Story from Marsha LaFirenza Ogden

Ogden Cousins:

This came in an email recently. Thought you'd all enjoy reading it:

"At church on Sunday, Lorene Reynolds came up to us and started to tell us a story. We knew she was from Marysvale and knew Edna, but she had a story about Grandpa Ogden.

Her father (Lawrence Hamel) had to have his legs amputated and had a hard time walking with the prosthetics. He wanted to run for Piute County Recorder, but someone said to him that he could never do it because he couldn't walk well enough. One day, Grandpa Ogden came to their house and said to Lawrence, "you're going for a ride with me." Grandpa Ogden tookLawrence over in front of the courthouse and said, "Okay, get out and walk back and forth in front of the courthouse to show people that you can do it." Grandpa was a good friend toLawrence and helped him to walk better. Lawrence did run for county recorder that year and won. He kept running when each term ended and was the county recorder for 16 years. Lorene said that her father always said that it was because of Walt Ogden that he was able to do this.

"I wanted to share this with all of you because I think it's a wonderful story about Grandpa Ogden. He and Grandma Ogden were always so willing to help other people."

Marsha LaFirenza Ogden (wife of William J. "Bill" Ogden)