| Show TA ------------EE---M-A--SRhBMth Evan Ericksen and Rulon Peterson were two players on the Snow College team She was very fond of Rulon and became extremely jealous when he courted and married Maxine Justesen As the couple invited Mary to their home for dimmers she grew to love Maxine as much as she did Rulon They became dear friends Mary liked baseball and all types of sports She enjoyed picture shows On Saturday afternoon she and Knute Peterson son ofC Peterson whom she loved as though he were her own went to the afternoon matinees at the local theater The films were mostly Western with many incidents concerning Indians Mary asked Knutemother not to tell him she was an Indian until after her death When Mary died Knute was about 12 years of age and did not know until she was lying in her casket at the home of Jennie Johnson that Mary was an Indian This made no difference in his love for her and he would go often to the cemetery and care for her grave In her later years Mary used to enjoy standing by her curved wooden picket fence to greet the people who passed by Whether it was an adult orchild she enjoyed visiting with him and made many friends through her warm cheerful personality tribute to Mary from Ethelyn Peterson Taylor has this to say of her Whenread in the Book of Mormon about the Lamanites becomingwhite and delightsome people think of Mary She is proof to me Her skin was no darker than my olive complexion She wasdistinictive looking aristocratic lady My recollections of her were that she alvays worelong black skirt with beautiful blouses andlarge elegant black hat with satin ribbon and hat pins Although on crutches she was regal in bearing alvaysperfect lady She was kind generous and selfless Mary was an impressive example of thrift and taking care of omeself Through the years she saved enough money to pay for her burial expenses She never knew she was deprived Mary wasnoble unselfish intelligent independent and beautiful character shall mever forget her in Mary Thompson was born in 1860 and the Ephraim Park Cemetery where many ers on her grave each Maytime died in 1930 of her friends She is buried place flow Indian Mary islegend of one of Ephraim best loved citizens Her life was one of service and devotion to those who had befriended her Sources lMaxine Jennings Jennie Johnson and Lamp to Shine Ethel Thompson Lewis history Indian Mary Personal Recollections of Ethelyn Taylor LaVor Taylor Lucille Peterson Grace Johnson Rulon Peterson Olive Thorpe Ruth Langston and Chauncey Thompson |
