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| Name |
Geniel Wood |
| Birth |
30 Jan 1930 |
Holden, Millard, Utah, United States  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
17 Nov 1950 |
SLAKE |
| FamilySearch ID |
KW8M-RHW |
| Death |
29 Apr 1955 |
Hildale, Washington, Utah, United States |
| Burial |
2 May 1955 |
Isaac W Carling Memorial Park, Colorado City, Mohave, Arizona, United States |
| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I17473 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
Clayton Ashby Wood, b. 4 Feb 1896, Holden, Millard, Utah, United States d. 15 Apr 1971, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 75 years) |
| Mother |
Eva Louise McKee, b. 2 Nov 1900, Holden, Millard, Utah, United States d. 7 May 1935, Holden, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 34 years) |
| Marriage |
7 Oct 1925 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Family ID |
F250 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Charles Dee Jenson, b. 20 May 1928, Sugarville, Millard, Utah, United States d. 23 Apr 2007, Oregon City, Clackamas, Oregon, United States (Age 78 years) |
| Marriage |
17 Nov 1950 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F8673 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
5 May 2024 |
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 | Birth - 30 Jan 1930 - Holden, Millard, Utah, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 17 Nov 1950 - SLAKE |
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 | Marriage - 17 Nov 1950 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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 | Death - 29 Apr 1955 - Hildale, Washington, Utah, United States |
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 | Burial - 2 May 1955 - Isaac W Carling Memorial Park, Colorado City, Mohave, Arizona, United States |
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| Notes |
- GENIEL WOOD JENSON
Written by Joan Wood Triplett 1979
Geniel was born January 30, 1930 to the parents of Clayton Ashby Wood a n d Eva Louise Mckee Wood, at the family home in Holden Utah (Millard Cou nt y). She had one older sister, Gwen, born November 18, 1926 and older b rot her, Theron born January 24, 1928. Later in December 4, 1931 a younge r si ster, Joan, was born, followed by Edward Lane the youngest child wa s bor n July 23, 1934.
Geniel lived in Holden Utah with her family in a red brick house on th e m ain street of the town. Her father built the home for his family. I t is p resently standing. Clayton was an excellent carpenter and built ma ny home s in the small town and some of the family furniture. During th e depressi on he built burial boxes for many people who had loved ones di e and the y could not afford to buy caskets. His pay was a sack of potato es or whea t which helped him feed his young family.
Geniel's mother died when she was five years old. The family continued l i ving in Holden with neighbors and relatives helping with the children . He r father continued working as a carpenter in Holden and near by town s. Te d (Edward Lane) ten months old lived with his grandparents David an d Emil y McKee who continued raising him until he entered High School an d once a gain joined his brothers and sisters.
Geniel entered Holden Elementary School in the fall of 1936. This wa s a t wo story rock school building with four or five class rooms and a l arge a ctivity room and stage on the second floor. Classes were combine d due t o the few children and class rooms.
February 6, 1938, she was baptized in the Holden Chapel baptism font. T h e Holden chapel was next to the school on the first street east of tow n . This church yard and school yard gave a nice activity area for town c el ebrations and activities. Easter Egg hunts and Fourth of July races an d g ames were always bald in _.this shady grassy area. Grandma Emily Gill es M cKee always made Geniel and her sisters July 4th dresses to celebrat e thi s special day.
One of the church assignments of the teen age girls of the LDS churc h i n those days was to wash and polish the little sacrament cups each we ek . Geniel and I were invited to help our older cousins and neighbors d o th is tedious task. Many an afternoon was spent at the chapel kitchen g ettin g the little cups ready for the next sacrament meeting. It seemed l ike a n endless task, but we helped gladly. Sometimes we would find apple s in t he cupboard left by a member of the bishopric or a ward member t o say tha nk you for our efforts.
The front porch of our family home was a great activity area. Playing ho u se or school on the porch was ideal. We would kneel and use the wide ce me nt railing as our desks or stove etc. We were instructed never to stan d o r walk on this railing. As normal children we occasionally did not ob ey t he rule. One time I fell off the porch and a branch of the bush belo w ra n through my lower lip. Geniel was at my side first and insisted o n usin g her nursing skills to pull the twig out. She insisted it must co me ou t before it started to grow bigger and hurt me mire. Through my scr eamin g she performed this task and helped me to the house for medical he lp whi ch included washing it with soap and water and holding a clean clo th on i t until it stopped bleeding. I still have the scar and remember t his even t even today.
