| Show came to Manti with missionaries while her leg was incast was crippled all her life She Karen and my mother had much in common She had also been baptized in Denmark in the ocean oncold night January 25 1902 Christian Larsen missionary from Mayfield Utah had sponsored her She had lived in Mayfield with his family sewing to pay back her sponsorship Annual Conference of the Church was held in the Tabernacle in Manti People from the surrounding towns came to the meetings Among them were the Larsens and Karen My grandfather asked Karen if she would like to move to Manti where she could find more employment asseamstress Karen consented 50room was prepared for her in the Miller home From then on she and my mother were the best of friends Two years later my grandmother passed away Grandfather was getting along in years and decided to move to Park City and live with his daughter Before he left he filled the woodshed with wood the coal bin with coal and the flour bin with flour He then gave Karenbankbook containing all the money she had paid him for her board and room He told my mother to do the cooking and housework and Karen to continue sewing for their support He then left them on their own They didgood job and loved each other like sisters young man named John Peterson and my mother fell in love and were married February 14 1906 They moved intohome of their own Karen moved across the street into the home of John Squire and family She continued to sew forliving One warm day Karen took her hand stitching into an orchard south of the house where she enjoyed the outdoor weather as she worked Here she metman named Peter Hansen who lived in the north part of Manti He had fine horses and took them out 10 |
