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| Name |
Earl Giles |
| Birth |
18 Jan 1911 |
Town Creek, Elko, Nevada, United States  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
28 Jun 1955 |
SLAKE |
| FamilySearch ID |
KWCV-ZQ3 |
| Death |
27 Nov 1990 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Burial |
30 Nov 1990 |
Valley View Memorial Park, West Valley City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Person ID |
I258 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
John Thomas Giles, b. 30 Jan 1873, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 8 Dec 1939, McGill, White Pine, Nevada, United States (Age 66 years) |
| Mother |
Lucy Armina Wilson, b. 19 Mar 1877, Holden, Millard, Utah, United States d. 1 Jul 1948, Ely, White Pine, Nevada, United States (Age 71 years) |
| Marriage |
20 Nov 1896 |
Holden, Millard, Utah, United States |
| Family ID |
F266 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Erma Aurelia Walker, b. 24 Aug 1915, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 25 Mar 2002 (Age 86 years) |
| Marriage |
12 Dec 1931 |
McGill, White Pine, Nevada, United States |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F272 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
21 Nov 2024 |
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 | Birth - 18 Jan 1911 - Town Creek, Elko, Nevada, United States |
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 | Marriage - 12 Dec 1931 - McGill, White Pine, Nevada, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 28 Jun 1955 - SLAKE |
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 | Death - 27 Nov 1990 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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 | Burial - 30 Nov 1990 - Valley View Memorial Park, West Valley City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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| Notes |
- Earl Giles Story
This story is written by his eldest daughter, Earline Kvist.
Earl Giles was born on January 18, 1911 in Town Creek, Elko, Nevada to J o hn Thomas Giles and Lucy Armina Wilson Giles. He was the 6th child of e ig ht.
His brothers were Frank Elwin, who died before he was two years old.
Claud, Clayton, and Perry. His sisters were Elva, Dolly and Madge.
John and Armina (Mina) began their married life in Holden, Millard, Utah.
Census records show that they moved a lot as they raised their family.
They settled in McGill, White Pine, Nevada where John found work as a te a m driver for Kennecott Copper Company. He was very good with horses.
They lived in McGill where the children could go to school.
Census records show that John and Mina moved to property just east of Mc G ill where they homesteaded what we came to call “the ranch”.
There was a two room log cabin with the outhouse up the hill. There w a s a very small bedroom off the kitchen for the parents, with a big, so f t feather mattress.
The kitchen had two cupboards and a sink with only cold water piped in f r om a well. There was a big cooking stove with a water heater on the en d o f it.
Grandma Giles would bake many loaves of bread every day, and she hand -c h urned butter which was delicious. She also made homemade pies from goos eb errys that were in her yard.
They raised pigs, chickens, ducks, sheep and had cows and horses, so t h e family could live off their own labors .
There was no electricity, and coal oil lamps were their only lights.
The children slept on day beds in the large living room off the kitchen.
The room also had a large, round table where meals were served to any a n d all family members present.
Earl would spend his summers as a teenager, tending sheep up in the moun t ains for neighboring farmers. He would take them up in early summer, a n d herd them back in the fall.
Earl was a quiet, sensitive man and he told me, his daughter, that whe n t he job was done, he would run to the ranch, and his father would se e hi m coming and they would race to each other and hug with tears in th e eye s of both father and son. The family was very close .
Earl attended school until the 8th grade, when he quit to help on the ra n ch.
He loved boxing and participated in Golden Gloves tournaments where he b e came well known as “Kid Giles”. It was a good life for him and soon h e go t a job at Kennecott and was able to buy a car.
The family loved to dance, and McGill and Ely held regular dances whic h t he family would attend. His father was very musical, and could play a lmos t any instrument, so he was always needed at the dances. His mothe r woul d stand nearby and hold his harmonica for him.
November 11, 1930, was a very special night for him. At the dance in McG i ll, there appeared a very beautiful young lady named Erma Walker.
She was only fifteen years old and he was twenty, but that night beg a n a love story that never did end. They were engaged by December 31st a n d on December 12, 1931, they were married in her Grandmothers’ home.
Life was not easy in 1931, as the Great Depression was affecting everyon e .
Earl and Erma would go up in the hills to cut and drag dead trees ou t t o be sold as firewood, to supplement the family income. They became p aren ts of a daughter in November, 1934, when I joined their young family . M y sister, JoAnne came in 1937, and our brother, Duane (Tom) Thomas Gi le s was born in 1938.
We lived in a rented home in McGill where Dad gardened, and raised chick e ns and our little dog, Teddy.
We visited at the ranch a lot, as their best friends were Dads’ brothe r s and sisters and their families. I was number five in the order of gra nd children with the eldest being, Jack Cobb, Gae Giles, Bonnie Giles, Ha rve y Cobb and then me. We drove Grandpa Giles crazy with running in on e doo r and out the other. He would holler, “Don’t slam the door.” but we , as c hildren will do, did not obey.
Our family moved to Garfield, Utah, where my mothers’ parents lived. M y f ather went to work for Kennecott Copper where he worked until he reti re d in the 1960s. He was an excellent carpenter, and all those who kne w hi m knew he was a perfectionist. He was well liked by all his co-worke rs, a nd he and mother had lots of friends .
We had a great life in Garfield as children. Our parents were the very b e st. We went to lots of ball games as Uncle George Walker was a pitche r fo r a good softball team. We also went on family picnics up the canyon s eas t of Salt Lake, or to the beach at the Great Salt Lake .
We would also visit relatives in Salt Lake, as Grandma Lucy had also mov e d in from Nevada.
Our parents had such a great love for each other, that they never call e d each other by their first names. It was always, ”Honey, Darling, Dea r , Sweetheart or some other name of endearment. They were totally devot e d to one another, and we never heard a cross word spoken from them to e ac h other. They were truly an example of true love.
The years passed, and I was married in the Salt Lake Temple to Gerald Ch r istison. My parents could not attend as they were not active in the LD S C hurch.
My mother told my father that if he did not care enough to take her to t h e Temple in this life, that she would not accept it in the next life.
He quit smoking in one day, and some of his fellow carpenters taught h i m the gospel on their lunch hours at work, and supported him as he beg a n to attend meetings in the Garfield Ward.
They were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple on June 28, 1955, and Tom was s e aled to them then. JoAnne was sealed to them in November, 1955.
I had been living in Hawaii as Gerald was in the Navy. I came home in De c ember 1955, with my new little daughter, Carey. I was sealed to my par en ts on Dads’ birthday, January 18, 1956.
My father loved going to church, and he was soon called as a Stake Missi o nary. He served faithfully until mothers’ poor health forced him to res ig n. He was called as Ward Clerk, and served there until th e
ward was dissolved in 1957.
This was a particularly hard calling for him, as he had only an eighth g r ade education, and writing was not his strength, but he did it.
Kennecott decided not to rent homes in Garfield, but to have the peopl e b uy their home and move it elsewhere. My parents moved their home to M agna , and my grandparents moved three homes to Magna. Their own home wa s righ t next door to my parents near 3100 south and 9050 West .
Gerald and I moved a small home next door to his parents in Granger, Uta h .
JoAnne and her husband, Leon Talbot moved their home to Magna on 8000 We s t near 3100 South, Tom and his wife, Francine Mills, rented one of Gran dp a Walkers homes in Magna.
