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grandma's button box, hair accessories, fancy hats and the Welsh phrases she learned from her father. As she became ill, they participated in caring for her. Mom and Gramp lived longer and were thus able to participate in more of the children's growing up years. During those twenty years Mom and Gramp lived across the street, a wonderful relationship grew between them and the four Boyden children. It was truly a "second home" for them. Gramp said there was a "weU worn path in the carpet from the front door to the refrigerator." In later years when television became popular, he insisted that Orpha and John not buy one, so he could have one to entice the kids to visit them. Of course, the N and food devices were not all necessary. The grandchildren gravitated toward the duplex because they knew that's where they could always depend on love, understanding and enthusiastic support for any of their many projects. Gramp read the comics to the grandchildren and taught them the fundamentals of grass roots politics. Mom sewed costumes for school and church, made braided rugs for the cabin, picked chickens at the farm, made needlepoint chairs as heirlooms for each of the grandchildren and was the permanent Boyden baby-sitter with meals at all hours. In 1973, Orpha wrote the following to the children at the conclusion of her parents' personal history:
I want to close by telling you children again how much I have appreciated the relationship between your father and my parents. I often said that if ever the folks were forced to choose, they would take Dad instead of me. During their active years Mom and Gramp supported Dad in any of his projects - politics, den and cabin furnishings, entertainment of groups at the cabin, ward projects, etc. In later years Dad was their great source of comfort - holding a hand at the bedside, giving words of encouragement, picking up the tab when their savings ran out. He was to them (and to me) the perfect personification of security. I shall always love him for it. I have always believed that some good can come from any experience, no matter how bad. While Mom's illness was a
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| Title | John S. Boyden: three score and ten in retrospect |
| Creator | Boyden, Orpha Amanda Sweeten |
| Subject | Boyden, John Sterling, 1906-1980; Democratic Party -- Utah; Coalville (Utah) -- History |
| Description | Life story of John S. Boyden, including his experiences in Coalville, Utah, law practice, participation in the Utah Democratic Party, family life, church involvement, and advocacy for Indians. |
| Source | Boyden |
| Date Digital | 2008-01 |
| Date Original | 1986 |
| Type | text |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Digitization Specs | JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner. |
| Contributing Institution | Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah |
| Publisher | Southern Utah State College Press |
| Language | eng |
| Genre | Biography |
| Website | http://www.li.suu.edu/library/digitization/boyden.html |
| Rights Management | Digital image c2008 Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University. All rights reserved. |
| CONTENTdm file name | 1144.cpd |
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