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The Life of Mary Margaret Barlow Born March 13, 1899Mapleton, Utah |
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These memorials chronicle the life of a durable disciple of Christ.
' Margaret Fullmer Barlow born March 13, 1899, died Jan. 9, 2000 thus fulfilling her wish to reach 100 years and live in 3 centuries. Margaret was born in Mapleton, Utah to Fannie Whiting and William Price Fullmer, Jr. She was the second oldest of 17 brothers and sisters. Margaret mentioned that her parents had lots of sons and daughters because they knelt in prayer after they were married and told the Lord to bless them with as many children as the He saw fit. I guess their prayers were answered.
Upon Margaret's
4th birthday the family move to Wallsberg, Utah.
Her father was called home from his mission a couple of months early to he the new bishop of the ward. Her father was very industrious and believed that an idle brain was the devil's workshop. Margaret and her siblings were constantly working. She remembers that around 9 or 10 hiring out to work a sugar beet field. She was paid roughly 25 cents a day and remembers how she saved 99 cents and felt she was rich.
As her grandchild, I remember being fascinated with Grandma's false teeth. There is a story behind this. When she was 16 or 17, she went to a dentist in Heber to have her teeth worked on. This dentist wasn't very careful and started hitting a live nerve in Margaret's mouth. After that incident, Margaret said she really didn't like dentist and would only go to them when she absolutely had to.
Around 1916,
Margaret's family moved to the Little Lost River area.
She worked at Little Lost River Ranch and had to cook for 8 ranch hands and the ranchers family. She wasn't a very accomplished cook at the time and when they asked her to make coffee, she added one tablespoon of coffee to a large 5-gallon pot and let it simmer. Needless to say, it was pretty weak. That was the last time they asked her to make the coffee.
Soon she was
teaching at the school and it was here that she met Newell Barlow who was
teaching the 7th and 8th grade. She thought that he was
Newell finally got the courage to do so and went to ask Margaret's father for her hand. As they went out on the porch, Mack and his little sisters snuck out and listened to the conversation so they could report back to Margaret.
They then traveled to Salt Lake to get married in the temple, but as they reported to get married, they only had an Idaho license so they had to run to the Salt Lake courthouse to get a Utah license. They were married on 10 June 1926.
The doctors thought that Margaret wouldn't have any children without surgery. Because of this condition, Margaret felt that she might not have any children and concentrated on teaching. She was blessed though with 4 children, Carol, Fullmer Jeri, and Ada.
Although times were tough, they were able to eventually buy a home at Louella and Cedar in Blackfoot. Around 1960, after her three oldest children were married, Margaret and Newell moved to their home on Monroe Street in Blackfoot, Idaho. In 1966, after a lengthy illness, her daughter Ada passed away. It was soon after this that Margaret and Newell, served a mission in Texas fulfilling a long time wish. Newell died Dec. 3, 1983. Looking back on Margaret's life, we can truly say she sacrificed a lot for her family and truly loved the Lord.
Memorial by Telina K. Stringham
A sister, a daughter, a friend, a mother, and a grandmother. All this and
much more was what made Margaret Mary Fullmer Barlow such
The oldest was Beatrice, she was born October 12, 1896, then Margaret Mary, born March 13, 1899, William Ross, born on March 6, 1900, Richard, born on May 29, 1901, Maude born on November 20, 1902, Alice, born on September 3, 1905, Albert born on February 5, 1907, John Howard born on July 29, 1908, Harriet and Maria were twins, and they were born on October 24, 1909. And yes, there is more... Norris, born on March 3l, 1913, Willa Max born on May 5, 1914, Mack Virgie born on April 22, 1915, Glenna Lucile born on January 13, 1918, Carol Jessie born on December 9, 1919, Melba born on February 10, 1921, and the last child was Vern he was born on April l, 1923.
As you can see, Margaret did not have a boring child hood, especially with her being the second oldest. She loved all her siblings very much. This family was very religious also. They were a part of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and very proud of it, Margaret was baptized into the church on May 6, 1907 in Wallsburg, Utah. Margaret stayed strong in her religion until she died. She had a very strong testimony and it helped her through out her life.
