Clyde and Gladys Gutke buried in Holladay

My sister wanted to visit our grandparents' graves today, so I am posting some information for her as well as anyone else who would like to visit at some time.

Clyde and Gladys Gutke are buried in Holladay Memorial Park. The address is 4900 South Memory Lane (2000 East) in Holladay, Utah. The grave(s) are in the middle section shaped like a kidney bean and called "Garden of Cumorah". There are silver hubs that pinpoint the locations, and Grandpa and Grandma's are by the hub that says "19 East 19 South". Clyde is number 6, Gladys is number 10. Also located in the area are the graves for Uncle Wid (Willard Gutke), Uncle Hank (Harold Ralph Gutke), Aunt Laurel Gutke. 

Here is a photo of the headstone:

Beatrice Oleson Gutke's family graves

The following graves are located in the Wasatch Lawn Cemetery, 3401 Highland Drive (1495 East), Salt Lake City, Utah:

Beatrice is Clyde F. Gutke's first wife.

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Annie is Beatrice's mother.

 Emil is Beatrice's father.

Bonnie is Beatrice's younger sister. 

Johnny is Bonnie's husband. I should have cleared this grave better! It's hard to read the dates. 

This grave was by the others. I don't know if this is a relative or not. 

I think this photo was taken in 1970. L to R: Dennis, Jerry, Kent, Bob. Gladys and Clyde in front.

Clyde, Gladys

Dennis, Jerry 

GUTKE

Clyde, Gladys, Jack, Kate Gutke.

Christmas at Gutke's home in Holladay. Robert - 10, Kent -6, Jerry -3 

Gladys Monson and Clyde Gutke. This pic was early in their marriage or while dating.

Gutke front room in Holladay

These are photos of the front room in Clyde and Gladys Gutke's home at 5283 Holladay Blvd. 

Clyde, Bob, Gladys, Kent

Clyde and boys, 1970

Clyde Frederick Gutke

Carl F. Gutke (center) and sons Clyde (left) and Jack (right). I'm wondering if Clyde may be wearing a hat that signifies him belonging to IOOF (International Order of Odd Fellows). 

Laura Jones Gutke and children, L to R: Carl, Clyde and Thelma. 

Carl F. Gutke, daughter Thelma and son Clyde.

Clyde and Gladys in front of WPA building

I would love to spend some time researching the WPA in Salt Lake City. I'm assuming that this is where the building in this photo was/is located, and that Grandpa worked at some time on a project sponsored by the WPA (otherwise they probably would not have posed in front of the building).

Without going into a lot of detail at this point, WPA stood for Work Projects Aministration and was a work-based (not just handout) government program to give people jobs during the Great Depression.

This is such a great photo. It shows the hope that people had at that time, including our grandparents!

Note: Grandma explains in an interview I had with her in 1989 a little about the circumstances in the world when they were dating and the first years of their marriage. "Well, in those days we just didn't have too much money. [Clyde] was working and making pretty good money for Rio Grande—oh about thirty-five dollars which was wonderful in those days." So, somewhere around 1930-34 Grandpa worked for the railroad, and then he went to McGill, Nevada in the smelter there in 1939.

1939 Letter from Gladys to Clyde, who was working in McGill, Nevada

This letter is really great to read. I guess Grandpa was working in McGill, Nevada and Grandma sent him this letter telling him about what was happening with her and baby Robert, whom she calls "Bobbie." This letter would have been written during the Great Depression and Grandpa was probably lucky to have a job, even though he was away from home. My guess is that his job was work related to mining at the McGill smelter. In the letter Grandma states that she is worried about him on the job, especially when the wind is blowing hard.

Here's a little history I found: On the following Web site, McGill today is listed as a "semi-ghost" town (http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/nv/mcgill.html). The article explains that "McGill grew from a ranching community and from that became the smelting center for White Pine County." McGill served as a "company town" for the Steptoe Valley Smelting and Mining Company and its population peaked at 3,000 in the early 1930s. The plant has been dismantled.

Clyde and Robert Clyde

This is Grandpa (Clyde Frederick) and Uncle Bob (Robert Clyde). Bob was born on October 23, 1938. He was the first born of their four sons: Bob, Kent, Jerry, and Dennis.