"Those we call dead are not dead at all."

....The more we know about our ancestors, the more we know about ourselves. Today while we are able we may turn our hearts to parents and predecessors and bless them with our love - and labor. Those we call dead are not dead at all. They are alive - on the other side of the veil. Family ties can continue beyond death because of ordinances performed in the temple. While our kindred wait for us, for what do we wait? Where do we begin? Important advice was given by *President Boyd K. Packer, who said: "I came to see that any one of us by himself can care about them, all of them, and love them." President Packer thus identified the true starting point in this great vicarious work.

Some among us still have perceived neither the spirit of Elijah nor its power. Yet we are bound by this warning: "Now, my dearly beloved brethren and sisters," saith the Lord, "let me assure you that these are principles in relation to the dead and the living that cannot be lightly passed over, as pertaining to our salvation. For their salvation is necessary and essential to our salvation, as...they with out us cannot be made perfect - niether can we without our dead be made perfect." (D&C 128:15.)

This doctrine and its ordinances are laden with love and are intended to perpetuate the sweetest of life's relationships - in families forever. Just as Jesus gave his life vicariously for each of us, we can serve vicariously for our kindred.

For our beloved ancestors, perhaps we cannot do everything, but we can do something. Meanwhile, we may keep ourselves free from the bondage of sin, worthy and able to endure to the end. Then, when our turn comes to pass through the gateway, we can say as did Paul: "The time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith." (2 Timothy 4:6-7.)

*Boyd K. Packer, The Holy Temple (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1980), pp.238-39.

(Russell M. Nelson, The Gateway We Call Death, (Salt Lake City: Deseret book company, 1995) pp.106-107)

Celestial Marriage

Marriages are intended to last forever, not just for our mortal lives.


27 August 2009 Ensign and Ella will celebrate their 90th Wedding Anniversary

In "The Family: A Proclamation to the World," the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles proclaim that "marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God and that the family is central to the Creator's plan for the eternal destiny of His children." When a man and woman are married in the temple, their family can be together forever.

19 February 2010 Andrew and Laura
will celebrate their 100th Wedding Anniversary
Sealed St. George Temple

President Spencer W. Kimball taught that “marriage is perhaps the most vital of all the decisions and has the most far-reaching effects. … It affects not only the two people involved, but their children and … their children’s children. … Of all the decisions, this one must not be wrong.” He recommended “that all boys and girls from their infancy up plan to be married only in the temple … to keep their lives spotless so that this can be accomplished” (“… The Matter of Marriage,” devotional address, Salt Lake Institute of Religion, 22 Oct. 1976).

11 June 2009 "Dee" and Camilla
celebrated their 63rd Wedding Anniversary

Obituary

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George Ensign SMITH was known his whole life as "Ensign."
Son of Isaac SMITH and Harriet Camilla ENSIGN

Amy Ella HAWKES SMITH MONSON
was known as "Ella." Daughter of Herbert Henry HAWKES and Sarah Amy JONES

Charles Horald MONSON "grandpa Charles."
(Bishop of Yalecrest Ward. SLC c. 1945)

Eternal Family Relationships

[Lori is my niece and my 3rd cousin. Her mother is my husbands sister. Her grandmother Eva is my grandmother Ella's first cousin.]

From my perspective of time and distance, after spending 25 years and 1,000 miles from my extended family I have a great appreciation for eternal family. On a recent visit I was over whelmed by the beauty of God's pattern and plan for my family.

"The purpose of mortal families is to bring children into the world, to teach them what is right, and to prepare all family members for exaltation in eternal family relationships." (Dallin H. Oaks, “Weightier Matters,” Ensign, Jan 2001, 13)

James HAWKES family Adelaide, Australia

Mary Ann MILES HAWKES

James HAWKES third great grand uncle:

James HAWKES family
Adelaide, Australia

James HAWKES (1834-1895) was the youngest brother of Francis HAWKES. Francis HAWKES (1830-1899) and his mother Mary Ann MILES HAWKES (1798-1879) joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and immigrated to America. Martha HAWKES (1827-1879) her daughter Eliza Ann and Martha's husband John BOWBEAR (1825-1899) also immigrated to America. The other five sons of Mary Ann MILES and the late William HAWKES (1790-1838) immigrated to Australia. They were Thomas (1824-1865), Benjamin (1826-1904), Geroge (1829-1891), Henry (abt 1832-1890) and James. Martha and John BOWBEAR later joins the HAWKES family in Australia, had no children and are buried in West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, Australia

back L-R
Julia Rebecca Ann [Davidson], Eliza Caroline [Naylor], Albert Edward, Edith Maud [Yeo].

