Merle C. Larsen passed away on August 1, 2013.
The first daughter and second child born to Alvin and Ethel Christiansen of Newton, Utah, she was born February 10, 1921 in her grandparents home (Hans and Caroline Dahle) in Clarkston with her grandmother serving as midwife.
Raised in the era of the Great Depression, she learned quickly the value of a dollar and the hard work required to earn it. She loved her family dearly and related stories of evenings spent around the kitchen table playing games with her siblings and friends while her mother sat with her feet resting on the oven door while reading a good book. She could knock the socks off any town bully who was naive enough to give any of her siblings trouble. She was fiercely loyal to those she loved.
Mrs. Larsen was courted by and fell in love with Owen L. Larsen. Together they provided for and raised four children; Ferris (Ranae), Malad, Idaho, Karen (Don Spainhower), Ogden, Janice (Lyle B. Barson), Cottonwood Heights, and JoAnn (Darwin Weeks), Indio, California.
There was always an abundance of music in our home, whether from singing along with The Hit Parade, Lawrence Welk, Dad's harmonica, or Mrs. Larsen's records.
Mrs. Larsen led a full and productive life filled with fun, friendship and pranks too numerous to mention. Whether cutting a rug on the dance floor with Mr. Larsen, creating an unidentifiable Halloween costume, or hot-wiring the front seat of a friend's car, she was always ready and willing to undertake any scheme that would result in fun and laughter.
Never one to sit idly by, she worked tirelessly to assist with providing for the needs of her family. She was an immaculate housekeeper, professional quality seamstress and an excellent cook. When her children were young, she thought nothing of a day that included a trip to Bear Lake to pick raspberries for bottling, delivering her paper route (that extended into Idaho) preparing meals for her family, and then bottling the fresh raspberries.Mrs. Larsen was well loved by many. In addition to her own family, she considered one of her greatest blessings to be the opportunity she had to raise her children with her parent's home on one side and her brother's home on the other. This close proximity provided abundant occasions for sharing life's blessings!
A celebration of her life was held on August 10, 2013 at the Newton town park pavilion. A picnic lunch was enjoyed at that time.
Source: Public obituary, published Deseret News on August 7, 2013
The first daughter and second child born to Alvin and Ethel Christiansen of Newton, Utah, she was born February 10, 1921 in her grandparents home (Hans and Caroline Dahle) in Clarkston with her grandmother serving as midwife.
Raised in the era of the Great Depression, she learned quickly the value of a dollar and the hard work required to earn it. She loved her family dearly and related stories of evenings spent around the kitchen table playing games with her siblings and friends while her mother sat with her feet resting on the oven door while reading a good book. She could knock the socks off any town bully who was naive enough to give any of her siblings trouble. She was fiercely loyal to those she loved.
Mrs. Larsen was courted by and fell in love with Owen L. Larsen. Together they provided for and raised four children; Ferris (Ranae), Malad, Idaho, Karen (Don Spainhower), Ogden, Janice (Lyle B. Barson), Cottonwood Heights, and JoAnn (Darwin Weeks), Indio, California.
There was always an abundance of music in our home, whether from singing along with The Hit Parade, Lawrence Welk, Dad's harmonica, or Mrs. Larsen's records.
Mrs. Larsen led a full and productive life filled with fun, friendship and pranks too numerous to mention. Whether cutting a rug on the dance floor with Mr. Larsen, creating an unidentifiable Halloween costume, or hot-wiring the front seat of a friend's car, she was always ready and willing to undertake any scheme that would result in fun and laughter.
Never one to sit idly by, she worked tirelessly to assist with providing for the needs of her family. She was an immaculate housekeeper, professional quality seamstress and an excellent cook. When her children were young, she thought nothing of a day that included a trip to Bear Lake to pick raspberries for bottling, delivering her paper route (that extended into Idaho) preparing meals for her family, and then bottling the fresh raspberries.Mrs. Larsen was well loved by many. In addition to her own family, she considered one of her greatest blessings to be the opportunity she had to raise her children with her parent's home on one side and her brother's home on the other. This close proximity provided abundant occasions for sharing life's blessings!
A celebration of her life was held on August 10, 2013 at the Newton town park pavilion. A picnic lunch was enjoyed at that time.
Source: Public obituary, published Deseret News on August 7, 2013
Merle C. Larsen passed away on August 1, 2013.