Mothers sister, Viola Nordquist, and Uncle Frank had a brick home that c o uld not be moved, so we tore that house down, and used the brick on ou r o wn remodeled home in Granger.
Aunt Vi and her two married daughters, Jackie Peterson (Doug), and Joy c e Bartlett (Richard or Bart) bought three new homes in Magna, and Dean n a Hatch (Chick) moved to Hunter. Uncle George and Aunt Virginia move d t o Magna east of 8400 South. Garfield was no more.
Dad completely remodeled his home, and built beautiful wood cabinets f o r his home and for JoAnnes’ home.
He loved to work in his yard, and soon there were fruit trees and love l y flower gardens blooming in both of the homes, as mother and grandmoth e r worked for Western Garden Center .
Dad was called to work with the Priest quorum in Magna Ward. He loved th a t calling, and all the young men that he served. They loved him also.
He and my grandfather were called to be Home Teachers together, and we r e a blessing to all their families .
As my grandparents grew more fragile due to age, Dad would care for th e m by taking them to medical appointments or to the store, or do whatev e r was needed for their comfort.
In 1985, both grandparents were very ill, and were placed in the Benni o n Care Center near my home. Grandpa Walker died in July of 1985, and G ra ndmother followed him in January of 1986.
My parents were now free to do things they had been unable to do while c a ring for her parents.
They had a truck and camper, and loved to go camping with JoAnne and To m , and the grandchildren. Deer hunting trips were also enjoyed every Oct ob er. Dad also loved to fly fish.
He was always a very active man, and loved to do things for others. H h a d a shop in his basement where he would sharpen saws for friends, free . H e loved helping people. He took care of all of the widows nearby by t akin g them to the store, or to Doctor appointments. He cut their lawns a nd sh oveled walks in the winter.
He had always been really healthy, except for bouts of gout, mostly in h i s feet, which were very painful. He had an attack of gout in his wris t i n June o1 1986. I was working for Dr. Nelson then, and I asked him t o se e Dad.
I told him to do a physical on him as he would never see him again.
The Doctor found an abdominal aneursym which could have been life threat e ning. He had surgery soon after, and did not do well. He was in the hos pi tal for over a month. He told the surgeon that he wanted to go home t o di e. Dr. Doty let him go, thinking that was surely to be.
Mother was not going to give him up, and she fed him all his favorite th i ngs, and cared for him so well, that he had recovered strength enoug h t o continue his activities at home .
His heart was still fragile, and he had Angina pain quite often. He cou l d not have surgery again, but was placed on oxygen all the time. He ha d f our more years being at home with his beloved wife.
He passed away in his sleep on November 27, 1990, after he had told moth e r that he was ready to go home.
Dads’ birthday, January 18, 1956
Earl Giles Story
This story is written by his eldest daughter, Earline Kvist.
Earl Giles was born on January 18, 1911 in Town Creek, Elko, Nevada to J o hn Thomas Giles and Lucy Armina Wilson Giles. He was the 6th child of e ig ht.
His brothers were Frank Elwin, who died before he was two years old.
Claud, Clayton, and Perry. His sisters were Elva, Dolly and Madge.
John and Armina (Mina) began their married life in Holden, Millard, Utah.
Census records show that they moved a lot as they raised their family.
They settled in McGill, White Pine, Nevada where John found work as a te a m driver for Kennecott Copper Company. He was very good with horses.
They lived in McGill where the children could go to school.
Census records show that John and Mina moved to property just east of Mc G ill where they homesteaded what we came to call “the ranch”.
There was a two room log cabin with the outhouse up the hill. There w a s a very small bedroom off the kitchen for the parents, with a big, so f t feather mattress.
The kitchen had two cupboards and a sink with only cold water piped in f r om a well. There was a big cooking stove with a water heater on the en d o f it.
Grandma Giles would bake many loaves of bread every day, and she hand -c h urned butter which was delicious. She also made homemade pies from goos eb errys that were in her yard.
They raised pigs, chickens, ducks, sheep and had cows and horses, so t h e family could live off their own labors .
There was no electricity, and coal oil lamps were their only lights.
The children slept on day beds in the large living room off the kitchen.
The room also had a large, round table where meals were served to any a n d all family members present.
Earl would spend his summers as a teenager, tending sheep up in the moun t ains for neighboring farmers. He would take them up in early summer, a n d herd them back in the fall.
Earl was a quiet, sensitive man and he told me, his daughter, that whe n t he job was done, he would run to the ranch, and his father would se e hi m coming and they would race to each other and hug with tears in th e eye s of both father and son. The family was very close .
Earl attended school until the 8th grade, when he quit to help on the ra n ch.
He loved boxing and participated in Golden Gloves tournaments where he b e came well known as “Kid Giles”. It was a good life for him and soon h e go t a job at Kennecott and was able to buy a car.
The family loved to dance, and McGill and Ely held regular dances whic h t he family would attend. His father was very musical, and could play a lmos t any instrument, so he was always needed at the dances. His mothe r woul d stand nearby and hold his harmonica for him.
November 11, 1930, was a very special night for him. At the dance in McG i ll, there appeared a very beautiful young lady named Erma Walker.
She was only fifteen years old and he was twenty, but that night beg a n a love story that never did end. They were engaged by December 31st a n d on December 12, 1931, they were married in her Grandmothers’ home.
Life was not easy in 1931, as the Great Depression was affecting everyon e .
Earl and Erma would go up in the hills to cut and drag dead trees ou t t o be sold as firewood, to supplement the family income. They became p aren ts of a daughter in November, 1934, when I joined their young family . M y sister, JoAnne came in 1937, and our brother, Duane (Tom) Thomas Gi le s was born in 1938.
We lived in a rented home in McGill where Dad gardened, and raised chick e ns and our little dog, Teddy.
We visited at the ranch a lot, as their best friends were Dads’ brothe r s and sisters and their families. I was number five in the order of gra nd children with the eldest being, Jack Cobb, Gae Giles, Bonnie Giles, Ha rve y Cobb and then me. We drove Grandpa Giles crazy with running in on e doo r and out the other. He would holler, “Don’t slam the door.” but we , as c hildren will do, did not obey.
Our family moved to Garfield, Utah, where my mothers’ parents lived. M y f ather went to work for Kennecott Copper where he worked until he reti re d in the 1960s. He was an excellent carpenter, and all those who kne w hi m knew he was a perfectionist. He was well liked by all his co-worke rs, a nd he and mother had lots of friends .
We had a great life in Garfield as children. Our parents were the very b e st. We went to lots of ball games as Uncle George Walker was a pitche r fo r a good softball team. We also went on family picnics up the canyon s eas t of Salt Lake, or to the beach at the Great Salt Lake .
We would also visit relatives in Salt Lake, as Grandma Lucy had also mov e d in from Nevada.
Our parents had such a great love for each other, that they never call e d each other by their first names. It was always, ”Honey, Darling, Dea r , Sweetheart or some other name of endearment. They were totally devot e d to one another, and we never heard a cross word spoken from them to e ac h other. They were truly an example of true love.
The years passed, and I was married in the Salt Lake Temple to Gerald Ch r istison. My parents could not attend as they were not active in the LD S C hurch.
