Traces of Time . . . May 27-June 2, 2024

 Traces of Time . . . . 

 {Last week: Scroll to end and click "Older Posts" at bottom right.}               Dedicated to our seven children--Janie, Gary, Steve, David, Julie, Brian, Jen, their spouses, our 39 grandchildren, 9 spouses married to our grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren. 

So our posterity now numbers 68.

THIS WEEK

MAY 27-JUNE 2, 2024

MONDAY,  MAY 27, 2024

Family is Everything... 

                       Sunrise:  : a.m.

                  Sunset

      ...this Monday

Last week to compare to...

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Memorial Day

 Julie and I drove to Rexburg

for Parker's Mom's

Viewing and Funeral

 

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TUESDAY,  MAY 28, 2024    

 Family is Everything... 

Parker's Mom --

Marilyn Anderson | 1968 - 2024 | Obituary

February 25, 1968 - May 19, 2024 - Marilyn Nebeker Anderson, passed away from a short, but hard battle with cancer on May 19th, 2024 at the age of 56 surrounded by her family.                                 She was born February 25th, 1968 in Twin Falls, Idaho to Gary and Linda Nebeker. She was the third of six  children. She attended Murtaugh schools and graduated in 1986. Marilyn loved growing up on the farm in Murtaugh and going to the “Bit of Heaven” family cabin in the South Hills. She continued her education at Ricks College and Boise State University. While at Boise State she started dating Leon Anderson. It didn’t take long for these two to fall in love. She married Leon Anderson in the Logan Utah temple on February 15th 1991. Their marriage and love for each other has been highly admirable.

A couple of weeks before their first anniversary they welcomed their first boy Parker into their family. Three years later they had twin boys, Logan and Alan, and three years later they had Zachary.  Marilyn was the best boy mom. Together they taught their boys to be tough guys with the biggest hearts. She was her boys biggest fan at their football, basketball and baseball games.

Marilyn loved her daughter in laws Katie, Abby, Jodi and Kiernan. Marilyn was a fun and engaged grandma and cherished her six grandchildren Taitum, Diesel, Scottie, Cosette, Trey and Skye. Leon and Marilyn also enjoyed their time as empty nesters and going on adventurous rides together in their Honda Talon UTV.  She was a daredevil while driving it and handled it like a pro.

Later in life while raising her family, she finished her Bachelors degree and Medical Assistant certificate at BYU-Idaho. She loved her job working at the Madisonhealth Surgery Center and  Rexburg Surgery with Doctors Dwayne Hansen and Max Hansen’s office. She is known as the good IV lady with the cool hair.

Marilyn had an unwavering testimony of her Heavenly Father and Savior Jesus Christ. She was a spiritual giant with a wild side. You could ask Marilyn for advice and know she would be honest with you. Marilyn served as the President of the Madison Athletic Club while her boys participated in high school sports. To honor her, the MAC has recently changed the name of their scholarships awarded to students to the “Madison Athletic Club Marilyn Anderson Memorial Scholarship”.

Marilyn will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved her on this earth but we know was welcomed by loving family on the other side upon her passing.

A special thanks to those healthcare professionals at Rexburg Surgery, Madison Health Cancer Center, EIRMC, Idaho Cancer Center at EIRMC, Intermountain Anesthesia at EIRMC and Aspen Home Health and Hospice who provided Marilyn with loving, compassionate and expert treatment.

A viewing will be Monday, May 27th from 5:00-8:00pm at the Henry’s Fork Stake Center
Funeral services will be on Tuesday, May 28th at 11:00 am preceded by a viewing from 9:30-10:45 am. Henry’s Fork Stake Center 1508 West 3000 North Rexburg Idaho. Graveside service will be at Burton Cemetery.

