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Show 5 HISTORY 980 Zion Park Boulevard, Springdale, Washington County, Utah page 5 -continuedLillian kept the family home in Springdale until 1956 when she sold it to Jasper Lee and Ruby B. Shay, possibly using it as a vacation home. The intricate design of the house may have had impact on Lillian 's oldest son, Albert, who became an architect. Lillian A. Christensen married Willard G. Smith in 1963. They moved to Salt Lake City where she taught at the University of Utah until her retirement. The Smiths returned to Provo after her retirement in 1977. In 1992, Lillian Christensen Smith was recognized as one of President Bush's Points of Light (#694 of 1,000) for her work with the Gathering Place, a treatment center for drug and alcohol addiction . Lillian died on November 6, 1996. Jasper Lee Shay was born in Oklahoma in 1905. Ruby Biggs Shay was born in Kansa in 1901. The Shay family lived in Chula Vista, California, where Jasper operated a service station in Coronado. Their daughter, Maureen Shay Bottimore, recalls that her parents fell in love with a home for sale on a trip to Springdale and purchased it from Lillian A. Christensen on December 24, 1956. Maureen remembers the family vacationed in Springdale for several weeks each spring , summer and Christmas. In May 1958, Jasper Lee and Ruby B. Shay signed as escrow agreement with Carl DeVon and Lou Ann Hardy. Jasper Lee Shay died of a heart attack in 1959 while on vacation in Las Vegas with the family . It is not clear when the Shays stopped visiting the home in Springdale because Maureen remembered her family owned the property in the 1960s. Ruby remarried and died in 1970 as Ruby Shay Young in Chula Vista, California. Carl DeVon Hardy was born in Springdale in 1935. Lou Ann Campbell was born in Garfield County in 1938. They were married in 1955. Carl Hardy worked for the National Park Service in Zion , Death Valley, California and Colorado. In 1961 , Carl and Lou Ann sold the former Christensen house to DeMont and Wildeane Excell. Carl DeVon Hardy died in Denver in 1976. Lou Ann Hardy married James Beatty in 1988 in St. George, Utah. The deeds to the Hardys and Excells were not recorded until 1971 . DeMont Excell was born in Panguitch, Utah, in 1927. Wildeane Langston Excell was born in Springdale in 1933. DeMont and Wildeane were married in 1954. DeMont was a rock mason and worked at Zion National Park. He also raised pigs and worked as a chef in various Springdale restaurants. DeMont and Wildeane sold the house to William B. and Wanda Argyle in March 1977, but transferred to Wanda 's name a month later. In October 1977, Wanda changed her name on the deed to Wanda Matthews, her former married name. Wanda was born Wanda Wilcox in Hurricane, Utah, in 1945. She married James P. Matthews in 1964. They had one daughter and later divorced. She married Scooter Jones in December 1982.4 Wanda spent her early years in Virgin , Utah. After living in Florida, New York, Arizona and Alaska , Wanda returned to Utah to live in Springdale. She was an antique dealer and for a time used her home as an antique shop while she lived in the attic space. Around 1982 Wanda with the help of family and friends began converting the home into a bed & breakfast. Unfortunately, the project was not completed before her death in September 1983. In July 1984, the home was sold by her estate to her friend , Marcus R. Thomson , who finished the project. In 1985, Under the Eaves opened to the public and has operated as a bed & breakfast since that time. In 1988, the property was sold to Kathleen Brown . In 1993, Kathleen Brown sold the house to Richard D. & Michelle J. O'Toole, who renamed it the O'Toole's Under the Eaves. Rick and Michelle O'Toole sold the bed & breakfast to Stephen J. and Deborah Masefield in 2002 . The Masefield shortened the name back to Under the Eaves. Deb Masefield converted the woodshop to an art studio. Steve and Deb Masefield sold Under the Eaves to patrons, Joe Pitti and Mark Chambers, in 2009. Joe and Mark converted the art studio to another unit and remodeled the basement as their residence in 2010. As the current owners, Joe and Mark transferred the deed to their business entity, Arch Angel LLC, a nod to the many angels adorning the property. 6 PHOTOGRAPHS 980 Zion Park Boulevard, Springdale, Washington County, Utah Common Label Information: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Name: Address: 980 Zion Park Boulevard , Springdale, Washington County, 84767 Photographer: Korral Broschinsky Date: July 10, 2018 Digital color photographs on fil e at Utah SHPO. 4 Wanda 's obituary does not mention a marriage to William B. Argyle . page 4 |
