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Leslee (Anderson) Bond was born a century ago on August 31, 1915 in the southern Utah town of Elsinore. As her sto- ry unfolded, I observed how the tapestry of Leslee’s rich life parallels the his- tory of the past century.


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to be 100 is no small feat, and Leslee under- standably pre- fers to downplay her age to avoid being treated as anyone other than the bright, articulate wom- an I met, who truly embraces life!


Known as “Little Denmark,” Leslee’s birthplace was settled by Danish converts to the Mor- mon faith, including her pater- nal grandparents. At age 5, her parents packed up the family’s belongings in a covered wagon and traveled to the “new fron- tier” of northern Utah where they purchased a ranch and Leslee rode a donkey to school. After her father was injured


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bought a bottling plant and ice cream factory. There they stayed and thrived until 1929... Resilient is a word that de- scribes Leslee, along with cu- rious, life-long learner, and a lover of people. Her father had done very well in business and was established in the com- munity and church. However, good times turned sour when the market crashed. After los-


by a neighbor’s bullet and her mother had diffi culty with the higher elevation, the family of 8 moved again, to Roosevelt, Utah, where Leslee’s father


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ing everything they had, the family moved to Salt Lake City.


he was, Leslee’s father found partners to purchase an under- valued mineral water plant in Soda Springs, Utah and the family moved again.


In Idaho, the


family occu- pied an aban- doned house with boarded up windows in a land of weather ex- tremes. The upstairs had no heat, and the family primarily ate venison, pan-


cakes and choke cherries for several years.


Despite these


hardships, her father taught the importance of family and help- ing one another. He used the analogy of sticks: one alone is easy to break, but there is strength together.


Idaho where Leslee truly fell in love with nature.


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It was in Clean


air, pure water. She wandered through the hills, wrote poetry,


As the entrepreneur that


Life's Tapestry: Leslee Bond ... continued on page 22


and didn’t at all mind walking 5 or more miles to school! As the recession continued,


the family moved back to Salt Lake City where Leslee com-


JOKES & Humor # 4


I’ve just read a book about a bean growing up in Southern USA.


It’s called The Adventures of Tom Soya.


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