  Funeral for

Marilyn Nebeker Anderson

Funeral for Marilyn 

Funeral for Marilyn

Funeral for Marilyn

Janie talks with Natalie

Funeral for Marilyn

Aimee, Ashley, Katie

Funeral for Marilyn

Katie with Leon,

Parker's Dad

Funeral for Marilyn

Katie with Grama Petersen

Funeral for Marilyn

Janie, Eileen, Katie,

Scottie Marie

Funeral for Marilyn

Janie, Eileen, Julie

Funeral for Marilyn

Funeral for Marilyn

Parker & Katie,

Taitum, Diesel,

Scottie Marie

 Left Rexburg at 1:00

Home to Rexburg at 5:40...

no stops along the way.

WEDNESDAY,  MAY 29, 2024

               Family is Everything...

Happy Graduation Day...

Samuel Black Petersen

Corner Canyon High School

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Lunch Bunch was at 

 Sabaidee Thai Restaurant

in Lehi

Lunch Bunch - Sabaidee Thai Restaurant

Lunch Bunch - Sabaidee Thai Restaurant

Lunch Bunch - Sabaidee Thai Restaurant

Lunch Bunch - Sabaidee Thai Restaurant

Lunch Bunch - Sabaidee Thai Restaurant

Lunch Bunch - Sabaidee Thai Restaurant

11 could come...

Clockwise from bottom left:

Eileen, Linda H, Nadine, 

Jennie, Annette,

Jeanie, MaryAnn, SuzAnne, 

Carol, Sharon, Sue

Lunch Bunch - Sabaidee Thai Restaurant

11 could come...

Clockwise from bottom left: 

Annette, MaryAnn, SuzAnne, 

Carol, Sharon, Sue,

Eileen, Linda H, Nadine,

Jennie, Jeanie.

 Jennie, Jeanie

 Jennie, MaryAnn

Jeanie, Sue, Linda H, Eileen, Jennie

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Had some surprise, very welcome

overnight guests...

Katie & Parker's flight

got cancelled an hour

before they got to the

Salt Lake Airport.

Parker's Dad, Leon, was

driving them from Rexburg

for their flight to

Dallas, Texas.

 Here's their photo from

yesterday with their

sweet little family--

Taitum, Diesel, and

Scottie Marie--at

the funeral of

Parker's Mom, Marilyn. 

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Movie Night with Gary 

"Coco"

from 2017

When we were putting flowers

on the graves in Wendell

last Saturday, Gary asked if

we thought the 

spirits got to come

visit their graves.

Janie told him he 

should see "Coco."

So we did.

Coco
Theatrical release poster
Country	United States
Language	English[4]
Budget	$175–225 million[5][6]
Box office	$814.3 million[7]

Walt always said the Spirit World is right here on this Earth all around us, as is backed up by the Prophets.

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THURSDAY, MAY 30, 2024

               Family is Everything…

 Today 

· Bruce Beck posted on face book

Kelly Stegall Tannery

there are signs all around us most people just choose to not pay attention, you better start noticing the little things because soon the little signs turn into big signs and by then it’s all done with..

Has anyone noticed that on quarters the head usually faces towards IN GOD WE TRUST and on the new 2022 quarters he turns his back to IN GOD WE TRUST!

We need every head on everything to be turned towards God, now more than ever!

Susan Toner

Amazing! Thank You!

FRIDAY,  MAY 31, 2024               

Family is Everything…

100 days till

President Nelson turns 100.

His message today...

 

SATURDAY,  JUNE 1, 2024

Family is Everything...

Gary and Isaac here...

to take me to brunch...

...for celebrating Isaac's...

...graduation 

In 100 days, President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will celebrate his 100th birthday on Sept. 9 — and he is inviting Latter-day Saints worldwide to participate.

“I am soon approaching my 100th birthday,” President Nelson wrote in a social media post on Saturday, June 1. “One of the places where the Savior used the number 100 in the scriptures was the parable of the lost sheep. Though 99 of his flock were safely by his side, the shepherd went in search of the one who was lost.

President Russell M. Nelson speaks during a worldwide Relief Society devotional on March 17, 2024. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

“At age 99, I have no need of physical gifts,” he continued. “But one spiritual offering that would brighten my life is for each of us to reach out to ‘the one’ in our lives who may be feeling lost or alone.”

