By My Own Hand: The Life Story of Rulon T. BurtonRulon Tingey Burton was born 3 March 1926 in Salt Lake City, Utah. His parents were Fielding Garr Burton and Mela Stewart Lindsay. He served in the Navy in World War II. He married Josephine Omer. They had three children. He established a law firm. |
Contents
My Childhood Home in South Salt Lake | 3 |
A Short but Tall Mother | 21 |
Part Seven Entering the Practice of Law 19651970 | 27 |
Chapter | 33 |
A Strong and Caring Father | 34 |
Burton WardBurton Family | 43 |
A Short Fella | 54 |
Part Two Challenging the MindJunior High 19381940 | 67 |
Called to Serve | 231 |
Odense and a Lame Foot | 245 |
KøbenhavnAn Interlude with Music | 271 |
Struer Sowing Seeds in Hard Soil | 288 |
Slagelse A Time of Harvest | 318 |
Part Six Paradise Lost and Regained 19491964 | 335 |
My First Love | 337 |
My True Love | 361 |
A MindDeveloping Experience | 69 |
The Book of Mormon and Me | 83 |
On Stage | 89 |
Part Three Shoes on Bare FeetHigh School 19401944 | 103 |
Entering a New World | 105 |
Church and Family | 120 |
Being Productive | 125 |
Part Four World War IIin the U S Navy 19441946 | 139 |
I Join the Navy | 141 |
By My Own Hand I Record My Life Choices | 157 |
Three Forgotten Men | 169 |
That We May Here Be Useful | 186 |
The War EndsBut Not for Me | 199 |
Sights Homeward | 211 |
Part Five Mission to Denmark 19461949 | 227 |
University at Last | 367 |
My Caring FatherA Reprise | 373 |
Part Eleven Rulon T Burton Associates 19811995 | 520 |
Chapter 39 | 527 |
Chapter 40 | 533 |
Chapter 41 | 541 |
Chapter 42 | 562 |
Part Twelve | 577 |
Chapter 44 | 583 |
Part Thirteen | 601 |
Chapter 49 | 627 |
Chapter 50 | 648 |
Mormon Pioneer Ancestry | 657 |
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