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Amee Walker

3 Nov 1890 – 4 Jun 1938

Birth	3 Nov 1890
Death	4 Jun 1938
Cemetery	Pleasant Grove City Cemetery Pleasant Grove , Utah County , Utah , USA
Added by	SRBentz on 13 Nov 2009
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86966

Bio

Daughter of Ezra Foutz Walker and Annie Swensen In the year of 1890, a new ward was formed known as the Pleasant Grove Second Ward. this was south of Pleasant Grove and was later known as Lindon Ward. Ezra Foutz Walker and Annie Swenson Walker lived in this new ward. Their farm was next to the foothills and a mile east of the highway. That same fall Nov. 3 their first child was born to them, a girl. They named her Amee. It was to be the French spelling "Amie" but because of a present from her Uncle Swen with her name engraved on it spelled "Amee," they just decided that was good enough. Amee and her mother were very close from the start. She seemed to trust her loving care and lie contentedly on a pillow in the wide windowsill of their soft rock home, and amuse herself by looking out of the windows at the lights and shadows, or her hazel eyes would follow her mother as she did her daily work. Later she played with her older brother, Ezra B. He belongs to her father by a former marriage. Her mother accepted him as one of her own. After Harold and Paul were born and were big enough to play they rode the donkey and got piled off in the ditch. Their faithful dog, Bounce, however, came to their rescue and pulled them out of the ditch, or ran barking to the house so someone would follow him and rescue the children. After nine years of grade school (because of a beginner's grade before first grade) she went to the Pleasant Grove High School. She lived with Aunt Elizabeth, Mother's sister, who taught school there. They had jolly times. Amee's friends would gather around the organ and sing. Afterwards, there would be something to eat. Amee was conscientious in all the things that she did so she was a good student. She graduated from the first graduating class of Pleasant Grove High School in 1909. The following year she attended BYU. She and Aaunt Georgiana, her mother's youngest sister, lived together. That was a trying year because she had never been away from home before and homesickness can be very painful. One year of college was enough to get a normal certificate to teach so Amee taught First Grade in Lindon School the following two years. She had such a large class that they enlisted a high school girl as her assistant. Eliza Johnson came to help her teach. The fall of 1912 found her preparing to go on a mission to the Northwestern States. She was the first girl to go from the Lindon Ward. In September of that year, she arrived in Portland. Much of the time of her mission was spent in Portland and Spokane. Her mission was joyous because it was a time of progression for Amee, and those she labored with. To see lives change with the gospel is an inspiration to those who strive to accomplish this. Her acquaintances there were later to be her lifelong friends. She had worked in the Church organizations before going on a mission, but after returning, she was better prepared. She was called to work in the Stake in MIA and when the Beehive work was introduced into the Church, Amee went from ward to ward in the Alpine Stake and introduced and organized the girls in their Beehive groups, then helped them get the work started. She taught Sunday School and Mutual in the wards she lived in. She taught Sunday School in Lindon and Pleasant Grove. She taught Mutual in Lindon, Pleasant Grove, and the Unversity Ward in Salt Lake City, Utah. Amee had a desire to see the world. Maybe the main reason for this was that traveling and seeing places satisfied her thirst for knowledge because she always used her knowledge of other cities and countries to help in her teaching career. Because of the illness of her mother, she stayed home and taught in Pleasant Grove and Lindon schools; although she longed to go to bigger places where she could do some of the things she wanted to, like attend operas and concerts or be near the University where she could take extra classes. Her devotion to her mother and family made her stay, but after her mother's death in 1920, she went to Lehi to teach the fourth grade. It was within the same district but a change. That summer she and Aunt Eliza with two other girls went to New York to attend Columbia University. They had to make every minute count so they did sight-seeing both going and coming. Besides getting their credit, they saw New York City. One summer they went to Berkeley for summer school, another new experience. In the summer of 1926, they went to Europe. they visited England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Holland, and Switzerland. There they visited the art galleries of France. They bought pictures to take home. They rode on gondolias in Venice and saw the wealth of the Catholic churches in Rome. the bought linen in Ireland. they saw the leaning tower of Pisa and all the other things of interest including the sunset on blue Lake Lucerne. Of course, there were new dresses from Paris and many other souvenirs. Eliza was ill in 1930. Amee only went to the Grand Canyon with Paul and his family because she felt she needed the rest. There was nothing to do but sit by the bedside and look. That September Eliza died. It was hard parting with Eliza but she had to adjust. She tried living with other girls. She didn't like that so she tried boarding in a private home. She finally gave that up and rented an apartment by herself. This was more to her liking. In 1935 she and another girl sailed for Hawaii. never had she had so many orchids as when she leis made of orchids placed around her neck. She ate a wonderful preserves with a big Hawaiian name. It turned out to be ground cherry preserves. they had fish and Poi and when she returned she had learned a song in Hawaiian. She also had beads a grass skirt, and other souvenirs to remind her of the wonderful time she had. She began teaching in Salt Lake City in 1932. There she taught for six years. her teachings were of the highest quality as was evidenced by her being asked to teach a demonstration summer school in the first grade at BYU. With all the pictures she gathered from the countries of Europe, she went to different wards lecturing on European countries and showing the slides as she lectured. Many of these beauties she described in stories; many of them were published in magazines. She saw beauty wherever she went. In the canyons, in the cities, in the countries, and in the ocean. After much study all over the continent and more home credit at BYU, Amee finally got her B.S. degree on June 10, 1936. After her busy years of study had more or less come to an end with getting her degree, Amee then turned to put the finishing touches on the Walker family records of her immediate family; both the ancestry and progenitors. She also spent much time and money doing genealogical research. Through affiliation with the U of U, she belongs to the returned missionaries's club. (The Y yeshivah chapter) and in 1937, they made her president of that club. And it was only because of illness just before her death that she was released from this position. Her loyalty to family and friends was one of her outstanding characteristics. Everyone in her family sometimes or others has received financial aid and encouragement from Amee. She took Ruth, her youngest sister, to raise after her Mother's death, sending her to school and being her guarding angel. If any of her family had a problem to solve Amee was always the clearing-house and she usually came up with the right answer. Amee had a host of friends wherever she went. Some she had acquired when she and Aunt Eliza had lived at the Hotel Utah, where they had met all kinds of people. She was always grateful for that training because it helped her to be precious and understanding to all kinds of people. So when they sailed on their tours they were often invited to dine at the captain's table. This was a great honor, for certainly not everyone was invited to participate in this event. Her friends too sought her advice. She gave to those in need and sent flowers to the sick or a card to cheer those who were downcast. Because of an accident occurring in the schoolroom of falling plaster, she developed a concussion and other complications from which she never recovered. She lingered for almost a year and then she finally died on June 3, 1938. She says one can be happy and content anywhere you go because if you look for the interesting and beautiful things in life, you find them.

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