Judy McIntosh
Your Full Name?
Judy Kay McIntosh
When I was born my name was Judy Kay Van Bezoogen.
Verd Van Bezoogen
My biological father
I was later adopted by Coy Puckett and my last name
changed to Puckett.
Coy Puckett
Why did your parents select
select this name for you?
My grandfather thought he would like the name Dawn Kay but Mom was afraid that I would
be called donkey.
My Mom wanted Judy Kay. (Judy – Probably after Judy Garland. The Wizard of Oz had been
very popular prior to my birth).
My grandfather heard the word latrine. It was a word he heard during World War II. He did
not know what it was but thought it would be a nice name.
Do you have any nicknames?
Jude - This nickname was given to me by my brother Bill Puckett. He still calls me Jude or
sometimes he calls me Sisty Ugler.
When and, were
were you born?
On Mothers Day - May 12, 1940. Salt Lake City, Utah at LDS Hospital
How did your family come to live there?
Pioneer ancestors – My family has always lived here. My great great grandfather was Brigham
Young’s youngest brother, Lorenzo Dow Young, and came from Nauvoo with all the other
saints in 1847.
Sons of John Young and Abigail Howe
L to R: Lorenzo Dow, Brigham, Phineas, Joseph, John R.
What was
was your house like?
I lived in a house on 900 East 100 South in Salt Lake City. My dad left us and my Mom was able
to live there for free if she was able to keep it up. It was owned by the old Walker Bank family,
and the house was called the Crystal Mansion. We lived in the attic apartment. We had an old
black telephone. We also had coal for heat and my mom would shovel the coal in every night.
She also shoveled out the clinkers into a garbage can and hauled them out to the curb for the
garbage man. It had two bedrooms; my brother Verd E slept in the hall on a cot. The first floor
was offices and we lived on the third floor. The second floor was a treatment place for
children with polio. We would have to go downstairs to take baths, since the apartment did
not have a bath tub. There was also a big staircase going down to the front door. There was a
dark wooden staircase at the back of the house from the kitchen (probably a servant
stairway). There were two big bathrooms on the second floor (west side of the house) that
were used for the polio patients and one bathroom on the first floor. The yard had big trees
around it with a rod iron fence. One day while I was swinging on the front gate my foot slipped
off the bottom of the gate. My forehead came down on one of the metal post and left a lifetime
scar. There was a garage with little windows in the door. There was a coal shoot in the back
that we would hide in a lot when playing hide and seek. We had two big cherry trees on each
side of the east sidewalk and a pear tree on the north east side of the yard. My mom
would take care of all that. She worked very hard to keep it all up and looking nice. The
bottom of the staircase had a landing with a box window that you could lift the lid up and hide
in. There were stain glass windows on all the floors. There was a big square rock along the
side of the road in the front of the house that the people would use to get off their horse and
out of the buggies. (There are still many of these stones on South Temple today).
Besides all the work at the house, my mom worked full time at the Union Pacific Railroad, and
for a time at the Denver and the Rio Grande railroads. She went back to the Union Pacific
Railroad where she retired. She was a wonderful stenographer. She worked for many of the
department heads of both railroads. When I was 10 years old, we moved to West Valley
(Granger) to a small red brick home and my parents lived there for 50 years.
Summary of this house on 900 East 100 South:
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Basement – Coal furnace (It was big and open. We would ride our bikes down there while
Mom cleaned and stoked the furnace)
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1st floor - Doctor’s office and business office for polio patients
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2nd floor – Office and treatment center for children with polio
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3rd floor – Our attic apartment
Mom and Judy
Judy and neighborhood store worker
House in the background is our house
on 900 E 100 S
Mom and Judy at Liberty Park
Judy -1941
Judy – 1941 (In front of our house 900 E 100 S)
Easter Sunday
In front of house on 900 E & 100 S
Back row: Sharon Anderson (Neighbor)
Front row, L – R: Verd E, Bill, Judy
Describe the personalities of your family members.
Dad: Verd Van Bezoogen (my biological father)
I never really knew my father that well. I do remember him picking us up for a visit once in a
while, and then he left with his new wife for California so he wouldn’t have to pay child
support. In those days you could do that. He did resurface from time to time after I married.
Mom: Gwendolyn Marie Young Puckett – Born: 4/22/1918 – Death 1/21/2005
Mom was a hard worker. She kept us safe and sheltered. She read all the bible stories to us
as well as the nursery rhymes. She would read a lot to us. The people at her work called her
Polly Anna. She was very kind and loving, forgiving and always looked for the best in others.
She was a very good example to me.
After several years of being alone, (after Verd left us) she met a man from West Virginia. He
had worked in the coal mines when he was a teenager. He was very tall (6’4”) and handsome.
He played the guitar, and he never worked much. My mom supported us, by working at the
railroad. After the war he came to Salt Lake City with a friend after being discharged from the
Army. He met my mom on a blind date and did not go back to West Virginia until several years
later.
Mom received her temple endowment on March 17, 1987 (Salt Lake Temple)
L - R: Nora Lee, Kathy Marie, Gwen Puckett (Mom), Tootsie Eve Coy, Judy
Mom and I did lots of temple work together. Our favorite thing was doing endowments at the
Jordan River Temple. We would have lunch in the temple cafeteria afterward and have the
temple tapioca pudding for dessert.
