Mrs. Agnes Maud Householder Deakin was born in Salt Lake county on the 13th of December 1881, the third child of 12 born to Agnes Hunter & Joseph Householder.

She dearly loved her grandfather Ebenezer Hunter and grew up near him, primarily in American Fork, Utah. As a child she showed interest in record keeping and would "interview" her friends, asking them to spell out their names. They would say; "You know my name!" As a young teen she helped her mother and sisters run a boarding house in Sunshine, Utah. She had been baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and helped organize the Sunday School in Sunshine, Utah. She had a wonderful voice and would perform in harmony with her sister Nel.

She met and married the love of her life, Robert "Rob" Price Deakin on the 18th of June 1901 in Sunshine, Utah. Together they had nine fun-loving, amazing children whose laughter was contagious! They were; Alta who died as a newborn, LoRee, Bob, Norris, Max, Lola, Gordon, Irene and Don. Don was a bit of a surprise, yet a child whom she deeply adored.

Robs work as foreman on the powder gang at Utah Copper caused him to have serious health problems and trouble breathing. In the mid 1920's they left his work at the mine and tried their hand at farming in the clear air of Heber Valley on a family farm known as "The Berg Ranch". This haven was the highlight of her children's lives, but the work was hard and money tough to come by so Rob moved the family back to the mine where he became a gardener.

Maud loved the outdoors, hunting and fishing with Rob. They enjoyed the Householder family and Rob would catch enough fish to feed them all. She worked hard and took time to enjoy family. Maud loved to write, "Mother could always be found at the table writing". She collected, wrote and gave gifts of poetry to loved ones, friends & family and spent every available dime on notebooks. She documented a wonderful trip they took in 1931 from Utah to California in great detail, they visited family along the way, saw the Hoover Dam under construction, drove past the homes of movie stars, swam in the ocean, and she documented every mile of the adventure. When they got home she writes "We went 2,980 miles, it cost $54.00 [total] for gas and oil. Wonder now what was the matter with our heads that we haven't made this trip before. Every person owes themselves a trip to California."

Robs lungs became worse and he died on April 29, 1937 at age 60. Maud kept busy with 10 year old Don and Irene, who had just had her appendix removed. Gordon graduated from High School at Bingham and went to work immediately at the mine so they could stay in their home. Maud helped her mother in American Fork and became very active in the Bingham and Copperton wards, serving in the Mutual presidency. In January 1939 she applied for membership in the Society of Daughters of the Utah Pioneers and became an active member, recruiting her sisters to also join. Maud loved temple and genealogy work and was known as the family genealogist, always asking who belonged to whom.

Maud died at age 79 at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday the 5th of September, 1961 a month to the day after her 33rd grandchild was born. She was survived by her brothers Bert, and Jack; sisters Hazel (Hebe) Calton, Lou (Pete)Wilcox, Fay ("Dibb") Chipman; all of her children; and 17 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, seven of her siblings, and four grandchildren. Her funeral was held on Saturday, September 9th at 1:00 p.m. in the West Jordan Stake House.

- written in 2011 by her 33rd grandchild, Nadine D Sharpe