Ernst Georg KOLLER

<p>[tree1264.FTW]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[The Learning Company WFT Vol. 41, Ed. 1, Tree #1264, Date of Import: May 10, 2000]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>!Source: Family records - TIB erroneoulsy shows 24 Jun 1923as his Chr date.</p><p>Served in World War I on a submarine. Was a prisoner of war in England 4 years</p><p>Was a journeyman machinist and railroad engineer. Joined the Mormon church in</p><p>Germany in 1923. Went to Milwaukee, Wisc in 1928. Saved enough money to take</p><p>his family to Salt Lake City, Utah in 1930. Things were tough. There was no</p><p>employment to be had so he worked doing painting, cement work, and odd jobs.</p><p>He also worked for the government on WPA (Workers Progress Association) that had</p><p>been initiated by Pres. Roosevelt. One day, while he was irrigatingin the</p><p>fields, a man stopped to talk with him and he was hired by the University of</p><p>Utah to fire the hugh furnace boilers there. He always felt it was an answer</p><p>to prayer. He hadmany church callings, went on a stake mission and was High</p><p>Priest Group Leader of Cannon Stake in Salt Lake when he died of heart failure</p><p>in the morning on a Tuesday. There were so manypeople at his funeral, the</p><p>chapel and cultural hall were filled and people were standing in the back and</p><p>in the foyers. Stake Pres. Dean Lee spoke and Karen Koller Hixson, Wilf's</p><p>daughter, gave a wonderful tribute to her grandfather. He had said, the Lord</p><p>would not allow him to get rich because He wanted to keep him humble. Humble</p><p>he was, and VERY dear.</p>

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