In 1941 our Father Clayton Wood found it necessary to leave the Holder a r ea and seek employment in Northern Utah. He got a job at Hill Air Forc e B ase as a carpenter supervisor. He roomed at the home of Septemma Whit esid es a widow with three children who rented the extra rooms to men wor ker s to help support her family. The summer of 1941 he convinced her t o disc harge all her other renters and he moved
his children to Layton Utah so they could once again be together as a fa m ily.
This was a big adjustment for the children, new friends, new school, n e w area-¬quite different from the little quiet community of Holden wher e 8 0% of the town was a relative.
September 1941 Geniel became a 6th grader in Layton Elementary School. S h e was bused two miles to school. This was another adjustment. Holden h a d no bus service since the town was small. There was always a worry i n Ge niel's mind of missing the school bus and having to walk home. She w as ve ry good to watch for me to see that I got on the bus also. The seco nd da y of school she came running just as the bus was leaving the schoo l yard . I was glad to see that she had not missed the bus. She grabbed m e and t ook me off the bus. I didn't know there were four school buses an d I ha d got on the wrong one. Thank goodness for big sisters!
In December 1941. when Pearl Harbor was bombed our new big school beca m e a very big over crowded school. With Hill Air Force base and many oth e r govern¬ ment areas in our local area the population-doubled in the ne x t three months. Geniel had gone from a 5th grade class in Holden Utah w it h 12 students to a 6th grade class that had grown to 49 students by th e e nd of that school year. This was a big change for everyone. Geniel be cam e active in Girl Scouts and Primary this year and adjusted well to he r ne w life. With all the other new students we no longer felt that we we re di fferent and enjoyed our new home.
Geniel entered North Davis Junior High School in Clearfield, Utah in Sep t ember 1942. This was a beautiful school and had students from all the t ow ns in North David County. Geniel attended 7th-8th and 9th grade at thi s s chool. She enjoyed all the new advanced studies and activities of th e Jun ior High. She disliked community showers after physical education c lass b ut accepted it as a necessary requirement of junior high school.
Geniel entered high school in September 1945 and attended Davis High Sch o ol in Kaysville, Utah. David was the high school for South Davis Junio r H igh and North Davis Junior High students combined. This brought man y ne w friendships and more advanced activities and studies which Genie l adjus ted to very well. She was a very good student, her grades were av erage an d above. She was a good student and never flunked a class or eve n a tes t that I am aware of. She attended seminary all three years of hi gh schoo l at Barnes Seminary on campus of Davis High School. The Seminar y Buildin g was across the driveway of the high school and students atten ded durin g regular school hours receiving school credit of.5 per years c lass. Ol d Testament, New Testament and Church History were the classes t aught. Gr aduation at the completion of the three years took place at th e stake's o f the area. Geniel graduated from a Stake Center at Clearfiel d, Utah in M ay 1948.
Geniel was a member of the High School Girls Club called PRO SCHOLA. Th e y wore brown skirts and brown sweaters trimmed with gold. The hat wa s a s mall pointed hat of brown with gold trim. Yes, the school colors o f Davi s High School were brown and gold. The club performed marching dri lls fo r football and basketball half times. They helped with selling an d takin g tickets at games and various school functions. They had variou s servic e projects. Geniel and her close friends enjoyed this school spi rited clu b and all the fun et brought. They had a banquet at the end o f the schoo l year and recognized all the members and their achievements . This was 's o successful et was written into the club bi-laws and conti nued down thro ugh the future years.
Geniel Graduated from Davis High School in May 1948. They had the cap a n d gown ceremony held in the football stadium and about 340 were in he r gr aduation class..
