Although she lived in Utah or Washington during the part of her life that I knew her best, we still kept in touch by letters and many visits. She and I were always very close, probably even more so because she had no children from either of her two marriages, and she always lavished attention on me, and it was certainly returned. Born on April 21, 1912, in American ForkUtah, she was the only daughter and the middle child of Charles Melvin and Rose May Stringham Miller. [Editor’s Note: My aunt was Phyllis Miller Armstrong Wilde. Interment will be in the American Fork Cemetery on Monday morning. (Phyllis) Wilde, of Seattle, Washington three grandchildren and five stepchildren: Clifford, Don, Niles, and Eldon Crooks, and Mrs. Miller, of Bronxville, New York a daughter Mrs. She is survived by her husband John Crooks a son Melvin C. In her later years she designed and made many varieties of beautiful braided and hooked rugs which graced the homes of relatives and friends.Īs she became older, her health began to fail, and eventually she and her husband were moved to a rest home in Idaho Falls where she died on April 28 after a serious illness. She was well known for her excellent skill as a homemaker and her artistry in creating all types of hand work and sewing. Crooks was beloved by family and friends for her happy disposition, her unselfishness, and her warm personal manner. They lived together in a little white house in Shelley surrounded by gardens of flowers and vegetables until they became to sick to care for themselves.ĭuring her lifetime Mrs. To John Crooks of Shelley, Idaho, she was married on April 3, 1949. Her husband Charles died June 1, 1932, and in 1944 her youngest son Bert was killed in active service during World War II. In Provo she also belonged to a ladies literary club, the Gay Matrons, and was its president one year. When the family moved to Provo in 1926, she continued her activity in Relief Society work. Rose was active in the Sunday School, Relief Society, and Primary organizations of the LDS church. While in Manti a third child was born, Bert. In 1919, the family moved to Manti, Rose’s home town. A son Melvin and a daughter Phyllis were born to the couple there. After their marriage, they lived in American Fork where Rose was active in the Red Cross during the First World War. On November 8, 1905, in the Manti LDS Temple, she was married to Charles Richard Miller from American Fork. Fourteen of these children lived to a marriageable age. Rose May Crooks was born October 11, 1881, in Manti, Utah, and was the last survivor of a family of fifteen children born to Walter and Mary Ellen Tuttle Stringham.
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