Recipe - Peach Raspberry Jam

Summer is the perfect time to make jam, although this recipe looks like it could be made anytime of the year.

This recipe was from Aunt Eula Mae who got it from her mother, Erma Earl.

Peach Raspberry Jam

6 C. peaches, ground
7 1/2 C. sugar
1 box MCP pectin
2 boxes frozen raspberries, thawed
1 box frozen strawberries, thawed
1 pkg. raspberry Kool-Aid
1 pkg. (3 oz.) raspberry jello

Boil 10-15 minutes, stirring most of the time; add 1 package (3 ounces) raspberry jello. Let set a few minutes; skim and put in hot jars. Makes approximately 14 jars (1/2 pint size). Sure makes a few peaches taste good.

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June Header Picture

The header picture for June 2008 is from May 17, 1975. It was Grandpa Earl's 80th birthday party. It was held at Uncle Lee and Aunt Doris's home in Las Vegas, NV.



From left to right: Diane Nelson Earl (Uncle Gary Earl's wife), Grandpa Milton Earl, Janice Earl Whipple (Grandpa Earl's daughter).

Grandma Earl's Carrot Cake Recipe

To celebrate all of the May 2008 Earl birthdays and anniversaries, I thought that I would post a fitting recipe.

The secret in this recipe is the pineapple. It makes the cake really moist. Click on the title below for a treasured recipe from Grandma Erma Earl. It will open in a Word document for you to print.

Grandma Earl's Carrot Cake Recipe

Aunt Doris Swapp Earl - Funeral and Obituary

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Obituary

 

Doris Swapp Earl, longtime Nevadan, passed away peacefully Feb. 28, 2008, in Mesa, Arizona.  She was born Doris Swapp, in Overton, in 1925.  She later attended Moapa Valley High School and Las Vegas High School.  Doris married Lee M. Earl in 1947.  Her husband, Lee, preceded her in death in 1994.  She is survived by her children, Kathleen (Max) Rosenhan, Daniel (Lorna) Earl, Marilyn (Thomas) Butler, and Elizabeth (Bruce) Green; 15 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren.  Doris assisted during World War II in several defense factories in San Diego and Monterey, California.  Shortly after the war, she married her husband, Lee.  They owned and operated a dairy farm outside of Las Vegas at the Warm Springs Ranch in Moapa for 10 years.  Lee and Doris moved into Las Vegas in 1956, where they lived continuously until Lee’s passing.  Doris was a homemaker who served in many LDS church leadership positions over the years.  She moved to Mesa, Arizona in 2000, due to health reasons and to be nearer to her two eldest daughters.  A family gathering and informal viewing will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 8, with services following at 2 p.m., both at the LDS Temple View Chapel, 827 Temple View Drive, next door to the Las Vegas LDS Temple.  Arrangements will be performed through La Paloma Funeral Services, 5450 Stephanie Street.

I Will Miss You Aunt Doris! - Saturday, March 8, 2008

I was able to attend the funeral of
my Aunt Doris Earl. She was the
wife of my Dad's oldest brother, Lee.

The funeral was a wonderful one
because she was wonderful. She was
a woman of service and commitment
and unyielding faith in the good times
and in the bad.

I remember going to their cool tri-level
house on 9th Street (Downtown LV)
for family get togethers. Their family
sang everytime we would gather and
they had amazing family harmony.

Her granddaughters and grandsons
sang at her funeral and it was the same
sounds all over again, many years later.



Earl Family Get Together in 1975:
Her son, Danny - her daughter Marilyn,
me and my mom.

My sister's best friend, Alayna Winder,
happened to have my Aunt Doris as her
visiting teacher when she was 1st married
(she did not know my sister then). Alayna
said that Aunt Doris would sometimes
show up with a casserole for their visiting
teaching appointment and put it in her
oven to cook for her dinner that night
while they visited. No other reason than
just to let her know that she cared about
her.


Me, my Grandpa Milton Earl and my
sister, Barbara - 1975.


Aunt Doris and Uncle Lee had my
Grandpa Earl live with them for 17 years
after my Grandma Earl passed away. I
remember going to visit even in high
school and Aunt Doris would be in cooking
(and I mean cooking!) Grandpa breakfast
or lunch while Uncle Lee was at work.


The things that I learned from my Aunt
Doris were:

• Be interested in other people
• Don't complain
• Serve other people
• Express your talents
• Love your family
• Keep a smile on your face
• (Even if you don't feel like it!)

I don't know if I do these things, but
I have seen them mentored by my
Aunt Doris. Thank you & I love you.

Earl Family Temple Sessions are Starting!

When I was coming home from Aunt Doris's funeral, I was thinking about what a wonderful family we have. I was wondering how we could get together often without the issues of trying to plan a big event.

Maybe I have inherited my Dad's "family gathering" gene or the Lord is just passing it down to the next generation. :) But, the Spirit told me to set up a Earl Family Temple Session, just like a Ward Temple Night. I think that this is a great idea! Whoever can make it, it will be wonderful to see each other in the temple.

Grandma and Grandpa Earl loved the temple. So, in honor of them, I thought that we could start in a very important month to them, May. Their anniversary is May 2nd, Grandma Earl's birthday is May 9th and Grandpa Earl's birthday is May 17th.

I was a bit concerned about how to pick a day and time. Nights are so full for everyone and I didn't want to take the whole day on Saturday. Then, I spoke with Aunt Eula Mae and I brought up my idea to her. Her ward temple night is on the 3rd Saturday at 5:00 p.m. I think that that will be a great time for us. It doesn't take up your whole Saturday and leaves the evening free if you have a reception or something on Saturday night. I also think that it shouldn't be as crowded as trying to make an evening session together.

I am going to notify all of our family of our new plan, so in case you are traveling and happen to be in Vegas on the 3rd Saturday of the month, you could see some of the family at the temple.

So, our new tradition has started! We will have the 1st Earl Family Temple Session on Grandpa Earl's birthday! -- Saturday, May 17th at 5:00 p.m. We will celebrate Grandma and Grandpa style...at the temple!