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Show Oasis Pioneer Tells Life Story ' j - Us ( I .) . ,1: A v -mmtltT "rrmiiir-fln fliili "(-If ..JS Mrs. Cecilie Svenning Skeem, Oasi s Resident 64 years Because on July 24 all Utah will honor the sturd y pioneers who col onized this state, and because our readers have always been keenly interested in pioneer stories, we start with this issue the life story of Mrs. Cecilia Svenning Skeem. She and her husband, Hans Peter Pet-er Skeem, were converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Latter-day Sains in Denmark, and came to the United States in 1880. They came to Oasis in 1884 and their grandchildren and great-grandchildren still live there. Mrs. Skeem was born May 25, 1834 and died at Oasis March 5, 1920. Mr. Skeem was born April 20, 1829, and died at Oasis June 8, 1909. Although they were years later than the first to enter Utah, they fulfilled their destiny in the New World by building for the future. Of their family of seven children, one on'., Survives now, Christen Skeem in . Tne oth ers were Andrew, P and Marcus Mar-cus Skeem and Hannan Peterson, Annie Thompson and. Atlanta Skeem. The story was written by Mrs Hannah Peterson, as told her by her mother. It is a chronicle of happiness and hardships, guided by sincere faith and family love. |