Geniel was very interested in becoming a nurse and geared her high scho o l studies along that line. She also took some business classes and di d ve ry well in typing and shorthand. At her graduation when all the scho larsh ips were announced our step Mother became aware and concerned tha t Our Ge niel had not received or even applied for any scholarships. Sh e contacte d the school to look into things. She found that a scholarshi p for nursin g has been offered to Davis High School but it had never, be en offered t o Geniel. When asked why, the school authorities said that G eniel had nev er been considered as scholarship material. This really ups et our Step Mo ther and she went to battle for her daughter. After week s of letters, vis its and phone calls to the Hospital, high school and sc hool district offi ces, Geniel had a scholarship at Dee Memorial Hospita l in Ogden, Utah t o enter nursing training in the fall of 1948. This wa s a very rewarding e xperience for our whole family, to truly realize wha t concern our step mo ther had for her new children.
During her teen age years Geniel earned spending money picking cherrie s a t Grandma Bloods cherry orchard in Kaysville, Utah. The orchard as ac ros s the street and down about a mile from David High School. Since Gran dm a Blood (Step Grandma) was elderly and a widow, her children managed t h e orchard with each child taking turns by the two year span.. Aunt Ann i e Cook and our Mother decided to share their four years so we as teen s ha d a full time job for four or five weeks every summer. We were pai d 2 1/ 2 to 40 per pound for picking, depending upon the kind and if the y were t o be picked with or without stems. We had a special concern fo r the orcha rd because it was like part of the family owned by our Grandm a and manage d by our parents. We were up at 4 AM and came home late bu t by the end o f the season we had earned enough spending money to last f or the year wit h careful budgeting and small income from baby sitting an d other small jo bs. At the end of the cherry season we would go to the c ity Ogden or Sal t Lake City and spend the day shopping, movie and dinne r then ride home o n the Bamberger train that then ran between Ogden an d Salt Lake and stopp ed at all the small towns between Ogden and Salt La ke and stopped at al l the small towns between. This was a special trip e njoyed-by all the you ng cherry pickers
Geniel entered nursing training the fall of 1948. She was so worried y e t excited over going away to school. She was assigned a single room an d t he only girl in the program without a room mate. This was new for Gen ie l because she had always had to share a room with her two sisters. Ou r pa rents were concerned about her being lonesome with her not knowing a ny o f her fellow students or instruct¬ors. Geniel was a rather quiet per son . Their concern did not last long for her room became the center poin t o f congregating. She met and gained friendships fast and became the mo st p opular and best liked girl in the whole nursing class. She had her n ursin g training at Dee Memorial Hospital and her class room college cour ses a t Weber College. Mother clipped the article from the news paper abo ut Gen iel graduating with high honors and mailed it to the high school p rincipl e with a note that said this is the little girl who went unnotice d in you r high school and was labeled as not scholarship material. She w as so pro ud of her and so was all the family. She was the first in our f amily to g raduate from college. Ted later graduated from the universit y of Utah.
Geniel met Charles Dee Jenson while visiting with her cousin Maurine Jen s on in Delta, Utah. They dated before his mission and were married Novem be r 11, 1930 after his mission. They moved to Fort Riley, Kansas when De e w as in the service in the army.
I lost contact with Geniel after my husband and I drove them to Fort Ril e y, Kansas on our way to visit my husbands family in Kentucky. Except f o r an occasional letter or short note I never had any contact with her a ga in. I learned of her death when my parents called me via cable when m y hu sband was stationed at Elmendorf, Alaska. They were reluctant to not ify m e of her death due to me expecting my first child in June. It wa s a grea t shock and concern for all of us.
Geniel was a beautiful person. She was very kind and considerate and alw a ys willing to help. others. She loved children and was a favorite baby- si tter for many families in her younger years. As a nurse she was outsta ndi ng. The hospital staff had nothing but praise for her ability to wor k wit h people and her sweet personality. She was quiet but very effectiv e to o in her association and understand of patients and fellow workers . Genie l was very good with her hands and crochet tiny edging around pil low case s as early as junior high age. She embroidered pillow cases an d dish towe ls by the dozens for her hope chest and wedding and Christma s gifts She s tarted a crochet bed spread in squares and had worked on i t for years. Mo ther encouraged her to attach the ones she had finished a nd use it fo r a beautiful table cloth.. However, Geniel was a determine d person and s aid, "just give me time, I will finish it!" I often wonde r if she did.
Lovingly written by:¬
Joan Wood Triplett (younger sister) November 15, 1979
Copied from Geniel Jenson May
June 15, 1983
Joan Wood Triplett (Aunt)
390 Manzanita Ave.
Fairfield, California 94533 as of June 15, 1983
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