Dad: Coy Pete Puckett (my step father) – Born: September 2, 1922
Dad liked to golf, and he sometimes sold insurance. He became a very good golfer. He would
play golf with my mom a lot. When I was in High School he coached an LDS basketball team,
but never joined the church. He had been on his high school basketball team in West Virginia.
Dad is very intelligent and has a great sense of humor. Dad is so good at math. He can add
several wide and long columns in his head. He could do really difficult problems of math in the
same way. He also has the most beautiful hand writing that I have ever seen. It is something
unique and beautiful that he created. As my mom got older and couldn’t do much anymore,
dad became her caregiver. He really did a great job. It wore him out but he really stepped up
and took good care of Mom. All of us kids helped a lot with housework, laundry, meals, etc.
Bill had their home fenced, air conditioned, painted, new window coverings and tiled the
downstairs.
My Parents - Pete Coy Puckett and Gwen Puckett
Gwen and Coy Puckett
Wedding day – August 9, 1947
Elko, Nevada
Gwen and Coy Puckett
Shortly after they were married
At 875 East 100 South SLC, Utah
Christmas 1959
Back row, L - R: Verd E, Dad, Mom, Bill
Front row, L – R: Kathy, Tootsie (Eve), Nora
Verd E: Born: September 12, 1941 - Death: July 26, 2013
He was a very hard worker, good looking, and loved animals. He loved to fish. I have not seen
him for many years. He was very a troubled boy. He served in Vietnam, and while he was
there he was assigned to be in the officers club as a bartender. He received this assignment
because they found out that he was a trained chef before going to Vietnam. Lots of his
buddies who he went to Vietnam with him were killed. It really bothered him that he was safe
and they were not. He has had a very hard life. He has been with
his sweetheart Wanda for
28 years. He moved to
Mexico for his health. He
couldn’t breath well here.
In Mexico he had a pickup
truck, a motorcycle and
access to a boat, all the things he loved. He died in
Mexico two days after a motorcycle accident that
occurred on July 24, 2013. For the last several years he
Verd E and Wanda
had nearly nothing to do with his family. Verd E has two
boys from his first marriage: Verd and LaVoy
Bill and Verd E - 1943
Verd E and Bill
Verd E
Bill: Born: January 4, 1943
When Bill was in elementary school he started playing drums. He
played in various groups even into adulthood. He would practice in his
downstairs room. Our house was small and it seemed that he made the
whole house feel like it might explode from the noise. He was very
loving and was always trying to please everyone. He owned Apco Pallet
Company and invested in several properties. He has become quite
wealthy, and is very generous. He would buy his Mexican workers and
all their children and wives clothes, boots, food, and places to live.
He is very easy going and never judges anybody. Bill is so precious to me. He has always
been in a large part of my heart. I love him so much. His heart is so big
and kind. In February 1997 my husband Glen had a heart attack. For 8
months until my husband died, Bill quietly helped us financially. I don’t
know how we would have gotten by without him. When Glen was in
intensive care at LDS hospital Bill would come up to the hospital with
treats for everyone or he would take everyone to the cafeteria for lunch.
There were always a large number of us at the hospital all the time.
When Glen passed away Bill did not send flowers. Instead he took me
and all my children, their mates and all the grandkids to Coachman’s Restaurant. He made us
all laugh. This is when he taught my family how to hang a spoon on our nose. We had such a
good time and it was good to laugh again. Bill has two girls, Lynette and Breonna.
Note: Judy, Verd E. and Bill were the biological children of Verd Van Bezoogen
Eve: Born: 4/2/1948 - Death: 8/25/1992
Eve Coy was her given name but everyone called her Tootsie. When Mom
was pregnant with her she would always refer to her as our little Tootsie who
would be coming to our family. The name stuck and most of her friends did
not know her name was Eve. She died in her mid-40’s of cancer, leaving 8
children. She was outspoken and funny. She was kind and a real people
person. She and her husband Tim would hold dances at the Brigham City
Park on Friday or Saturday nights. She was a great dancer and she taught the teenagers the
latest dances (they used to flock to her house). She was also known for her arts and crafts.
She requested to be buried with a glue gun in her hand, but we could not find a white glue
gun. Her children are Heathery, Amber, Erin, Spencer, Brittany, Jeff, and Zackary. Her son
Jacob passed away while in high school, after his Mom died and his Dad had remarried. One
night, while getting into the tub, a valve in his heart quit working and he suddenly died without
anyone knowing until his body was discovered. His father Tim said Jacob took his Mom’s
death the hardest of all her children. It seemed like a sweet and natural thing for him to join
his Mom.
David:
David: Born: October 1953 – Death October 1953
David died 10 minutes before he was born. His kidneys hadn’t formed. My mom talked to him
before she died. She told us right before she died that David was there for her.
My Grandpa Young’s sister Mary Shakespear never had children of her own but as a nursery
nurse at LDS Hospital she took care of all the babies born in our family. When David died Aunt
Mary slipped into the hospital morgue, wrapped up his little body and brought him to my mom.
Back then if a baby was stillborn the hospital disposed of them and the moms never saw
them. But Aunt Mary knew how important it was for moms to see their babies. She left David
with mom for a couple of hours. Mom said it really helped her. Now days moms can choose to
be with their stillborn babies and even have a funeral if they desire.
