Ruby Nielsen Akin died Oct. 19, 2008, just one month and four days short of her 100th birthday.
She was born Nov. 23, 1908, in Logan, Utah, the seventh and youngest child of Peter W. Nielsen and Matilda Peterson Nielsen. She grew up in a loving home where the LDS Church was the center of all activities. She introduced the kindergarten program in Beaver, Utah, where she taught two different summers and also did the same thing in Tooele, Utah. She taught the parents and a few grandparents of children she taught later in her career. After retiring from teaching she served a full time mission in the Texas San Antonio Mission for the LDS Church. When she turned 90 years old, she moved into the Williamsburg Retirement Home in Logan, where she served on the activities committee and lined up most of the musical programs for the next 7 years. She was also called as a counselor in the LDS Branch Relief Society Presidency. She is preceded in death by her parents and all six of her older siblings. She is survived by 12 nieces and nephews and their many children and grandchildren. Logan City Cemetery.
She was born Nov. 23, 1908, in Logan, Utah, the seventh and youngest child of Peter W. Nielsen and Matilda Peterson Nielsen. She grew up in a loving home where the LDS Church was the center of all activities. She introduced the kindergarten program in Beaver, Utah, where she taught two different summers and also did the same thing in Tooele, Utah. She taught the parents and a few grandparents of children she taught later in her career. After retiring from teaching she served a full time mission in the Texas San Antonio Mission for the LDS Church. When she turned 90 years old, she moved into the Williamsburg Retirement Home in Logan, where she served on the activities committee and lined up most of the musical programs for the next 7 years. She was also called as a counselor in the LDS Branch Relief Society Presidency. She is preceded in death by her parents and all six of her older siblings. She is survived by 12 nieces and nephews and their many children and grandchildren. Logan City Cemetery.
Ruby Nielsen Akin died Oct. 19, 2008, just one month and four days short of her 100th birthday.
She was born Nov. 23, 1908, in Logan, Utah, the seventh and youngest child of Peter W. Nielsen and Matilda Peterson Nielsen. She grew up in a loving home where the LDS Church was the center of all activities. She introduced the kindergarten program in Beaver, Utah, where she taught two different summers and also did the same thing in Tooele, Utah. She taught the parents and a few grandparents of children she taught later in her career. After retiring from teaching she served a full time mission in the Texas San Antonio Mission for the LDS Church. When she turned 90 years old, she moved into the Williamsburg Retirement Home in Logan, where she served on the activities committee and lined up most of the musical programs for the next 7 years. She was also called as a counselor in the LDS Branch Relief Society Presidency. She is preceded in death by her parents and all six of her older siblings. She is survived by 12 nieces and nephews and their many children and grandchildren. Logan City Cemetery.
She was born Nov. 23, 1908, in Logan, Utah, the seventh and youngest child of Peter W. Nielsen and Matilda Peterson Nielsen. She grew up in a loving home where the LDS Church was the center of all activities. She introduced the kindergarten program in Beaver, Utah, where she taught two different summers and also did the same thing in Tooele, Utah. She taught the parents and a few grandparents of children she taught later in her career. After retiring from teaching she served a full time mission in the Texas San Antonio Mission for the LDS Church. When she turned 90 years old, she moved into the Williamsburg Retirement Home in Logan, where she served on the activities committee and lined up most of the musical programs for the next 7 years. She was also called as a counselor in the LDS Branch Relief Society Presidency. She is preceded in death by her parents and all six of her older siblings. She is survived by 12 nieces and nephews and their many children and grandchildren. Logan City Cemetery.
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