My mother told my father that if he did not care enough to take her to t h e Temple in this life, that she would not accept it in the next life.
He quit smoking in one day, and some of his fellow carpenters taught h i m the gospel on their lunch hours at work, and supported him as he beg a n to attend meetings in the Garfield Ward.
They were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple on June 28, 1955, and Tom was s e aled to them then. JoAnne was sealed to them in November, 1955.
I had been living in Hawaii as Gerald was in the Navy. I came home in De c ember 1955, with my new little daughter, Carey. I was sealed to my par en ts on Dads’ birthday, January 18, 1956.
My father loved going to church, and he was soon called as a Stake Missi o nary. He served faithfully until mothers’ poor health forced him to res ig n. He was called as Ward Clerk, and served there until th e
ward was dissolved in 1957.
This was a particularly hard calling for him, as he had only an eighth g r ade education, and writing was not his strength, but he did it.
Kennecott decided not to rent homes in Garfield, but to have the peopl e b uy their home and move it elsewhere. My parents moved their home to M agna , and my grandparents moved three homes to Magna. Their own home wa s righ t next door to my parents near 3100 south and 9050 West .
Gerald and I moved a small home next door to his parents in Granger, Uta h .
JoAnne and her husband, Leon Talbot moved their home to Magna on 8000 We s t near 3100 South, Tom and his wife, Francine Mills, rented one of Gran dp a Walkers homes in Magna.
Mothers sister, Viola Nordquist, and Uncle Frank had a brick home that c o uld not be moved, so we tore that house down, and used the brick on ou r o wn remodeled home in Granger.
Aunt Vi and her two married daughters, Jackie Peterson (Doug), and Joy c e Bartlett (Richard or Bart) bought three new homes in Magna, and Dean n a Hatch (Chick) moved to Hunter. Uncle George and Aunt Virginia move d t o Magna east of 8400 South. Garfield was no more.
Dad completely remodeled his home, and built beautiful wood cabinets f o r his home and for JoAnnes’ home.
He loved to work in his yard, and soon there were fruit trees and love l y flower gardens blooming in both of the homes, as mother and grandmoth e r worked for Western Garden Center .
Dad was called to work with the Priest quorum in Magna Ward. He loved th a t calling, and all the young men that he served. They loved him also.
He and my grandfather were called to be Home Teachers together, and we r e a blessing to all their families .
As my grandparents grew more fragile due to age, Dad would care for th e m by taking them to medical appointments or to the store, or do whatev e r was needed for their comfort.
In 1985, both grandparents were very ill, and were placed in the Benni o n Care Center near my home. Grandpa Walker died in July of 1985, and G ra ndmother followed him in January of 1986.
My parents were now free to do things they had been unable to do while c a ring for her parents.
They had a truck and camper, and loved to go camping with JoAnne and To m , and the grandchildren. Deer hunting trips were also enjoyed every Oct ob er. Dad also loved to fly fish.
He was always a very active man, and loved to do things for others. H h a d a shop in his basement where he would sharpen saws for friends, free . H e loved helping people. He took care of all of the widows nearby by t akin g them to the store, or to Doctor appointments. He cut their lawns a nd sh oveled walks in the winter.
He had always been really healthy, except for bouts of gout, mostly in h i s feet, which were very painful. He had an attack of gout in his wris t i n June o1 1986. I was working for Dr. Nelson then, and I asked him t o se e Dad.
I told him to do a physical on him as he would never see him again.
The Doctor found an abdominal aneursym which could have been life threat e ning. He had surgery soon after, and did not do well. He was in the hos pi tal for over a month. He told the surgeon that he wanted to go home t o di e. Dr. Doty let him go, thinking that was surely to be.
Mother was not going to give him up, and she fed him all his favorite th i ngs, and cared for him so well, that he had recovered strength enoug h t o continue his activities at home .
His heart was still fragile, and he had Angina pain quite often. He cou l d not have surgery again, but was placed on oxygen all the time. He ha d f our more years being at home with his beloved wife.
He passed away in his sleep on November 27, 1990, after he had told moth e r that he was ready to go home.
Dads’ birthday, January 18, 1956
Earl Giles Story
This story is written by his eldest daughter, Earline Kvist.
Earl Giles was born on January 18, 1911 in Town Creek, Elko, Nevada to J o hn Thomas Giles and Lucy Armina Wilson Giles. He was the 6th child of e ig ht.
His brothers were Frank Elwin, who died before he was two years old.
Claud, Clayton, and Perry. His sisters were Elva, Dolly and Madge.
John and Armina (Mina) began their married life in Holden, Millard, Utah.
Census records show that they moved a lot as they raised their family.
They settled in McGill, White Pine, Nevada where John found work as a te a m driver for Kennecott Copper Company. He was very good with horses.
They lived in McGill where the children could go to school.
Census records show that John and Mina moved to property just east of Mc G ill where they homesteaded what we came to call “the ranch”.
There was a two room log cabin with the outhouse up the hill. There w a s a very small bedroom off the kitchen for the parents, with a big, so f t feather mattress.
The kitchen had two cupboards and a sink with only cold water piped in f r om a well. There was a big cooking stove with a water heater on the en d o f it.
Grandma Giles would bake many loaves of bread every day, and she hand -c h urned butter which was delicious. She also made homemade pies from goos eb errys that were in her yard.
They raised pigs, chickens, ducks, sheep and had cows and horses, so t h e family could live off their own labors .
There was no electricity, and coal oil lamps were their only lights.
The children slept on day beds in the large living room off the kitchen.
The room also had a large, round table where meals were served to any a n d all family members present.
Earl would spend his summers as a teenager, tending sheep up in the moun t ains for neighboring farmers. He would take them up in early summer, a n d herd them back in the fall.
Earl was a quiet, sensitive man and he told me, his daughter, that whe n t he job was done, he would run to the ranch, and his father would se e hi m coming and they would race to each other and hug with tears in th e eye s of both father and son. The family was very close .
Earl attended school until the 8th grade, when he quit to help on the ra n ch.
He loved boxing and participated in Golden Gloves tournaments where he b e came well known as “Kid Giles”. It was a good life for him and soon h e go t a job at Kennecott and was able to buy a car.
The family loved to dance, and McGill and Ely held regular dances whic h t he family would attend. His father was very musical, and could play a lmos t any instrument, so he was always needed at the dances. His mothe r woul d stand nearby and hold his harmonica for him.
November 11, 1930, was a very special night for him. At the dance in McG i ll, there appeared a very beautiful young lady named Erma Walker.
She was only fifteen years old and he was twenty, but that night beg a n a love story that never did end. They were engaged by December 31st a n d on December 12, 1931, they were married in her Grandmothers’ home.
Life was not easy in 1931, as the Great Depression was affecting everyon e .
Earl and Erma would go up in the hills to cut and drag dead trees ou t t o be sold as firewood, to supplement the family income. They became p aren ts of a daughter in November, 1934, when I joined their young family . M y sister, JoAnne came in 1937, and our brother, Duane (Tom) Thomas Gi le s was born in 1938.
We lived in a rented home in McGill where Dad gardened, and raised chick e ns and our little dog, Teddy.
