Here is the home that Gordon Lund spent most of his childhood and youth. It is very close to the University of Utah. He wrote in his autobiography that he was lucky to get a great education at a young age because he was taught by student educators at the University. The home was in a very nice area and Djalmar and Aagot wanted to have a home in a prestigious area. The house was very small for their large family. It was always very clean. Aagot wanted to keep the cultured refinement that she felt was important. They had linen napkins that were folded neatly and put into napkin rings. They were left on the table and the family would use the same seat each day with the same napkin until the end of the week. Dorothy Olsen remembers
visiting the home and feeling timid going there. I, too, remember being told bu my father to keep our hands at our sides and not tough anything when we visited grandma and grandpa. After talking to my cousins, they, too, had the same memories. The home was kept neat and clean. It was necessary to maintain order there. That maybe why Gordon loved to clean up when Joyce went away. Gordon kept his things very neat. His closet was orderly. Our house was not as clean, as my mother did not want to throw out papers, napkins, magazines, tickets, programs, any food from any party or church function or cruise. Mom did not throw things out. I love her and do carry some of her habits. I also have learned that her sisters did not throw things out either!!! I still love her!!
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