Last week was my great-grandmother’s birthday. She would have been 134-years-old.
She grew up in Idaho, the third of eight children.
At the age of 29 she was courted for three months before marrying in the Salt Lake Temple, where she immediately acquired a family of six step-children. She and her husband later had another six sons and a daughter (my grandmother).
Fifteen years after her marriage, her husband died, leaving her to care for all the children. She never remarried.
When WWII broke out, all six of her sons entered the Armed Forces. She received much recognition as a war mother during this time. In 1947 her anxiety was lifted by the safe return of all six of her boys.
She was a great letter writer. She would average from six to ten full length letters each week. Collecting salt and pepper shakers was a hobby as well.
Her most cherished memories were those connected with her family–the reunions, the vacations, and faith promoting stories she often told her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren, and of her pet name her son gave her, that of “Lorindie”.
Grandma retained her humor and never let it go.
Great-grandma Lorinda passed away two days before her 89th birthday, leaving behind a legacy of faithfulness for her family to follow.
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