After a very nice service, great grandchildren Nathan, Austin and Alexis are looking at the casket.
Dennis' mother fell and broke her leg the day after I left for Canada. She passed away on Sunday, August 20th while I was on my way home from Montana. Dennis and his brother, Brad, were able to be with her. Her funeral was held on August 28th. Around the casket from left front are Matthew Johnson (grandson), Ken Merrill (step-son), Dennis Johnson (son), Scott Johnson (grandson), Brad Johnson (son), Spencer Johnson (grandson), Bryce Johnson (grandson) and Brent Johnson (son).
On Friday evening, the 20th of August, Aunt Donna and our cousin, Judy Tolley Erickson, arranged a get-together at the stake center across from the Cardston Temple with relatives from both sides of the family. We were thrilled and honored that so many came. We thought about 47 people were there. These are the relatives from the Tolley side. In the center back is Uncle Ken, my father's only living sibling, and beside him is Aunt Bea, widow of Uncle Ilo, another of dad's brothers. Ken's wife is by Karen and the others are various cousins and their spouses.
Beautiful Old Chief Mountain--a familiar landmark from my childhood. I always thought it was in Canada when I was growing up, but it's really in Montana.
This is my Aunt Donna, who is 83 years old and was our tour guide for a day when we went to Hillspring. She shared so many of her memories with us--it was really a choice day. She is just younger than my mother. She is standing in front of a barn built by her grandmother, Eliza Jane Green Hurd. Eliza was widowed at a fairly young age, but determined to keep the farm she and her husband had settled. She built the barn with the help of her sons and some workmen. My grandmother (Edna Hurd Draper) remembers carrying drinking water to the men when they were building the barn. Aunt Donna has many fond memories of visiting her grandmother at the farm. Great-grandmother Hurd lived until Aunt Donna was about seventeen. The barn is now called the Great Canadian Barn Dance and the owners run a business where they have barn dances, live Western entertainment and western-style barbecues. There is also camping around the little lakes on the farm.
This is the Westside School, where I attended first and most of second grade. It is still a school, but serves disabled children now. Two of my cousins, Nolan Payne and Terry Draper, were in my class.
Our childhood home in Cardston. It has had a recent facelift with new siding. I lived there the first seven and a half years of my life. In those days it was white stucco and there was a hedge in front along the street.
Our grandpa and grandma Draper's burial site in Cardston, Alberta, Canada.
The headstone of my parents at their gravesite in Mountain View, Alberta.
The majestic Prince of Wales Hotel built in the 1920's by the Canadian Pacific Railroad (I think). I learned something new on this trip. When the hotel was being built the railroad only went as far as Hillspring, the little town where my grandparents lived. My grandpa Draper and several other men transported the huge boilers for the hotel by horse-drawn wagons to the construction site.
Looking down at Waterton Lake from Canada into Montana from the Prince of Wales Hotel hill.
Cameron Lake, another take-your-breath-away place, just a few miles up the road in Waterton.
A view of Waterton Lake and the mountains from the trail that goes up the hill alongside the waterfall. One of my favorite places in the world--also the place where Dennis and I honeymooned exactly 43 (!!!) years ago.
The five of us in front of beautiful Cameron Falls in Waterton Lakes National Park on the Canadian side. Left to right, Karen, Gordon, Barbara, Ronda and Cheryl.
A beautiful view of St. Mary's Lake and Wild Goose Island in the park.
Four of my five siblings at the top of Glacier National Park--Gordon, Cheryl, Karen, and Ronda.
A scene from beautiful Glacier National Park. We had lots of fun reminiscing about our drives through the park coming and going to Canada as children. We had to tease Cheryl a little about how she would get down on the floorboards of the car because she was so afraid of the heights on the Going-to-the-Sun highway. She didn't get hysterical this time, but she also didn't look out the window or get out of the car when we stopped!
My brother, Gordon, decided it would be a good idea for the Tolley siblings to take a trip back to Canada to see our birthplace, share memories and visit our relatives who still live there. We had a great time. We stayed in Missoula the first night with our sister, Nola, who wasn't able to come with us. This is a picture of the church in Missoula where our little branch met when our family first moved there in 1956. I believe that we shared the building with another congregation. I was surprised to learn that this is a Greek Orthodox Church!
Whitney, Landon and Grandpa. Landon is keeping a good hold on his throwing rocks!
August 12th was our grandson, Landon Barney's fifth birthday. We borrowed him for the day, along with his big sister, Whitney and took them four-wheeling up American Fork Canyon. We had a fun ride, a great time throwing rocks in the stream and a nice picnic.
On August 6-8 the Tolley siblings held their reunion in Island Park, Idaho. We stayed at the Sawtelle Resort. All the siblings and their spouses were able to be there. On Saturday we drove into Yellowstone Park to do some sight-seeing. This is my sister Cheryl Whittle and her husband, Glenn in front of one of the hot pots.