Kathy Marie:
Marie Born: May 13, 1955
I was 15 when my mom had her. She was my baby. I took care of
her. She was very sweet and cute. Kathy was always chatty and
loved to talk. Dad said she was vaccinated with a phonograph
needle. She lives in Kaysville, Utah. She has 7 children. She
keeps her house very, very clean. In the 70s, she had one pair of
jeans that she would wash every single day. Her husband Wayne
Nora & Kathy Marie - 2008
retired as a pilot for American Airlines and now teaches at the
Community College. She had the following children: Brady Wayne Grant, Parry Coy Grant
(deceased), Hillary, Chad, Tyler, Ashley, Carter.
Note: Parry Coy Grant died when he was piloting a plane that crashed into a mountain in
Telluride, Colorado.
Nora:
Nora: Born: May 8, 1857
I was 17 when she was born. My dad would not talk to my
mother while she was pregnant, because he did not want
any more children, but then Nora became the apple of his
eye. Nora had 8 children. She is a very loving and
forgiving person. She is a very good person, and fun to be
around. She lives in Magna, Utah and is married to Brent
Prows. If she hears that anybody holds a grudge, or is
Brent and Nora Prows – 2008
mad at someone, she will let you have it, and tell you to
forgive them and get over it. Brent (Nora’s husband) works for Beehive Clothing. He is a
really neat guy. They have 25 grandkids and they love and care for them all. They have the
following children: Deziree, Tara, Serrel, Adam, Lindsey, Logan, Chelsea, and Sierra.
Describe your typical family dinner.
dinner.
My mother was raised during the depression when food was hard to get. When she worked
for the railroad, she always had a big bag of onions, carrots and potatoes. She made sure the
table was properly set and we all sat down and had a very good meal every night. I do not
know how mom did it all. We sat down as a family every night for a wonderful meal. My mom
was a great cook. One thing I really liked was spaghetti. Mom would cook it all day. She got
the recipe from her Italian friend at the railroad. Lasagna was also another favorite. She
made the best dressing at Thanksgiving. She made pies and I learned from her when I was 11
years old how to make pies. My dad would sometimes make corn bread and black-eyed peas.
I did not like them at all. My mom made the best tuna fish sandwiches in the whole world. She
used onions, pickles, celery, and mayo. They are still my favorite. Our whole family (aunts,
cousins, sisters) still use her tuna fish sandwich recipe today.
How were holidays (birthdays, Christmas.
Christmas. etc.) celebrated in your family?
We did not have birthday parties. My mom would give us a gift and we would also have our
favorite dinner. When I was in the 1st grade, I invited some kids from school for a party and I
did not tell my mom. She found out while at work that day. She went to Backers and bought a
cake, and we had a lot of fun and played some games in the yard. We always had a big
Christmas and had a lot of family over. I can remember buying ornaments (with my baby
sitting money) for the Christmas tree, and spending hours hanging ice crystals on the tree.
My baby sister Nora tipped over the tree and broke all the ornaments, and the ice crystals
were a mangled mess. I think I cried some. My mom always made the holidays exciting and as
wonderful as she could.
Did you have family chores?
chores?
My mother worked at the railroad. My dad would fry eggs for breakfast and I would help him
make lunches for all us each morning. When I got home from school everyday I had to make
sure the house was clean and start making dinner. Every Saturday, we cleaned all the
bedding and did deep cleaning. We did all the laundry and cleaned the house thoroughly. My
childhood was full of house work, baby sitting, and responsibility. I was always watching my
baby sisters, and helped and tended other children. I would also help my Aunt Kathy do
housework. I would tend kids in the ward and neighborhood and earned money for school
clothes. My least favorite chore was getting my brothers to do their chores. It was always a
battle.
Did you receive an allowance?
I was supposed to get an allowance but it didn’t always happen. I had to earn my own money
outside the home, by doing baby sitting. Between my junior and senior years, I worked at the
Kentucky Fried Chicken on North Temple, in the bakery (Has since been torn down). Verd E
worked at the original Kentucky Fried Chicken on 3900 South and State Street. He fried the
chicken.
Did you have any pets?
Not really. My brothers had a horse and delivered newspapers on it. My brother (Verd E) also
had a white mouse or rat and lost it. Things were kind of scary for a while, I thought it would
surely crawl out sometime and get on me. Mom did not like animals in the house so pets were
never a part of my growing up.
What are your earliest childhood memories
memories?
ies?
I went out on the west side of the house to pick violets. I picked and picked and hardly had
any. There was a big field in the center of the block. We would always play Cowboys and
Indians with my friend Billy Bywater. My mom would give my brothers and I 25 cents and we
would go get on the bus and go the movies at the old Utah Theatre. The 25 cents would get us
into the movie and we would also have some extra money left to get treats. It cost 5 cents to
ride the trolley or bus and 20 cents for a movie ticket and treats.
I loved being with Aunt Donna when I was young. She did my hair, nails, and taught me
how to play jacks. She and her husband Bob live in Taylorsville across from the Salt Lake
Community College. She had one son, Bobbie, and two daughters, Randy Lynn and Donna
Ray. Both of her daughters have passed away.
Aunt Donna and Judy
Aunt Donna and Mom – April 1998
Mom’s 80th Birthday party / open house at my home
Who where your friends growing up?
