Oral history interview with Mirl Blake Hymas, 1997 December 28

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Identifier: MSS 9148 File 33

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Scope and Contents

Don E. Norton oral history interview with Mirl Blake Hymas, dated December 28, 1997. Includes transcript and accompanying index.

Dates

1997 December 28

Creator

Hymas, Mirl Blake, 1918-2015 (interviewee, Person)
Norton, Don E. (1934-) (interviewer, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from this collection must be obtained from Reference Services at specialcollections@byu.edu.

Biographical History

Mirl Blake Hymas was born near Bear Lake, Idaho, as one of five children. In 1938, he was called as one of the first LDS missionaries to teach the people of Brazil in their native language of Portuguese. He returned from his mission about a month before the attack on Pearl Harbor. He enlisted in the US Army Air Corps and served undercover in the Military Intelligence Division, which took him to South America, China, India, and Africa. After he returned from the war, he married Elaine Smith and continued his education at Utah State University. Later in life, he owned and operated Freeway Gardens Nursery for much of his career. He served in various church callings including Patriarch, Stake President, MTC Branch President, and temple ordinance worker. He passed away in 2015.