Melvin married Harriet HOYT daughter of Josiah Miller HOYT and Ellen Alice SPENCER on 24 Aug 1924 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. They were the parents of four children, three girls and one boy.
When Melvin was only 13 or 14, he used to drive the mail truck to Cedar. That was before you had to have a driver's license. Like most, he liked to drive cars and he was a very good driver. For years, he drove the car that pulled the hearses to the cemetery. Grandpa Warren had one of the first cars that came to St. George so this was a special service that they did willingly for many years.
When Melvin was sixteen, he went to live at the Arrowhead Hotel his Father owned at that time. From all I have heard him say even then he spent most of his time working in the Garage watching the Hotel in the evening and at night.
During his youth and after his marriage he worked at several jobs in several Western states: mechanic, building the road through the Zion Park tunnel, selling cars, etc.
Some time after his marriage, he and Harriet began a business called Arrowhead Department Store. They sold John Deere Tractors, household appliances, furniture and gifts (dishes, cutlery, etc. and cute things.
Melvin was always good in math and tried to get all of his grandchildren to learn the times-tables and tell them to him quickly. He would give us a silver dollar if we could say them fast enough. I am not sure many of us earned the silver dollars. Grandpa brought the money bag home with him at night and would have us practice counting back change so that we would be prepared when we started working.
He died of kidney cancer which spread to his lungs. I have never seen so many flowers at a funeral before. I especially loved the orchids with little glass water tubes attached to the stems. All of us grandkids were amazed and never forgot those flowers from so many people whose lives he touched.
When Melvin was only 13 or 14, he used to drive the mail truck to Cedar. That was before you had to have a driver's license. Like most, he liked to drive cars and he was a very good driver. For years, he drove the car that pulled the hearses to the cemetery. Grandpa Warren had one of the first cars that came to St. George so this was a special service that they did willingly for many years.
When Melvin was sixteen, he went to live at the Arrowhead Hotel his Father owned at that time. From all I have heard him say even then he spent most of his time working in the Garage watching the Hotel in the evening and at night.
During his youth and after his marriage he worked at several jobs in several Western states: mechanic, building the road through the Zion Park tunnel, selling cars, etc.
Some time after his marriage, he and Harriet began a business called Arrowhead Department Store. They sold John Deere Tractors, household appliances, furniture and gifts (dishes, cutlery, etc. and cute things.
Melvin was always good in math and tried to get all of his grandchildren to learn the times-tables and tell them to him quickly. He would give us a silver dollar if we could say them fast enough. I am not sure many of us earned the silver dollars. Grandpa brought the money bag home with him at night and would have us practice counting back change so that we would be prepared when we started working.
He died of kidney cancer which spread to his lungs. I have never seen so many flowers at a funeral before. I especially loved the orchids with little glass water tubes attached to the stems. All of us grandkids were amazed and never forgot those flowers from so many people whose lives he touched.
Melvin married Harriet HOYT daughter of Josiah Miller HOYT and Ellen Alice SPENCER on 24 Aug 1924 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. They were the parents of four children, three girls and one boy.
When Melvin was only 13 or 14, he used to drive the mail truck to Cedar. That was before you had to have a driver's license. Like most, he liked to drive cars and he was a very good driver. For years, he drove the car that pulled the hearses to the cemetery. Grandpa Warren had one of the first cars that came to St. George so this was a special service that they did willingly for many years.
When Melvin was sixteen, he went to live at the Arrowhead Hotel his Father owned at that time. From all I have heard him say even then he spent most of his time working in the Garage watching the Hotel in the evening and at night.
During his youth and after his marriage he worked at several jobs in several Western states: mechanic, building the road through the Zion Park tunnel, selling cars, etc.
Some time after his marriage, he and Harriet began a business called Arrowhead Department Store. They sold John Deere Tractors, household appliances, furniture and gifts (dishes, cutlery, etc. and cute things.
Melvin was always good in math and tried to get all of his grandchildren to learn the times-tables and tell them to him quickly. He would give us a silver dollar if we could say them fast enough. I am not sure many of us earned the silver dollars. Grandpa brought the money bag home with him at night and would have us practice counting back change so that we would be prepared when we started working.
He died of kidney cancer which spread to his lungs. I have never seen so many flowers at a funeral before. I especially loved the orchids with little glass water tubes attached to the stems. All of us grandkids were amazed and never forgot those flowers from so many people whose lives he touched.
When Melvin was only 13 or 14, he used to drive the mail truck to Cedar. That was before you had to have a driver's license. Like most, he liked to drive cars and he was a very good driver. For years, he drove the car that pulled the hearses to the cemetery. Grandpa Warren had one of the first cars that came to St. George so this was a special service that they did willingly for many years.
When Melvin was sixteen, he went to live at the Arrowhead Hotel his Father owned at that time. From all I have heard him say even then he spent most of his time working in the Garage watching the Hotel in the evening and at night.
During his youth and after his marriage he worked at several jobs in several Western states: mechanic, building the road through the Zion Park tunnel, selling cars, etc.
Some time after his marriage, he and Harriet began a business called Arrowhead Department Store. They sold John Deere Tractors, household appliances, furniture and gifts (dishes, cutlery, etc. and cute things.
Melvin was always good in math and tried to get all of his grandchildren to learn the times-tables and tell them to him quickly. He would give us a silver dollar if we could say them fast enough. I am not sure many of us earned the silver dollars. Grandpa brought the money bag home with him at night and would have us practice counting back change so that we would be prepared when we started working.
He died of kidney cancer which spread to his lungs. I have never seen so many flowers at a funeral before. I especially loved the orchids with little glass water tubes attached to the stems. All of us grandkids were amazed and never forgot those flowers from so many people whose lives he touched.
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Thanks to Max Turpin for helping to maintain this memorial and others in the St. George City Cemetery.
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