Tuesday, January 9, 2024

Traces of Time . . . January 8-14, 2024

Traces of Time . . . {Last week: Scroll to end and click "Older Posts" at bottom right.} "Time moves slowly, but passes quickly. The Color Purple” by Alice Walker, 1982

"The magical, supernatural force
that is with us every second is time.
We can't even comprehend it.
It's such an illusion,
it's such a strange thing."
— Anthony Hopkins
Note from Eileen: You will notice I call my blog: "Traces of Time..."
On this blog I share with family and friends my daily thoughts, doings, what interests me, and--at times--tributes to my eternal sweetheart, Walt, who graduated to heaven on 8-21-2020 at age 86.

Dedicated to our seven children--Janie, Gary, Steve, David, Julie, Brian, Jen, their spouses, our 39 grandchildren, 9 spouses married to our grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren, 1 due in April and posterity to come.
So our posterity now numbers 66. Number 67 due in April.
THIS WEEK-
JANUARY 8-14, 2024

MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 2024

Family is Everything.. Sunrise: 7:50 a.m.

Sunset: 5:18 p.m.

Julie drove me to my
doctor's appointment today.

I don't feel safe anymore
driving on busy roads,
like Redwood, so I have
become dependent on others.
I still feel okay driving
in our residential area
to church, except now
my car is covered with snow
and too slippery area
to get too.
Dr. Kimball said my A1C of 8.1 today is
higher than normal, but that at my age
they are now saying "just stay below
your age" -- which I guess for me at
age 85 would be 8.5. So I'm okay.
Lots of snow still, but
it didn't snow today.
Some interesting 2024
books discussed on
KSL's Studio 5...
Books to...
...movies in 2024.
Sunset at 5:18
Found out a famous artist
in Burley died today.
I don't know if any of our
kids knew her or about her.
Walt and I went through
her art gallery several times.
She had built it behind her
parent's home when she
returned to Burley.
Seems like it was on Miller Avenue.

Marilyn R Miller

May 24, 1942 - Jan. 8, 2024

Date of Service: Jan. 17, 2024

BURLEY – Marilyn R Miller, an 81-year-old resident of Burley, passed away Monday, January 8, 2024, at Parke View Rehabilitation and Care Center in Burley.

She was born May 24, 1942, in Paul, Idaho, the daughter of James Wayne and Ruthilda Robertson Miller. Her parents were the owners/operators of Miller Drug in Burley. Marilyn graduated from Burley High School and received a Bachelor’s Degree and a Master’s Degree in Fine Arts from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.

Marilyn was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She served from 1964 to 1966 in the Southern Far East Mission; her mission responsibilities and service were in Hong Kong and the Philippines. Additionally, she served in the Relief Society and Primary organizations, and was an ordinance worker in the Twin Falls Idaho Temple.

She was a lifelong artist and was a renowned oil painter. Her beautiful paintings adorn homes and businesses throughout the Mini-Cassia area and beyond. She also was an expert in quilting, weaving, and making Christmas cards from the paper she made. Both her art work and quilts were often a beloved attraction at the Cassia County Fair. The community will remember the gorgeous flowers she grew in her flower garden. Oftentimes tours were given during the summer months for the community to enjoy her garden and the fine music played from local musicians throughout the area. Many of the musicians were students of Jolene Hobson.

Marilyn is survived by her sisters, Nola Ann Hess of Emmett, and Judith Marie Reep of West Valley City, Utah; her nieces and nephews, Jim (Karla) Hess, Royce Allen (Kathy) Hess, Laura (Jim) Ferch, Phillip (DeLite) Hess, David (Carmen) Reep, Richard (Meggan) Reep, Aaron (Sherry Ann) Reep, Mary (Tyler) Fuller, and Amy (Dave) Phillips; a special aunt, Glenna Whitaker of Burley; and her friends in the community and the members of the Burley 5th Ward.

She was preceded in death by her parents; and a brother-in-law, Lloyd Hess.

The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, January 17, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Burley Idaho West Stake Center, located at 2420 Parke Avenue in Burley, where family and friends will be received from 10 until 10:45 a.m. Burial will follow at Paul Cemetery.

A live webcast of the Funeral Service will be available and maintained at the following link: https://youtu.be/9_nIm8v44jk.

Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of Rasmussen-Wilson Funeral Home of Burley.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2024

Family is Everything…
Our friend, Karen's obituary
was just posted today. She and Ross
were our neighbors in Burley
from 1968 to 2005--37 years.
Karen Taylor

1937-2024

Karen Wamsley Taylor passed away peacefully in the company of loved ones on January 2, 2024. She was much loved and will be deeply missed..

Karen was born October 27, 1937 to Milford Bryson and Edna Lucille Allen Wamsley in Garden City, Utah. It was there she learned the value of hard work and education as the daughter of a farmer, business owner and schoolteacher. She was very social and had a group of friends from her schoolgirl days that stayed in touch and got together right up to the last year of her life.

Karen had boundless energy and wore many hats. She was a flight attendant for Western Airlines, was in the first class of graduating Registered Nurses from Weber State College, and after marrying and having children, went back to school to get a degree in Education from Drake University.

It was while flying for Western Airlines out of Denver that Karen met Ross Pratt Taylor. They were married in her hometown of Garden City, Utah on December 26, 1959. Their union was later solemnized in the LDS Logan Temple. She instantly became stepmother to Mike, Mark, and Greg Taylor.

Right after marrying, Karen and Ross settled in Cheyenne Wyoming, where Ross worked for International Harvester and Karen worked as a nurse. It was there that they welcomed their daughter, Leslie, to the family.

A transfer took the family to Des Moines, Iowa, where she returned to school to obtain a degree in Education. Ross and Karen welcomed their son, Aaron, to the family while living in Iowa.

In 1968, the family moved to Burley, Idaho where they would raise their children and make lifelong friends. Burley is where Karen spent her career as a schoolteacher. She taught 2nd and 3rd graders at Dworshak Elementary School for 18 years. While she adored her schoolkids, she also loved nursing. She continued working as an Emergency Department nurse during school breaks at Cassia County Memorial Hospital.

As an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Karen served in the Young Women’s organization many times, the Relief Society and as the Compassionate Service Leader.

After retiring, she and Ross moved to Salt Lake City [in Feb 2005] in order to be Temple Square Missionaries. Later, they were volunteer guides at the new LDS Conference Center. Karen was privileged to serve as a Mission Nurse for the Salt Lake City Mission for nearly 10 years.

Karen was tireless in her service to others. Whether that be professionally as their schoolteacher or their nurse, or as a friend or family member. She travelled far and wide to help cook for friends’ children’s weddings, paint houses, hang wallpaper, care for grandchildren and great grandchildren, and care for people during times of need.

Never one to sit still, Karen had numerous hobbies. Lucky are those who have a bed or a couch adorned with one of her quilts! In addition to being a talented quilter, Karen was an accomplished singer who loved performing in various Sweet Adeline's groups, despite the endless teasing she took from her children about their choreography. She sewed dresses for her granddaughters, knitted everything from blankets to dishcloths, and was an excellent cook – though yeast breads were her nemesis.

Throughout her life, but especially in her later years, Karen’s great love was spending time with her family. She had a very special relationship with her great grandchildren who lovingly call her GiGi. They learned early on that there were always treats to be had at her house, but they had to be eaten “on the tile!” She loved attending soccer, lacrosse, and football games; dance and piano recitals; and theater productions.

Karen is preceded in death by her loving husband Ross, who passed away three months prior to her, her parents and her brother Reed Wamsley. She is survived by her brother Alan, her stepsons Mike, Mark, and Greg, children Leslie and Aaron, nine grandchildren, and 10 great grandchildren.

Visitation will be Friday, January 19th from 6:00-8:00 pm at the Jenkins-Soffe Mortuary at 1007 W South Jordan Parkway, South Jordan, Utah. Interment will be in the Garden City Cemetery at 10:30 am on Saturday, January 20th, 2024. A Celebration of Life honoring Karen will follow later in the Spring in her beloved Garden City.

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Today Institute was on
The Messiah.
I wasn't able to go. I'm
still concerned about
slipping in snowy areas.
Betsy is going to send
me the power point.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2024
Family is Everything
Happy Birthday, Abbey.
The first of our four
millennial granddaughters...
Age 1 in our Burley backyard.

2008 - Abbey's baptism

Abbey with cousins Anna and Jacee - 2008

Abbey 2009 - with McKell, Isaac

April Conference 2010 with Jacee, Jacob

Abbey with Grampa Petersen - Dec 29, 2013

Thanksgivi9ng 2014 - Gary, Kathy,
McKell, Abbey

Abbey - WEPR - 2015...

...

Lunch Bunch was at Mod Pizza.