We visited at the ranch a lot, as their best friends were Dads’ brothe r s and sisters and their families. I was number five in the order of gra nd children with the eldest being, Jack Cobb, Gae Giles, Bonnie Giles, Ha rve y Cobb and then me. We drove Grandpa Giles crazy with running in on e doo r and out the other. He would holler, “Don’t slam the door.” but we , as c hildren will do, did not obey.
Our family moved to Garfield, Utah, where my mothers’ parents lived. M y f ather went to work for Kennecott Copper where he worked until he reti re d in the 1960s. He was an excellent carpenter, and all those who kne w hi m knew he was a perfectionist. He was well liked by all his co-worke rs, a nd he and mother had lots of friends .
We had a great life in Garfield as children. Our parents were the very b e st. We went to lots of ball games as Uncle George Walker was a pitche r fo r a good softball team. We also went on family picnics up the canyon s eas t of Salt Lake, or to the beach at the Great Salt Lake .
We would also visit relatives in Salt Lake, as Grandma Lucy had also mov e d in from Nevada.
Our parents had such a great love for each other, that they never call e d each other by their first names. It was always, ”Honey, Darling, Dea r , Sweetheart or some other name of endearment. They were totally devot e d to one another, and we never heard a cross word spoken from them to e ac h other. They were truly an example of true love.
The years passed, and I was married in the Salt Lake Temple to Gerald Ch r istison. My parents could not attend as they were not active in the LD S C hurch.
My mother told my father that if he did not care enough to take her to t h e Temple in this life, that she would not accept it in the next life.
He quit smoking in one day, and some of his fellow carpenters taught h i m the gospel on their lunch hours at work, and supported him as he beg a n to attend meetings in the Garfield Ward.
They were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple on June 28, 1955, and Tom was s e aled to them then. JoAnne was sealed to them in November, 1955.
I had been living in Hawaii as Gerald was in the Navy. I came home in De c ember 1955, with my new little daughter, Carey. I was sealed to my par en ts on Dads’ birthday, January 18, 1956.
My father loved going to church, and he was soon called as a Stake Missi o nary. He served faithfully until mothers’ poor health forced him to res ig n. He was called as Ward Clerk, and served there until th e
ward was dissolved in 1957.
This was a particularly hard calling for him, as he had only an eighth g r ade education, and writing was not his strength, but he did it.
Kennecott decided not to rent homes in Garfield, but to have the peopl e b uy their home and move it elsewhere. My parents moved their home to M agna , and my grandparents moved three homes to Magna. Their own home wa s righ t next door to my parents near 3100 south and 9050 West .
Gerald and I moved a small home next door to his parents in Granger, Uta h .
JoAnne and her husband, Leon Talbot moved their home to Magna on 8000 We s t near 3100 South, Tom and his wife, Francine Mills, rented one of Gran dp a Walkers homes in Magna.
Mothers sister, Viola Nordquist, and Uncle Frank had a brick home that c o uld not be moved, so we tore that house down, and used the brick on ou r o wn remodeled home in Granger.
Aunt Vi and her two married daughters, Jackie Peterson (Doug), and Joy c e Bartlett (Richard or Bart) bought three new homes in Magna, and Dean n a Hatch (Chick) moved to Hunter. Uncle George and Aunt Virginia move d t o Magna east of 8400 South. Garfield was no more.
Dad completely remodeled his home, and built beautiful wood cabinets f o r his home and for JoAnnes’ home.
He loved to work in his yard, and soon there were fruit trees and love l y flower gardens blooming in both of the homes, as mother and grandmoth e r worked for Western Garden Center .
Dad was called to work with the Priest quorum in Magna Ward. He loved th a t calling, and all the young men that he served. They loved him also.
He and my grandfather were called to be Home Teachers together, and we r e a blessing to all their families .
As my grandparents grew more fragile due to age, Dad would care for th e m by taking them to medical appointments or to the store, or do whatev e r was needed for their comfort.
In 1985, both grandparents were very ill, and were placed in the Benni o n Care Center near my home. Grandpa Walker died in July of 1985, and G ra ndmother followed him in January of 1986.
My parents were now free to do things they had been unable to do while c a ring for her parents.
They had a truck and camper, and loved to go camping with JoAnne and To m , and the grandchildren. Deer hunting trips were also enjoyed every Oct ob er. Dad also loved to fly fish.
He was always a very active man, and loved to do things for others. H h a d a shop in his basement where he would sharpen saws for friends, free . H e loved helping people. He took care of all of the widows nearby by t akin g them to the store, or to Doctor appointments. He cut their lawns a nd sh oveled walks in the winter.
He had always been really healthy, except for bouts of gout, mostly in h i s feet, which were very painful. He had an attack of gout in his wris t i n June o1 1986. I was working for Dr. Nelson then, and I asked him t o se e Dad.
I told him to do a physical on him as he would never see him again.
The Doctor found an abdominal aneursym which could have been life threat e ning. He had surgery soon after, and did not do well. He was in the hos pi tal for over a month. He told the surgeon that he wanted to go home t o di e. Dr. Doty let him go, thinking that was surely to be.
Mother was not going to give him up, and she fed him all his favorite th i ngs, and cared for him so well, that he had recovered strength enoug h t o continue his activities at home .
His heart was still fragile, and he had Angina pain quite often. He cou l d not have surgery again, but was placed on oxygen all the time. He ha d f our more years being at home with his beloved wife.
He passed away in his sleep on November 27, 1990, after he had told moth e r that he was ready to go home.
Dads’ birthday, January 18, 1956
Earl Giles Story
This story is written by his eldest daughter, Earline Kvist.
Earl Giles was born on January 18, 1911 in Town Creek, Elko, Nevada to J o hn Thomas Giles and Lucy Armina Wilson Giles. He was the 6th child of e ig ht.
His brothers were Frank Elwin, who died before he was two years old.
Claud, Clayton, and Perry. His sisters were Elva, Dolly and Madge.
John and Armina (Mina) began their married life in Holden, Millard, Utah.
Census records show that they moved a lot as they raised their family.
They settled in McGill, White Pine, Nevada where John found work as a te a m driver for Kennecott Copper Company. He was very good with horses.
They lived in McGill where the children could go to school.
Census records show that John and Mina moved to property just east of Mc G ill where they homesteaded what we came to call “the ranch”.
There was a two room log cabin with the outhouse up the hill. There w a s a very small bedroom off the kitchen for the parents, with a big, so f t feather mattress.
The kitchen had two cupboards and a sink with only cold water piped in f r om a well. There was a big cooking stove with a water heater on the en d o f it.
Grandma Giles would bake many loaves of bread every day, and she hand -c h urned butter which was delicious. She also made homemade pies from goos eb errys that were in her yard.
They raised pigs, chickens, ducks, sheep and had cows and horses, so t h e family could live off their own labors .
There was no electricity, and coal oil lamps were their only lights.
The children slept on day beds in the large living room off the kitchen.
The room also had a large, round table where meals were served to any a n d all family members present.
Earl would spend his summers as a teenager, tending sheep up in the moun t ains for neighboring farmers. He would take them up in early summer, a n d herd them back in the fall.
Earl was a quiet, sensitive man and he told me, his daughter, that whe n t he job was done, he would run to the ranch, and his father would se e hi m coming and they would race to each other and hug with tears in th e eye s of both father and son. The family was very close .
Earl attended school until the 8th grade, when he quit to help on the ra n ch.
