Mary Lucille Wright Walker
Born July 26, 1906
Died December 15, 2001
- Born in Lindon Utah
- Called Lucille
- Born in parents home
- Second child or Hyrum Isaac and Mary Jane Bezzant Wright
- Thirteenth of family combined (Both parents had families before they married each other)
- Father was a farmer
- Went to school by riding on the shoulders of two older brothers and then walking for a mile
- Just before high school, father sold farm and moved to a fruit farm Pleasant Grove right next to the school. Met Calvin Walker
- Fruit farm included two acres of raspberries, apple, apricot, and peach trees, as well as flowers and vegetables near the house
- Learned how to play piano and accompanied many groups and people
- After high school, went to Brigham Young Academy to teach elementary
- Found teaching position in Lehi after college
- Corresponded with Calvin and he made sure she always had a date for the big events
- Married Calvin at age 23 (already considered an old maid)
- Moved to Duchesne
- When pregnant with first child, lost liking for fish
- Moved to Lehi and then Pleasant Grove
- After her father passed away in 1937, bought her parents home
- Organized fruit picking and canning
- Enjoyed good clean jokes, but put a stop when they went too far
- Believed in bribery to get children to do things
- Picnicked a lot as a family
- Taught her girls to sew, clean a house, can, and cook
- Boys learned how to cook and clean
- Active in church
- Served in Primary, Sunday School, Relief Society, YWMIA, cub scout den leader
- Traveled with her husband to church historical sights, to visit her children, and to Israe;.
- Worked in Provo temple
- Had Volkswagen Bus
- Crocheted while Calvin fished