After a very nice service, great grandchildren Nathan, Austin and Alexis are looking at the casket.
Dennis' mother fell and broke her leg the day after I left for Canada. She passed away on Sunday, August 20th while I was on my way home from Montana. Dennis and his brother, Brad, were able to be with her. Her funeral was held on August 28th. Around the casket from left front are Matthew Johnson (grandson), Ken Merrill (step-son), Dennis Johnson (son), Scott Johnson (grandson), Brad Johnson (son), Spencer Johnson (grandson), Bryce Johnson (grandson) and Brent Johnson (son).
On Friday evening, the 20th of August, Aunt Donna and our cousin, Judy Tolley Erickson, arranged a get-together at the stake center across from the Cardston Temple with relatives from both sides of the family. We were thrilled and honored that so many came. We thought about 47 people were there. These are the relatives from the Tolley side. In the center back is Uncle Ken, my father's only living sibling, and beside him is Aunt Bea, widow of Uncle Ilo, another of dad's brothers. Ken's wife is by Karen and the others are various cousins and their spouses.
Beautiful Old Chief Mountain--a familiar landmark from my childhood. I always thought it was in Canada when I was growing up, but it's really in Montana.
This is my Aunt Donna, who is 83 years old and was our tour guide for a day when we went to Hillspring. She shared so many of her memories with us--it was really a choice day. She is just younger than my mother. She is standing in front of a barn built by her grandmother, Eliza Jane Green Hurd. Eliza was widowed at a fairly young age, but determined to keep the farm she and her husband had settled. She built the barn with the help of her sons and some workmen. My grandmother (Edna Hurd Draper) remembers carrying drinking water to the men when they were building the barn. Aunt Donna has many fond memories of visiting her grandmother at the farm. Great-grandmother Hurd lived until Aunt Donna was about seventeen. The barn is now called the Great Canadian Barn Dance and the owners run a business where they have barn dances, live Western entertainment and western-style barbecues. There is also camping around the little lakes on the farm.
This is the Westside School, where I attended first and most of second grade. It is still a school, but serves disabled children now. Two of my cousins, Nolan Payne and Terry Draper, were in my class.
Our childhood home in Cardston. It has had a recent facelift with new siding. I lived there the first seven and a half years of my life. In those days it was white stucco and there was a hedge in front along the street.
Our grandpa and grandma Draper's burial site in Cardston, Alberta, Canada.
The headstone of my parents at their gravesite in Mountain View, Alberta.
The majestic Prince of Wales Hotel built in the 1920's by the Canadian Pacific Railroad (I think). I learned something new on this trip. When the hotel was being built the railroad only went as far as Hillspring, the little town where my grandparents lived. My grandpa Draper and several other men transported the huge boilers for the hotel by horse-drawn wagons to the construction site.
Looking down at Waterton Lake from Canada into Montana from the Prince of Wales Hotel hill.
Cameron Lake, another take-your-breath-away place, just a few miles up the road in Waterton.
A view of Waterton Lake and the mountains from the trail that goes up the hill alongside the waterfall. One of my favorite places in the world--also the place where Dennis and I honeymooned exactly 43 (!!!) years ago. 
The five of us in front of beautiful Cameron Falls in Waterton Lakes National Park on the Canadian side. Left to right, Karen, Gordon, Barbara, Ronda and Cheryl.
A beautiful view of St. Mary's Lake and Wild Goose Island in the park.
Four of my five siblings at the top of Glacier National Park--Gordon, Cheryl, Karen, and Ronda.
A scene from beautiful Glacier National Park. We had lots of fun reminiscing about our drives through the park coming and going to Canada as children. We had to tease Cheryl a little about how she would get down on the floorboards of the car because she was so afraid of the heights on the Going-to-the-Sun highway. She didn't get hysterical this time, but she also didn't look out the window or get out of the car when we stopped!
My brother, Gordon, decided it would be a good idea for the Tolley siblings to take a trip back to Canada to see our birthplace, share memories and visit our relatives who still live there. We had a great time. We stayed in Missoula the first night with our sister, Nola, who wasn't able to come with us. This is a picture of the church in Missoula where our little branch met when our family first moved there in 1956. I believe that we shared the building with another congregation. I was surprised to learn that this is a Greek Orthodox Church!
Whitney, Landon and Grandpa. Landon is keeping a good hold on his throwing rocks!
August 12th was our grandson, Landon Barney's fifth birthday. We borrowed him for the day, along with his big sister, Whitney and took them four-wheeling up American Fork Canyon. We had a fun ride, a great time throwing rocks in the stream and a nice picnic.
On August 6-8 the Tolley siblings held their reunion in Island Park, Idaho. We stayed at the Sawtelle Resort. All the siblings and their spouses were able to be there. On Saturday we drove into Yellowstone Park to do some sight-seeing. This is my sister Cheryl Whittle and her husband, Glenn in front of one of the hot pots.
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