| Show Alma L. Basin pioneer and native of Sweden featured as last week's Standard Who's Who contest personality Lovable Alma wife of the late Peter was featured last week as the mystery personality in the Who's Who BORN IN June Alma M. Lof- strom received an education equivalent of a high school course of Trained as a she spent two years in a tailoring establishment In Sweden leaving for At that time was a member of the Lutheran Church and later joined the Salvation where she entertained with her guitar and While in Malmo she met some Mormon missionaries who interested her in their Following the dictates of her she joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and was leaving shortly after to come to the United Arriving in Salt Lake City Alma was alone and very little she soon obtained work with a Danish for whom she was employed two PETER a former of Alma in in America six months later than and called on The association blossomed into and later marriage in the Salt January When the reservation was thrown open to homesteaders in Anderson WHO'S WHO GUEST Alma L. Anderson was identified in last week's Who's Who contest as the personality for the Her adopted when just a young is Along which she has done throughout in the opening Luckily his number was drawn and it was required that he be in the Basin by May Alma joined her husband the following August with her new baby who was then three There were two other Albin and THE ANDERSONS first located on a acre plot in Uintah in the region now as where they truly helped to pioneer the Sorrow struck the Anderson home when at the age of died at while Anderson and her three children were home from attending the marriage of Anderson's sister in Salt Lake the only one of the family to come to America besides At Heber the Relief Society and bishop came to her rescue and provided burial clothes and a casket for the All they asked in payment for was We Have Done for pass it RETURNING HOME to the the kindly words stayed in Alma's mind and and to this she lias exercised the Along This she and her practiced all their a building caskets for and Anderson preparing the burial clothes many with no remuneration at She helped bring many babies into the world and aided in many homes in time of She is loved by and many times her was the center of where tubs of popcorn gallons of homemade ice cookie jars of Ice cream and other treats were on hand for festive such as Service to her church has always been paramount in her She was an officer in the Society for two and a half a counselor to the and then president for six and a half She also was a member of the stake board three and a half IN ADDITION to her outstanding talent in Anderson is also an artist in and She has made over a thousand quilts for relatives and and a quilt marked by her is truly something to While her husband was serving a mission to Sweden in with her four sons supported him well from the as well as keeping going ANDERSON has three living Her only died eight days after the death of who died in In 1954 another Albin of Vernal passed away Living children include Axel H. now in formerly of Oscar J. Prank J. A real joy to the featured personality are her fourteen grandchildren and twenty-three great ANDERSON'S life has been marked by selfless quiet compassion land She is constantly many kindnesses and adding innumerable legion friends to her |