He loved boxing and participated in Golden Gloves tournaments where he b e came well known as “Kid Giles”. It was a good life for him and soon h e go t a job at Kennecott and was able to buy a car.
The family loved to dance, and McGill and Ely held regular dances whic h t he family would attend. His father was very musical, and could play a lmos t any instrument, so he was always needed at the dances. His mothe r woul d stand nearby and hold his harmonica for him.
November 11, 1930, was a very special night for him. At the dance in McG i ll, there appeared a very beautiful young lady named Erma Walker.
She was only fifteen years old and he was twenty, but that night beg a n a love story that never did end. They were engaged by December 31st a n d on December 12, 1931, they were married in her Grandmothers’ home.
Life was not easy in 1931, as the Great Depression was affecting everyon e .
Earl and Erma would go up in the hills to cut and drag dead trees ou t t o be sold as firewood, to supplement the family income. They became p aren ts of a daughter in November, 1934, when I joined their young family . M y sister, JoAnne came in 1937, and our brother, Duane (Tom) Thomas Gi le s was born in 1938.
We lived in a rented home in McGill where Dad gardened, and raised chick e ns and our little dog, Teddy.
We visited at the ranch a lot, as their best friends were Dads’ brothe r s and sisters and their families. I was number five in the order of gra nd children with the eldest being, Jack Cobb, Gae Giles, Bonnie Giles, Ha rve y Cobb and then me. We drove Grandpa Giles crazy with running in on e doo r and out the other. He would holler, “Don’t slam the door.” but we , as c hildren will do, did not obey.
Our family moved to Garfield, Utah, where my mothers’ parents lived. M y f ather went to work for Kennecott Copper where he worked until he reti re d in the 1960s. He was an excellent carpenter, and all those who kne w hi m knew he was a perfectionist. He was well liked by all his co-worke rs, a nd he and mother had lots of friends .
We had a great life in Garfield as children. Our parents were the very b e st. We went to lots of ball games as Uncle George Walker was a pitche r fo r a good softball team. We also went on family picnics up the canyon s eas t of Salt Lake, or to the beach at the Great Salt Lake .
We would also visit relatives in Salt Lake, as Grandma Lucy had also mov e d in from Nevada.
Our parents had such a great love for each other, that they never call e d each other by their first names. It was always, ”Honey, Darling, Dea r , Sweetheart or some other name of endearment. They were totally devot e d to one another, and we never heard a cross word spoken from them to e ac h other. They were truly an example of true love.
The years passed, and I was married in the Salt Lake Temple to Gerald Ch r istison. My parents could not attend as they were not active in the LD S C hurch.
My mother told my father that if he did not care enough to take her to t h e Temple in this life, that she would not accept it in the next life.
He quit smoking in one day, and some of his fellow carpenters taught h i m the gospel on their lunch hours at work, and supported him as he beg a n to attend meetings in the Garfield Ward.
They were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple on June 28, 1955, and Tom was s e aled to them then. JoAnne was sealed to them in November, 1955.
I had been living in Hawaii as Gerald was in the Navy. I came home in De c ember 1955, with my new little daughter, Carey. I was sealed to my par en ts on Dads’ birthday, January 18, 1956.
My father loved going to church, and he was soon called as a Stake Missi o nary. He served faithfully until mothers’ poor health forced him to res ig n. He was called as Ward Clerk, and served there until th e
ward was dissolved in 1957.
This was a particularly hard calling for him, as he had only an eighth g r ade education, and writing was not his strength, but he did it.
Kennecott decided not to rent homes in Garfield, but to have the peopl e b uy their home and move it elsewhere. My parents moved their home to M agna , and my grandparents moved three homes to Magna. Their own home wa s righ t next door to my parents near 3100 south and 9050 West .
Gerald and I moved a small home next door to his parents in Granger, Uta h .
JoAnne and her husband, Leon Talbot moved their home to Magna on 8000 We s t near 3100 South, Tom and his wife, Francine Mills, rented one of Gran dp a Walkers homes in Magna.
Mothers sister, Viola Nordquist, and Uncle Frank had a brick home that c o uld not be moved, so we tore that house down, and used the brick on ou r o wn remodeled home in Granger.
Aunt Vi and her two married daughters, Jackie Peterson (Doug), and Joy c e Bartlett (Richard or Bart) bought three new homes in Magna, and Dean n a Hatch (Chick) moved to Hunter. Uncle George and Aunt Virginia move d t o Magna east of 8400 South. Garfield was no more.
Dad completely remodeled his home, and built beautiful wood cabinets f o r his home and for JoAnnes’ home.
He loved to work in his yard, and soon there were fruit trees and love l y flower gardens blooming in both of the homes, as mother and grandmoth e r worked for Western Garden Center .
Dad was called to work with the Priest quorum in Magna Ward. He loved th a t calling, and all the young men that he served. They loved him also.
He and my grandfather were called to be Home Teachers together, and we r e a blessing to all their families .
As my grandparents grew more fragile due to age, Dad would care for th e m by taking them to medical appointments or to the store, or do whatev e r was needed for their comfort.
In 1985, both grandparents were very ill, and were placed in the Benni o n Care Center near my home. Grandpa Walker died in July of 1985, and G ra ndmother followed him in January of 1986.
My parents were now free to do things they had been unable to do while c a ring for her parents.
They had a truck and camper, and loved to go camping with JoAnne and To m , and the grandchildren. Deer hunting trips were also enjoyed every Oct ob er. Dad also loved to fly fish.
He was always a very active man, and loved to do things for others. H h a d a shop in his basement where he would sharpen saws for friends, free . H e loved helping people. He took care of all of the widows nearby by t akin g them to the store, or to Doctor appointments. He cut their lawns a nd sh oveled walks in the winter.
He had always been really healthy, except for bouts of gout, mostly in h i s feet, which were very painful. He had an attack of gout in his wris t i n June o1 1986. I was working for Dr. Nelson then, and I asked him t o se e Dad.
I told him to do a physical on him as he would never see him again.
The Doctor found an abdominal aneursym which could have been life threat e ning. He had surgery soon after, and did not do well. He was in the hos pi tal for over a month. He told the surgeon that he wanted to go home t o di e. Dr. Doty let him go, thinking that was surely to be.
Mother was not going to give him up, and she fed him all his favorite th i ngs, and cared for him so well, that he had recovered strength enoug h t o continue his activities at home .
His heart was still fragile, and he had Angina pain quite often. He cou l d not have surgery again, but was placed on oxygen all the time. He ha d f our more years being at home with his beloved wife.
He passed away in his sleep on November 27, 1990, after he had told moth e r that he was ready to go home.
Dads’ birthday, January 18, 1956
Earl Giles Story
This story is written by his eldest daughter, Earline Kvist.
Earl Giles was born on January 18, 1911 in Town Creek, Elko, Nevada to J o hn Thomas Giles and Lucy Armina Wilson Giles. He was the 6th child of e ig ht.
His brothers were Frank Elwin, who died before he was two years old.
Claud, Clayton, and Perry. His sisters were Elva, Dolly and Madge.
John and Armina (Mina) began their married life in Holden, Millard, Utah.
Census records show that they moved a lot as they raised their family.
They settled in McGill, White Pine, Nevada where John found work as a te a m driver for Kennecott Copper Company. He was very good with horses.
