Engagement Announced: Amy Smith and Henry L. Isaksen

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Engagement Announced

Miss Amy Smith, who on May 26 in the Salt Lake Temple, will be married to Henry L. Isaksen.

Salt Lake City, The Desert News, Monday, May 11, 1942

Smith - Isaksen Married in the Salt Lake Temple on May will be Miss Amy Smith and Henry L. Isaksen, who will make their home in Geary, lnd., after a short honeymoon. The bride-elect is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. Ensign Smith of 1160 Parkway Avenue. She ls a former Brigham Young University student. Also a former student at the Provo high School and a graduate of San Jose State College. Mr. Isakson ls a son of Mr. and Mrs. Martln J. Isaksen of Mountain View, Calif. He recently returned from the Northern Slates Mission.

BYU's Thursday's Hero: Chad Isaksen

See BYU's : Thursday's Hero: Chad Isaksen 

(google this title to see cousin Chad's story).

 Aug 23, 1982-Sept 1, 2013
 Chad, 31, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his wife, his four  children and his parents.  He fought a valiant fight and was positive, feisty and  optimistic to the end.

 He was the 7th of 8 children born to David and Rhonda Isaksen of Talylorsville.  He served an LDS mission to Chicago and loved being a missionary.  Upon  coming home he decided he wanted to fly helicopters.  When Chad decided to do  something, there was no turning back.  He earned his private pilots license and then turned to the Army for further training.  He flew UH-60's and loved every minute of it.  While in the Army, he served two 12-month deployments to Afghanistan.  His commander and fellow soldiers loved him and always spoke highly of him.  In the time he spent overseas he was able to complete his bachelors degree.  Most importantly he started an eternal family with Tara McDougal on December 28, 2005 in the Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple.  He loved his children.  He loved playing with them and making them laugh.  They were his biggest joy and accomplishment.

Preceded in death by his brother, Seth; cousin, Jordan Fairbourn; and his grandparents, Henry and Amy Isaksen, and Merley Fairbourn.  He is survived by his wife, Tara; his children, Caleb, tanner, Kinley and Ainsley; his parents; sibling, Joseph, Ara Mae, Brynne, Scott, Martha and Devin, and his grandmothers, Zelda Isaksen and Fern Fairbourn.

Published in Deseret News on September 5, 2013

Aunt Amy and Uncle Henry

Henry Leo ISAKSEN (1918-2001) and Amy SMITH (1920-1974)

parents of 10 children

Cousins

Cousins in grandma and grandpa's backyard 1950

Kirt DeMar and Camilla SMITH WOOD family (these two children were 1/3 of their future family) and Henry Leo and Amy SMITH ISAKSEN family (these five children were 1/2 of their future family).

Other photos to be added: 

AFTER 16 YEARS, THE HOUSE

"And when their subfloor had been laid in place (Mrs. Smith hammered it down while her husband sawed) they danced there in the moonlight and fell in love again."

Farm Home and Garden, The Salt lake Tribune, Sunday, June 19, 1949 Section H Page One

And its owners, Mr. and Mrs. Ensign Smith, grandparents,
who wanted a place so much they put it up themselves. See page 8.
-page 8-

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This article was mentioned to in the post Grandma's Kitchen.

Myrle says: I was 15-16 years old in Jr. High. I held a wall for dad and it fell on me because I wasn't strong enough to hold it all by myself. We also had a fire the Christmas of that year. I was 16 and laying on the floor and saw smoke coming from the eves from a board that wasn't yet placed. Dad said, " No, it it just the smoke swirling around," but I insisted and he got up looked in the attic and sure enough it was on fire. I guess the fireplace hadn't been sealed off completely and the hot coals moved into it. The fireman broke mom's tile on the hearth and she cried. We were blessed it was caught in time and there was just minor damage. I was there until I went to BYU, the fall of l951 at the age of 18. Mom sold the house in l969. Dad died in the Fall of l967.

Ensign SMITH building the foundation

Salt lake Tribune Negatives: 4-12-1949

From Amy Smith Isaksen Scrapbook

Ella and Ensign

Ensign and Ella

Amy Ella HAWKES SMITH

George Ensign SMITH

SMITH family photo

Camilla

Smith Girls

abt 1935
Back - Camilla, Amy and Leona SMITH, Margene Steiner in front of Glendon Steiner
Front - Ensign SMITH Jr., Kenneth Steiner, Myrle SMITH, and Marilyn Steiner.
Camilla

Cousins

(Children of Ella Smith, Kate Obrey, Herb Hawkes and Eva Steiner.)

Back Row: Leona , Amy, Glendon , Camilla , [Ella Lou], ringlets [Pat Hawkes]
Second row: [little boy], Paula, Myrle, [Nina Rae] holding hands with ringlets [Pat Hawkes]
Front Row: Ensign, Theron and Bryce.

Sisters

Grandma's Kitchen

This morning I was in my grandmother's kitchen, she was their with me, then I woke up. It is amazing that after forty years I could be their again. I started looking for a news article about my grandparent building their dream house but have not found it yet. I did come across this photo of my grandfather with a few of his grandchildren.

front left: Kristine, Nicoline, Gaye, Lawrence, Henry. back left: David, Grandfather George Ensign SMITH, Lark

Cousins and exteded family

above: Christmas Eve's abt 1956 with all the SMITH family.
below: Camillla and Leona's family at Grandma's abt 1957

Wood's visit Grandpa 1960

Denise W., Gaye W. Lark W., Corinne W. in front of George Ensign SMITH, Camilla S. Wood holding Wesley W.

Wood family with Cousins and Grandparents
Thanksgiving at the WOOD Home 1965
from back left - Loretta Kravet, Gaye W., Corinne W., Sarah Kravet, Denise W., Lark W., Kristine Isaksen, Leona Smith Kravet, Laura Elizabeth Parker Wood; floor left - Amy Ells Hawkes Smith, Camilla Smith Wood; front - Wesley W.

Ella and Ensign SMITH granddaughters about 1955

from back right: two of three mothers Camilla and Leona.

front: Corinne
from left: Denise, Loretta, Lark, Niki, and Corinne then Sarah
back from left: Krisy, Gaye, Lynn