Mommy was born under horse wagon outside of Blanding, Utah. During her time of growing up she celebrated her birthday on 28 May, and she even thought Richard was born on her birthday. Further research later showed her birthday to be 27 May. She grew up in Ramah, New Mexico, in a house owned by her grandfather Richard Henry Bloomfield. Grandpa Alma often worked in lumber camps, so he was away from the family a lot. Because Mommy was the second child, she became like a mother to her younger siblings. At the age of 16 she contracted rheumatic fever. It affected her heart and her overall health. Although energetic in her younger years, she gradually lost energy, and finally died of congestive heart failure. After graduating from high school, she took a job at the J C Penney store in Gallup. Part of her job was to dress the mannequins in the window display. During World War II she was in the civil service. She traveled some in her assignments. She spoke of Cloudcroft and White Sands in New Mexico. She was part of the Manhattan Project (which was the development of the nuclear bomb). So much of what she did was classified and she couldn't talk about it. Mommy and a friend were traveling from Salt Lake City, Utah, when they stopped at a dude ranch outside of Monticello, Utah. There she met Mons. They spent a few hours talking to each other and then she drove on home to Gallup, New Mexico. A few days later he showed up and proposed marriage. They were married on 10 May 1949 in the Mesa, Arizona, temple. She was 31 years old when she married Mons. Richard was born on 28 May 1950; Mack on 19 June 1952; Alma and Silas on 6 December 1953; and Elna on 12 March 1956. That made five children under the age of six. Mommy had a sewing machine with the Husquavarna brand name (high quality). She sewed clothing and quilts. All of the space in the living room was pretty well filled up when she had a quilt on the frame.