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Louisa Adelaide [Rhodes], Martha Bowbear [Downing] twin. James Hawkes & Louisa [Brown], John Bowbear, twin.
(youngest child deceased - Arthur James Hawkes b 9 Nov 1878 d Feb 1879.)

James HAWKES born 19 Oct 1834 Bethnal Green Middlesex, England, died 20 Mar 1895 Colliver St. Norwood, South Australia, buried in Adelaide, South Australia. James married 22 Oct 1864 in the Wesleyan Chapel, Pirie St. Adelaide, South Australia - Lourisa BROWN the daughter of Joseph Brown mother unknown. Lourisa was born Abt 1839 (Bethnal Green St, London, Middlesex, England) died 24 Mar 1900, Coliver St. Norwood, South Australia.

James and Louisa Brown HAWKES gravestone Adelaide, South Australia

Miss 15 year old Lux Soap Beauty Contest of the West

Myrle, Camilla, Leona, Amy

I was 15 years old, so it would have been 1948. Your mom would have been 22. We had the picture taken as a gift for our parents. There were five copies. My sisters talked me into cutting mine up. They used the photo of me to enter me in the Miss 15 year old Lux Soap Beauty Contest of the West. Anyway, I have the original because I made my mom will her copy to me (she wrote on the back of the photo) I would'nt cut mine up if it meant I didn't have a copy. There wasn't any color photography then, so the large one we gave to our parents was hand painted in the studio. I won in my region (south SLC, Ut.) To win the title, people then had to buy Lux soap, sent the paper wrapper to Lux Soap and vote for their favorite. A girl from Laramie, Wyoming won. I guess the whole town bought a truck load of Lux soap. All was not lost, however as it launched my TV model career that lasted until I left for BYU at the ripe old age of 17. I did advertisements and modeled for KDYL/KSL TV back when TV first came out and the picture was about as big as a postage stamp. I had some funny experiences there. It surely seemed like it lasted more than 2 years. (Myrle)

I would love to see some of the TV photos. (Lark)

I wish I had some films of my TV days, but at that time what I did was all 'live'. I did a commercial for O.C.Tanner. They sold the first unbreakable dishes called 'Boonton Ware'. I came on with dishes stacked high and pretended to trip on the way in dropping all the dishes. My partner was 'aghast', I said,"Oh don't worry they aren't broken, they are Boonton Ware, you can buy them at the Jewelry Store, O.C. Tanners'. The camera quickly moved off the dishes and when it was over, we all broke down in laughter because one of the handles of one of the cups had broken off. Another time I was doing a swim suit/beach scene, with a U.of U. College male student. After it was over he asked if he could date me. I told him I was only 16, and he quickly left. FUN MEMORIES! I also modeled a fur coat once on TV, thank goodness there weren't any 'animal rights' activists at that time. (Myrle)

41 years ago

This Day In History


June 3, 1968
On June 3, 1968, Valerie Solanas shot Warhol an art critic and curator Mario Amaya at Warhol's studio.

The shooting was mostly overshadowed in the media due to the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy two days later.

Warhol had this to say about the attack: "Before I was shot, I always thought that I was more half-there than all-there – I always suspected that I was watching TV instead of living life. People sometimes say that the way things happen in movies is unreal, but actually it’s the way things happen in life that’s unreal. The movies make emotions look so strong and real, whereas when things really do happen to you, it’s like watching television – you don’t feel anything. Right when I was being shot and ever since, I knew that I was watching television. The channels switch, but it’s all television.

June 4, 1968
“TITAN PRIDE” six hundred senior students of Salt Lake City's Olympus High School graduate. The graduation is held in the school gymnasium. Each Student is allowed two guest tickets. Dad bring your camera.

A graduation dance will follow the graduation ceremony. The graduate at right will be escorted to the dance by her RM Sunday school teacher, he believes every girl should have a date to graduation. Thank you Dennis, who also asked his cousin to escort another of our class. Three young women from the Cottonwood 10th Ward and their dates will attend both the dance at Olympus and the celebration to be held at Highland High School. After connecting with Dennis' sister and her date the couples attend a midnight breakfast at the Hormon home. The news of Robert F. Kennedy is announced on a TV special report while the meal is being prepared. After the four young men say good night the young women enjoy a final slumber party in the pool house.

June 5, 1968
The assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, a United States Senator and brother of assassinated President John F. Kennedy, took place shortly after midnight on June 5, 1968 in Los Angeles, California. Robert F. Kennedy was killed during celebrations of his successful campaign in the Californian primary elections while seeking the Democratic nomination for President of the United States. The perpetrator was a twenty-four year old Palestinian immigrant named Sirhan Sirhan, who remains incarcerated for this crime as of 2009^[update]. The shooting was recorded on audio tape by a freelance newspaper reporter, while the aftermath was captured on film.