So I will put this letter right behind the first
and only touch on some of the things in this letter. I would like this letter to
become part B to June 22, 1987 letter. (Tammie, Natalie, and Beckles's
letters of same date also.
January 12, 1996
When I think of Dad. I think of hard work. Most of what I did with
Dad when I was growing up, was some type of work. He always made me
feel so important and needed, that most of the time I did not mind it. As his
arthritis progressed, I could see that often he needed my help and I was glad
to give it.
(We moved to St. George when I was 8 years old. In fact we moved to
St. George in the spring of 3rd grade about in March. We went back to
Parowan to baptize me in Sept. We had a great party in the back yard with
all the aunts and uncles, at the Parowan house)
Before we moved to St. George. I used to mow the back lawn in
Parowan. Then the yard seemed quite large. We had a great back yard with
lots of grass. and a swing set and fence. We also had a set of fuel oil tanks on
wood stilts. We built some great tents under those fuel tanks. Dad would
also bring us boxes to play with.
I also remember having some great chats with Dad in the Parowan
bathroom. I would use the little potty chair and dad was over in the little
covey on the toilet. I probably used this chair up until we moved
sometimes.
Early on, we went on trips with Dad in the old 'green' van. Dad sold
stuff and fixed stuff from Kanab to Vegas. I think this stopped after Natalie
was born.
One of my birthdays it was real cold. so Dad built a special table and
chairs in the garage for my party. The garage had a pot bellied stove. so it
was warm. I remember that the chairs were paint cans.
When Dad started the store in St. George, ( Leigh Furniture was
established in St. George in the old Arrowhead Hotel. It (Arrowhead
Motel had sat vacant for a while. It was a grand motel. All of the furniture
and things were still in the building. Everything was very dirty and dusty.
The motel rooms on the 2nd and 3rd floor were turned into apartments. )
Dad stayed in St. George during the week and every Friday after school. we (
Mom, Tammie, Natalie, age 3, and I ) drove to St. George. Dad and Mom
worked all weekend on the store and then we drove back to Parowan. When
we came to St. George for the weekend, we stayed on the beds that were for
sale in the basement Of Leign Furniture. We thought it was great fun. Later
on, Mr.Leigh and Dad started to turn the old hotel rooms into apartments, So
we moved into the corner room on the third floor. There was no kitchen.
We had a hot plate and a tiny room sink. There was two motel rooms with a
bathroom in the middle. The three girls slept together in the old metal beds
in the one room and Mom and Dad were in the other room. I loved the great
big old fashioned bathtub.
I don't remember how many months we had been doing this, but I
remember the Sunday when we decided that we could not do it anymore.
Dad came to the car to tell us good -bye and he was crying. We all started
crying. He said aren't you tired of doing this?( driving back and forth every
week) and we said yes. I think we stayed in Parowan for two weeks. then
Dad brought the big Leigh Furniture Van and loaded up our stuff and we
moved. I am not sure where we put our stuff. We lived out of the
apartment for several months. As the apartments were being built. they
knocked a hole in the wall and turned a motel room into a kitchen. The
kitchen over looked Parkers Dress Shop. The tar roof was a level below us.
We used to find reasons to climb on the roof. We also had a great view of
the Tabernacle.
Tammie and I had the job of delivering the mail to all the residents of
the apartments. Everyday we would go down to Dad's office and pick up the
mail. We always did it together, because it was scary. Some of the people
were scary. and sometimes we would find dead bats. To get to some of the
apartments we had to climb the fire escape. The stairs were metal and big.
and open and rickety. One day I shoved my leg through the hole in the fire escape
stairs and took a big divot out of my leg. I still have the divot.
I also remember going down to Dixie Drug and buying green "secrets"
throat pills and sometimes getting a ice cream cone.
We went to church at the Tabernacle when we lived in the
apartments. Primary was in the basement.
While we lived in the apartments we spent a lot of time at night
painting and fixing the new house. When we moved in only the upstairs and
T.V. room was finished. We also planted the lawn with seed and watered the
lawn by moving the hose. That took a lot of time. Dad did not get sprinklers
until about 12 years ago.
