Harley C Whiting (1918 - 1993): Our Family History

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1918 - 1993 (74 years)

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Name	Harley C Whiting
Birth	5 Sep 1918	Mapleton, Utah, Utah, United States
Gender	Male
Initiatory (LDS)	13 Jan 1950	IFALL
FamilySearch ID	KW8P-ZXJ
Death	19 Feb 1993	Arco, Butte, Idaho, United States
Burial	Arco, Butte, Idaho, United States
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Person ID	I147503	mytree
Last Modified	25 Feb 2024

Father	Charles Leonard Whiting, b. 21 Jan 1886, Mapleton, Utah, Utah, United States d. 16 May 1961, Mapleton, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 75 years)
Mother	Olive Rachel Carleton, b. 1 May 1891, Bear Lake Township, Manistee, Michigan, United States d. 6 Sep 1981, Payson, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 90 years)
Marriage	25 Jan 1911	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Family ID	F37996	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Vella Marie Fackrell, b. 2 Jul 1925, Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States d. 6 Mar 1998, Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, United States (Age 72 years)

Marriage 16 Dec 1940 Reno, Washoe, Nevada, United States

Children

	1. Barbara Marie Whiting, b. 6 Nov 1941, Pittsburg, Contra Costa, California, United States d. 31 Mar 2018, Roy, Weber, Utah, United States (Age 76 years)
	2. Beverly Whiting, b. 17 Sep 1945, Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, United States d. 3 Jul 2007 (Age 61 years)
+	3. Billie Charlene Whiting, b. 10 Mar 1948, Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, United States d. 27 Mar 2009, Sugar Land, Fort Bend, Texas, United States (Age 61 years)

Family ID F37995 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 5 May 2024

Event Map

	Birth - 5 Sep 1918 - Mapleton, Utah, Utah, United States
	Marriage - 16 Dec 1940 - Reno, Washoe, Nevada, United States
	Initiatory (LDS) - 13 Jan 1950 - IFALL
	Death - 19 Feb 1993 - Arco, Butte, Idaho, United States
	Burial - - Arco, Butte, Idaho, United States

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Notes

Written by Raymond Jensen – Edited by Layne E. Wilson

This is the life History of Ardith Whiting Jensen as told by her hus b a n d Raymond Jensen. Ardith passed away before she was able to writ e h e r ow n history. Ardith was born August 26, 1931 to Charles Leonar d Whit i ng an d Olive Rachel Carlton. Ardith was born in Mapleton, Utah . Ardi t h was th e youngest of ten children. Her Father was a Blacksmit h and gr ad uated fro m Brigham Young University (BYU). Her Mother also g raduate d fro m BYU an d was a teacher. Ardith's Mother was raised in Bea r Lake , Mich igan. He r Mother and an Aunt joined the Church and came t o Salt L ake Cit y, Utah. Ardith had a lot of Nieces and Nephews. She enj oyed an d loved t hem all. Ardith attended school in Mapleton, Utah wher e she ha d many fri ends. Ar dith's Father had a big garden and grew lot s of veget ables. He a lso had a nd orchard over by the hill where he gre w peaches , apricots an d cherries. On the home place they had apple, wal nut and pe ars. Her Fath er would g o to Price, Utah and sell garden stuf f. They als o had chicken s and pigs. They would sometimes take fryer chi ckens over t o the mines i n Price, Ut ah. All the kids had to help gro w all the stuff . Ardith'a Mot her worked v ery hard to help the family . In 1936 Charle s and Olive deci ded to bu y a new Ford Pick-Up so Oliv e and Harley (Ardi th's brother) wen t to Detro it, Michigan and purchase d the new pick-up . It was better to g o to Price, Utah to sell all the p roduce they grew . Ardith and Carma alw ays had t o ride in the back of t he pick-up; the y both always thought tha t was a ba d thing for them t o have to do. Ardi th had a lot of friends a t school. I t was always eas y for her to make f riends. In 1939 Charles go t sick wit h his lungs an d had to have one lun g removed. He was in the ho spital fo r over a year , almost two years. Bo ots and Harley (Ardith’s Sib lings) wer e singin g in a Band in California . While there Boots met lre l Barrus wh o late r were married and settle d in Pittsburg, California. O live sent Ca rm a and Ardith down to live wi th Boots. Irel was in the serv ice in Europe . Carma was old enough to wor k to help get some money. Th e girls came h om e for the school year. Ardi th had to grow up fast and le arn how to t ake c are of herself. Don Blanc hard and June (Ardith’s Sister) bough t a home i n Springville, UT. Don h ad to go to the service as wa r wa s on. He wa s in the Navy. Olive sent A rdith to live with June. The y ha d to live of f the money that June got f rom the government. Things we r e very tight fo r everyone. June said tha t Ardith saw a sweater that s h e wanted. When Jun e got her check she wen t to buy it for her but it h a d already been sold. Ardith's Mother seeme d to feel that she was throu g h raising children o r else worn out. In 19 46, Olive sent Ardith to li v e with Harley and Mari e in Firth, Idaho. Ha rley fixed a show house i n Fi rth and ran it. They li ved upstairs by th e Dance Hall. Ardith star ted sc hool in Firth, Idaho an d would help Harl ey with the show house a fter sch ool. There was a fello w who was on crut ches who was going int o the sho w house, but as he went t o go through Ar dith closed and locke d the door. Harley told her that sh e was not to d o that to a crippled p erson. Tha t person was Raymond Jense n who later b ecame her husband. I t seemed th e reason that I came to Firth, Idaho whic h was to meet and m arry Raymond. I was young but by the wa y I grew u p I was more mature. O nce Raymond w ho was driving a truck hauli ng potat oes asked me to go wi th him. This wa s the start of our relationsh ip. R aymond asked me to m arry him. Harle y said that we had to go to Ut ah an d ask my folks. Moth er thought it wa s fine but Dad hesitated. I ha d tol d Raymond that I wa s 18 years old. S o when we went to get the marria g e license I had to t ell him the truth, that I was 17 years old. But wh e n we got the licens e I wrote down 16 y ears old which was correct. Raym ond 's Mother and Ja rvis his brother an d Harley were there when we got m arrie d by a Bishop . It cost $10.00. i t was Bishop Anderson in Blackfoot , Idah o who marri ed us. From this poin t on her history is with Raymon d Jensen' s history . Ardith passed away o n September 29, 2005 in Blackfo ot, Idaho. She i s buried in Blackfoot, Idaho.

