"...names are important in genealogical research. Knowledge of the historic context in which our ancestors lived, the details of their lives, and the experiences that shaped their personalities are essential to our understanding of ourselves."
"The plan of salvation and the Atonement of Jesus Christ are the very backbone of genealogical research. What about our ancestors who lived and loved and filled their lives with good things to the extent of the knowledge they may have had? Is there any hope for them? Each individual must have the right and privvilege of accepting or rejecting the saving ordinances and principles. The identification of our ancestors and the performance of sacred ordinances on their behalf provide a way for them to make this very decision."
"By the third or fourth generation our ancestors live in obscurity. They are lost from memory. But the obscurity of which Malachi speaks is much more. It is a spiritual obscurity, a spiritual wasteland in which one stands alone, disconnected from ancestors and posterity alike. Family history is the saving of one's ancestors from the spiritual obscurity in which they reside."
"Does not family history reach as easily to future generations as to past ones? The quality of life is affected by knowledge of one's ancestors because it gives one a sense of identity and personal responsibility that, really, can come only in that way. If this is true, is it not also true that our posterity will be so influenced by our lives?"
**** "If we do not create records that document our lives, or that of our families, knowledge of who we are is lost within a generation or two, and we become those who are lost in obscurity. Without that knowledge, our posterity becomes disconnected from their roots and from the nourishment those roots provide."
Elder Neuenschwander
July 27, 2010
Conference on Family History and Genealogy at BYU
Friday, September 17, 2010
Thursday, September 9, 2010
John A. and Susie C. Cockreham 1910 U.S. Census
1910 U.S. Census Record
John A. Cockreham and Susie C.
Susie Clee Greene was the daughter of James and Victoria Greene.
Victoria Anne Pence Greene was the daughter of Noah and Nancy Pence.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Obituary - Bonnie Lou Pence Mugge
In Loving Memory...
Bonnie Lou Mugge
6/5/45 - 5/6/10
Bonnie Lou Mugge, 64, of Conrad, died Thursday, May 6, 2010, at Iowa River Hospice House in Marshalltown. Bonnie has chosen to give a valued and honored gift by donating her body to the University of Iowa Medical School. A celebration of Bonnie’s life will be held at 5:00 p.m. on Monday, May 10, 2010, at the Mitchell Family Funeral Home. Visitation will be held from 3:00-5:00 p.m. on Monday at the funeral home. Memorials may be directed to the family. For condolences, please visit www.mitchellfh.com. The Mitchell Family Funeral Home is caring for Bonnie and her family. Phone 641-844-1234.
Bonnie Lou Pence was born on June 5, 1945, in Eldora. She was the daughter of Howard and Alice (Emmert) Pence.
She graduated from Beaman Conrad High School in 1963. She attended nursing school at Allen Memorial Hospital School of Nursing and graduated in 1966.
On July 10, 1966, Bonnie married Steve Mugge at Ivester Church of the Brethren.
Bonnie worked as a nurse at various locations. She was a member of the Legion Auxiliary. She enjoyed her family, friends, reading, and spending time with her grandkids. She liked to play cards, fishing, and canoeing.
Left to mourn her loss is her husband, Steve, of Conrad; her children Robyn (Douglas) Heisdorffer of Marengo, IA, Mark (Julie) Mugge of St. Charles, IL, and Jeremy Mugge of Union, IA; her grandchildren Nicholas Heisdorffer, Kaitlyn Heisdorffer, Brittany Towne-Mugge, LaTaushia Mugge, Dillon Mugge, Rachel Mugge, and Brandon Roche; her sisters Susan (Clarke) Oestereich of Grundy Center, and Jane (Sue Ladehoff) Kruse of Canyon City, CO; and her parents Howard (Hazel) Pence of Eldora. In death she rejoins her mother Alice and her brother James Pence.
Learn more about Bonnie on the Pence Family History site: https://sites.google.com/site/pencefamilyhistory/families/pence/bonnie-lou-pence.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Obituary - David Ralston Hogge
David Ralston Hogge
1964 ~ 2010
David Ralston Hogge, age 45, son of Ralston and Joan Hogge, passed away in St. George, Utah on March 21, 2010 of natural causes. David was born August 20, 1964 in Logan, Utah. He graduated from Orem High School in 1982 then served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the St. Louis, Missouri mission. Upon his return he attended the University of Nevada at Las Vegas and earned a bachelor's degree in Physics with a master's degree in Health Physics. David has worked in the Environmental Health and Safety field with an emphasis in Radiation Technology. In addition to his profession, his love was teaching Astronomy at UNLV. David also enjoyed golf, mountain biking, snow and waterskiing.
David married Jineena Pence in the Mount Timpanogas Temple on June 16, 2000. They have been blessed with three beautiful children Garrett Ralston, age 7; Hailey Lynn Marie, age 6; and Allyssa Denise Faung, age 16 months. Nothing brought David more happiness than spending time with his wife and his children. They were the joy of his life and he of theirs. He will be greatly missed and always lovingly remembered.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 27, 2010, at the West Valley 3rd LDS Ward, 3963 South Peachwood Drive (3450 West), West Valley City, UT. A viewing will be held from 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. with a funeral service at 11:00 a.m. Interment will immediately follow at the Riverton City Cemetery. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to David Hogge's Kids at any Wells Fargo Branch.
Learn more about David on the Pence Family History website:
https://sites.google.com/site/pencefamilyhistory/families/hogge/david-ralston-hogge.
https://sites.google.com/site/pencefamilyhistory/families/hogge/david-ralston-hogge.