Margaret lived in Mapleton, UT and Hobble Creek Canyon until she was four years old. Her and her family moved to Wallsburg, UT and resided there till 1916. Her father, William Price Fullmer thought some of his children were falling away from the Church in Wallsburg, so he moved there family to Darlington, Idaho in Lost River Country. It was a desolate place, but it made the family closer to each other and closer to the Church. It also taught the kids how to work hard. It was one of the best decision that William Price had made. Margaret loved to help her mother all of the time. She was like the second mother, and her mother truly appreciated it. Margaret enjoyed it, and she did a wonderful job at it. Her and her mother had a very special relationship, also. They were very close to each other. Everyone of her family and her friends called her Madge as a nickname. She was known for this, until she became Grandma Barlow in her later years.
Margaret's faith was strengthened when her little sister, Alice became very ill with Rheumatic Fever during the time there father was on his mission. Her mother knew she was not going to live, but she knew Alice would hold on until her father got home. Their father got home in November, and Alice died in April. But she died a very peaceful death.
Margaret was a very smart child. She always knew what she was doing in school, and she understood it, also. Margaret went to high school for three years, 1917-1920. She graduated early, and started going to college. Margaret had a kind heart, and she knew that she wanted to make a difference in the world, so she always wanted to become a nurse, but her father thought the career was too immoral, and he wanted her to have a good career for a decent woman. So Margaret chose the next best thing, a career in teaching. Margaret attended summer school at Ricks, Idaho, and got her Bachelors degree in teaching at Idaho State. But even before she got her teaching degree, she taught. So many schools needed teachers, so she got a job doing it, and while she was teaching, she was also going to college. She was a very determined lady, and she was going to succeed.
Margaret met her soul mate at age twenty-seven. Before Margaret met Newel, she had many opportunities to marry. But she found faults in these gentlemen and didn't think they would be the right men to be the father to her children. The guy that she fell in love with was Newel Rampton Barlow. He was four years younger than Margaret. Newel and her courted for two years, he would see Margaret on the weekends, and then they would write to each other on week days. They were so in love that they finally decided to get married. They got married on June 10, 1926. They were married and sealed in Salt Lake City, Utah. They lived with Newel's parents in Pocatello from June until September of 1926.
Newel was also a teacher, he had a two year teaching degree, and he taught school. A lot of people said that he just didn't have the personality for teaching though. So he started farming for his father. Which was rather depressing, because Newel did not like that very much.
In September of 1926, they moved out of Newel's parents house and resided in Tvhee, Idaho for three years. They moved because Margaret had gotten her first pay check, and they were ready to start there own life together and have a family. Margaret and Newel had their first baby on April 25, 1928 in Tyhee, Idaho. Margaret was shocked that she was pregnant, she was very excited. She always thought that her students in the classroom were good enough to be her kids. The baby, was named Carol Jean. They were blessed with this child, she was a great human being. The three of them moved to Blackfoot, Idaho in 1929, lived in Sugar Factory home until July of 1939.
During those years of living in Blackfoot, Margaret and Newel had four children. The second child after Carol Jean was a boy, Newel Fullmer, he was born on October 3, 1930. He was a good helper around the house. The third child was Geraldine Bernice, or known as Jeri. She was born in the wonderful summer, July 13, 1933. She was also born in the middle of depression, but she was never deprived of anything. Jeri was always there to help her mother out. The fourth child was Ada Lucile. She was born October 18, 1938. She was the youngest and the sickest. Ada was Jeri's favorite sister, they got along really well. Ada loved Jeri. Margaret had another baby, it was a still born. It was another boy, they named him John Bruce. And he was born on June 4, 1941. This was hard for the family, and especially for Margaret. But she was a tough woman, and her and her family got through it. They knew that it was how God wanted it to be, and John Bruce was in heaven looking down on them.
They were all a very typical family. Margaret was teaching, and living her dream, and Newel was a great father, but he was not as happy. But he always looked for the best job he could get to support his family. And indeed he did support them. Of course they had hard times. One time Margaret remembers having only twelve dollars to support her and her four children and Newel. Newel was looking for a job, and he found one, but he gave it up, because another guy needed it more than he did. Margaret didn't know what to do, but Newel just told her to pay her tithing, and that God will help them out. Sure enough, they paid there tithing, and God blessed Newel and Fullmer with a job. Margaret truly believed in tithing, and she told her children to always tithe. It was truly worth it.
