Showing posts with label Otto Kennard Nye. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Otto Kennard Nye. Show all posts
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Newspaper Clippings for Otto and Margaret Nye
Footnote.com News - Bear River Valley Leader (Tremonton UT) 1937 » July » 15-Jul-1937 » Page 2
Pictures of Otto
University of Utah Band - Otto is the trombone player with the glasses,
next to the tuba player on the right
Grandpa and I used to sing the following duet together
Pictures of Otto and Margaret
Otto, Margaret, Melba, Bill, Emma Lu in front
For a brief period of time Otto Nye and his little family lived in a small apartment on the front end of the McCune Mansion in Salt Lake City, UT. His daughter, Emma Lu has fond memories of riding her tricycle down the front of the porch to the round portal and racing around and around.
George Nye, Otto
Obituary for Otto Kennard Nye
OGDEN – Otto Kennard Nye died August 23, 2003 from causes incident to age.He was born November 4, 1907 in Ogden, Utah, a son of George Osborn Nye and Angie Kennard Nye. On October 8, 1933, he married Margaret Bigelow in Alamosa, Colorado. The marriage was later solemnized in the Cardston, Alberta, Temple. They shared this companionship for 41 years. He later married Marjorie Bosgieter in Ogden. They enjoyed each others company and musical talents.
He was reared and educated in Garland, Utah. He attended the University of Utah studying music. He played the trombone in the National Guard Military Band. He had been a professional musician and played in dance bands and the theater. He enjoyed being a member of the Ogden Rodeo band, and small dance bands until his health gave way.
He served in various church callings and enjoyed being a home teacher. He was known as the “handy man.” He and his toolbox came to the aid of neighbors, family, and many church projects. He was a builder of houses and took pride in this accomplishment.
He retired as a postal worker for the United States Railway Postal Service. He was also the crusher plant foreman for Combine Metals in Pioche, NV.
Surviving are his wife Marjorie of Ogden, and two daughters: EmmaLu (Bob) Draper, Roy, and BarBara (John) McCaslin, Alaska. He has eight grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren, two great-great grandchildren, and one sister Cleo Burdick, California.
Preceding him in death were his first wife Margaret, his parents and three sisters.
The family would like to express their thanks to the staff of the Emeritus Estates for their kind and loving care.
Gravestone for Otto and Margaret Nye
Washington Heights Memorial Park Cemetery,
4500 Washington Blvd, South Ogden, Weber, Utah.
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Memories of Otto Kennard and Margaret Thelma Bigelow Nye
Wooden Chairs and Happy Memories
Grandma Lu’s Furniture Story
Retold by Abby Wheelwright
It began in the middle of the Great Depression. Uncle Martin and Aunt Clara Matsen owned the Sugarhouse grocery store in Sugarhouse, Utah. It was a lovely store, full of interesting sights and smells. Times were hard, however, and sometimes people couldn't afford to buy food.
One day, a man came in who could not pay his bill; he asked Clara if she would accept some furniture as payment. Clara didn’t need the furniture but she was kind. She brought home the large rocker, straight armchair, and the day bed (made by Gustave Furniture Company). They were good quality, made from oak and leather.
At the time, Great Grandpa Nye was living with Uncle Martin and Aunt Clara in Salt Lake City, and attending the University of Utah.
When Great Grandpa decided to marry Margaret Bigelow, Aunt Clara offered him the furniture, to set up housekeeping with his bride. He accepted, and that was the beginning of a long tradition.
The strong and well-built furniture changed hands several times. It was mainly given to newlyweds who had none of their own. New brides sat on the chairs and entertained their friends. Brand-new babies slept on the day bed, and toddling children played under the cushions. All the time, more and more love went into those solid, comforting arms .
Each time the furniture came to a new family, it brought happy memories with it. The new owners often made changes to the pieces, reflecting their individual tastes. For instance, Margaret covered the leather cushions in a blue and red flowered fabric. Later, Barbara and her new husband antiqued them using white paint, and covered them with a red velvet material. Yet, on the inside, they were still the same, reliable oak.
Eventually they came back to Great Grandpa Nye. He was a musician who played at a dance hall at night. During the day, his wife went to work so he tended his little daughter Emma Lu (Grandma!) Emma Lu’s daddy used to put a big pillow on the rocking chair and have her nap there. With his foot, he would rock the chair, as he practiced his trombone. Emma Lu loved him very much.
When Grandma was older, she helped him remove the paint from the chair and replace the fabric. It may be that the velvet was worn or that he fancied a change. (Personally, I think he just needed a man chair.) In any case, the chair didn’t match the other two pieces, and so it remained until the furniture came to Emma Lu.
At last, it was Grandma’s turn to receive the now-antique furniture. She refinished all three pieces and restored them to their original color, and even recovered the cushions. Having little money she bought a fabric she didn’t love, intending to replace it later on. The fabric has not been changed, however; it remains a black and grey striped pattern, (and I think the furniture likes it.) Grandma has added sheepskins for an accent.
The chair, the rocker and the day bed now reside at Grandma’s home, making a cozy nook off the kitchen. It’s one of the nicest spots in the house and perfect for sitting and recalling old times. If you look very closely, you can see “Gustave Furniture Company” stamped into the wood and maybe the tiniest traces of white paint.
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
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