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Show ) P. G. OCTOGENARIANS CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARIES vfd by family and friends on ity-third birthday on Tues- le 14. was Mrs. Mary Jepp- - loneer of this city. ; temoon of talks and reminds remin-ds enjoyed by old friends, lembered her birthday with-tation. with-tation. A lunch was served juests arrived. es were taken during the n, one of which was of four ons of the family. The .. lduded Mrs. Jeppson: her r, Mrs. Ethel Mitchell; her slighter, Mrs. Fern Hicks; great-granddaughter, Phyl- " i. - leppson has three children "20 grandchildren, and 27 - andchildren. Her oldest ; andchild is 18 years of age. - who called during the af ter- lcluded: Mr. and Mrs. Ed , Mrs. Jennie Smith, Mrs. Mitchell, Mrs. Sarah Walker, : .ora Robertson, Mrs. Maggie Mrs. Emily Jensen, Mrs. i Steggell, Mrs. Emma Mrs. Ida Smith, Mrs. Re-. Re-. Drne, Mrs. Millie Poulson, . Mrs. Horace Hadfield and ir. and Mrs. Orson Lee and vlr. and Mrs. Bryant Hicks -;ily, Mr. and Mrs. Rolland ::Ai. and Mrs. Ed Ball, Ted iMrs. Inger Jeppson, Mrs. ayes, and Mrs. Marie Smith :asant Grove; Mrs. Minnie Richfield, Niels Hansen of -.le; Mrs. McDaniel and Mr. . Christopherson of Salt t y, Mr. and Mrs. Ned Kirk r. nd, California, Mrs. Nels - of Huntington Park, Cali-. Cali-. r id Virgil Peterson of Provo. o The family of Mrs. A. B. Walker met Monday afternoon, June 13, to celebrate their mother's eightieth birthday anniversary. They met at the home of Benjamin Walker at Llndon. The large rooms of this old house were tastefully decorated with roses, orange blossoms, and peonies. The late afternoon and evening were spent in chatting, visiting and dining. din-ing. Supper was served to one hundred hun-dred guests. Among the invited guests were her people from Fountain Foun-tain Green, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Holman, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Holman from Beaver; Mrs. Nancy Lowe, Pleasant Grove; Mrs. Chastina H. Walker, Mrs. Cynthia P. Walker, Mrs. Annie Holman, Mrs. Mary B. Fage, and Mrs. Rozilla Wadley. Many happy birthday greetings were received. Mrs. Walker is the mother of five sons and two daughters. Besides these, she raised another daughter, Mrs. Will Strong of Alpine, whom she took as a little girl at the death of her parents and raised and educated edu-cated as her own. Of the eight children six were present, two sons of Lindon having passed away during dur-ing the past eight months. Her sons and daughters attending were Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Walker, Walk-er, Mrs. Josie G. Walker, Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Lester G. West, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Law-rence R. Walker, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse M. Walker, Mrs. Mae R. Walker, and Mrs. Will Strong. Mrs. Walker has been a widow for more than 28 years. She had 59 grandchildren and 37 great-grandchildren. She spends much of her time in her old home, where she has lived for the past 58 years. Biographical Sketch Sarah Jane Holman was born June 13, 1858, at Santaquin. the daughter of James Alonzo Holman and Sarah Ann Mathis. The Hol-mans Hol-mans were pioneers of 1847, the grandfather having driven the first sheep across the plains. The father, as a boy of 12, brought the family, arriving in September of that year. The Mathis family was in the first company that had cholera on the plains. The father died and was buried at Fort Laramie, July 23, 1852. The two families moved to Utah county after they arrived in the valley. They took part in the Indian trouble, knew what privation and hard work meant, knew what it was to make a home and then have to I move away from it to be out of reach of hostile Indians. In those early days, schools were held only a short time each year, but Sarah Jane was anxious to go, and she studied her blue backed speller, learned to read and write, and to cipher. She was naturally ' religious and took part in church activities. ac-tivities. She worked in the various organizations for many years, has been a member of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers since its organization in the community. On April 24, 1876, she was married to Appollos Benjamin Walker, in the Endowment house. They lived in Pleasant Grove for a short time and then moved out to her present home. Here they grubbed the sage brush, hauled water, fought the gnats and snakes while they built their home and raised their family, who were all given an opportunity for an education. edu-cation. Six of their eight children have taught in the schools of Utah county. Mrs. Walker has lived a busy useful life, happy in the service she has been able to give others. For many years she went out among the sick, when doctors, trained nurses and undertakers were far apart. She has nursed the sick and helped to care for the dead and dying. She has been interested in L. D. S. temple tem-ple work for many years, and was a regular attender at the Salt Lake temple for several years. She has had an opportunity to travel. She has visited relatives in the Eastern states as well as the neighboring states of Colorado, Idaho, Ida-ho, and California. She has been a faithful Latter-day Saint all her life, anxious to serve the Lord and keep His commandments, to teach her family to know and to do the right, to be of service to her neighbors neigh-bors and friends, and to help people everywhere. |