- Ved session 16 Oct 1940, East Ely, White Pine, Nevada:
Marvin James Fjeldsted
Birth Date: 14 Jun 1919: Centerfield, Utah
Occupation: Clyde Marshall
Complexion: Ruddy
Height: 5 10
Weight: 153
Eye Color: Hazel
Hair Color: Brown
Relative's Name: Glen Larsen, Brother-In-Law
"After being discharged from the service, I had to go to New York to be reunited with Beatrice, and our first Daughter Sheryl Lee. Bea had become pregnant, and I thought I was headed overseas, so Bea returned home to be close to her Mother when the baby was born, and she remained in New York until I was discharged. We bought an old 38 Chevrolet, and drove it home to Utah, what an adventure.
When we returned home we moved into the old two room farm house in what was then called Crowleyville, 3 miles south of Centerfield. This was the home where Sydney and Helena lived after they were married. It was while we lived on and worked the farm that we were able to build the home in Centerfield. We moved into our new home in April of 1949. Up until that time we lived on and operated Dad’s old farm, and ended up buying it in 1953 from the family. We did good farming for the first couple of years, but the farm was small by the standards of the day, about 40 acres, and could no longer meet the needs of our growing family, so after we moved to town, along with operating the farm, I worked for Sugar Valley Sales, a Case-IH Farm Tractor Dealership, as a Parts Manager. This worked out for a couple of years, and then I got a better paying job driving truck for Elmo Sorenson. I would haul hogs and cattle to Omaha Nebraska, and then load whatever I could get for the return trip. I would also haul cattle to California, and load watermelons, or other produce for the return trip. This required a lot of cleaning out of the trailer. I was trying to farm, and drive truck, and it was just too much, plus it was really hard on the family for me to be gone so much of the time. Sheryl was born in 1945, Larry in 1948, Clare in 1949, and Lyle in 1952, so by now we had four small children. In 1957 we leased the farm to Neil Nelson, and moved to Springville, Utah. We rented out our home in Centerfield. In Springville I had a job as a salesman for the Love Company, an Auto Parts Distributor. We made a living, but money was always tight. While we were living in Springville the position of storekeeper at the Gunnison Sugar Company came open. I applied for the job, and was hired by Hart Sanders, so we returned to our home in Centerfield. The Gunnison Sugar Factory was actually located about two miles south of Centerfield at the corner of Highway 89 and Factory Lane. It was owned and operated by Utah and Idaho Sugar Company. I really enjoyed this job, and we did well financially until 1961 when U & I closed the factory. I got a job and went to work as a purchasing agent for Valley Builders Supply Company in Gunnison. They were a lumber and building supply company, and I worked for them until 1969. In 1969 we sold the farm to Ira Nielsen. We still owed my Sisters Roberta, and Montez, my brothers Deloy, Vernile, my Step Brother Allen Wilardson, and Carolyn my half Sister for their shares of the farm. So, after paying my family there was very little left from the farm proceeds for our family. After selling the Farm I accepted a job in Hermiston, Oregon, and moved our family to Oregon. Sheryl was married, and living in California, Larry was serving a mission in Denmark, Clare was married and living in Mount Pleasant, so only Lyle moved to Oregon with Beatrice and I. I went to work for Larsen Transfer Company. Larsen Transfer was owned by Darvell and Evan Larsen, Sons of my Sister Roberta, and her Husband Glen Larsen. They were agents for Mayflower, and later for United Van Lines. We enjoyed living in Hermiston, and with the Umatilla Army Depot close by, there was always family’s coming in and moving away, which made business good. Darvell was killed in a freak accident at the Country Club where he was a member. He had apparently gone into the sauna late at night, and all alone. He apparently fell asleep, and the heat overcame him, so that he never woke up, but died that night. This was very hard on the Larsen Family. I continued to work for Evan until 1972, when another opportunity to work for Utah and Idaho Sugar came to me. They had purchased a large tract of land in Washington State just across the Columbia River near Patterson Washington, and about 15 miles from our home in Hermiston. It was called Pryor Land Company, later known as Agri Northwest and a subsidiary of U & I Sugar Company. It consisted of 83,000 Acres, and it was just being developed and put under cultivation. It had been mostly