1914

Salt Lake City, Utah- Born April 12, 1914 in a little house "upon the avenues". My father was Joseph Angell Moses Young and my mother was Harriet Edmunds Young. I had an older brother, Don Earl, about 4 yrs. old, and an older sister, Reva, about 2 1/2 yrs. old. Dad was at the University of Utah in his junior year.

Mother and Dad were married soon after high school in Ephraim, Utah. My mother lived in Wales, Utah (a smaller neighboring town which had only a grade school, no high school) but went to high school in Ephraim. At the time my father's mother taught foreign languages at Snow College (in Ephraim). Dad and mother were allowed to get married because they were "in love" and threatened to elope. They were both going to Salt Lake to the University of Utah and "I can live cheaper together than individually". Granddad Edmunds paid their expenses, including their schooling. Grandmother Young was a widow on a very modest income. Granddad also had a son and another daughter in college and 5 other children and 2 homes to maintain (one in Wales, Utah and one in S.L.C) and the sheep ranching business. My brother, Don, was born and Granddad hired a housekeeper so mother could continue in school. He was determined that all of his children (girls included- unusual in those days) would be college graduates. When Reva was born 1 1/2 yrs. later he gave up on mother's education.

Dad continued school and earned a little money as instructor in lower math classes, his major. This meant that he could not take a full schedule of classes toward graduation so it took him longer to get his degree.

While still a baby (until I was over a year old) I had some gastro-intestinal problems and spent some time in the hospital.