The first daughter and second child born to Alvin and Ethel Christiansen of Newton, Utah, she was born February 10, 1921 in her grandparents home (Hans and Caroline Dahle) in Clarkston with her grandmother serving as midwife.
Raised in the era of the Great Depression, she learned quickly the value of a dollar and the hard work required to earn it. She loved her family dearly and related stories of evenings spent around the kitchen table playing games with her siblings and friends while her mother sat with her feet resting on the oven door while reading a good book. She could knock the socks off any town bully who was naive enough to give any of her siblings trouble. She was fiercely loyal to those she loved.
Mrs. Larsen was courted by and fell in love with Owen L. Larsen. Together they provided for and raised four children; Ferris (Ranae), Malad, Idaho, Karen (Don Spainhower), Ogden, Janice (Lyle B. Barson), Cottonwood Heights, and JoAnn (Darwin Weeks), Indio, California.
There was always an abundance of music in our home, whether from singing along with The Hit Parade, Lawrence Welk, Dad's harmonica, or Mrs. Larsen's records.
Mrs. Larsen led a full and productive life filled with fun, friendship and pranks too numerous to mention. Whether cutting a rug on the dance floor with Mr. Larsen, creating an unidentifiable Halloween costume, or hot-wiring the front seat of a friend's car, she was always ready and willing to undertake any scheme that would result in fun and laughter.
Never one to sit idly by, she worked tirelessly to assist with providing for the needs of her family. She was an immaculate housekeeper, professional quality seamstress and an excellent cook. When her children were young, she thought nothing of a day that included a trip to Bear Lake to pick raspberries for bottling, delivering her paper route (that extended into Idaho) preparing meals for her family, and then bottling the fresh raspberries.Mrs. Larsen was well loved by many. In addition to her own family, she considered one of her greatest blessings to be the opportunity she had to raise her children with her parent's home on one side and her brother's home on the other. This close proximity provided abundant occasions for sharing life's blessings!
A celebration of her life was held on August 10, 2013 at the Newton town park pavilion. A picnic lunch was enjoyed at that time.
Source: Public obituary, published Deseret News on August 7, 2013
The first daughter and second child born to Alvin and Ethel Christiansen of Newton, Utah, she was born February 10, 1921 in her grandparents home (Hans and Caroline Dahle) in Clarkston with her grandmother serving as midwife.
Raised in the era of the Great Depression, she learned quickly the value of a dollar and the hard work required to earn it. She loved her family dearly and related stories of evenings spent around the kitchen table playing games with her siblings and friends while her mother sat with her feet resting on the oven door while reading a good book. She could knock the socks off any town bully who was naive enough to give any of her siblings trouble. She was fiercely loyal to those she loved.
Mrs. Larsen was courted by and fell in love with Owen L. Larsen. Together they provided for and raised four children; Ferris (Ranae), Malad, Idaho, Karen (Don Spainhower), Ogden, Janice (Lyle B. Barson), Cottonwood Heights, and JoAnn (Darwin Weeks), Indio, California.
There was always an abundance of music in our home, whether from singing along with The Hit Parade, Lawrence Welk, Dad's harmonica, or Mrs. Larsen's records.
Mrs. Larsen led a full and productive life filled with fun, friendship and pranks too numerous to mention. Whether cutting a rug on the dance floor with Mr. Larsen, creating an unidentifiable Halloween costume, or hot-wiring the front seat of a friend's car, she was always ready and willing to undertake any scheme that would result in fun and laughter.
Never one to sit idly by, she worked tirelessly to assist with providing for the needs of her family. She was an immaculate housekeeper, professional quality seamstress and an excellent cook. When her children were young, she thought nothing of a day that included a trip to Bear Lake to pick raspberries for bottling, delivering her paper route (that extended into Idaho) preparing meals for her family, and then bottling the fresh raspberries.Mrs. Larsen was well loved by many. In addition to her own family, she considered one of her greatest blessings to be the opportunity she had to raise her children with her parent's home on one side and her brother's home on the other. This close proximity provided abundant occasions for sharing life's blessings!
A celebration of her life was held on August 10, 2013 at the Newton town park pavilion. A picnic lunch was enjoyed at that time.
Source: Public obituary, published Deseret News on August 7, 2013
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