93. Wayne's and Blaine's father, Roy Waldamer Eckman, hard worker and great man!
When Roy Waldamer Eckman was born, all births were in the home and the doctor had to drive a horse and buggy from Salt Lake City, about 12 miles away. On the night Roy was born, (the youngest of 10 children) it was raining hard and the doctor had to change horses and get a fresh horse on the way there, as the original horse gave out. Roy was born on May 19, 1898, at home in Parley’s Canyon, and died September 19, 1975, in Salt Lake City, at the age of seventy-seven years. This was the kind of buggy the doctor had to take to Parley's Canyon to help deliver Roy in 1898. Blog # 86 tells about Roy's parents, and their history, and some of that story involved Roy. From Parley’s Canyon Roy’s parents moved to West Jordan when he was 3 years old where they engaged in farming. When Roy was almost fourteen years of age his schooling was cut short when his...