There was 5 pecan trees at the house. At first it was kind of neat to
have nuts, but then we all got sick of the nut knocking down projects. As the
trees got bigger and bigger it got harder and harder to reach the nuts.
Occasionally we had a good tree climber for a boy friend and they would
climb in the tree and jump around. When all we had was the stick and
ladders to get the nuts down, it was pretty hard. Then cracking and drying

the nuts seemed to take the rest of the year. Dad was always very particular
about this project.
I remember Dad taking us fishing at Baker once and we all had our
lines tangled in about 30 sec. I also remember driving up to Cedar Breaks, I
think, once to fish. When we got there there was snow, so Mom would not
let us out of the car. Dad went fishing for a few minutes then gave it up. He
must have been pretty frustrated with his crew of girls sometimes.
Dad was always at the store as I grew up. He came home late at night
after we were all asleep. I remember sometimes hearing his car pull up and
the keys rattle at the door. ( He had a huge wad of keys.) Sometimes I would
get up and go let him in and say hi. In the morning he was usually still
asleep when I left. Sometimes he came home at lunch and had a short nap
on the living room couch.
I remember doing mailers for a sale at the store. Tammie and I would
go down both sides of the street. It was real hard work. We did the whole
town. It would take us a week?
When I was a senior. the Dad's had to dance with us at Iettette review.
Dad did not make many of the practices, so we had to do some homework. It
was a real fun activity. We did great in the review. Dad rented a tux.
We took several trips as a family. Dad worked hard to win these trips
selling carpet and stuff. The two I remember the most are Hawaii and the
Holy Land. Dad really liked to travel and see the world. He really liked the
Holy Land and Egypt. He loved to show his slides and spent a lot of time
reminiscing this trip. The Israel trip was a real financial hardship for him.
It cost him $1,000 per head. I think he mortgaged the house to pay for it.
After high school. I moved to Salt Lake to got to the Bryman School. It
was at this time that my relationship changed with my Dad. In high school
my relationship with Dad was at a tolerance level. When I was at the
Bryman School, I really looked forward to Dad's visits to Salt Lake. He
brought stuff back and forth from Salt Lake for the store. He also brought
food and stuff for me. Sometimes Dad slept over on the couch when he was
to late to travel home. Sometimes I would go on his errands with him and
sometimes I would travel to St. George with him.
After I got married and we moved to Salt Lake, the same thing
continued. He was like Santa Clause. Every time he came to Salt Lake! he
had boxes of stuff for us. Jeff's mom always sent stuff up too. Every time
Dad came up to Salt Lake he brought things to fix things in our house, food or
some new carpet or a new bed or something.
The kids really liked his visits and liked to help him fix things up.
Clint especially liked to help grandpa. Occasionally he went to Tremonton
with Grandpa to get "Lazy Boy' recliners. We did a lot of fix up projects on
the houses in Salt Lake. We sure appreciated all of Dad's help.
Dad had a lot of health problems. He developed arthritis 35 years ago.

This severe rheumatoid arthritis effected his whole body and entire body
systems over time. (Grandma Talbot his mother and his sister also had this disease.l
When Dad was coming to Salt Lake he was robust. Strong, alert, and
he worked hard. He could load the recliners and drive all night. That was 9
years ago.
In Dad's Patriarchal Blessing it says ... "That which will come, Brother
Talbot, will test and try your strength, courage and ingenuity as did the
desert wilderness that of your pioneer forebears. "
Dad's strength was truly tested. In 1974 he had a series of severe
headaches. It was my understanding that a blood vessel burst at this point.
In 1982, Dad had severe Gall Bladder problems and was rushed to Salt Lake
for surgery.About 8 years ago, he had enlarged Thyroid and had to have
radiation. Then 7 year ago, Dad started having "spells". These spells turned
out to be seizures. This was probably his greatest test. Dad had a grand mal
seizure on Dec. 20 of 1988. So he had to start the seizure medication.