Until I was 9 years old, Billy Bywater and his sister were my friends. There were hardly any
children in my neighborhood, and I did not know a lot of kids when we lived on 100 South and
900 East. In West Valley, a girl down the street named Lynn Davis became my friend. Her
husband Dale Kalmar raises thoroughbred racing horses in Florida. I knew the Winder family
well and was good friends with Kathy Winder. Kathy was the youngest Winder child. Kathy
died from complications due to diabetes about 1 ½ years before my husband Glen died. I also
knew a girl who lived across from me named Lynn Steiner, and we are still friends today. I
came from a part member family, but all of the friends I had were members of the church. My
Dad smoked so I must have smelled of tobacco a lot of the time, but my friends continued to
be my friends. Tobacco was even more taboo if you were a member of the church back then
even though lots of people smoked. I have truly been richly blessed with wonderful friends
throughout my teen and adult life.
Lynne Steiner, Judy
Bill washing our car
L – R: J Lynn Davis (friend & dance partner), Lynne Steiner, Judy
What kind of games did you play growing up?
The big yard was a fun place to play hide and seek. My aunt Donna (Mom’s baby sister) taught
me to play jacks when she and Grandpa and Grandma (BomBom) lived in Murray on Vine
Street. I played a lot of jacks with my brother Bill. I would always win. I would play in the fields
with my brothers and they were always the bad guys. I was always Dale Evans and Billy
Bywater my friend was always Roy Rodgers (I was about 5 to 8 years old at the time). My
brothers and I would watch movies in the old church gym (old West 11th Ward – about 950 E
150 S). The film would always break, and then all the kids would run around while the film was
being repaired. We would sit there and watch until it broke again. The movie theater had the
same problem. I was only good at jacks and I would never win at any other game. In Junior
High and High School, two of my girl friends and I were always the last ones to be chosen for
baseball. I was a pretty good bowler, but for the most part I have never been into sports. I
loved to jump the rope, and to play jacks. Even as adults my brother Bill and I would have jack
competitions. I would always win. When I was older and had 4 children, mom talked me into
playing golf. I played for about 3 years, and then I had Andrew. I had lots of health problems
and never got back to golf.
What was your
your favorite toy and why?
I would love it on Christmas. I would get dishes, pots & pans, and a baby doll. The last
Christmas that we lived on 100 South and 900 East, my mother gave me a Madame Alexander
doll. I thought I had died and gone to heaven. I loved that doll. I had this doll way into my adult
life. I had her rebuilt, new clothes and hair. She finally fell apart.
What was your favorite thing to do for fun?
When I was 10 years old we moved to Granger into the same ward as the Winders (Winder
Dairy). I was friends with Kathy, the youngest of the Winder children. (Kathy Winder’s father
Edwin was the Stake Patriarch). I would love to swim in their pool. It was very deep because
it also served as a water source in case of a fire at the dairy. I did a lot of swimming when I
was young. Grandpa and Grandma (Bom Bom) Young lived on Vine Street in Murray. I would
walk down the hill, across the cabbage field, to the Murray Pool. It was cold and I would swim
there a lot. I taught myself how to swim in the Murray Pool.
Note: Reading my mom’s history, I realized she had the same experience as me, learning to
swim in the cold Murray Pool. I continued to swim right through high school. In my senior
year at Cyprus, I was in the swimming and diving class. I got a terrible ear infection and was
in bed for two weeks. When I returned to school the diving class had advanced so much I
knew I couldn’t catch up. The doctor told me to stay out of the water so I had to take a
different class anyway. I used to do art work and liked to draw for people. I also did lots of
posters. My next door neighbor (Lola Page) taught tap dancing. I took lessons from her. I also
had to teach my friend Lynn Davis since she could never remember what she was taught. My
teacher was very strict. She had a piano in the garage and we were taught on the plywood on
her garage floor. My friend caught onto the steps right away (I did not). My friend Lynn Davis
would take me home and we would practice until I learned the steps. I practiced all week. By
the next lesson, Lynn had forgotten the steps and I would have to re-teach her.
My mother and I would take turns taking dictation for Edwin Winder (Stake Patriarch and
Kathy’s father) and transcribing the blessings. I was in business classes all through junior
and high school. In my senior year, I was in a two-hour shorthand and business class. I was
also president of the Business Club. My business teacher Mrs. Waldis was strict and totally
business-like. I was really worried about taking a class from her. However, I learned to love
and respect her. We left her class our senior year ready for the business world. However, I
was married one month after graduation.
What were your favorite songs & music?
music?
American Bandstand – 50’s music
Semi classical music
Country Western – This was played often in our home while I was growing up. I did not like it
much then but as I raised my children, most of them liked this music. I also learned to like it
because it began to take on new and better sound. Never liked jazz or bluegrass. My Brother
Bill loves jazz. He goes to jazz festivals all over the country every year.
Roland and I have been to four programs at Utah State University for a special Glenn Miller
program. The place is designed like a night club. A band plays during a wonderful dinner.
Then there is a program, music, singing and dancing from that era.
Who were your childhood heroes?
Elvis Presley
Doris Day
Esther Williams
Johnny Cash
Bob Hope
President David O. McKay
1951 – 1970
Elvis became very popular when I was in high school. I loved him, but my parents thought he
was weird. I had a huge crush on Johnny Cash when I was a teenager.
I wanted to be a swimmer like Esther Williams. She was so beautiful and could swim and dive
so well and so flawlessly that I wanted to be just like her. I guess that is why I was in the
swimming pool every chance I got.
I loved President McKay, he was a great man. With all his white hair and kind demeanor it was
easy for me to love him, the Gospel, and the Lord.
Do you remember any fads from youth?
Boys: Flattop hair, Levis rolled up into a cuff, white socks, corduroy pants, Levi Straus. They
also started wearing black pants with pink lavender, pale green and yellow shirts.
