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Mildred Chloe Christiansen Walker
24 Jan 1911 – 31 Jul 2000
| Birth | 24 Jan 1911 |
| Death | 31 Jul 2000 |
| Cemetery | Pleasant Grove City Cemetery Pleasant Grove , Utah County , Utah , USA |
| Added by | SRBentz on 27 Oct 2009 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42823199 |
Bio
Daughter of Alma Gideon Christiansen and Ida Matilda Anderson Wife of Reed Owen Walker, married 4 January 1935 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah History. I was born Jan 24, 1911, in Pleasant Grove, Utah, the first child of Alma Gideon Christiansen and Ida Matilda Anderson. The place of my birth and my girlhood home was in the northeast part of town where my maternal grandparents had settled and built upon their arrival from Sweden as converts to the Church. I have two brothers. Early in our lives, we were taught Gospel principles and at the age of eight were baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I early formed the habit of attending church meetings which of course has been a very important part of my life. My school studies were enjoyable to me. After graduating from Pleasant Grove High School in 1929, I took a normal teaching course at Brigham Young University. My first church positions, during my teens, were kindergarten teacher and assistant organist in the Sunday School. I was rather quiet and retiring by nature, but had many good times. Our recreation consisted mostly of house parties, and sleigh riding in the winter, and I did enjoy going swimming and also hiking in the beautiful mountains. During the summer months, we were able to earn a little spending money working in the berries and other fruits. It was during the depression that I completed my normal course, and I did not obtain a teaching position. For the next two and a half years I stayed at home with only occasional employment. My church was my refuge. During this time, I taught Primary as well as worked in the Sunday School and was also active in mutual work and acted on the ward genealogy committee. On Oct 18, 1933, I received my endowments in the Salt Lake Temple and for the next eighteen months attended the temple quite regularly, finding this work very satisfying. It was while attending the stake missionary class held in the Second Ward Sunday School, that I became better acquainted with Reed Owen Walker. After taking me home from a stake genealogical dance, on March 8, 1934, we began courting and were married on Jan. 4, 1935, in the Salt Lake Temple. We made our home in part of the house with Reed's parents where Reed farmed with his father. He later obtained employment at the Geneva Steel Plant. We still enjoy some produce from our small farm. After the death of Reed's parents, we made some improvements and then occupied all of the old home. Reed's parents were getting along in years when we married. Our children, especially the younger ones, didn't enjoy much association with grandparents, as my parents, too passed away too soon for that. We have 4 children. Reed and I, other than working in various capacities in the church, are homebodies. Most of our association has come through our church affiliations in the ward and stake. Reed's service as bishop of the ward was a rewarding experience for both of us. For about nine years, I enjoyed working in different capacities in the Relief Society and later, taught a class in the MIA and acted as a Sunday School teacher. Our two older children are now married and we enjoy five little grandchildren. We are happy with the simple things of life and feel that we are richly blessed. Our greatest desire is to influence our children so that they might live according to the Gospel Plan and that we might all merit a continuation of our family unit into Eternity. Written by Mildred Christiansen Walker, 1960
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