This medicine along with the arthritis medicine that he was already
taking caused a lot of side effects. Dad did not like how it made him feel. He
was always sleepy and tired, forgetful and at times shaky. All this
medication made him have to go to the doctor a lot. Dad's arthritis got worse
because the different doctors were always messing with the dosage, Jeff
finally assumed care and tried to get the specialists to advise him. Jeff
maintained the medicine dosages, Dad also developed allergies to many
antibiotics and he always had a lot of skin itching, sores and dryness.
Five years ago, Dad's memory was having problems. Beckie and Bruce
wanted to buy the store, Mom, Beckie and Bruce convinced Dad to retire.
I was able to get him on disability, so he had some money coming in,
But he hated to sit home, He got his garage organized, and he started fixing
things up, but He always missed being around people.
All these changes made him really discouraged and caused a lot of
worry and stress, so he started having ulcer trouble. He didn't feel like he
was worth much. I tried to take him with me as much as possible. He liked
to go to Clint's games. He even went on several road trips and loved to get
out and travel,
He really liked to have the kids around!!! He really did!!! He was an
excellent baby-sitter, He tended for me during the day and when Jeff and I
went out of town, The kids loved to go visit him and loved to have him come
over. He made such a big deal over everything they did, He was never
rushed or hurried and could just visit with them. He couldn't chase the kids,
but the kids always stayed by him, He could keep Jon and all of his friends
entertained. I asked Dad to help a lot. He enjoyed it and I needed it.
He also took and picked the kids up from their lessons. Again, the kids loved
it, because he always waited outside their lessons for them, They knew

Grandpa was there and they would never have to wait for him. They often
waited for me.
Dad was always very helpful to me and came and fixed a lot of stuff
for me. When he was retired. I often hired him as my fix it man. I would
pay him a little and it gave him something to do.
As time went on Dad seemed to get weaker and sometimes shakier. I
tried to get Clint to help him with most of the big things that he tried to do.
Clint really enjoyed working with Grandpa. As he entered high school, it got
harder for Clint to find the time.
One day in Feb of 94, Dad was trying to redo the ceiling in his
bedroom when suddenly he had a severe pain in his left arm. Mom took him
to the E.R. and they discovered that he had a heart attack. He never lost
consciousness and in fact Dad thought it was no big deal. He really hated to
stay in the intensive care. He did not think that he was sick. The hospital
assured us it was pretty serious and we made the living will etc.
Dad bounced back from this heart attack pretty fast. He was in pretty
good shape with in 3-4 months. Back to his old self.
Then in Aug of 95, Mom returned home from work one day to find
that Dad had never gotten up. Jeff and I went up and tried several things,
then we took him to the Emergency Room again. He did pretty good in the
E.R. They discovered that he had had another heart attack. This time it
seemed to be a lot worse. We got him into the room and then he started to
be in a lot of pain. This time Dad became disoriented and combative. He was
in terrible pain. The doctors were giving him medicine, but not fast enough
and not enough. They didn't realize how tolerant his body was to the
medications from his years of arthritis and seizures. Jeff and I went to sit
with him and let Mom go home. Jeff was able to get the doctors to give him
more medicine and we finally got him sedated.
Jeff and Bruce gave Dad a blessing. It was my impression that Dad
would pass away. Dad had a peaceful night. We took turns staying with him,
so we always had someone there. The next morning when I went back for
my turn, I expected to see Dad near death. I was so surprised to see him
sitting up in bed laughing with Clint. I was mad in fact. I thought he was
going to die. I was mad for several days, until I had another impression.
This impression was that Mom was not ready for Dad to die. I felt that Dad
would stay until Mom was ready.
After this second heart attack, Dad did not recover fast. He had a new
doctor, Doctor Patrica Bowers.I Jeff had turned over care after Dad's first
heart attack to Dr. Madsen) She was very good and tried very hard to get
Dad's medicines balanced. She started home health care coming in , so Dad
did not have to go into the hospital as often.
