Denzel Nelson Aiken-part 2 of 3

Denzel Nelson Aiken-part 2 of 3



     Since business was slow because of the Depression, they moved to Sterling, Colo, then back to Alliance, but business was slow still. Denzel's mother [Mary Jane Nielsen Aiken] fell and hurt her leg and it turned into cancer of the bone. She passed away 28 December 1933. She was a stately, graceful lady, a good reader and speaker, and a wonderful mother.
     In 1933 they moved to Salt Lake but the Depression was so great that business was bad. In the spring of 1934 he went shearing with his father and brothers, Vero and Terrance. He went shearing in Wyoming for four years. He traded his car for a down payment on a truck. He hauled logs and coal. In 1936 he hauled pipe for water to Spring City from Provo. In the city it was easy to distribute the pipes, but in the mountains, he had to do it by horseback and pack saddle.
     The family was still in Salt Lake, but Sophia had tuberculosis and was getting worse. She passed away 27 June 1938. The moved to Spring City were the work was.
     In the Spring of 1940 he bought a home in Spring City and in July he married Loa Allred in the Manti Temple. He worked in Idaho and Delta that winter. He took over his dad's service station and ran it for a time.
     In November 1941 he went to Las Vegas to work. Then in May 1942 moved his family down. Verna had graduated from North Sanpete High. They were concerned about the environment for the children, but after being here awhile, they knew it was all right.
     They lived in a tent in the summer but bought a trailer in the fall. They bought a lot and built a house at 306 North 11th Street (They lived there until approximately 1995.)
     Verna was married to Grant Erickson Nielsen Dec 23, 1942 in the Manti Temple. Grant worked with his dad with sheep in Mount Pleasant, Utah. They sold that and bought a cattle ranch in Meeker, Colorado. They had 6 children: Larry, Wayne, DeLayne, Craig, Ruth and Scott. Denza graduated from Las Vegas High [and] attended BYU. She received her Bachelor Degree and taught English at Vegas High. She was called to Norway on a mission (1953-55). While there, she met the Aase family. Kristian wanted to come to America, so they had him live with them. They also helped Jack and Hjordia Berg-Olsen come over. After returning, Denza taught English at Rancho [High] for 2 1/2 years. Then she met George Loyal Wright and the were married in the Salt Lake Temple 19 Sept 1958. They have 5 children: David, Georgeann, Rosalyn, Judy and Barbara,