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Show June 1 03.qxd 12/7/2021 4:05 PM Page 7 THE OGDEN VALLEY NEWS Volume VIII Issue IV Page 7 June 1, 2003 Mothers and Daughters Announcements Birthdays Creamer Naomi Chard Creamer will celebrate her 85th b i r t h d a y Saturday, June 7, 2003 at an open house in her honor that evening from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. at the Mountain Green LDS Naomi Chard Creamer Church, 4150 Old Highway Road in Mountain Green. The open house will be a joint celebration with her daughter and son-in-law, Grant and Marilyn Crezee as they celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. A program will be held at 7:00 p.m. Naomi is the daughter of David E. and Sarah M. Jones Chard. She married John L. Creamer September 8, 1934. Their vows were solemnized March 25, 1936 in the Salt Lake Temple. Mr. Creamer died December 27, 2001. She is a lifelong resident of Liberty, and active member of the LDS church. She served a mission in the Leeds England Mission with her husband from 1984 to 1986. She served as an ordinance worker in the Ogden LDS Temple. She is a member of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, and belongs to the Empty Nesters in Liberty. She enjoys crocheting, and all of her children, grandchildren, and most of her greatgrandchildren, are owners of a beautiful afghan made by grandma. She enjoys spending time with each of her children, and goes whenever she is invited to spend time with them. She had a special invitation to be interviewed for a special video tape made by Living Scriptures on the life of David O. McKay. She had a chance to fly over Seattle in a plane piloted by a great grand son. Mom’s life is full, and she enjoys every minute of it. Her children and their spouses are Grant and Marilyn Crezee, Richard and Connie Creamer, Yvonne Creamer, Lynn, and Judy Creamer. Bill and Luana Middleton, David and Joan Creamer, Chuck and Ida May Wheat, Tom and Lorrie Creamer, Val Creamer, Leath and Cindy Creamer, Alan and Janice Hunt, Mark and Joyce Warner, Ralph and Juliann Anderson, Max and Shyre Creamer, and a son James who is deceased. Naomi has 47 grandchildren, 55 great-grand children, and seven great-great-grandchildren. Anniversaries Crezee Grant L. and M a r i l y n Creamer Crezee of Mountain Green, Utah will be honored Saturday, June 7 for the occasion of their 50th w e d d i n g anniversary at open house. Mr. & Mrs.Grant Crezee an It will be a joint celebration with Marilyn’s mom Naomi Creamer, who is celebrating her 85th birthday. They will greet family and friends from 6:00 until 8:30 p.m. at the Mountain Green LDS church, 4150 W. Old Highway Road, Mountain Green. A program will be held at 7:00 p.m. Grant and Marilyn were married June 8, 1953 in the Salt Lake Temple. He was born June 24, 1924, son of John W. Crezee and Edna Johnson Crezee. She was born May 6, 1935, daughter of John L. Creamer and Naomi Chard Creamer. Grant has been self-employed in the flooring trade. He has worked in Hawaii and in San Jose California. Marilyn worked as a CNA at the Dee Hospital, and had been involved for many years with the South Ogden Senior Center teaching classes in ceramics, porcelain, and tole painting. Grant and Marilyn have worked together and have poured and fired hundreds of porcelain statues for Relief Societies, and for many others. They are active members of the LDS church, and have served in many positions. Currently they are the Family History Consultants in their ward. Marilyn enjoys family history, and has collected histories and pictures, and has put several books together for their family. They are the parents of three children: Lowell Crezee; Vivian Crezee Pentz; and Vanessa Crezee, deceased. They have eight grandchildren and two great-grand children. They are also grandpa and grandma to a special family—Brian and Lillian Godwin and their eight children. A foster daughter Ginnie Howard, Indian Placement student, lives in Orem. She has four children. By Drienie Hattingh, “How is your cold? Are you better my child? My mother’s voice was concerned as it reached me all the way from South Africa. Normally I would have expected her to ask about my cold after hearing my congested voice, but not today! She talked to me from a hospital bed after undergoing a serious back operation. There she was, flat on her back, not able to move, and she was concerned about my silly cold! She said that she felt wonderful, that the operation was a success, and that she was so happy that she would no longer have the pain in her back and leg anymore. I told her how grateful I was as I swallowed back tears. Then she asked about Johan who is going for a shoulder operation, and said that she will call on Saturday to hear how the operation went. Then it was the children’s turn, and she wanted to know in detail how Brenda, Yolandi, Eugene, and Genell were doing. She thanked me for the flowers I sent and described in great detail how the arrangement looked. She knew