Girls: Joyce shoes, Jantzen sweaters and swimsuits, circle felt poodle skirts with layers and
layers of starched petticoats to make them way full.
What was your school experience like?
like?
I really liked school. I liked history, but I did not like math. When I was going to school in 9th
grade I took algebra, and I cried because I got a D in math. I cried and cried, because that
was the first and only D I ever had. I was on the debate team in high school. I was the
president of the Business Club. I was vice president of the FHA and also vice president of the
Art Club. I did not run for any of these offices, I was always nominated by other students. My
senior year I was class secretary. I went to Longfellow Elementary until the 4th grade then to
Woodstock Elementary in Murray, Valley Junior High, and then Cyprus High School. When I
was in 7th grade, they had a basketball queen competition - I won it (normally a 9th grade girl
would win). My friends were so mad at me for winning. I felt bad. Two boys (Art Magill and
John Condas) nominated me and raised the most money so I won. The competition was to
raise money for the basketball team.
Note: Johnny Condas dad ran the bar on Redwood Road and 2100 South. Art Magill lived
south on Redwood Road about 3000 South where the Sizzler is now. Art and his wife Lynda
are our friends. Roland and I go to Hale Theatre with them.
Summary of the schools I attended:
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Longfellow Elementary – Kindergarten to 4th grade
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Woodstock Elementary in Murray – Went there when our house was being built in
Granger. Verd E and I lived at Aunt Kathy and Uncle Lou’s then. Mom, Dad, Tootsie
and Bill lived with Grandma Hardy, my mom’s best friend Eve’s mom.
•
Monroe Elementary in Granger – 3500 South & 4000 West – Kiddy corner from the
original Harmons grocery store. Monroe was torn down and rebuilt on 3100 South.
Gus Paulos Auto sales is where the old Monroe School used to be.
•
Valley Junior High - Where I received my one and only “D” in math
•
Cyprus High School in Magna
Heniger Business School (for a short while after I was married)
What world events had the most impact on you
you growing up?
My dad and two uncles were both in World War II. Dad and Uncle Debs were in the Army,
Uncle Lewis was in the Navy. The Korean War was going on when I was in junior high and high
school. In my senior year of high school, my health teacher’s husband had to go to the Korean
War right after they got married. I felt so bad for her.
Korean War
1950 -1953
How is the world different today than
than it was when you were a child?
It use to be that mothers always stayed home with their kids. Mothers did not work outside the
home like they have to do now. TV back then was nothing like it is today. TV was clean and
wholesome, no bad language, sex, violence, etc. Modern medicine has changed a lot. I would
not be alive today without it. When we were younger nobody had cell phones or internet.
When my twin great granddaughters were blessed, their grandfather Kevin Heywood had to
wait until 3 people put down their cell phones to say the blessing on the food at the luncheon
after the blessing. People text in church even during Sacrament Meeting. It’s really sad. It is
getting so that interaction with others is really getting strained due to all this technology.
Who was the oldest relative you remember as a child? What do you remember about
them?
A few of my grandpa’s sisters is all I remember. My grandpa was in his early 50's when he
died. He had leukemia. My step great grandmother Frei was in her 80's, so I do remember her.
She migrated from Switzerland and she was a sweetheart. She was active in the church. I
broke my left wrist falling off her front porch. She took me to church with her. She had 5 girls
and a boy. None of her children were active in the church.
What stories have come down to you about your parents,
parents, grandparent
grandparents,
randparents, and other
ancestors?
My mom was born in Vernal, Utah in a log cabin with a dirt floor. They moved to Provo and she
lost her mom (Jennie Lind Young) when they were living there. Mom was in the 1st grade and
Grandma left 3 little kids. Grandpa then remarried, and that is when my mom learned how to
work. Grandma wanted everything to be perfect. Mom was the second fastest short hand and
typist person at Granite High School. She won 2nd place in a contest to compete on a region
level but she did not have the proper clothes to go, so they picked a boy who came from a
wealthy family to go in her place. My step grandmother (Bom Bom) had a nervous breakdown,
and mom had to quit school her senior year to take care of her. Mom did not graduate from
high school until after she retired from the Union Pacific Railroad Company in her 60’s.
My Mom told a story about my great great grandmother. Lorenzo Dow Young’s son was taking
his elderly mother to live with him and his family in Vernal, Utah. When she was younger she
took in all who needed her help. While living in Salt Lake she helped a man and his family.
When she was moving to Vernal with her son my grandmother was getting very tired. They
stopped at the man’s house that she had helped some time earlier. He was not very
hospitable. He told them they could pull their wagon into the pasture for the night. He did not
offer them any dinner or any kind of comfort. Her son was disappointed that the man did not
give back the hospitality that he had received from his mother some years earlier.
Parents of Gwen Young
Seymour Dow Young
(1898 – 1952)
Jennie Lind
(1899-1926)
Died when Gwen was 8 years old
Gwen and her two brothers
Clara was the step-mother to Gwen, Devaurl, and Lewis Young. She and Seymour
were married August 13, 1927. They are the parents of Donna Clara Young
Fowler. Many of her grandchildren called her “Bom Bom”. I started the name
because I could not say grandma. We called grandpa “Papa”.
Clara Schone Young
My step-grandmother
(1908 – 1990)
Have there been any recipes that have been passed down to you from your family
members?
