Monday, August 31, 2009

Blast from the distant past and the not-so-distant past


This is a picture of the original LV chapel. I don't ever remember it looking like this. Do you? And this picture is the preface to the two following pictures, below. Yesterday at my PPI, the bishop gave me the two following photographs.

This is a picture of the then-living bishops of LV and their wives, taken in 1989. My parents are seated on the far left. I won't identify the rest--either you know them and therefore recognize them or you don't know them and consequently don't recognize them. Of the 17 people pictured here, nine have passed on.

This is the photograph of the then-living bishops (1989). What a great photo. My dad is on the front row with the cane. Of the nine men pictured here, six have passed on. Of the bishops of the LV ward up to that point (1989), only three are missing from this photograph: M. Wilson, L. Iverson, and V. Church.

5 comments:

familywithfivekids said...

Great photos! I'm happily surprised by how many faces I recognized. Looking forward to seeing you!

Reno said...

What neat pictures! Love seeing those faces again.

I'm Stitching as fast as I can said...

Oh, my goodness.
I am even too young to remember the 'Old White Church' like that.
Thanks for sharing the pictures.
I recognized them all.

Cheryl said...

6 of them were my bishops. I love and admire them all! I do remember the white church before the additions and remodeling. I remember the blue benches and using the basement doors.
What a great place to grow up.

Ann said...

The church was way before my time, but I love the pictures. Who is the man between your dad and uncle? That's the only face I don't recall.