They lived in McGill where the children could go to school.
Census records show that John and Mina moved to property just east of Mc G ill where they homesteaded what we came to call “the ranch”.
There was a two room log cabin with the outhouse up the hill. There w a s a very small bedroom off the kitchen for the parents, with a big, so f t feather mattress.
The kitchen had two cupboards and a sink with only cold water piped in f r om a well. There was a big cooking stove with a water heater on the en d o f it.
Grandma Giles would bake many loaves of bread every day, and she hand -c h urned butter which was delicious. She also made homemade pies from goos eb errys that were in her yard.
They raised pigs, chickens, ducks, sheep and had cows and horses, so t h e family could live off their own labors .
There was no electricity, and coal oil lamps were their only lights.
The children slept on day beds in the large living room off the kitchen.
The room also had a large, round table where meals were served to any a n d all family members present.
Earl would spend his summers as a teenager, tending sheep up in the moun t ains for neighboring farmers. He would take them up in early summer, a n d herd them back in the fall.
Earl was a quiet, sensitive man and he told me, his daughter, that whe n t he job was done, he would run to the ranch, and his father would se e hi m coming and they would race to each other and hug with tears in th e eye s of both father and son. The family was very close .
Earl attended school until the 8th grade, when he quit to help on the ra n ch.
He loved boxing and participated in Golden Gloves tournaments where he b e came well known as “Kid Giles”. It was a good life for him and soon h e go t a job at Kennecott and was able to buy a car.
The family loved to dance, and McGill and Ely held regular dances whic h t he family would attend. His father was very musical, and could play a lmos t any instrument, so he was always needed at the dances. His mothe r woul d stand nearby and hold his harmonica for him.
November 11, 1930, was a very special night for him. At the dance in McG i ll, there appeared a very beautiful young lady named Erma Walker.
She was only fifteen years old and he was twenty, but that night beg a n a love story that never did end. They were engaged by December 31st a n d on December 12, 1931, they were married in her Grandmothers’ home.
Life was not easy in 1931, as the Great Depression was affecting everyon e .
Earl and Erma would go up in the hills to cut and drag dead trees ou t t o be sold as firewood, to supplement the family income. They became p aren ts of a daughter in November, 1934, when I joined their young family . M y sister, JoAnne came in 1937, and our brother, Duane (Tom) Thomas Gi le s was born in 1938.
We lived in a rented home in McGill where Dad gardened, and raised chick e ns and our little dog, Teddy.
We visited at the ranch a lot, as their best friends were Dads’ brothe r s and sisters and their families. I was number five in the order of gra nd children with the eldest being, Jack Cobb, Gae Giles, Bonnie Giles, Ha rve y Cobb and then me. We drove Grandpa Giles crazy with running in on e doo r and out the other. He would holler, “Don’t slam the door.” but we , as c hildren will do, did not obey.
Our family moved to Garfield, Utah, where my mothers’ parents lived. M y f ather went to work for Kennecott Copper where he worked until he reti re d in the 1960s. He was an excellent carpenter, and all those who kne w hi m knew he was a perfectionist. He was well liked by all his co-worke rs, a nd he and mother had lots of friends .
We had a great life in Garfield as children. Our parents were the very b e st. We went to lots of ball games as Uncle George Walker was a pitche r fo r a good softball team. We also went on family picnics up the canyon s eas t of Salt Lake, or to the beach at the Great Salt Lake .
We would also visit relatives in Salt Lake, as Grandma Lucy had also mov e d in from Nevada.
Our parents had such a great love for each other, that they never call e d each other by their first names. It was always, ”Honey, Darling, Dea r , Sweetheart or some other name of endearment. They were totally devot e d to one another, and we never heard a cross word spoken from them to e ac h other. They were truly an example of true love.
The years passed, and I was married in the Salt Lake Temple to Gerald Ch r istison. My parents could not attend as they were not active in the LD S C hurch.
My mother told my father that if he did not care enough to take her to t h e Temple in this life, that she would not accept it in the next life.
He quit smoking in one day, and some of his fellow carpenters taught h i m the gospel on their lunch hours at work, and supported him as he beg a n to attend meetings in the Garfield Ward.
They were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple on June 28, 1955, and Tom was s e aled to them then. JoAnne was sealed to them in November, 1955.
I had been living in Hawaii as Gerald was in the Navy. I came home in De c ember 1955, with my new little daughter, Carey. I was sealed to my par en ts on Dads’ birthday, January 18, 1956.
My father loved going to church, and he was soon called as a Stake Missi o nary. He served faithfully until mothers’ poor health forced him to res ig n. He was called as Ward Clerk, and served there until th e
ward was dissolved in 1957.
This was a particularly hard calling for him, as he had only an eighth g r ade education, and writing was not his strength, but he did it.
Kennecott decided not to rent homes in Garfield, but to have the peopl e b uy their home and move it elsewhere. My parents moved their home to M agna , and my grandparents moved three homes to Magna. Their own home wa s righ t next door to my parents near 3100 south and 9050 West .
Gerald and I moved a small home next door to his parents in Granger, Uta h .
JoAnne and her husband, Leon Talbot moved their home to Magna on 8000 We s t near 3100 South, Tom and his wife, Francine Mills, rented one of Gran dp a Walkers homes in Magna.
Mothers sister, Viola Nordquist, and Uncle Frank had a brick home that c o uld not be moved, so we tore that house down, and used the brick on ou r o wn remodeled home in Granger.
Aunt Vi and her two married daughters, Jackie Peterson (Doug), and Joy c e Bartlett (Richard or Bart) bought three new homes in Magna, and Dean n a Hatch (Chick) moved to Hunter. Uncle George and Aunt Virginia move d t o Magna east of 8400 South. Garfield was no more.
Dad completely remodeled his home, and built beautiful wood cabinets f o r his home and for JoAnnes’ home.
He loved to work in his yard, and soon there were fruit trees and love l y flower gardens blooming in both of the homes, as mother and grandmoth e r worked for Western Garden Center .
Dad was called to work with the Priest quorum in Magna Ward. He loved th a t calling, and all the young men that he served. They loved him also.
He and my grandfather were called to be Home Teachers together, and we r e a blessing to all their families .
As my grandparents grew more fragile due to age, Dad would care for th e m by taking them to medical appointments or to the store, or do whatev e r was needed for their comfort.
In 1985, both grandparents were very ill, and were placed in the Benni o n Care Center near my home. Grandpa Walker died in July of 1985, and G ra ndmother followed him in January of 1986.
My parents were now free to do things they had been unable to do while c a ring for her parents.
They had a truck and camper, and loved to go camping with JoAnne and To m , and the grandchildren. Deer hunting trips were also enjoyed every Oct ob er. Dad also loved to fly fish.
He was always a very active man, and loved to do things for others. H h a d a shop in his basement where he would sharpen saws for friends, free . H e loved helping people. He took care of all of the widows nearby by t akin g them to the store, or to Doctor appointments. He cut their lawns a nd sh oveled walks in the winter.
He had always been really healthy, except for bouts of gout, mostly in h i s feet, which were very painful. He had an attack of gout in his wris t i n June o1 1986. I was working for Dr. Nelson then, and I asked him t o se e Dad.
I told him to do a physical on him as he would never see him again.
