H-3(3)

MELVIN ATTENDED THE GEORGETOWN SCHOOL AND GRADUATED FROM THE FIELDING ACADEMY, PARIS ID IN 1917. HE WENT ON A MISSION TO NEV St CA 1919-1922. HE WAS A CATTLE RANCHER AND DAIRYMAN. HE WAS A STRONG BELIEVER OF EDUCATION. HE DIDN'T LIKE TO HUNT OR FISH. HE HAD BROWN HAIR BLUE EYES, STALKY AND NOT TOO TALL. HE WORE BIB OVERALLS AND A STRAW HAT.(RRR) 

MELVIN WAS WORKING AT A GRAIN WAREHOUSE IN SODA SPRINGS ID. TONS OF GRAIN FELL ON HIM AND BROKE HIS BACK. HE WAS NOT GOING TO WALK AGAIN. HE RECEIVED A PRIESTHOOD BLESSING AND WAS ABLE TO WALK BUT NOT ABLE TO LIFT TOO MUCH. (RRR)

LAREVA WAS EDUCATED IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT GEORGETOWN ID AND WAS A GRADUATE OF THE FIELDING ACADEMY IN PARIS ID. SHE SPENT TWO SUMMERS AT RICKS COLLEGE IN REXBURG ID. SHE WAS THE PRINCIPAL OF THE GEORGETOWN ID GRADE SCHOOL IN 1949 St 1950. SHE TAUGHT THE SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADES. SHE ALSO TAUGHT IN THE HIGH SCHOOL.(RRR)

LAREVA WAS THE OLDEST OF SEVEN CHILDREN AND WAS FOURTEEN WHEN HER FATHER WAS KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT. SHE CONTRIBUTED WHAT SUSTENANCE SHE COULD TO HER MOTHER AND BROTHERS AND SISTERS. FOR MANY YEARS SHE CARRIED MILK, CREAM, BUTTER, EGGS AND GARDEN PRODUCE SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK TO HER MOTHER AT C-4.(RRR)

LAREVA LOVED TO RAISE FLOWERS. SHE ALWAYS WORE AN APRON AND WORE HER HAIR PULLED BACK. SHE HAD BLUE EYES. SHE MADE WONDERFUL RAISEN-FILLED COOKIES. HER CHILDREN ALSO REMEMBERED HER HOME-MADE BREAD WITH CHUNKS OF BUTTER. SHE CROCHETED, TATTED AND QUILTED. SHE PLAYED THE PIANO BY EAR.(RRR)

HENRY H. TIPPETS WAS A HIRED HAND. ONE TIME THE HORSES GOT AWAY FROM HIM AND RAN FOR HOME. WHEN THEY CAME NEAR THE HOUSE THEY JUMPED THE FENCE AND WE WERE PLAYING THERE. THE HORSES JUMPED THE FENCE AND JUMPED RIGHT OVER US.(RRR)

MELVIN St LAREVA WERE QUIET AND KIND.(KKKK)

THEY NEVER KEPT THEIR KIDS HOME FROM SCHOOL TO HELP ON THE FARM. THEY FELT EDUCATION WAS SO IMPORTANT. MELVIN SAID "I CAN'T GIVE YOU MUCH BUT I AM GOING TO TRY AND GET YOU THRU SCHOOL BECAUSE THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING."

LAREVA HAD ONSET DIABETES BEFORE SHE DIED.(RRR)