My Aunt Elva was a remarkable woman. She has always been an inspiration and role model to me and all who knew her. As a young woman Aunt Elva was stricken with rheumatoid arthritis which crippled her hands into closed fists that looked claw-like. She did not let this disability hinder her in doing what she wanted to do. She worked for many years at the old Salt Lake Knit and then Behive Clothing operating a machine that put buttonholes into LDS garments.
Like her sister Frances, Aunt Elva chose not to marry in order to take care of her aging mother and handicapped sister. Her life centered around her immediate family (her mother and two sisters). They worked together, each doing her jobs around the house and they always went as a group when they would visit friends or relitives, go to the store or just go for a ride on a nice day.
I remember the day when I was told at age 13 that their brother Carl was not my real father. I was beyond devastation. I sat at the kitchen table with Aunts Frances and Elva and told them the news and that I would understand if they no longer wanted me to be their nephew. Aunt Elva stood up and put her arms with their crippled hands around my neck and said "... we have always known Paull, we will never stop loving you and you will always be our nephew". I will never forget that day and the love that flowed from my sweet aunts heart.
Please leave some flowers for this dear lady. I know that she would be touched if you did.
Paull B. Gunderson
My Aunt Elva was a remarkable woman. She has always been an inspiration and role model to me and all who knew her. As a young woman Aunt Elva was stricken with rheumatoid arthritis which crippled her hands into closed fists that looked claw-like. She did not let this disability hinder her in doing what she wanted to do. She worked for many years at the old Salt Lake Knit and then Behive Clothing operating a machine that put buttonholes into LDS garments.
Like her sister Frances, Aunt Elva chose not to marry in order to take care of her aging mother and handicapped sister. Her life centered around her immediate family (her mother and two sisters). They worked together, each doing her jobs around the house and they always went as a group when they would visit friends or relitives, go to the store or just go for a ride on a nice day.
I remember the day when I was told at age 13 that their brother Carl was not my real father. I was beyond devastation. I sat at the kitchen table with Aunts Frances and Elva and told them the news and that I would understand if they no longer wanted me to be their nephew. Aunt Elva stood up and put her arms with their crippled hands around my neck and said "... we have always known Paull, we will never stop loving you and you will always be our nephew". I will never forget that day and the love that flowed from my sweet aunts heart.
Please leave some flowers for this dear lady. I know that she would be touched if you did.
Paull B. Gunderson
Family Members
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John Augusta Nelson
1872–1873
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Mary Olive Nelson Knudsen
1873–1958
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Sarah Matilda "Sadie" Nelson Gunderson
1876–1947
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Alberta Nelson Merz
1879–1968
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Alonzo "Lon" Nelson
1885–1949
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Leonard Taylor "Len" Nelson
1888–1929
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Adella Nelson Petersen
1891–1954
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Doyal Irvine Nelson
1893–1965
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Theo Irene Nelson Rees
1896–1986
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Carl Erick Gunderson
1900–1959
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