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| Name |
Thelma Eva Lund |
| Nickname |
Temmie |
| Birth |
31 Jul 1908 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Death |
23 Jul 1981 |
Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
12 Nov 1997 |
OGDEN |
| FamilySearch ID |
KWZ6-XWF |
| Burial |
Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States |
| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I5012 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
Djalmar Emanuel Lund, b. 4 May 1882, Søllested, Lolland, Sjælland, Kongeriget Danmark d. 11 Jul 1966, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 84 years) |
| Mother |
Ågot Marie Rytterager, b. 11 Jan 1884, Kristiania, Oslo, Kongeriket Norge d. 9 Sep 1966, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 82 years) |
| Marriage |
27 May 1903 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Family ID |
F3105 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Ira Raymond Griffith, b. 4 Apr 1898, Wisconsin, United States d. 23 Apr 1977, Yolo, California, United States (Age 79 years) |
| Marriage |
24 Sep 1949 |
| Notes |
- Marriage: California, Marriage Index, 1949-1959
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| Family ID |
F3196 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
21 Apr 2024 |
| Family 2 |
George Marcellus Pixton, b. 18 Aug 1901, Taylorsville, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 21 Nov 1944, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 43 years) |
| Marriage |
20 Sep 1940 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Family ID |
F3198 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
21 Apr 2024 |
| Family 3 |
John Gray Whyte, b. 10 Sep 1907, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States d. 16 Nov 1955, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States (Age 48 years) |
| Marriage |
23 Jan 1937 |
| Divorce |
Yes, date unknown |
| Family ID |
F3490 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
21 Apr 2024 |
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 | Birth - 31 Jul 1908 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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| Marriage - 20 Sep 1940 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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 | Death - 23 Jul 1981 - Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 12 Nov 1997 - OGDEN |
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| Burial - - Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States |
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| Notes |
- Death: California, Death Index, 1940-1997
Temmie was born on the 31st of July 1908, the 2nd girl and child of Djal m ar Emanuel Lund and Aagot Marie Randby at 677 West Capitol Street, Sal t L ake City, Utah. Temmie was a very active, happy child; a tom-boy fro m th e start, loving to play with the boys, “Kick the Can,” “Run Sheepy R un, ” baseball, hopping on the ice wagon, always tearing her clothes an d shoe s, being a constant consternation to her parents. Mother would say , “ No w Thelma needs new shoes!” Father complained about buying her ne w shoes s o often. Temmie claimed the bushes reached out and tore her clo thes. Sh e was King of Bunker Hill and mother’s company fruit, potatoes , onions, a nd carrots were always missing from the larder so Temmie coul d feed her t ribe up in the cave of the hills. Ropes were tied from sit e to another s o the cave dwellers could take a ride. She loved basebal l and would gathe r all the kids in the neighborhood together in an empt y lot that used t o be an orchard. They would play for hours, screaming a nd whooping it up . Her zest for living continued throughout her life. Sh e was the type o f spirit that was undaunted, and once known was never fo rgotten. She ha d friends galore, loving and interested in everyone she m et. She needed t o be needed, knew no strangers, was always ready to do a nything for anyon e.
Temmie didn’t like to help with the chores. The call of the wild was i n h er blood. She cussed as she did her scrubbing job, threw the bread do ug h up to the ceiling when she was on kitchen detail and usually manage d t o prop up a book and read as she did her task. She had her brothers a nd s isters under her thumb. On Pay Day it was Temmie who divided the can dy th at was a bonus for paying the monthly food bill. She always ate th e extra s so the candy could be divided evenly. At one time she pulled al l of th e teeth out of the glass dolls’ mouths that her younger sisters h ad gotte n for Christmas. She had ordered a sled for Christmas and took i t to be d with her. Many a spanking awaited Temmie after her escapades wh en her m other and father couldn’t locate her in her familiar haunts. Onc e they fo und her at Warm Springs floating on an old man’s stomach. She w ised up ev entually as she got older and put a board in her pants to soft en the blo w when she had her almost daily spanking. When mother and fath er left fo r the evening, many a batch of taffy or fudge were instigate d by Temmie.