grazing land for herds of sheep before U & I bought it. I opened their first farm parts department, and in time became the Irrigation Maintenance Foreman. The farm pumped water from the Columbia River for their irrigation operation. They started the operation by preparing 100 circles, and started by growing crops such as corn, and red beans, and potatoes. The circles had to be monitored because if one of the wheel sets along the wheel line got stuck, the entire line could walk itself into a knot, and come down. Straw was put along the wheel paths to help solidify the wheel tracks and insure the lines kept running. The transmissions were geared so that each wheel tower moved along at the right speed, so the entire line progressed 360 degrees in a circle irrigating the entire thing. Our shop maintained, and rebuilt the transmissions to ensure their smooth operation. In looking at this irrigation sprinkling system I noticed that the rainbird sprinkler heads we were using shot the water out in a solid stream for about ten feet in close to the pivots, and as far as thirty feet out on the end of the pipe. This caused a lot of compaction of the soil, as well as a lot of water was lost to evaporation. I designed a system that used a curved pipe in the shape of an S to lower the water down from a pipe that stood about twelve feet off the ground to about six feet off of the ground. We used sprinkler heads similar to those used in fire alarm systems in buildings, to put out a lighter spray that would lessen soil compaction, and also reduce evaporation because the water was being gently sprayed down, from a lower height, rather than being shot up into the air. Rainbird loved it, and nearly all of the circle irrigation systems in use today are using some copy of this design. I got a great deal of satisfaction out of how well it worked, and how accepted the design became in a fairly short period of time. As I got older and nearing retirement I became foreman over the road construction and building maintenance, and continued in this capacity until I retired in 1986.
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- "Our kind and beloved husband, father, grandfather and brother, Marvin J Fjeldsted, age 92, of Redmond, finally got his wish to "go home" on January 11, 2012. He died peacefully at his home in Redmond, after several years of bad health.
He was born June 14, 1919 in Centerfield, Utah, a son of Sidney James and Sena Helena Sorenson Fjeldsted. He was raised on a farm south of Centerfield and attended the local schools. He graduated from Gunnison Valley High School, Class of 1937.
Marvin served a mission for the LDS Church in the Eastern States Mission. Upon completion of his mission, he entered the US Army and served his country during World War II.
He married the love of his life, Beatrice Allayne Durfee, February 3, 1945 in Ft. Sill, Oklahoma. Their marriage solemnized in the Manti LDS Temple April 10, 1945. They would of celebrated their 67th Wedding Anniversary next month.
Marvin and Bea raised their children in Centerfield and then in 1969 they moved to Hermiston, Oregon where Marvin worked as a Maintenance Supervisor on a large farm, until his retirement in 1999. They then returned to Utah and settled in Redmond.
Marvin has always been a very active member of the LDS Church, serving for 15 years in the Scouting Program and as the Stake Patriarch in Hermiston for 19 years. Marvin and Bea also served a Temple Mission.
He is survived by his loving wife of Redmond; children: Sheryl and Steven A. Mickelsen of Redmond; Larry and Vicki Fjeldsted of Allen, Texas; Clare and Boyd Miller of Monroe; Lyle and Sylvia Fjeldsted of Orient, Washington; 16 grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren; sisters: Montez Hunter of Sandy; Carolyn and Val Harris of Provo; a sister-in-law: Veone Fjeldsted of Centerfield.
He was preceded in death by his parents; sister and brothers: Roberta Larsen, Deloy Fjeldsted, Vernile Fjeldsted; and two brothers-in-law: Glen Larsen and Duaine Hunter.
Funeral services will be held Monday, January 16, 2012 at 12 Noon in the Redmond 1st LDS Ward Chapel, where friends may call for viewing Sunday evening from 6 to 8 P.M. or Monday morning from 10:30 to 11:30 prior to the services.
Burial with military honors accorded by the Oliver Russell American Legion Post #105 and the Utah Honor Guard will be in the Centerfield Cemetery under the care of the Springer Turner Funeral Home of Richfield and Salina, Utah." (Også gengivet i Findagrave.com)
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Om slægterne Brændgaard & Heilesen
1919 - 2012 (92 år)
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