I didn't go because
of slippery parking lots...
...but, bless their hearts,
they took photos!
Kaye, SuzAnne

Sharon, Kaye
7 braved the snowy roads
and parking lots and came today...
Clockwise from bottom right:
Faye, Linda B., Tammy,
Nadine, Sharon,
Kaye, SuzAnne.
Here's what I had texted earlier:
Eileen texted to our lunch bunch:

Gals, I'm going to pass on lunch bunch today. I don't feel safe getting from the car into the restaurant, not knowing how snowy their parking lot is. I've become a wimp at age 85. Will miss you all. Please take a photo of the group. Thanks.

Eileen

Sharon texted back for the group:

We’ll miss you, Eileen.

I texted back:

I am missing all of you, too . And I got ready to go, even. Didn't go to Church Sunday for same reason, even tho my ministering bro--Jason R--called to say he would drive me since JJ were at Nick's mission "farewell." Here's to sunnier, clear non- slippery days. The old lady of lunch bunch...Eileen

It snowed 3" or more today....
I saw something about the
Super Bowl LVIII, so googled
the cost of tickets.
Unreal!

"Super Bowl Tickets Are Costliest Ever, Averaging $7,542 a Seat

Fans are paying over $7,000 on average,
more than double 2017."

THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 2024

Family is Everything…
My computer shows
18º today.
Just glad I'm not in
Great Falls, Montana.
The news just said it was
19 below zero there!

I saw this on face book. Powerful!

Parents who worry about raising their children in today's world need to read the following:
Raise them up to know the power they walk in as children of God.

Train them up in the authority of His Word.

Teach them to walk in faith knowing that God is in control.

Empower them to know they can change the world.

Don’t teach them to be fearful and disheartened by the state of the world but hopeful that they can do something about it.

Every person in all of history has been placed in the time that they were in because of God’s sovereign plan.

He knew Daniel could handle the lions den.

He knew David could handle Goliath.

He knew Esther could handle Haman.

He knew Peter could handle persecution.

He knows that your child can handle whatever challenge they face in their life. He created them specifically for it!

Don’t be scared for your children, but be honored that God chose YOU to parent the generation that is facing the biggest challenges of our lifetime.

Rise up to the challenge.

Raise Daniels, Davids, Esthers and Peters!

God isn’t scratching His head wondering what He’s going to do with this mess of a world.

He has an army He’s raising up to drive back the darkness and make Him known all over the earth.

Don’t let your fear steal the greatness God placed in them. I know it’s hard to imagine them as anything besides our sweet little babies, and we just want to protect them from anything that could ever be hard on them, but they were born for such a time as this.

~Alex Cravens

#CarryTheLight
Good thought from 1 Nephi:
And inasmuch as ye shall keep my commandments,
ye shall prosper, and shall be led to a land of
promise; yea, even a land which I have prepared
for you; yea, a land which is choice above all
other lands. 1 Nephi 2:20
Old Age...

FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 2024

Family is Everything…
Shawn's father,
Earl "Budd" Fisher
passed away today
Earl “Budd” Fred Fisher
28 Oct 1937- 12 Jan 2024 – Age 86
Lorene’s viewing – Friday, January 18, 2008

Elna Lorene Robins Fisher – 6 Jul 1938 – 14 Jan 2008 – Age 69

Lorene's burial - Burley Cemetery

Shawn & Janie, Aimee 19, Daniel 17, Katie 13, Heidi 11, Sam 8 (9 the next day), Ashley 7, Michael 4 - at burial of Grandma Lorene Fisher - Burley Cemetery
Saturday, January 20, 2008

Grandkids putting flowers
on Grandmother Lorene's grave
Memorial Day - May 28, 2013
Katie, Heidi, Sam, Ashley, Michael

Nov 1, 2014 at Katie & Parker’s wedding
Aimee with her Grandpa Budd Fisher
at the wedding luncheon.
* * * *
Here are some more photos...

* * *
The Savior, Jesus Christ
First-born Spirit Child of
our Heavenly Father
& Heavenly Mother...
Redeemer of All Mankind.

Someday we are going to come face-to-face with Him again. Every single person is going to have the opportunity to stand before Jesus. What will you feel? What will He say?

I'm convinced that, as we look into His eyes, we're going to experience the most overpowering feeling of love! Pure and undeniable... Without question... LOVE! And within Christ's love, we'll know that we are completely understood. Heart and mind. Intentions and actions. Known and loved.