The Doctor found an abdominal aneursym which could have been life threat e ning. He had surgery soon after, and did not do well. He was in the hos pi tal for over a month. He told the surgeon that he wanted to go home t o di e. Dr. Doty let him go, thinking that was surely to be.
Mother was not going to give him up, and she fed him all his favorite th i ngs, and cared for him so well, that he had recovered strength enoug h t o continue his activities at home .
His heart was still fragile, and he had Angina pain quite often. He cou l d not have surgery again, but was placed on oxygen all the time. He ha d f our more years being at home with his beloved wife.
He passed away in his sleep on November 27, 1990, after he had told moth e r that he was ready to go home.
Dads’ birthday, January 18, 1956
Earl Giles Story
This story is written by his eldest daughter, Earline Kvist.
Earl Giles was born on January 18, 1911 in Town Creek, Elko, Nevada to J o hn Thomas Giles and Lucy Armina Wilson Giles. He was the 6th child of e ig ht.
His brothers were Frank Elwin, who died before he was two years old.
Claud, Clayton, and Perry. His sisters were Elva, Dolly and Madge.
John and Armina (Mina) began their married life in Holden, Millard, Utah.
Census records show that they moved a lot as they raised their family.
They settled in McGill, White Pine, Nevada where John found work as a te a m driver for Kennecott Copper Company. He was very good with horses.
They lived in McGill where the children could go to school.
Census records show that John and Mina moved to property just east of Mc G ill where they homesteaded what we came to call “the ranch”.
There was a two room log cabin with the outhouse up the hill. There w a s a very small bedroom off the kitchen for the parents, with a big, so f t feather mattress.
The kitchen had two cupboards and a sink with only cold water piped in f r om a well. There was a big cooking stove with a water heater on the en d o f it.
Grandma Giles would bake many loaves of bread every day, and she hand -c h urned butter which was delicious. She also made homemade pies from goos eb errys that were in her yard.
They raised pigs, chickens, ducks, sheep and had cows and horses, so t h e family could live off their own labors .
There was no electricity, and coal oil lamps were their only lights.
The children slept on day beds in the large living room off the kitchen.
The room also had a large, round table where meals were served to any a n d all family members present.
Earl would spend his summers as a teenager, tending sheep up in the moun t ains for neighboring farmers. He would take them up in early summer, a n d herd them back in the fall.
Earl was a quiet, sensitive man and he told me, his daughter, that whe n t he job was done, he would run to the ranch, and his father would se e hi m coming and they would race to each other and hug with tears in th e eye s of both father and son. The family was very close .
Earl attended school until the 8th grade, when he quit to help on the ra n ch.
He loved boxing and participated in Golden Gloves tournaments where he b e came well known as “Kid Giles”. It was a good life for him and soon h e go t a job at Kennecott and was able to buy a car.
The family loved to dance, and McGill and Ely held regular dances whic h t he family would attend. His father was very musical, and could play a lmos t any instrument, so he was always needed at the dances. His mothe r woul d stand nearby and hold his harmonica for him.
November 11, 1930, was a very special night for him. At the dance in McG i ll, there appeared a very beautiful young lady named Erma Walker.
She was only fifteen years old and he was twenty, but that night beg a n a love story that never did end. They were engaged by December 31st a n d on December 12, 1931, they were married in her Grandmothers’ home.
Life was not easy in 1931, as the Great Depression was affecting everyon e .
Earl and Erma would go up in the hills to cut and drag dead trees ou t t o be sold as firewood, to supplement the family income. They became p aren ts of a daughter in November, 1934, when I joined their young family . M y sister, JoAnne came in 1937, and our brother, Duane (Tom) Thomas Gi le s was born in 1938.
We lived in a rented home in McGill where Dad gardened, and raised chick e ns and our little dog, Teddy.
We visited at the ranch a lot, as their best friends were Dads’ brothe r s and sisters and their families. I was number five in the order of gra nd children with the eldest being, Jack Cobb, Gae Giles, Bonnie Giles, Ha rve y Cobb and then me. We drove Grandpa Giles crazy with running in on e doo r and out the other. He would holler, “Don’t slam the door.” but we , as c hildren will do, did not obey.
Our family moved to Garfield, Utah, where my mothers’ parents lived. M y f ather went to work for Kennecott Copper where he worked until he reti re d in the 1960s. He was an excellent carpenter, and all those who kne w hi m knew he was a perfectionist. He was well liked by all his co-worke rs, a nd he and mother had lots of friends .
We had a great life in Garfield as children. Our parents were the very b e st. We went to lots of ball games as Uncle George Walker was a pitche r fo r a good softball team. We also went on family picnics up the canyon s eas t of Salt Lake, or to the beach at the Great Salt Lake .
We would also visit relatives in Salt Lake, as Grandma Lucy had also mov e d in from Nevada.
Our parents had such a great love for each other, that they never call e d each other by their first names. It was always, ”Honey, Darling, Dea r , Sweetheart or some other name of endearment. They were totally devot e d to one another, and we never heard a cross word spoken from them to e ac h other. They were truly an example of true love.
The years passed, and I was married in the Salt Lake Temple to Gerald Ch r istison. My parents could not attend as they were not active in the LD S C hurch.
My mother told my father that if he did not care enough to take her to t h e Temple in this life, that she would not accept it in the next life.
He quit smoking in one day, and some of his fellow carpenters taught h i m the gospel on their lunch hours at work, and supported him as he beg a n to attend meetings in the Garfield Ward.
They were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple on June 28, 1955, and Tom was s e aled to them then. JoAnne was sealed to them in November, 1955.
I had been living in Hawaii as Gerald was in the Navy. I came home in De c ember 1955, with my new little daughter, Carey. I was sealed to my par en ts on Dads’ birthday, January 18, 1956.
My father loved going to church, and he was soon called as a Stake Missi o nary. He served faithfully until mothers’ poor health forced him to res ig n. He was called as Ward Clerk, and served there until th e
ward was dissolved in 1957.
This was a particularly hard calling for him, as he had only an eighth g r ade education, and writing was not his strength, but he did it.
Kennecott decided not to rent homes in Garfield, but to have the peopl e b uy their home and move it elsewhere. My parents moved their home to M agna , and my grandparents moved three homes to Magna. Their own home wa s righ t next door to my parents near 3100 south and 9050 West .
Gerald and I moved a small home next door to his parents in Granger, Uta h .
JoAnne and her husband, Leon Talbot moved their home to Magna on 8000 We s t near 3100 South, Tom and his wife, Francine Mills, rented one of Gran dp a Walkers homes in Magna.
Mothers sister, Viola Nordquist, and Uncle Frank had a brick home that c o uld not be moved, so we tore that house down, and used the brick on ou r o wn remodeled home in Granger.
Aunt Vi and her two married daughters, Jackie Peterson (Doug), and Joy c e Bartlett (Richard or Bart) bought three new homes in Magna, and Dean n a Hatch (Chick) moved to Hunter. Uncle George and Aunt Virginia move d t o Magna east of 8400 South. Garfield was no more.
Dad completely remodeled his home, and built beautiful wood cabinets f o r his home and for JoAnnes’ home.
He loved to work in his yard, and soon there were fruit trees and love l y flower gardens blooming in both of the homes, as mother and grandmoth e r worked for Western Garden Center .
