Grandma by Lydia Hartle Kilpack

This poem appeared in the Legacy Newsletter for Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Spring 2007.  

Could I leave home and Mother

And sail to a distant shore?

Could I, after losing loved ones, 

Say I was more blessed than before?

Could I give up all I had worked for

To help others on their way?

Do I appreciate the comforts 

That are mine to enjoy today?

Grandma, you could do these things

And do them gladly too

Because your faith in God was strong

And to that faith were true.

If I'm worthy then to meet you

I'll be glad to take your hand

And give my heart-felt love to you

Within that better land.

Mary Ashton Wardle Obituary

Found this gem on family Search where it had been contributed by Iva Beckstead.  this lists place of death as West Jordan and age as 20.  She is buried in South Jordan Cemetery which is more likely location of death.  Also they have inflated her age slightly.  Mary's is the last obituary in this picture.

Died: On the 5th inst., at her residence in West Jordan Ward, in child-birth, Mary Ashton Wardle, wife of Isaac Wardle and daughter of William and Sarah Ann Ashton, aged 20 years.

Joey, My Nephew: Keeping the Family Tradition

This is my nephew Joey with his niece, daughter of Linsay, Addison.  Picture shared with me by Geneve.