I can almost hear Him say it now... "I'm so happy to see you again! You don't know how much I've missed you. I know it's been hard, but I was there. I've always been there." And taking us into His arms, Jesus will say; "oh, how I love you! It's all going to be okay now. Come, follow me."

:SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 2024
Family is Everything..**

Julie's starting to put
my Christmas decorations
away for this holiday season.
Still looks Christmasy
outside...
Wonder why there are
three American flags
posted on Gifford's
lawn today?

A piece of Idaho history: 68 years ago,
Arco, Idaho becomes first town in the world
to be powered by nuclear energy
Arco was named after Georg Van Arco,
a German scientist who specialized
in radio transmission.
Before then, it was named
Root Hog for reasons unknown

SUNDAY, JANUARY 14, 2024
Family is Everything…
Birthday Remembrance
for my Mom,
Verna Beth Huffaker Albertson
January 14, 1920
- July 26, 2013
1923 - Age 3
with her two older
brothers,
Morris and David,
riding on Old Nig.
1925 - Age 5
In orchard with new baby
sister, Lorraine, and her
Mom, Ella Huffaker, age 34.
Close up from above photo...
1927 - Age 7 - 2nd grade
Waiting for the school bus
with Morris and David
Close up from above...

Verna - 1934 - Age 14
Eighth Grade Graduation

Here are Verna's Father and Mother....
a photo that Connie, my cousin Lucy's daughter sent me:
1944 when they were both age 44.
They were both born in 1891.
Ella is standing two steps above Dave.
She was just barely 5' and he was 6'3" or taller.
Here they are in the 1960s at age 70-something:
104th Year Remembrance of
my Mother - continued
Verna Beth Huffaker Albertson
Lived: January 14, 1920 to
July 26, 2013

Verna - age 16 in 1936
Photo she gave her boyfriend,
Arnold Albertson, whom she
later married.
Verna - age 17 in 1937
with Arnold Albertson at
the Jerome County Fair.
They eloped on
September 29, 1937 and
married in Hailey, Idaho.

Verna - age 23 in 1943
in Long Beach, California
with Arnold and Eileen, age 4.

Verna's brother, David Huffaker, would get to
come stay with them on weekends when
when he was stationed close
to them in Long Beach, California
during his training as a pilot
during World War II.
Verna with her Dad, Mother, and siblings
in Sept 1945 at end of World War II,
gathered at Dave and Ella's farm home
in Wendell, Idaho.
Front L-R: Eleanor 15, Lorraine 20,
Ella 54, Verna 25.
Back: Morris 29, David 27,
Dave 54, Don, 17.

Verna - age 26 in 1946
just after World War II
Verna - age 37 in 1957
taking Eileen to business college
in Salt Lake City

Verna - age 37 in 1957 in front of
her home in Wendell, Idaho
with Arnold, Eileen, Janice
Verna - age 40s in 1960s
Verna - age 41 in 1961
Verna and Arnold sealed in
the Salt Lake Temple
June 14, 1961
Janice and I were
sealed to our
Mom and Dad.
Verna - age 41 in June 1961
Verna - age 41 in June 1961
at our wedding reception in
Gooding, Idaho
Verna - age 42 in June 1962
with Arnold, Eileen, Janice
Verna - age 42 in September 1962
25th Wedding Anniversary
Verna - age 46 in July 1966 at
the funeral of Arnold's mother,
Blanche Ilene Hartwell Albertson,
in Hagerman, Idaho.
Blanche is buried in Hagerman,
Idaho where she raised her family.
Verna - age 46 in 1966
Verna - age 47 in Jan 1967
Blessing day for Steven, our third child,
first one born in Burley, Idaho.
Grampa Ray and Grama Jane
on left, Gary, almost 2;
Mary Jane "Janie" 3 1/2.
Walt must have taken the photo,
and Grampa A parking the car.
Verna - age 50-something in 1970s
at Eileen's home in Burley, Idaho
Verna - age 53 in May 1973 at
60th Wedding Celebration in
Wendell, Idaho, for her
Dad and Mother,
Dave and Ella Huffaker and
their six children, 26 grandchildren,
and many great-grandchildren.
Verna is second from right in front.

