Claude and Verlie Tolley left a postivie impact on people a hundred years ago.

Claude and Verlie raised their kids(Jack, Florence, Glen, Margaret, Melba and Kenneth) in the still standing home on 6th North in Nephi, Utah. They bought the home from Henry and Emma Parkin(sister of Claude) in 1918 and lived there until they both passed away in their nineties. The home remains properly cared for with a heap of love inside and professional yard care outside. Before our memory and notes fade, we thought we would give some of their history. Claude was the son of Charles and Melvina Christensen Tolley, being born in the two room frame home that was often photographed on Hi-Way 91 in downtown Nortonville, Utah. Claude was the fourth of 13 children, born in 1888. He found work with his father building railroads and canals in Idaho and Montana. While he was at work, his thoughts were of the young lady he liked to dance with in Nephi-Verlie, the attractive blonde daughter of Charles Morris and Lucy Jane Wilkey Morris who was born in 1894. She was the youngest of four children and sister Tola Hansen was her best friend. Verlie attended school at the North(was east of the Nephi park) and Central School.Verlie loved being called a house wife; mother, and service worker in the LDS church. Their spare time was dancing and they even took first place at a dance contest at Arlington Hall. Claude worked for the US Forest Service for several years and Foreman of the CCC camp when they built the Loop Road up Nephi Canyon. He also did some work in Veyo(Virtue, Enterprise, Youth, Order) and St. George, then returned to work for Nephi City as a Grader Operator. He retired at age 70, but didn't stop working or driving that old truck around town. Like most of the Tolley families, he knew how to grow a garden, and willing to share. Verlie did the same thing with her vittles, and I found myself wanting to socialize with them as a kid, but the primary motive was to eat her freshly baked food, then walk down the street and pick corn for Uncle Roscoe Tolley. Claude and Verlie have been gone for some time, but didn't want them to be forgotten as they were as good people as you will find anywhere in America.