Horace and Rosella loved to dance, and there in Iona, met "across a crowded room", with Horace declaring to a friend. "That's the girl I'll marry", and he did. They lived briefly in Ammon before Rosella went to her mother's in Iona to deliver her firstborn, Wes, a difficult and perilous birth. It was one of seven that would take place without medical aid. Two years later Sis was born. They bought a 40 acre ranch near Ammon where Amelia and Bill was born. Because of harsh winters and long distance to school, concern for their young children caused them to sell their home and buy one in town though not a prudent financial move. There Thelma, Wendell and George were added to the family. They were both active in church positons...High Council, Branch President and both worked in M.I.A.

In 1917 they moved to Roberts where the last three children were born. Horace became the first bishop of the Roberts Ward from 1921-1928. The Depression dealt them a blow from which they would not fully recover, beginning with a foreclosure on their farm, forcing them to leave, penniless. They had five children before owning a washing machine. Rosella's childhood deprivations prepared her to "make do", and though uncomplaining, once stated "It's no disgrace to be poor, but it is to stay that way", but "stay that way" they did, never free from financial stress, compounded by Horace's well meaning but unskilled money management. His good heart always managed to find someone lower on the economic scale than he and offer them his help.

For the next two years they rented homes in Rupert and Twin Falls before settling in Nampa in 1930, where Horace took any work available including the W.P.A. There was no chuch welfare program operating then and so they were grateful for the government assistance offered through President Franklin Roosevelt's programs. Their lot improved somewhat when they moved two miles out of town on a 7 acre place. With fruit trees, garden, cows, pigs and chickens, it provided everthing but money. Later, aided by the church, they built a basement house on a half acre in town where they lived until 1947 when Sis and Hamer moved them into a new little house on their property in Twin Falls. There enjoyment wa brief. A long time diabetic, Rosella's health failed and she died in 1948. Horace returned to Nampa and spent a restless twelve years before he too passed away.

Hardship nothwithstanding, they had happy times with many friends, sharing potluck suppers, ward dances and parties. They cherished visits with children and grandchildren. Though neither had more than five years of formal education, both were intelligent and quick to learn. Horace could find speedy solutions to difficult math problems in his children's homework. He memorized and recited lengthy poems and reading. Rosella loved to read, sometimes reading aloud from church magazines for the benefit of her reluctant eared children. She loved to grow flowers, write poetry, crochet and sing. She was a gregarious and cheerful person, attracting all ages.

If success is to be measured by material possessions, they left no mark. If it is measured by the Lord's yardstick, they were remarkable successful rearing their children to follow their example of love and service and obedience to the Lord's commandments.

- Written by Veda Lou Dean Grow Boyce -