Verna - age 60 in 1980
with Eileen at Shoshone Falls, Idaho
Verna - age 66 in 1986 at our
25th Wedding Anniversary
Celebration - with Grama A,
her two daughters, and their families:
On left: Janice and Don, Scott, Vickie,
Sarah, and Michael.
On right: Eileen and Walt, Janie, Gary,
Steve, David, Julie, Brian, and Jen.
This is the only photo I know of with
Verna and all her posterity together.
Larger view of above photo, to
show Verna better.
At Grama A's home Gooding, Idaho, 1987
on a cold Memorial Day planting petunias.
(Steve was on his mission in Boston.)
Verna - age 70 in 1990
(Janice, do you have any photo
of Mom in the 1990s?)
Verna - age 80 in 2000
Verna - 2007
Age 87 - Baking cookies
for Walt & Eileen on a
Saturday afternoon when
they stopped on the way
home from their Boise Temple shift
Verna - Age 90 in 2010
with her sisters Lorraine and Eleanor
Verna - age 90 with siblings
Lorraine, Don, and Eleanor
(Her brothers Morris and David had
passed away.)
Here is a photo of her brother,
Morris Huffaker, and his wife Hazel
in 1987.
Verna - age 91 in June 2011
Our whole family
for our 50th Wedding Anniversary.
Grama A is on my right.
Verna - age 92 - in 2012
with her two daughters, Eileen and Janice
Verna - 93rd birthday - January 14, 2013
She passed away on July 26 2013
My sister, Janice, took great care of
Mom when we were out of the country
for our first three missions -
for 6 1/2 years.
During our fourth mission,
Julie volunteered to
have Grama A live with
her and John and their
family. They took such
great care of her
from June 2011 to
July 2013 while we were
in San Salvador El Salvador
serving in the temple there.
* * *
Here are
Julie and John,
Jacee, Jackson, and Maddie
by her casket at the
Wendell Idaho Cemetery,
July 31, 2013.
Thank you for taking such
good care of Grama A.
Verna is buried beside her
eternal sweetheart--husband,
Arnold G. Albertson at the
Wendell Idaho Cemetery.
Verna Beth Huffaker Albertson...
Spiritual Daughter of God,
Mortal daughter of
Dave and Ella Huffaker,
Wife of Arnold Albertson,
Mother of
Eileen Marie Albertson Petersen
and
Janice Lynn Albertson Robertson
Grandmother of 11
Janie, Gary, Steve, David,
Julie, Brian, Jen, Scott,
Vicki, Sarah, Michael.
Great-Grandmother of 54
Aimee, Daniel...
Great-great Grandmother of 11
Taitum, Diesel, Scottie Marie,
Maeve, Umi, J, Owen,
Elle, Liam, Luke, Elena.
with 2 more due in 2024.
We look forward to being with
you again on Resurrection Day.
We honor your life and memory on
your 104th Birthday Remembrance
this January 14, 2024
You are truly an
Elect Lady.
We love you!
Love from your posterity.
* * * *** *
P.S. A few more...
1980s...
She wanted to do a painting
of this old barn just out of
Garland, but never did.
Verna & Arnold

Verna - 1940's 20-something

Headstone - Albertson

* * *
Back to today...
Sunday January 14, 2024

Saratoga Springs 3rd Ward
10:30 a.m. for 2024...
Chase Howell reported his
mission to Lima Peru, and
to Tennessee.

His sister, Sofia also spoke.

Bishop Cheney had
Bridger Buchanan come
up to be recognized
for his baptism
and confirmation
yesterday.

I joined via zoom since
it has snowed more and
still icy parking lot.
*
Zoom for Family Book Club
was at 6pm. Four--Gary,
David, Brian, Mom--were able
to join in the discussion
of December's book chosen
by Daniel
Dreamland

I'm always so interested
in what everyone
says that I forget
to take photos.
Great insights!
Thank you, my
three sons.
* * *
Thank you, John,
for a delicious Sunday
Roast Beef Dinner.**

I am so thankful for The Plan of Salvation and the Atonement of Jesus Christ that makes this Great Plan operational.

At the end of this January 14th,
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.
* *
Jesus Christ came to earth as The Only Begotten of the Father and fulfilled the Atonement. He is the Redeemer of all.
* * *
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."

* * * * *
Joseph Smith was foreordained to be the Prophet of the Restoration. He is the Restorer of all things.
* * *
President Russell M. Nelson is the Living Prophet today for all the world.
* * *
The Bible is "the Word of God as far as it is translated correctly" and is a Testament of the Divinity of Jesus Christ.
* * *
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.
* * *
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.

* * *
Of these truths I testify in the Name of Jesus Christ, amen.
Eileen Petersen
January 14, 2024

Next week Jan 15-21, 2024
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