Mary Lucille Wright Walker

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

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