that I felt terrible not being there, so she made a huge fuss about the flowers that I sent her. “There are about ten different flowers—roses, lilies, huge daisies, and birds of paradise. I’ve never seen such a lovely arrangement!” After I put the phone down I made myself a pot of tea like my mother ordered me to do just before we said goodbye. Tea was her “medicine” for anything from a sore heart to a sore throat. I walked out on the front porch wiping away tears of self-pity. The robin who had a nest in the small pine tree in front of the porch quickly flew to her nest. She eyed me with concern, spreading her wings protectively over her young ones. I went to sit on the side porch to give the poor robin peace of mind. But the hummingbird sat on her usual lofty perch high on the dead tree stump and eyed me suspiciously and then, just to make sure that I understood, she dived down within inches of my head. “Don’t even think of coming nearer to my babies!” she seemed to cheep as she again took up guard duty on top of the tree stump. I understood the hummingbird and robin’s motherly concerns, and my mother’s too. My mother would have liked to be close and make me a soothing cup of hot tea and make me lie down. I feel the same with Yolandi and Brenda so far away in Minnesota and New York. When they are feeling sick or sad, I want to be there, just like my dear mother would want to be with me. Their wellbeing is more important to me than any discomfort I might be feeling. I want to mother them like I used to. Now all I can do, when I hear that Brenda or Yolandi are a bit under the weather, is to tell them to go and make themselves a cup of tea and get into bed. Whatever the problem, sore heart or throat, I have it from good authority—it will help! The next day I will go to the Valley Market and buy one of those lovely little cards that seems to say just the right words, and send it to them. I smiled despite my melancholy feelings when I thought of the card that Yolandi sent me for Mother’s Day. It was huge! I had to go to the post office to get it because it was so enormous. The words in the card made me swallow hard, and then when I read Yolandi’s own words I cried. She thanked me for things that I did long ago—like the times I sat up ‘till early morning hours with her and friend Melissa down the road and helped them with projects that were due the next day. I would bake them a chocolate cake and they would eat slice after slice while working on the project. And she remembered how she and her friends went out on Fridays and would all end up sleeping over at our house. She said I was never mad the next morning—I just smiled and made them all breakfast. And then she thanked me for my regular calls now asking how she was! She said it meant a lot to her! And here was I, thinking she did not like my calls! And she thanked me for the little cards that I sent her every so often. She said that it always came just at the right time when she needed it most. Now, as I watched the robin and hummingbird moms taking care of their young ones I missed my children terribly. And I missed my mother. I wanted to be at her hospital bed holding her hand, taking her treats and little gifts like my sisters Miemie, Elsabe, Sonja and my brother Lourens are doing. While I sat on the porch with my hands cupped around the steaming mug of tea, the phone rang. It was Brenda, and she gave me the information about her arrival time in Salt Lake City on Sunday! I was so concerned about my mother’s operation that I almost forgot about my daughter’s visit! I am going to have Brenda with me for a whole week and we will be able to chat face to face into the night about everything and about nothing. I’ll wake her up in the mornings with breakfast on a tray, and make her all her favorite treats—milk tart, savory tart, and banana cream pie. We will sit on the front porch smiling at the robin and hummingbird fretting over their little ones while we have many, many mugs of piping hot tea—enough to last us both for a long time! OPEN HOUSE Now Enrolling for SUMMER CAMP and Fall Programs Kindermusik Classes Available Water Play Days Field Trips Computer Classes Available Craft Days Tutoring w/computers All subjects Age appropriate learning skills to help our kids stay keen and sharp through the summer. A Trusted Name In Preschool and Childcare Serving Ogden Valley Families Since 1996 Panthers: 5 - 12 years old Tigers: 4 year olds Bears: 3 year olds Monkeys: 2 year olds Bunnies: 13 - 24 months Various packages to choose from: 1/2 days, full days, daily, weekly and monthly rates available. Awesome activities including weekly themes, terrific workshops, field trips, waterplay, arts and crafts, science projects, cooking experiences and much more! Limited Space Available FUN! FUN! FUN! Open House Saturday May 31st 11:00 am- 2:00 pm OPEN HOUSE Special: Free registration if enrolled at open house. Call Today 745-5600 2612 N. Highway 162, Eden, Utah 84310 (Across from Eats of Eden Plaza) |