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May 21, 2011
My grandfather, Roy Edward Kirk, was born in Tooele, Utah, on October 25, 1899. His family lived in Ophir, a small mining town in the mountains that separate Tooele from the valley where Salt Lake City and other communities are today. He was descended from Mormon pioneers. He died of cancer on May 2, 1978, in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was a loving, kind man who was curious about nature and good with his hands.
My grandmother was Lucille Cassity. She was born in Tooele, also, and died in Las Vegas, Nevada, on October 6, 1984. She was also a descendant of Mormon pioneers.
The picture below was taken on a roadside in Utah in August, 1960.