Margaret was a very hard working woman. She never quit! A great homemaker. Jeri remembers waking up in the middle of the night, and Margaret would be banging pots and pans and cleaning and doing laundry! Margaret also loved her children to play any kind of musical instrument there was possible to play. She thought it brought knowledge and talent. She also liked to hear her children play. They all mostly played the piano. Margaret was a great clothe maker. She would make her children many clothes. One thing that Margaret was very proud of was a winter coat made out of her old blue chiffon dress. Her three girls, Carol, ,Jeri, and Ada wore it, and it kept them warm.
Margaret had some faults also. Her sister, Carol Christensen said that "She wanted to do all things for all people." Margaret always wanted to help out everyone no matter how hard it would be for her. Carol also says that she was almost always late to everything because she wanted to get just one more task completed. Their clocks were always set fifteen minutes fast to help her to not be late.
Margaret and Newel
had a great relationship with each other. In the late
Margaret also loved to garden. She always had a garden with plenty of gorgeous flowers, and a lot of weeds! Because her children really didn't take up gardening. Margaret truly loved flowers. She did not have one specific favorite flower, she just loved them all.
Newel Fullmer also became a great person. He did many things with his life, he became a counselor at the University of Nevada, he married and had two children. He is still alive and well living in Nevada.
Geraldine Bernice or known better as Jeri attended all of high school and she went to college also. When Jeri graduated high school, Margaret graduated from college. It was such a special experience for both of them! Jeri lives her life to the fullest. She married Richard Paul Ingram and they had three children. Allan, Diane, and Denice. Jeri is still alive and well living in Vernal, Utah. She is very happy and satisfied.
Margaret and Newel's youngest child, Ada was diagnosed with diabetes when she was seven years old. Ada lived and died with this disease, but her life was full of great accomplishments. She graduated at BYU and she went on a mission to New York. She died at a young age of twenty-eight. On August 4, 1966 due to complications with diabetes.
Grandma Barlow was a lady that brought great memories to people. Especially with her family. Jeri remembers her mother always telling her stories. Whatever Margaret was doing, cleaning or cooking, she would always have a story to tell Jeri. The stories were good ones with morals, and Margaret would make them up as she was telling them. Margaret was full of imagination, and that is one thing that Jeri loved about her. Jeri also remembers her mother teaching her arithmetic. Her mother always had something to teach her children. One day, Margaret was canning, and Jeri was helping her, Margaret took this opportunity to teach Jeri arithmetic. So she would say, "Jeri, go get me five glass jars, three times. So, how many glass jars would you have all together, Jeri?" She also remembers her mom teaching her the facts of life underneath a tree. That is where they would have special talks all the time.
Later, Margaret's name became to be known as Grandma Barlow. She had plenty of grandchildren, and great grandchildren. And everyone else that wasn't related to her, called her this also. She truly fit it, she was a sweet Grandma, mom, and a friend.
Jeri's husband, Richard also has a favorite memory of Grandma Barlow. Grandma Barlow would sometimes come visit Jeri and Richard, in Vernal, in the summer. One specific time really stands out in Richard's memory. Margaret was about eighty years old, and she still loved to garden, and she still loved to dig, especially dig! One day, Richard came home from work, and saw Grandma Barlow digging up a flower bed for roses. Richard was surprised, because Grandma Barlow had dug up the grass also! She just kept on digging and digging, and it didn't matter what she was digging, because she was digging Richard's grass!
Richard was sort of mad, so he took her shovel and locked it up in his shed, so she couldn't dig anymore! That made Grandma Barlow upset, because she seriously loved to dig. So Richard gave her shovel back, and she kept digging! His other favorite memory happened at about the same time. Grandma Barlow loved going for walks, but while she went for walks, she liked to pick up trash. So Grandma Barlow went for a walk to pick up cans one day. In front of Richard and Jeri's place was a big deep ditch, and Grandma Barlow was in it, finding cans. Richard drove by, and all he could see was a head bobbing up and down in the ditch! He went over to see what it was, and to his surprise it was Grandma Barlow on her hands and knees, trying to get out of the ditch. Richard went and helped her out, and they just laughed about it! Grandma Barlow had a great personality.