My mom’s pie crust, spaghetti, lasagna, meatloaf, tuna fish sandwiches, Thanksgiving
dressing and parker house rolls.
Note: I have taught a couple of my granddaughters how to make pie crust. I hope more learn
and keep that recipe going in the family.
Are there any special heirlooms, photos, or other memorabilia that have been passed
down in your family?
I have a sugar bowl that was my grandmother’s (Jennie Lind), and a paper weight from my
great grandmother Frei. In October 2013, my Aunt Donna gave me some hand painted china
cups and saucers that were Grandma Frei’s. I have a doily that my great grandmother Maude
Cox (Verd’s grandmother) made that is over 100 years old. I also have a boning knife and an
extra long butcher knife that my grandfather Seymour Dow Young used as a young man
working as a butcher. These knives are over 100 years old. I use those two knives every day.
When my mom was a little girl she was standing to the back right side of my grandfather. He
did not know she was there. He was butchering a sheep and as he raised the knife he hit my
mom on the forehead and cut her. She had the scar all her life.
Of all the things you learned from your parents, which do you
you feel was the most valuable?
My mom taught me how to work and be dependable, to be honest, and to never think you’re
better than anyone else. My mom continually taught me to look around for those who aren’t
“the popular ones”, the ones who are overlooked and really need a friend, and then be their
friend. My mom also taught me that I was as good as anyone else, but I wasn’t better than
anyone else.
When
When did you get married and how would you describe your spouse?
I was married to Jay Kent Smith and later divorced.
We were extremely young when we married (June 20, 1958). I married to get
out of the house. Hindsight is always 20/20. Had we been more mature and
had the right concept of marriage, maybe things would have worked out.
I was remarried to Glen Willard Cox and was widowed after 30 years.
When I met Glen I had no desire to date him. One day when I came home
from work with my three little kids I kept hearing little sounds coming from
somewhere. Upon investigation I found him in the back yard doing yard
work. He had been there all day. It made me look at him in a different light.
Glen had never been active in the church but he eventually overcame his
word of wisdom problems. We were sealed in the Provo temple on our tenth
anniversary. He was a High Priest when he died. He was an avid hunter and fisherman. He
always got his limit of fish. He often made wagers with his friends or family but they never
once beat him fishing. Hunting and fishing was something that gave him an opportunity to
spend time with his sons and his siblings. As he got older, the less desire he had to kill an
animal. He did, however, “get his deer” the morning he died. In the excitement of shooting
and chasing down his deer, he experienced another heart attack, 8 months after his first. He
died in the field of his brother Floyd’s ranch in Myton, Utah. Glen was born in Myton on June
30, 1934 and died in Myton on October 18, 1997. Glen adopted Helen, Coy and Michelle and
we had Glenda and Andrew together. He was a hard, hard worker, doing floor coverings for
Steve Ogden. He never spent money on himself. He was raised in a large family of ten
children. They were very poor so he was used to making due with very little. Anything he
acquired came from gifts. His whole focus and joy was to provide a good life for me and his
children.
Why did you choose your children’s names?
I did not give my girls a middle name. I have not used mine much. It is too much after they
marry.
Helene - from a high school friend Helene Hancock. I almost named her Ruth,
but thought that Ruth Smith did not sound good. (to much th! th!)
Helene is married to Kevin True Heywood. They’re the parents of seven
children: Amanda Flanagan, Kristopher, Mason, Blake, Megan Sharp, Tyler
and Courtney Madsen. Kevin is a carpet installation manager for Lowes, plus
he has his own private business in sales and installation. Helene has been a homemaker and
has had a nail business in her home for over 20 years. She has always been active in the
church and has served as Young Women President, Primary worker, and works with the
young girls Activity Days. She is serving with her husband Kevin at the local nursing home
across from Pioneer Valley Hospital. We could have lost her the summer of 2012. She had a
brain aneurysm and a tumor in her head. We are so grateful Heavenly Father allowed her to
get better and stay with us. Helene is the example of continual goodness. All her siblings
adore her and look up to her. Her grandchildren love to take turns having a sleepover at
grandpa and grandma’s.
Coy Jay Cox - Named after my step father (Coy Pete Puckett) and Jay after his father (Jay
Kent Smith).
Coy served a mission to Coventry, England. He and his first wife Marna
Ottley had 4 children: Logan, Skyler, Kelsey (born in Germany) and
Cameron. He and his second wife La Nae Prather had two boys: Joshua and
(BC – Baby Coy) Coy Andrew. He also has his youngest son Dakota and 4
step children, Cassandra, Joshua, Nicolas and Timothy, His sweetheart is
Jossette Kitt. Coy works at Weir specialty pumps. Prior to his job at Weir he
did flooring like his Dad Glen. Coy has started having grandchildren. He is always holding the
little ones. When they come to visit he always has his arms full. Coy does a lot of cooking and
is famous for his ham and corn chowder. He also makes great barbecued ribs. He is always
on cooking duty at family barbecues. Jossette works as a billing office coordinator for First
Step House substance abuse treatment center. She is always extending her love and help to
me. Shed do anything I asked her to do. She’s a sweetheart.
Michelle - I wanted to name her Melissa, but my mom said not to do that because that is what
a lot of black people name their girls (not true – any way, so what?). I wish I would have
named her Melissa because the day she was blessed there were 4 baby girls named Michelle
blessed that day.
