814. Wayne's own story of his birth and childhood with Blaine, and more about his parents, Roy Waldamer and Gladys Dayton Eckman.
Today I will print Wayne's own story of his birth and early life. He wrote this to go in our book about his ancestors. I plan to put more family history in my blogs, and not as many other subjects. I believe that will be more important for my posterity! (by Pal) Personal Record of Wayne D. Eckman I was very fortunate in being born a twin on September 18, 1930, to Roy Waldamer and Gladys Treganna Dayton Eckman. My twin brother, Blaine, was born 15 minutes before I made my entry into the world. The custom in those days to a great extent was to call the doctor to the home to deliver babies. It seems that we were ready to be born before my mother could be driven to the hospital, so we were born in a little green frame house at 6066 South State Street in Murray, Utah. Dr. Olie Sundwall was the attending physician and the minute he saw us, he declared that there was no earthly chance that we would survive the night, so Dad called Elder Joseph Blaine in to give us a name