Grandma Barlow was a great grandma! Jeri's kids loved to play with her, and hear stories from her. Denice Stringham, Jeri and Richard's youngest child, had some great memories with her Grandma in Blackfoot, Idaho. Denice would go there on some summers. Grandma Barlow was the number one Grandma on the block! Denice remembers that Grandma Barlow would haul all the neighborhood kids to A & W, to get a root beer float. She would have so many kids in her car, that some of them had to ride in her trunk! Denice also remembers waiting for her Grandma to pick her up after swimming and her Grandma was very late. Denice and Diane was getting worried, so they started to walk home. When they got half way home, they noticed a police car, and Grandma was sitting in it. Grandma Barlow had one of her many fender benders, and it made Denice and Diane very upset, because they were sure that Grandma was going to go to jail. Margaret was never a good driver. But she did have great faith in her Heavenly Father so she was never scared because she always said that "My car belongs to God, and He is always with me."
Allan Ingram also has a favorite memory of Grandma Barlow. Allan Ingram is Jeri and Richard's oldest son. His favorite memory of her was when she was taking him back to Vernal from a wonderful summer vacation in Blackfoot, Idaho. Her car had gotten a flat tire, and Grandma didn't know how to change it, so Allan got out there and changed it. Allan said she loved Grandma's face, because she was so amazed that a seven year old boy could change a tire! He loved Grandma Barlow very much, and he knows that she truly changed his life forever.
Jeri and Richard's middle child, Diane Barmore, her favorite memory of Grandma Barlow is of when she went to Blackfoot, Idaho in the summers to see all of her cousins. She says that everyday had a new memory that Grandma Barlow made for her. She remembers going to swimming lessons, and picking raspberries with her. She also remembers Grandma Barlow taking her and other children to a park called Tophus Park in Pocatello, it was an amusement park. She loved that! Diane loved Grandma Barlow and she knows that Grandma is in heaven looking down on her everyday. She will never forget her. On Grandma Barlow's one hundredth birthday, all of her family came out to her care center in Pocatello to celebrate it. That was a very special event. Everyone got to see her one last time, her great-grandchildren, grandchildren, her son, and her daughters. And we all know that she had a great time and that she nor any of us will ever forget that. She always said that she wanted to live in two centuries, and indeed she did, from 18992000. She also wanted to live to be one hundred so she could speak to Willard Scott, the guy on the TODAY show. She wanted to tell him about the LDS church and about God. Willard Scott did send her a letter, wishing her congratulations about turning one hundred years old.
Margaret, Madge, or Grandma Barlow, had a wonderful life. She was full of love and peace, and religion. Education was where her heart was, she loved to teach, and she knew that education was very important. She also thought music was very important, but most of all her family. Family was what she lived for. But on January 4, 2000, she said goodbye to her family and died peacefully in the Bannock Long Term Care Center in Pocatello, Idaho, and went to live with her Heavenly Father. Grandma Barlow was 100 years old. Her funeral took place in her own hometown, Blackfoot, Idaho. All of her family went. When Diane Barmore reached Blackfoot, Idaho, she had an urge to buy her mother Jeri, a rose and a card. Jeri put the rose in Grandma Barlow's frail hands, and what an honor that was. From Diane's hands that was born on April 13th, to her mom's hands born on July 13th, to Grandma's hands, born on March 13`h. And that is where the rose stayed, in Grandma's hands.
After the funeral, and everyone was ready to depart, Jeri said, "You need to stop and reflect back... a lady like Grandma comes once in a century. She left every place better than it was before she got there."
We all miss Grandma Barlow, but she really is not gone. She is in all of our hearts, she has touched us in many ways, and we will never forget her. She is like a garden in our heart, it is always growing and growing with memories of her. And we must keep watering it, which means we must always remember her. She is looking down on us right now, and I know she is saying with a big smile, "That is my family, and I am very proud of them," Grandma Barlow's legacy can be described with one word: LOVE.
"My Mother kept a garden, a garden of the heart. She planted all the good things that gave my life its start. She turned me to the sunshine and encouraged me to dream, Fostering and nurturing the seeds of self-esteem. And when the winds and rains came, she protected me enough, but not too much, She knew I'd need to stand up strong and tough. Her constant good example always taught me right from wrong. Markers from my pathway that will last a lifetime long. I am in my mother's garden, I am her legacy, And I hope today, she knows I am thinking of her, and I hope she feels the love reflected back from me." We love you, sister, we love you, daughter, we love you friend, we love you mother, and we love you Grandma Barlow, for you are truly a special human being, and we will never forget you!
I would like to thank the following for the acknowledgment of where information came:
Jeri Ingram, Richard Ingram Carol Christensen Diane Barmore Dcnicc Stringham Allan Ingram Glenna Pierson
Compiled by Great Granddaughter, Telina K. Stringham
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