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Keyes, Margaret Lorraine Larsen, 1910-1996

 Person

Biography

Margaret Lorraine Larsen Keyes (1910-1996) was a wife and mother.

Margaret Lorraine Larsen Keyes was born on August 17, 1910 in Spring City, Utah to parents Soren Lewis and Mette Marie Margrete Nielsen Larsen. She attended high school until 1918 when it was disrupted by the influenza pandemic. She moved to Salt Lake where she worked in someones home. It is here that she met Brigham Loyd Keyes.

Loyd and Margaret were married on March 2, 1935 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Soon after they moved to Ogden where they built their first home. In May of 1940 they had their first and only child. Her husband went to war and Margaret turned to scrapbooking to occupy her time. She also spent her time serving in the Parent Teacher Association, Girl Scouts, the American Legion, and within her ward.

In 1972, she and Loyd reurned to Spring City, Utah. She died on November 24, 1996 in Provo, Utah. She is buried in Spring City, Utah with her husband.

Citation:
UPBfiles, January 8, 2015 (Margaret Lorraine Larsen Keyes was born on August 17, 1910 in Spring City, Utah to parents Soren Lewis and Mette Marie Margrete Nielsen Larsen; attended high school until 1918 when it was disrupted by the influenza pandemic; moved to Salt Lake where she worked in someones home; met Brigham Loyd Keyes; married on March 2, 1935 in Salt Lake City, Utah; moved to Ogden where they built their first home; May of 1940 they had their first and only child. Her husband went to war and Margaret turned to scrapbooking to occupy her time; spent her time serving in the Parent Teacher Association, Girl Scouts, the American Legion, and within her ward; reurned to Spring City, Utah; died on November 24, 1996 in Provo, Utah; buried in Spring City, Utah with her husband).

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Colleen Whitley collection of Brigham Loyd Keyes papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8448
Content Description

Collection contains the authobiographies of Brigham Loyd Keyes and his wife Margaret Lorraine Larsen Keyes. Also contains newspaper clippings from World War II pertaining to the different bases Brigham worked at, along with other papers from his service. Diaries and logs from the war are also included. Materials date from to 1942-1981

Dates: Approximately 1942-1981
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Colleen Whitley collection of Brigham Loyd Keyes papers

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