Michelle is married to Robert Thomas Maughen. They are the parents of
Jason, Lacey, and Jerel. Michelle is very deaf so she deals with a lot of
difficulties. She loves to sing and write music. She is naturally kind loving
and forgiving. While growing up she was always a peace maker and
wanted everyone to get along. She would often pitch in and help her
siblings with their chores. She always greets everyone with a great smile.
We love to get her laughing because she can hardly sit up straight and she
laughs so hard she has tears streaming down her face and dripping off her chin. It is really
contagious and she makes us all laugh. She has worked at Lowes in West Valley for several
years. She has been a constant supporter of her husband Robert’s passion for baseball.
Robert is a field agent for adult probation and parole.
Glenda - Named after her dad (Glen)
Glenda is married to Scott Smith. They live in northwest Ogden (Taylor) in
an old renovated, two story, pioneer, polygamist home. They have a little
land and a horse or two. They have three boys: Corbin, Carson and Collin.
Glenda was the first biological child of Glen. He was so thrilled when she
was born. He really spoiled her to say the least. Glenda works in the
Ogden area as a counselor and educator to people recovering from
substance abuse. Glenda graduated from the School of Social Work at the U of U, the same
place Sue McIntosh retired from. Sue is still well-known there. Glenda is a wonderful cook
and hostess. It is amazing because she wasn’t interested in cooking when she lived at home.
Whenever we go to her home she has all these wonderful things laid out for us to eat, then she
feeds you a scrumptious meal. We always go home stuffed. She also has a neat little gift for all
the ladies. Glenda’s husband Scott works at Chevron Oil in North Salt Lake as an electrical
technician and projects representative. We all love Scott and he is such a great guy. Scott
also has a daughter Sloane.
Andrew Willard - Willard is his Dad’s middle name. We went with Andrew because that was
the only name we could both settle on. We always called him Andrew. All
his friends call him Drew (including his wife).
Andrew is married to Stephanie Hopkins. They married 2 months before
Roland and I. They have 4 girls, Jordan, Paige, Shelby, and Erin, and
their youngest child is a boy named Bradley. Andrew and Stephanie
work in law enforcement in Vernal and Naples Utah. Stephanie is a
detective for Uinta County for child sexual abuse and is the first female in Duchesne County to
be a patrol deputy. Stephanie is also a gourmet cook. It is always a special treat to eat
something she has prepared. Stephanie is a “Saturday morning yard sale enthusiast”.
Andrew is a lieutenant for the Naples City Police Department. He loves the outdoors. Andrew
is fun to be around. He used to teach his little nieces how to dance on our family room. They
still want to dance with him at family weddings. Stephanie and Andrew are continually
learning and taking classes to keep themselves current in every aspect of their professions.
Andrew also breeds and trains dogs for law enforcement and the military.
What did your family enjoy doing together?
Getting together for the holidays was always a big thing to do. We had many baby showers
and wedding showers and graduation parties. Growing up, we always got together as a family
to eat and have fun. My aunt Kathy use to sing with Sweet Adelines and we would all go listen
to her concert every year. She was always singing. Before she married my Uncle Lewis, she
sang on a radio station in California. Because of her, I know the words to every song from the
Big Band era, as well as other music from the 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. When she died
suddenly of a heart attack, the Sweet Adelines sang at her funeral. She had a very distinctive
low alto voice. We could all hear her singing with the Adelines the day of her funeral. Aunt
Kathy was like my second mom. We were always close, and her children asked me to speak
at her funeral.
What was your proudest moment as a parent?
The days my children were born. It is a very humbling and joyful experience and connects
you to your Heavenly Father. It is great to be married. And it is a miracle to witness the whole
concept from conception, child birth, watching your children grow, develop and hopefully
become wonderful adults. Sometimes your children do not do the things you want them to do.
It is really wonderful to watch your children become active in the church and progress in life.
It is hard at times, as parents, to see them make mistakes. Dilworth Young spoke at our Stake
Conference many years ago and said that if your children are doing well, then keep that in
your heart and thank your Heavenly Father for it. Do not brag about it to others, because a lot
of people may be experiencing the heartache of having a wayward child.
Proud moments include any of their successes, good grades in school, temple marriage,
missions, doing well in their jobs and raising their children well. The most proud moments are
when I see my children show kindness and service to others, raise good children, and
support and love their children and their mates.
What was your profession and how did you choose it?
I did not work outside my home because I wanted to be home and raise my kids. I took baby
pictures for Pioneer Valley Hospital for 10 years before I married Roland.
My mother had to work and leave us while all the other moms we knew stayed home. I missed
my mother every day. Even through me senior year, I would come home from school to an
empty house. She was the bread winner in our family. I didn’t work outside the house because
I didn’t want my children to come home to an empty house and not have their mom there for
them. The first word my children would say when they walked through the door was “Mom”?
As a child I always felt lonely coming home from school.
If you could have had any other profession what would it have been?
To be a nurse and work in a hospital. I have always loved a hospital atmosphere. Blood and
guts never use to bother me much. (Can’t say that anymore).
When
When did you get married
married and how would you describe your current spouse?
I married Roland McIntosh on August 25, 2000.
August 25, 2000
Salt Lake Temple
Judy 73rd Birthday Dinner (Benihana)
Every year Bill takes my sisters and I (and our husbands) out to a
nice place for our birthday dinner. Kathy, Nora and I all have May
birthdays. The following attended this dinner: Kathy and Wayne,
Nora and Brent, Bill and his daughter Breonna.
