PFC LAWRENCE ERICK LARSEN BURIAL - 3 June 1921

A FALLEN FRIEND AND FELLOW SOLDIER IS BROUGHT HOME FROM FRANCE'S BATTLEFIELD AND HONORED BY HIS HOME TOWN RETURNED VETERAN OF WORLD WAR I.



Lawrence Erick Larsen was born in Fairview to Niels Lewis Larsen and Mary Elenore Vance Larsen October 30, 1894.  His father was killed 12 February 1896 and his mother raised him and his brother Franklin.  She was a widowed mother.  Lawrence married Ellen B. Budvarson in Salt Lake Temple on 20 February 1918.  He was inducted into the Army in May and sent to Fort Lewis, Washington Training in July.  He was sent to France with the 91st Division.  The 91st went into battle at St. Mihiel for the Meuse-Argonne Sector, September 26-27.  Lawrence was wounded and died October 6, 1918 in a field hospital leaving his bride who was expecting in December and his widowed mother.  He was buried in France in a military cemetary until 1921 when he was brought home to Fairview.  His son Lawrence Erick Jr. was born December 22nd, six days after Ellen was told of her husband's death in France.



The picture above shows from Left to Right:  Ray Tanner, Military Escort, Levern Jensen, Harold Mower, Henry Rasmussen, Otto Clark, Floyd Young, Tilman Graham, Franicello Stewart, ??, Hilden Peterson,

Frank H. Larsen, Ivan Sanderson, Myron Stewart, Ladies: Mrs. Clark, ??, ??, Mary James, Coquella Jones, Gladys Graham.

The picture above shows L to R: Aaron Cheney, Bugler, Myron Stewart, Tilman Graham, ??, Ray Tanner, Military Escort, Levern Jensen, Harold Mower, Otto Clark, Frank H. Larsen, Francello Stewart, Henry Rasmussen, Ivan Sanderson, Hilden Peterson.



In the car and back row are Belle Swenson, Franklin Larsen, Geneve Swenson, John

Vance, Mrs. Clark, Coquella Jones, Teola Wheeler, Mary James, Gladys Graham, ??, Ione Osborne.



foregound: Lawrence Erick Larsen, Jr.                                      3 June 1921



The above taken from Alice Hafen's Memorabilia

Unknown Men in Wagon

Carrie and Friends

Margaret Peel Graduating From the University of Utah

Unknown Lady & Hat

From Alice Hafen's Photo Collection

Folkman

He was the Father of Christianne Folkman Peel

On the reverse side it simply says "Folkman".  

taken from Alice Hafen's Photos from the Past

MY ONLY WISH WAS A WASHER

Back in 1935, I was a young homemaker with a husband and no washing machine. We had been married a year and expecting our first child, and I had done the weekly washing with a number 3 tub between two chairs and a scrub board.



Bending over that tub made me feel like a pioneer. I couldn’t help dreaming how wonderful life would be with my very own washing machine.



Washers were readily available of course, but like most newlyweds, we were long on love and dreams and short on cash. So for us, a new washer seemed to be impossible for we wouldn’t go in debt.



Then one day Neil came home from work all excited and said the bank had paid a dividend on his money. He had a little there when the banks closed with the big depression.



So we sent through the service station for a new washer. My how the time dragged on till it arrived. I was overjoyed when it finally came. Thanking my Heavenly Father and crying tears of joy over a simple wringer washing machine. Something I had wanted and needed for a whole, so long year.



Of course the next day was wash day and I’ve never spent a happier day working in my household in all the years since. Every washable item in the house was thrown in that beautiful green Empress. I washed all day.



Neil had Ferry Peterson build a stand to hold the rinse tub and a boiler to heat the water on the stove. As I hung each piece of clothing on the line I was filled with pride and gratitude. No more pioneering for me.



Today a young housewife might think it strange that something as common as a washer could have brought me so much joy. But she’d understand in a hurry if she ever tried doing a week’s washing in a No, 3 tub between two chairs and a scrubbing board; heating all the water to go in the tub on a coal stove. My, I’m so blessed with a wonderful automatic washer 64 years later.



Alice Peel Hafen

Alice Peel and Louise Matson

North Sanpete Stake Singing Mothers

What a group of beautiful women this was.  There are too many names to mention.  I see both my own mother, Helen Rigby and my mother-in-law, Alice Hafen in this group.  The director in the dark dress is Ethel Ericksen. With the flowers in the front and the flag, I would guess this was some kind of celebration.  The location is definitely the South Ward Church.

HOME (an essay written by Maggie Ericksen May 10, 1897

There is a magic in the little word "home".  It is a mystic circle that surrounds comforts and virtues; never known beyond its hallowed limits.


The home is a place that should be cherished by all.  Mother, Home, Heaven are the most beautiful words in the English language, and truly, I think they may well be called so.  What word strikes so forcibly upon the heart as "Mother", coming from the lips of dear children.  It has a peculiar charm for in her, they look for that protection which no other can give.  A mother is the truest friend we have when trials overtake us.  She is ever ready to shield and protect us;  and we cling to her and by her kind precepts and council.  The clouds of darkness disappear and cause joy and peace to return to our hearts. 



Mother is indeed a sweet name, and her station is indeed a holy one; for in her hands are placed minds to be moulded, almost at her will.  And if taught aright will shine with dazzling splendor in the world to come.



Home is the dearest spot on earth.  How often we hear people talk of the happy days spent in their childhoods happy home, beneath the parental roof, when their young and happy hearts were light and free.  What a blessing it is, when weary with care, and burdened with sorrow, to have a home to which we can go and there in the midst of friends we love, forget our troubles and dwell in peace and quietness.



Heaven is the home that awaits us beyond the grave.  There, the friendships formed on earth shall never more be broken.  Parted friends and dear ones shall meet again, never more to be separated.  There, we shall have an eternal home and never more be parted.

Maggie Ericksen Peel, her husband Azel and her four girls

L to R: Alice Peel Hafen, Maggie Ericksen Peel, Azel Peel, Margaret Peel Childs, Lois Peel, Smith and Barbara Peel Tuttle

Will Morrison's Home in Monroe, Utah

Alice Hafen's Pictures From the Past

NORTH WARD CHURCH

This is the best picture we have found of the North Ward Church;

found amongst Alice Hafen's Photo Collection

Virginia Nelson

Not sure who Virginia Nelson belonged to.  Photo found in Alice's collection along with Margaret Peel's photos. 

Postcards From the Past

From Alice Hafen's Collection