In the immortal words of Charlie Chan, William Lionel Marrom was #1 Son. Firstborn of Joseph and Annie, "Onel" (as he was known to my husband and his sister) was born in Dingle, Idaho on December 21, 1896. As far as I can tell, he had many of the traits associated with a firstborn child: reliable, conscientious, organized, and belief in obeying rules.
As illustrated in his photo on the post, he also had flair!
He helped his father with an expansion store of Eagle Dry Goods in Logan, Utah. It was in Logan I believe where he met is future wife, Maurine Rogers.
I'm skipping around a bit as I only have brief vignettes of his life. I would love to hear any experiences you may have had with Onel.
In the early 1950s, Onel was a police officer with the Salt Lake City Police Department. He lived on McClelland Street. His path crossed my family at this point, as my grandmother was a neighbor a block or so away on the same street. I later lived on this same street as a child. Something right out of an Americana scene, it was lined with sycamore trees so there was cool shade in the summer and lots of leaves and "itchy balls" in the fall.
My husband remembers visiting with Onel who wore his gun on the left hip even though he was right handed. When asked about that, he explained that he didn't wear out his belt loops as fast.
While in Utah, Onel and Maurine had two children, a son - Rodney, and a daughter, Pat. They moved to Seattle and remained in the Pacific Northwest for the remainder of their lives.
Onel became an accomplished rock hound, collecting, cutting, polishing and creating beautiful objects from the rocks he found.