I met Roland on April 7, 2000 through a mutual friend. Our first date was at Texas Roadhouse
in Taylorsville. We married on August 25, 2000. Roland is an amazing man. He often said he
wanted to be an inventor or an engineer. I tell him he’s always been both.
Roland’s main thing is upholstering. He turns one beautiful piece of furniture after another in
his garage shop. He has so many talents. He has made wrought iron fencing, and numerous flag
poles for many friends and family. He has taught his boys some of these talents, along with their
regular jobs. James does a lot of furniture caning. Todd does strapping on outdoor furniture.
Clark has been learning to do upholstery work, and Dale works at Primary Children’s Hospital
doing interior design. Mary is an artist, and has painted many beautiful water color pictures. One
that she has done hangs in our family room. All of Roland’s children have married well and have
raised some amazing children.
Roland is a people person and has a jillion friends to prove it. He regularly keeps in touch
with people, even those he went to elementary and high school with. He quietly goes about
doing kind things for so many people.
My children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren adore him. He has been a blessing to us
all. He’s given many blessings to my family and supports them in every way, very much like he
does his own family. When we decided to marry we both wondered what effect our union would
have on our families. Roland’s family was always kind but it was rather difficult for some I’m
sure.
Once, while talking to a member of his family about our marriage just one year after Sue past
away, they expressed that it was difficult because he married so quickly. What they may not
have considered is that Roland mourned his sweetheart Sue all those years she was ill. After
being with someone for so long, it is difficult to be alone.
I have always had a sweet regard for Sue. I have never felt jealousy toward her. I feel as
though we had a close connection before we came to earth. It will be wonderful to see her again.
Like all marriages Roland and I have had our ups and downs. BUT, I
wouldn’t trade our life together for anything. In spite of many health
problems for both of us, we’ve had a very good life together. Roland has
been a great blessing to me and hopefully he feels the same about me.
I love him so much and am grateful for this time we’ve had together.
I also love Roland’s family. They are truly some of Heavenly Father’s
choicest children. It’s been a great privilege to know and interact with
them, and they are all very precious to me as is my own family. If Roland
passed away before me, I would feel really bad if my relationship with
Roland and Sue McIntosh
his family ended.
McIntosh Siblings 2011
L- R: Nellie, Dale, Jenny, Todd, Clark, Mary Jane, James, Holley, Rob Muir, Mary
What do you believe is the key to a successful marriage?
You have to keep the covenants you made, and hopefully your partner will do the same. If you
can live by the temple ordinances you will be fine. You still have to work at it, even though you
were married in the temple.
Forgiveness and love are a continual thing that must be maintained know matter how long
you’ve been married. It is important to do things together as a couple. Cooking things for your
mate is always a rewarding thing for both of you. As I have gotten older, cooking doesn’t hold
the joy it use to. Most women my age feel the same way. But sometimes I still turn out
something good. Roland has been so good to me. We’ve had a great life despite multiple
health problems for both of us. Heavenly Father has blessed us both so much. We are still
able to work, Roland in his upholstery shop. I stay busy in the house, caring for our home, and
knitting things for great grandchildren. We’re able go to plays, movies and out to dinner. We
have some very dear, good friends who truly enrich our lives.
PS. I really like getting flowers.
What accomplishments in your life are you most proud of?
I used to teach hand painting classes on clay ceramics. So many people thought that they
would never be able to paint, but they did great and their success really made me happy.
When I was Stake Relief Society President, we had one of the highest Visiting Teaching
percentages in the entire church and I got a letter from Elder Yoshihiko Kikuchi. It was a real
great experience for me. I was really proud of the sisters in the stake. The sisters were so
dedicated and really went the extra mile. We (my presidency) kept hearing of all the
wonderful things that happened through visiting teaching during this time. It was special.
Heavenly Fathers programs are wonderful. They develop us to new degrees and give us many
great experiences that we would not otherwise experience.
What do you most want people to remember about you?
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Life hands you lots of ups and downs.
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I hope my family will always know that I love the gospel and I tried to live by its teaching
the best I could.
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Heavenly Father and then the family come first.
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Life can often be a challenge but if we keep our priorities straight things go much
smoother.
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I love my children, grandchildren and now great grandchildren with all my heart.
Life has been quite a journey. When you’re young you think you have everything planned out.
Then life happens and you experience things you never could have imagined. It’s been hard
some of the time, but it’s also been wonderful.
Heavenly Father has loved and cared for me even when I haven’t been as faithful as I should
be. I would hope each of my children and grandchildren and great grandchildren come to
know how much He loves each one of them, no matter what choices they make. He is full of
perfect, unconditional and powerful love. He is eager to forgive and bless each one of us, and
I hope they will come to love Him, and live the commandments so He can bestow every
precious gift upon them, and have them one day return to Him.
Heavenly Father lives, Jesus is the Christ and Redeemer of the world. Heavenly Father has
helped me through so many difficulties. When I asked for His help He has never let me down.
He has answered my prayers far better than I could have ever imagined. He is so awesome.
Over the course of my life I have learned to trust Him completely and as I have gotten older I
am increasingly grateful for everything He does and all that He has given me. I love Him and
His son Jesus Christ and I have come to know that they love me too.
Judy McIntosh Fan Chart
This book was compiled by:
Todd McIntosh
1885 E Hillcrest Ave
Salt Lake City, Utah
(801) 463-7761
sixmc@xmission.com
Date: December 2013