Annie Selk Marrom

The following is a brief overview of Annie's life.

• Annie was born 10 May 1879 in Monticello, Wright, Minnesota. She was the fifth of six children born to Christian Selk and Ingeborg Olsen. The Selks had emigrated from Denmark in 1871.
• In 1882, the Selk family moved west to Dingle, Idaho.
• On 21 April 1896, Annie married Joseph Samuel Marrom in Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho.
• Late in 1896 they became first time parents. All of their children were born in southern Idaho. Their children, in birth order, were: William Lionel (known as Onel to the family), Norma, Howard, Grace, Clifford Stanley (known as Ted to the family), Nathan Aaron Hawley (known as Nate to the family), Alice, Esther (known as Kay to the family), and Beverly.
• Joseph died in Salt Lake City in 1937 as mentioned earlier.
• Annie remarried in 1943. She married Jerry O'Keefe.
• In 1959 Annie suffered a stroke and died shortly afterward from complications. (1 November 1959).

Annie's grandchildren called her "Nanny" and remember her as a beautiful lady with silver-white hair who was always kind and gentle. Most of her children had dark hair like their father with the exception of Kay who was blonde and resembled her mother in both looks and temperment.