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James Howard Pence - Vietnam Memorial, Washington D.C.

While in Washington D.C. this week I was able to visit the Vietnam Memorial and found James Howard Pence on the wall. He died December 28, 1969 in Quang Nam, Vietnam.

Learn more about James on the Pence Family History website: https://sites.google.com/site/pencefamilyhistory/families/pence/james-howard-pence.

Photograph - Hostetler, Pence, Pearson, and Smith Families

A photograph taken around 1924 shows the Smith family, including the Hostetler, Pence, and Pearson families. Individuals pictured are Nora Mae Smith Pence, George Corner Pence, Elias Smith Jr., James Rudolph Hostetler, Mary Ann Smith Hostetler, Augusta Florence Smith Pearson, Lydia Ann Boyer Smith, Lawrence Eugene Pence, Georgia Lenora Pence, Harvey Alonzo Pence, Betty May Hostetler, and Dean Eli Pearson.

Photograph is available on the Pence Family History website:

https://sites.google.com/site/pencefamilyhistory/families/smith/nora-mae-smith.

To Ida From Brother Geo (1913 or 1914)

Photo is available on the Pence Family History website.

The picture shows John Wolford, Erven Smith, Dan Smith, and George Pence with young Harvey Smith and Oscar Smith.

Mathias Gephart - 1850 U.S. Census

GEPHART, MATHIAS (1850 U.S. Census)
OHIO, MEDINA, WADSWORTH
Age: 57, Male, Race: WHITE, Born: GERM

Census Record 1850

Norway Census Records for Karl Bernhardt Traasdahl

Karl Bernhardt Traasdahl 1855-1936

The 1865 Norway Census Record has Karl Bernhard Trosdal living as the step-son of Iver Mathisen. Birth date is 1855. Place of birth is Trondheim.

The 1900 Norway Census Record has Karl Bernhard Traasdal with wife Anne Kirstine, and children: Kamilla Marie, Otto Birger, Pauline, Bernhard.

The 1910 Norway Census Record has Karl Traasdahl with wife Anna Endresdatter, and children: Kamilla, Pauline, and Bernhard.

Obituary - Ann Swenson Fackrell

Ann Swenson Fackrell

Standard-Examiner Sunday, June 26, 1988

OGDEN – Ann Swenson Fackrell, 72, of 1519 23^rd St., died Saturday, June 25, 1988, at her home of heart failure.

She was born Oct. 7, 1915, in Lago, Idaho, a Daughter of Otto B. and Anna Erickson Traasdahl.

She married Maynard J. Swenson June 1, 1934, in Preston, Idaho. He died Nov. 21, 1958. She married Elton D. Fackrell Nov. 22, 1960, in Logan. She was raised in Grace and Preston, Idaho, and moved to the Ogden area in 1940. She moved to Lewiston in 1958, returning to Ogden in 1975.

She graduated from Preston High School. She was an active member of the Ogden LDS 35th Ward, and had served as Relief Society. She was Mutual president and had been active in religious service over the past 50 years. She was a member of the Lewiston Literary League, chairman of the Fourth of July celebration, and an active Democrat. She enjoyed gardening.

Surviving are her husband of Ogden, two sons, Max Swenson, Pasco, Wash.; Ron Swenson, Salt Lake City; one stepson and one stepdaughter, Alan Fackrell, Logan; Sharon Bischoff, Orinda, Calif.; Nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Also surviving are two brothers and two sisters, Carl Traasdahl, Las Vegas, Nev.; Ted Traasdahl, Colorado Springs, Colo.; Irene King, Lewiston, Utah; Mitze Pence, Eldora, Iowa. She was preceded in death by one brother and one sister.

Services will be Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the Ogden LDS 35th Ward, 1475 Cahoon, with Bishop Darwin J. Brimhall of the Ogden 35th ward officiating. Friends may call at Lindquist and Sons Colonial Chapel, 3408 Washington Blvd.; Ogden, Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. and at the church Wednesday from 10 to 10:45 a.m. Interment will be in Ogden City Cemetery.

Learn more about Ann Swenson Fackrell on the Traasdahl Family History site: https://sites.google.com/site/traasdahlfamilyhistorysite/families/traasdahl/anna-o-traasdahl.

Harvey Walter Boyce Memory of Osborne "Frosty" Traasdahl

"As a youngster, I remember a gentleman by the name of Osborne Traasdahl. To everybody in Boulder City, he was always known as “Frosty” because he had a beautiful white head of hair, and he was a very large man. He’d drive a, I don’t know whether it was a D-6 or a D-4 or whatever, but I remember hours on hours he was out there on that caterpillar grading that land, getting it prepared to start building the high school and the junior high school. So I remember the Boulder City High School being built..."

