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Show Lacy Olpin White to Be Honored on 80th Birthday Next Sunday Afternoon u ; v ,-.r- t. Mrs. Lacy Olpin White, retired re-tired public school teacher and life-long church and community commun-ity worker will be honored on the occasion of her 80th birthday, birth-day, Sunday, Nov. 8, 1970 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. Dee Olpin, 294 East 300 South, Pleasant Grove, Utah from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. Mrs. White was born in Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove on Nev. 4, 1890 a daughter of Edwin Dee and Inez Robison Olpin, the eldest child in a family of eight. She married Stewart LeGrande White in the Salt Lake Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Nov. 27, 1914. To them were born two daughters, Mrs. William H. (Nina) Hunter, Phoenix, Arizona, Ari-zona, and the late Mrs. Norman (Beth) Stott, who died on June 21, 1964.. She has 12 grandchildren grand-children and eleven greatgrandchildren. great-grandchildren. She attended school at Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove completing three years in high school. Because there was no fourth year at Pleasant Grove at that time, it was necessary for her to leave home to complete her schooling.. school-ing.. She graduated from the Manti High School in the spring of 1910. Additional education was obtained at the University of Utah and Brigham Young University. Her teaching career car-eer began in the Pleasant Grove Schools. Three years after her marriage, her husband's hus-band's health failed and it was necessary for her to return to teaching. Mr. White died on Dec. 4, 1938. Her 42 years as a teacher in the Alpine School District has left positive influences in the lives of countless numbers of students. She has been actively engaged engag-ed in both stake and ward auxiliary aux-iliary organizations all her life. She served as a stake missionary mission-ary and following her retire- LACY O. WHITE 80th Birthday Sunday ment was called to served in the California Mission as a full time missionary. On January 18, 1959 she received the honorary honor-ary Golden Gleaner Award for outstanding service in the church and especially the activities act-ivities of the MIA. She is an active member of the Daughters Daugh-ters of the Utah Pioneers. She is presently teaching in the Relief Re-lief Society in her ward. Her joy in the accomplishments accomplish-ments of her children is best expressed by her pround declaration, dec-laration, "I have lived to see six of my grandsons fill missions miss-ions for the Church, one of whom is now serving in England." Eng-land." Her home has always been a favorite place for members of the family and friends. Each Christmas Eve., all of her children and grandchildren have assembled at Grandmothers Grandmoth-ers to celebrate the birth of Christ. The family extends an invitation invi-tation to her many friends and associates to attend the reception recept-ion in her honor. No gilts please |