Additional Comments by Layne E. Wilson on March 16, 2013
My memories of Raymond & Ardith Whiting Jensen

I am Layne Wilson the grandson of Boots Whiting Barrus. I was bo r n o n J une 11, 1963. I grew up in West Jordan, Utah. Ardith Whiting J en se n i s the aunt of my mother Beulah Delayne Barrus Wilson (Boots’s d aug hte r). I came to know Ardith and Raymond Jensen during my youth wh e n m y par ents occasionally visited their farm in Wapello, Blackfoot, a n d Ida ho. I consider Aridity and Raymond my 2nd Idaho Grandparents. Ar id it y a nd Boots had similar personalities. Aridity and Raymond wer e t w o o f the finest people anyone could ever know. Through my life I s topp e d t o visit often staying overnight when I passed through Easter n Idah o e ver y few years. I remember their simple small farmhouse. Ray mond a n d Ard ith always cooked us the greatest breakfast. I know tha t the Jen s en fam ily worked very hard often putting everything on the l ine jus t t o surviv e with their farming lifestyle. Aridity and Raymon d were ha r d workin g potato farmers and narrated their farming experien ce durin g m y visits w ith them. These were very pleasant memories for m e my enti r e life.

Raymond & Ardith Jensen owned a small home on their 40 acre farm . I t h a d an old fashioned kitchen with a wood burning stove and an old er e lect ri c stove with one element burned out. The story is that on e nigh t dur in g a thunderstorm a bolt of lightning had come through th e kitche n wind o w and struck one of the elements and burned it out. Th ey ha d a cat na me d “Taffy” There were lots of feral cats running loos e outs ide on th e fa rm to keep the mice population down. I also remem ber pla ying wit h Ray mond’s tractor and got my first experience learnin g to dri ve a pick up tru ck when I was about 14. Their home was very s imple bu t a hom e full o f love welcoming everyone who visited. I fel t very muc h at hom e there. I have memories of Ardith taking us to the E astern Idah o Stat e Fair i n Blackfoot in 1978 and learned to appreciat e the Idaho f armin g culture. From that time on Lidia (my wife) and I s pent several L abo r Day Weeke nds with them. When I served in Iraq, the re were severa l se ttings ther e that would remind me or Raymond’s far m back in Wapello , ID.