Dad was called to work with the Priest quorum in Magna Ward. He loved th a t calling, and all the young men that he served. They loved him also.
He and my grandfather were called to be Home Teachers together, and we r e a blessing to all their families .
As my grandparents grew more fragile due to age, Dad would care for th e m by taking them to medical appointments or to the store, or do whatev e r was needed for their comfort.
In 1985, both grandparents were very ill, and were placed in the Benni o n Care Center near my home. Grandpa Walker died in July of 1985, and G ra ndmother followed him in January of 1986.
My parents were now free to do things they had been unable to do while c a ring for her parents.
They had a truck and camper, and loved to go camping with JoAnne and To m , and the grandchildren. Deer hunting trips were also enjoyed every Oct ob er. Dad also loved to fly fish.
He was always a very active man, and loved to do things for others. H h a d a shop in his basement where he would sharpen saws for friends, free . H e loved helping people. He took care of all of the widows nearby by t akin g them to the store, or to Doctor appointments. He cut their lawns a nd sh oveled walks in the winter.
He had always been really healthy, except for bouts of gout, mostly in h i s feet, which were very painful. He had an attack of gout in his wris t i n June o1 1986. I was working for Dr. Nelson then, and I asked him t o se e Dad.
I told him to do a physical on him as he would never see him again.
The Doctor found an abdominal aneursym which could have been life threat e ning. He had surgery soon after, and did not do well. He was in the hos pi tal for over a month. He told the surgeon that he wanted to go home t o di e. Dr. Doty let him go, thinking that was surely to be.
Mother was not going to give him up, and she fed him all his favorite th i ngs, and cared for him so well, that he had recovered strength enoug h t o continue his activities at home .
His heart was still fragile, and he had Angina pain quite often. He cou l d not have surgery again, but was placed on oxygen all the time. He ha d f our more years being at home with his beloved wife.
He passed away in his sleep on November 27, 1990, after he had told moth e r that he was ready to go home.
Dads’ birthday, January 18, 1956
Earl Giles Story
This story is written by his eldest daughter, Earline Kvist.
Earl Giles was born on January 18, 1911 in Town Creek, Elko, Nevada to J o hn Thomas Giles and Lucy Armina Wilson Giles. He was the 6th child of e ig ht.
His brothers were Frank Elwin, who died before he was two years old.
Claud, Clayton, and Perry. His sisters were Elva, Dolly and Madge.
John and Armina (Mina) began their married life in Holden, Millard, Utah.
Census records show that they moved a lot as they raised their family.
They settled in McGill, White Pine, Nevada where John found work as a te a m driver for Kennecott Copper Company. He was very good with horses.
They lived in McGill where the children could go to school.
Census records show that John and Mina moved to property just east of Mc G ill where they homesteaded what we came to call “the ranch”.
There was a two room log cabin with the outhouse up the hill. There w a s a very small bedroom off the kitchen for the parents, with a big, so f t feather mattress.
The kitchen had two cupboards and a sink with only cold water piped in f r om a well. There was a big cooking stove with a water heater on the en d o f it.
Grandma Giles would bake many loaves of bread every day, and she hand -c h urned butter which was delicious. She also made homemade pies from goos eb errys that were in her yard.
They raised pigs, chickens, ducks, sheep and had cows and horses, so t h e family could live off their own labors .
There was no electricity, and coal oil lamps were their only lights.
The children slept on day beds in the large living room off the kitchen.
The room also had a large, round table where meals were served to any a n d all family members present.
Earl would spend his summers as a teenager, tending sheep up in the moun t ains for neighboring farmers. He would take them up in early summer, a n d herd them back in the fall.
Earl was a quiet, sensitive man and he told me, his daughter, that whe n t he job was done, he would run to the ranch, and his father would se e hi m coming and they would race to each other and hug with tears in th e eye s of both father and son. The family was very close .
Earl attended school until the 8th grade, when he quit to help on the ra n ch.
He loved boxing and participated in Golden Gloves tournaments where he b e came well known as “Kid Giles”. It was a good life for him and soon h e go t a job at Kennecott and was able to buy a car.
The family loved to dance, and McGill and Ely held regular dances whic h t he family would attend. His father was very musical, and could play a lmos t any instrument, so he was always needed at the dances. His mothe r woul d stand nearby and hold his harmonica for him.
November 11, 1930, was a very special night for him. At the dance in McG i ll, there appeared a very beautiful young lady named Erma Walker.
She was only fifteen years old and he was twenty, but that night beg a n a love story that never did end. They were engaged by December 31st a n d on December 12, 1931, they were married in her Grandmothers’ home.
Life was not easy in 1931, as the Great Depression was affecting everyon e .
Earl and Erma would go up in the hills to cut and drag dead trees ou t t o be sold as firewood, to supplement the family income. They became p aren ts of a daughter in November, 1934, when I joined their young family . M y sister, JoAnne came in 1937, and our brother, Duane (Tom) Thomas Gi le s was born in 1938.
We lived in a rented home in McGill where Dad gardened, and raised chick e ns and our little dog, Teddy.
We visited at the ranch a lot, as their best friends were Dads’ brothe r s and sisters and their families. I was number five in the order of gra nd children with the eldest being, Jack Cobb, Gae Giles, Bonnie Giles, Ha rve y Cobb and then me. We drove Grandpa Giles crazy with running in on e doo r and out the other. He would holler, “Don’t slam the door.” but we , as c hildren will do, did not obey.
Our family moved to Garfield, Utah, where my mothers’ parents lived. M y f ather went to work for Kennecott Copper where he worked until he reti re d in the 1960s. He was an excellent carpenter, and all those who kne w hi m knew he was a perfectionist. He was well liked by all his co-worke rs, a nd he and mother had lots of friends .
We had a great life in Garfield as children. Our parents were the very b e st. We went to lots of ball games as Uncle George Walker was a pitche r fo r a good softball team. We also went on family picnics up the canyon s eas t of Salt Lake, or to the beach at the Great Salt Lake .
We would also visit relatives in Salt Lake, as Grandma Lucy had also mov e d in from Nevada.
Our parents had such a great love for each other, that they never call e d each other by their first names. It was always, ”Honey, Darling, Dea r , Sweetheart or some other name of endearment. They were totally devot e d to one another, and we never heard a cross word spoken from them to e ac h other. They were truly an example of true love.
The years passed, and I was married in the Salt Lake Temple to Gerald Ch r istison. My parents could not attend as they were not active in the LD S C hurch.
My mother told my father that if he did not care enough to take her to t h e Temple in this life, that she would not accept it in the next life.
He quit smoking in one day, and some of his fellow carpenters taught h i m the gospel on their lunch hours at work, and supported him as he beg a n to attend meetings in the Garfield Ward.
They were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple on June 28, 1955, and Tom was s e aled to them then. JoAnne was sealed to them in November, 1955.
I had been living in Hawaii as Gerald was in the Navy. I came home in De c ember 1955, with my new little daughter, Carey. I was sealed to my par en ts on Dads’ birthday, January 18, 1956.
My father loved going to church, and he was soon called as a Stake Missi o nary. He served faithfully until mothers’ poor health forced him to res ig n. He was called as Ward Clerk, and served there until th e
ward was dissolved in 1957.
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