What could this spiritual offering look like? President Nelson invited all to prayerfully consider a few questions over the coming months:

• “Who do you know who may be discouraged?”
• “Who might you need to reconcile with or ask for forgiveness?”
• “Has one name been on your mind lately, though you haven’t quite known why?”

As these questions are brought to the Lord, “He will inspire you to know how to reach out and lift one who needs help,” President Nelson wrote.

“What a beautiful example the Savior has shown us — that through each of us ministering to just one within our reach, we can spread the love of Jesus Christ throughout the world,” he concluded his social media post, using the hashtag #99plus1.

President Nelson’s life and ministry

President Nelson was born Sept. 9, 1924, in Salt Lake City to Marion C. and Edna Anderson Nelson. At age 93, President Nelson was set apart as the 17th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Jan. 14, 2018, after serving 34 years in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

President Russell M. Nelson explains a surgical procedure to a nurse. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

President Nelson is now the oldest President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as well as the longest-living apostle in this dispensation. He was a world-renowned heart surgeon and medical researcher before entering full-time Church service in 1984.

In 1945, he married Dantzel White; they are the parents of 10 children. She died in 2005. In 2006, he married Wendy L. Watson, who has since been at his side in his ministries as an Apostle and now Church President.

As the leader of more than 17 million Latter-day Saints worldwide, President Nelson has traveled to 35 nations, changed Church organization, utilized technology, led the Church through a pandemic and built bridges of understanding.

He has issued several faith-building invitations for Latter-day Saints to come closer to the Savior and help others do the same by thinking celestial, being a peacemaker, gathering Israel, letting God prevail, ending personal conflicts, increasing spiritual capacity and focusing on the temple.

RELATED STORY

SUNDAY,  JUNE 2, 2024

Family is Everything...

Saratoga Springs 3rd Ward

12 Testimonies were shared today--

which combined testified of...

Heavenly Father, 

Heavenly Mother, 

Jesus Christ, our Savior and Redeemer,

The Holy Ghost, a Revealer of Truth,

The Prophet Joseph Smith, 

The Prophet Russell M. Nelson, 

The Bible, a Testament of Jesus Christ,

The Book of Mormon as Another Testament

      of Jesus Christ,

This True Church Restored to the Earth,

Families are Forever,

   plus several spiritual experiences.

1. David South

2. Eileen Petersen

3. Jennie Andersen

4. Jason Rodabough

5. Vickie Conner

6. Adele South

7. Harper Burton

8. Kylie Ballantyne

9. Craig Larsen

10. Roberta Sherman Jones

11. Jack Kehl

12. Cynthia Vailancourt

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Gospel Doctrine

Alma...

 

A delicious Sunday Dinner...

At the end of this June 2nd,

I pray you have had a

restful , peaceful, and spiritual

Sabbath Day...

I share these truths as my testimony to you...

Heavenly Father lives and knows us each by name. He loves us and wants us to return to Him and Heavenly Mother when we leave this mortal existence.  

He loves us just 

as we are at this very moment. 

He knows what our potential is.

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Jesus Christ came to earth as The Only Begotten of the Father and fulfilled the Atonement. He is the Redeemer of all.

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I am thankful for the guidance of the Holy Ghost as the third member of the Godhead. 

Walt said to me once: "I look forward to thanking the Holy Ghost in person when I get to Heaven. I don't think we give Him enough credit for all He does."

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Joseph Smith was foreordained to be the Prophet of the Restoration.  He is the Restorer of all things.

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President Russell M. Nelson is the Living Prophet today for all the world. 

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The Bible is "the Word of God as far as it is translated correctly" and is a Testament of the Divinity of Jesus Christ.

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The Book of Mormon is the Word of God and is Another Testament of Jesus Christ. It is the most correct book of any book on earth.

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the True Church on the earth today.  Because of the restored Temple Ordinances families can be sealed for eternity.

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Of these truths I testify in the Name of Jesus Christ, amen.

Eileen Petersen

June 2, 2024

Next week  June 3-9, 2024