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Show 254 MADELYN CANNON STEWART SILVER Denver, Los Angeles, or Washington, D.C. In doing so, they con tributed toward the improved understanding of Zion's people during the decades of depression, war, and social change in which Madelyn and Harold reared their family. They also set a pattern of enlightened LDS living for the generation that grew to maturi ty during the decades of the 'Sixties, 'Seventies, and 'Eighties. As grandchildren came along-the first in 1956, the second in 1957, the third and fourth in 1958, a fifth in 1960-she wrote them little poems and letters. Here is one written for Elizabeth Ann Poulsen, born May 20, 1958: Lissa the darling, Lissa the love Lissa the charming, Sent from above. Lissa the beautiful Lissa the gay, For your old grandmother Sun's sweetest ray. Her affections were not limited to her immediate family.John P. Stewart, a nephew, wrote that she made each niece and nephew feel as if he or she were her favorite. She took time to speak with each of them about school and Primary and she listened carefully. When John reported that he had given a 2 1/2 minute talk in Junior Sunday School, she begged him to give it to her, and when he reluctantly agreed, she sat in front of him, folded her hands in her lap on a white apron, and beamed as he recited his little talk. Proud of him, she squeezed him to her chest when he had fin ished. He was only eight. She played with him in the home, showed him the many fascinating mementoes she had brought back from her trips, and once presented him with an Australian boomerang that she said she had found just for him. IV In 1958 Colorado celebrated its centennial. A series of his torical vignettes by Russell Porter were published in the Gilpin |
