Musical Memories

Joseph H. Argyle would always sit and listen to Denece practice the piano he gave her (he had bought it for his wife).  He loved to hear her play hour after hour.  Denece loved to hear him talk about his Elizabeth (his wife) and that Denece’s hands reminded him of her.  When he talked of her, you could feel the love he had for her.  He remembered her hands being so soft.  Even though she worked hard she always had the right creams to keep her hands soft.  Elizabeth would always memorize her favorite piano pieces so she would have them with her and she would often play by memory.  Whenever he had to go to Pocatello, he would go to the music store and buy her sheet music.  He could not read music but he loved to hear her play. 
Joseph bought Elizabeth the beautiful piano back east. It was shipped by boat to California. Then by train to Salt Lake and then by ox cart to Idaho. Later he gave the piano to his grand daughter Denece. When she moved to Seattle her parents drove it from Idaho to Seattle. Denece gave the piano to her grand daughter Monica Butchart McDonald. She learned to play and enjoyed it until she made her home in Utah. Now the piano is in the home of Trevor and Michelle Butchart.

(1940 Joseph Hyrum Argyle)

 

 

(1946 Denece Ann Argyle)