Temmie was baptized 2 September 1916. She attended church but her though t s were not on the lessons, but on the good looking boys in her class. W he n Temmie became of Mutual age, she held a position of drama director a n d put on many zesty Road Shows and managed to include her sisters in t h e cast. At one time she was in charge of the ward dances and before th e e vent would go to the neighboring stores and beg prizes off of the loc al m erchants.
She always owned some kind of wheels – a Franklin Touring car, “Puddle-J u mper” (a coup) or Model T Ford – and always had a car load of friends . He r best friends throughout the years were Alma Reed, Alice Kidd, an d many , many boys. Her last year of high school at West High she got a j ob on w eekends at the Mary Elizabeth Dress Shop as a sales clerk and del ighted h er sisters with some fur-trimmed coats for Christmas. Then she w orked a s ZCMI selling magazines and ready-to-wear. In 1929 she left hom e and mov ed up into Emigration Canyon where she purchased a cabin. Her e she coul d give vent to her yearnings for the outdoors. She got a job b luffing he r way as an experienced stenographer for Felt Radio Parts an d then worke d for Felt Auto Parts for 21 years. Father gave her tips o n how to us e a comptometer, transcript, typewriter and shorthand.
She married George Pixton on the 20th of September 1940, the culminati o n of a long courtship over the years. George wanted Temmie to quit work in g so she worked part time in a drug store until his death from leukemi a i n 1944 when she moved to Ogden to live with her sister Vonnie for nin e mo nths. When Vonnie moved to Sacramento, Temmie joined her. She starte d wor king in Jackson as an accountant for nine months after which she wo rked f or George Gibson and Watts. She later worked as an accountant fo r some do ctors and then became self-employed, keeping the books and doin g income t ax returns in her home.
Temmie met Ira Raymond Griffith at a social club called 30-60 of whic h h e was president. He was a good match for Temmie, loving parties and p eopl e and having a rare sense of humor. Later, Ira became the presiden t o f a square dancing club and they enjoyed socials with their friends w hil e he was president for two two-year terms. Temmie delighted in the pr ogra ms they had to plan once a year for the square dancing club. She wa s a na tural performer and at one time was told she sang as well as Kat e Smith . One act they prepared was to have a hearse (which their friend s owned ) and the ushering in of the casket with a corpse into the hall . Anothe r act was a hillbilly act with Ira as a woman with curls, hat wi th flower s, wearing a shawl and beads. Friend, Al Gunderson, was the man . Anothe r time Temmie played the part of Annie Oakley wearing braids an d all of t he regalia. The men put on an act dancing as can-can girls wea ring knit s hirts, pom poms on their ankles, wearing paper flowers on the ir wig tress es. At the end of the act they flipped their skirts up to di splay “The En d” on their posteriors. Once the men dressed as Southern be lles with bonn ets covered with flowers and with balloons under their t-s hirts that wer e popped at the end of the act. Temmie did such a grand jo b of playing An nie Oakley that word got around and she was asked to perf orm at a Jr. Col lege. She sang “My Bill” and slung her guns into her hol sters like a pro . Vonnie helped engineer and sew many of the costumes an d props for thes e acts.
Temmie enjoyed knitting and knit enough sweaters to supply the whole fam i ly. Temmie did beautiful crewel work which was displayed in many room s o f her home. She enjoyed making Christmas balls – so elegant that he r tre e decorations became famous and she was featured in a local newspap er. Sh e loved to entertain and 150 people was not an uncommon number t o grace h er home with barbecues and open houses.
Temmie traveled with her sister Vonnie to England, Denmark, Norway, Wash i ngton D.C., New York City, Hawaii, New Orleans, Canada, Caribbean and C at alina, Amish country, Chicago, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Massachuse tts , Mexico, Acapulco and New Mexico.
Temmie passed away on July 23, 1981. The memories of her will alway s b e sweet. She was endeared by so many for her fun-loving personality a nd h er generous nature. She always wanted a whole baseball team of child ren a nd ended up with a baseball league because she was like a mother t o all o f her sisters’ children. Aunt Temmie was like Santa Claus – a jol ly goo d person to all. Her memory will always be treasured.
By Constance Lund Neel
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