Dad did not feel good. He was very weak and shaky. After his first
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did not want to go any where or do anything. He did not go any where in his
car. I would go by several times a week and hw would ask me to get a few
things to fix stuff, but it was very hard for him to get it done, I talked him
into getting yard care and I helped him get someone to service his heater
and plumbing.
One of the only times I got him out, was to go look at new toupees. His
was looking very bad and needed to be replaced. He wanted a new one and
it was hard to order it in. We finally got one in Sept. It then took him
several weeks to get it fixed to wear. He was just running slow.
He was also very shaky and this discouraged him so much. He could
not stand much noise or confusion. His nerves were really on edge. He could
only handle visiting with the kids one on one for a few minutes. I did get
him to Clint's Homecoming football game in his wheelchair.
He often told me that he did not think he had long on the earth. I poo
pooed him and said, that he was going to get better. I never talked openly
with him about his feelings of passing. During this time of illness Dad was
very kind, and caring. He never let me leave the room with out him telling
me that he loved me and how proud he was of me and all my great kids.
Every day I would come home to messages on the answering machine
of things he had thought of during the day that he wanted to talk with me
about. He would call me when he remembered. It was his way of making a
list. He would often call and ask Clint about a sports game. He often called
and ask what I had been doing or just to check in.
Sometimes when we were away and he knew we were traveling he
would call and wish us well. The call would often turn into a prayer of
blessing on our trip and safe arrival. There was many times that I returned
home to find that he had ended the message in a prayer. He was always very
appreciative of the time I spent with him.
On the twins birthdav, Nov. 9th, Dad and Mom went out to eat with us
at Chili's. (A new restaurant in town) We had a fun evening. Clint had just
made the basketball team and everyone was pretty excited. After dinner we
came down to the house and had ice cream and cake. We chatted for a
minute and took some pictures.
The next day I dropped off a picture of the family at the house, but he
was in the bathroom. He called me the next day and left a real nice message
telling me how cute he thought everyone looked and what a cute family I
had. He also told me he hoped that I realized what great good kids that I
had. (I wish I had that message saved)
I ran in Sun or Monday to give Dad a shot. Grandparent day was Wed
the 23rd and he was rehearsing to me his thoughts on World War II. He
really wanted to go to Grandparent Day, but he did not want to talk about
the war. He wanted to share his Israel and Eqypt slides. He wanted me to
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Dad called me during the week concerned again about his shaking. He
wondered if Jeff didn't have some pill that would stop it.
Sunday morning Nov. 19th ,Mom called me about 7:20 and said that
Dad had just had a seizure. She wondered what to do. When Jeff and I
arrived, we found Dad disoriented and in the same shape as the August
heart attack. We called the ambulance and they took Dad to the hospital. At
the hospital Dad was thrashing around all upset. I do not think that he
wanted to be there.
I was waiting in the hall, while they sedated Dad and got the medicine
going. Suddenly Dad had another heart attack and went into V -fib. The E.R.
doctor ask if they wanted them to resuscitate him and Jeff said no. He came
and got me and all the E.R. staff left. I walked in the room and Dad was blue.
I grabbed him and told him how much I loved him and what a great job he
had done on the earth. I also told him it was alright to go- he had suffered
enough.
Mom soon came in and she was able to hold him too. He quietly
passed. They marked the death time at 8:30 a.m.
I am trying now to pull together some of Dad's life into a book. Dad
was a real camera person. He took a lot of pictures and slides through the
years. I have made a video of some of the pictures and slides. This book
will have letters of friends and relatives. I will also include some of his
army things. It will be a method of closing for me. I will fill the book full of
all the precious memories that I can find, so that I will have a place that I
can come to reflect and ponder on a man, father, grandfather and friend that
I won't be able to see or visit for a while. I will miss my visits with my Dad
and his council. I hope that my children wi11 look through this book and
reflect on it. I hope that my children will also teach their children of their
grandfather Brent Gale Talbot.
Dad's patriarchal blessing gave him the charge to help his family
return and live with Heavenly Father again, so I know that he is still pulling
for us and encouraging us even though we can not see him anymore. Let's
not disapoint him.

Talbot 4- Generations