--from the Oral History of Harvey Walter Boyce

Learn more about Osborne Traasdahl on the Traasdahl Family History site: https://sites.google.com/site/traasdahlfamilyhistorysite/families/traasdahl/osborne-otto-traasdahl

Obituary - John Grant King

JOHN KING

FAIRVIEW, IDAHO

John Grant King, 84, passed away on July 2, 2012, at the Heritage Home in Preston, Idaho. He was born Oct. 12, 1927, in Lewiston, Utah to LaVere and Leora Wiser King. He grew up with his two brothers, Newel and Norman and three sisters, Thelma, Ramona and Joann. He spent his childhood playing with cousins and neighbors and riding his pinto pony. His first job was delivering newspapers at age ten. By age fifteen, he was running the dry farm in Arbon Valley, which he called his castle, because both brothers were drafted into the Army and his father worked full-time for the Utah Fish & Game. He attended school at North Cache then joined the Merchant Marines at seventeen. He later served in the Army in Japan for eighteen months where he became a Sergeant. Upon returning home, he married Darlene Jepson on April 8, 1949, in the Logan Temple. He then returned to the farm in Arbon Valley. He also worked at Paul's Café, McCune Motors, Ford Motors, V-1 Propane and Hill Field before buying the farm in Fairview. He dairy farmed for fifty years and raised corn, wheat, sugar beets and hay.

Some of his various church callings included ward clerk, young men's, stake missionary and working at the baptistery at the temple, but his favorite calling was stake athletic director. John was an avid sports enthusiast. It was a rare event to not see him at at PHS game. He supported kids and grandkids at dance recitals, band performances, games and plays.

John and Darlene have children: Eloise (Kevin) Ogden; Garth (Anne) King; Darrell (Alice) King all of Fairview; and Chad (Kathleen) King of Farmington, Utah; seventeen grandchildren and nineteen great-grandchildren with two on the way. He is also survived by three sisters, Thelma Woodland of Richmond, Utah; Ramona Bingham of Logan, Utah; Joann (Bruce) Griffin of Ogden, Utah; and by a sister-in-law, Venda King of Lewiston, Utah. He was preceded in death by his two brothers, Newel and; Norman King; by a son-in-law, Michael Bronson; a brother-in-law, Reed Woodland and by a sister-in-law, Irene King.

The family would like to express their gratitude for the care and kindness shown by Hospice, The Heritage Home and the VA Hospital in Salt Lake City. Funeral services will be held on Friday, July 20, 2012, at 11:00 a.m. in the Fairview Second Ward Chapel with Bishop Lewis Palmer conducting. Friends may call Thursday, July 19th from 6-8 p.m. at Webb Funeral Home, 1005 South 800 East, Preston, Idaho, and Friday from 9:30-10:30 a.m. at the church. Interment will be in the Fairview Cemetery. Memories and condolences may be shared with the family at www.webbmortuary.com.

Learn more about John King on the Traasdahl Family History site: https://sites.google.com/site/traasdahlfamilyhistorysite/families/king/john-grant-king.

Obituary - Thelma King Woodland

Thelma King Woodland, 95, passed away peacefully on July 5, 2015, in Lewiston, Utah. She was born September 11, 1919 in North Logan, Utah; the eldest child of LaVere and Leora Wiser King. Thelma was raised in Lewiston, Utah and married Reed Woodland July 20, 1938 in the Logan LDS Temple. It was in Richmond, Utah where they built their home and raised their family. Thelma devoted her life to family, church, and her siblings. She always enjoyed and loved her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Thelma’s thirst for knowledge was evident throughout her life. She graduated from North Cache High School, LDS Seminary in Richmond, Utah, and the LDS Institute of Religion in Logan, Utah. Thelma had a gift for organization and record keeping. She dedicated countless years to family history/genealogical research, and compiling and publishing a comprehensive history of her ancestry.

Always a faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter‐day Saints, Thelma served in a variety of church callings, i.e. Ward Primary counselor and teacher; Stake Primary President and board member; President and teacher of the Ward YWMIA; Ward and Stake Genealogy Committee; counselor, teacher and handicraft leader in the Ward Relief Society; Missionary at the Cache Branch Family History Library in Logan; and a temple worker in the Logan LDS temple. Together with her husband, Reed, she served missions in the San Antonio Texas Mission (1984‐85) and a Stake Service Mission at home.

Thelma found great joy in the community service she rendered. She was a president of Richmond Park School PTA, a 4H Girls Club Leader, Chair of the Richmond Voting District #1 and served as a delegate to the Republican County and State Conventions for several years. Among her interests were reading, compiling photo albums and scrap books, making quilts, and oil painting.

Thelma is survived by her son, Jerry (Judy) Woodland of Richmond, daughter Sharon (Craig) Poole of Chula Vista, CA, eight grandchildren, sixteen great‐grandchildren; sisters, Ramona Bingham, Joan (Bruce) Griffin, sister‐in‐law Venda King, and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband Reed, parents, and brothers Newel, Norman, and John King.

Funeral services will be held Friday, July 10, 2015 at 11:00 AM, at the Richmond LDS Stake Center, 135 W. Main St., Richmond Utah. Friends and family may visit prior to the service on Friday, from 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM at the stake center. Burial will be in the Richmond City Cemetery. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.allenmortuaries.net. We would like to express a special thanks to The Family Place in Lewiston and Rocky Mountain Hospice for their outstanding care for the elderly. To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Thelma King Woodland please visit our Sympathy Store.

Learn more about Thelma on the Traasdahl Family History site: https://sites.google.com/site/traasdahlfamilyhistorysite/families/king/thelma-king-woodland.