Letters from 1941

In 1941 my mother's sister Velma Alvira Hansen was serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Oakland California. My mother in the meantime had moved to Duchesne Utah and met a young man (if you call 32 years of age young) and they decided to get married. Now for me a 6th child in the family and not knowing my parents until they were "more mature" I found some of the things in these letters from my mother and her mother and sisters a little hard to comprehend. For instance one sister wrote that they were silly. My mom and dad Silly? Well you must read the following letters to see what I mean. The first images here are from that event of which they were referring. I am not sure of the portrait but it had to have been around the same few years at least, maybe when she was a student at University of Utah, my siblings might know for sure and be able to correct me. (Her hair style however is the same in all of the images.)

(Aunt Velma sent these to me in 2002, about a year after mother passed away.)

I decided to add a picture of the home that mom talks about when she says that Kermit was working on putting in the flooring and other references to the home he was getting ready. I took this picture on our last trip to Duchesne this past fall. The inside looks nothing like what it had even at the time they were married since the current owners have allowed livestock to enjoy it's interior for the past several years.I was surprised to see furniture was still in it as well.