Lillie, as she was called by her family, was kept rather busy at home, being the oldest daughter, and because of that was happy to go to school. She didn't play sick in order to stay home.

Mother was also a work director in the Relief Society; I can remember having Relief Society quilts set up in our living room both in the McKinley home and the Taft home. For many years she enjoyed singing with the "Singing Mothers" of the 5th Ward, and was a visiting teacher for over fifty years. She fulfilled her last assignment in that capacity in August 1967 before her death in October. She was also a member of the Kinport Camp of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers and took pride in her pioneer heritage.

Her husband died December 30, 1943, during World War II. After his death, she continued to live in the house on Taft with daughter Lola. She liked to crochet and embroidery and left some lovely quilts as a memorial to her industry. She was a faithful member of the church and attended the temple regularly for many years.

Mother was a hard worker and didn’t have many of the modern conveniences — there was no telephone in our home, no electric stove or refrigerator (not even an old-fashioned ice-box), and since we didn’t have carpet on the floors, we didn’t really need a vacuum cleaner. She acquired some of these things after I got married. Nor did we have an automobile. The railroad was a good paymaster and the families of the so-called "scabs" that she mentions in her story always seemed to be blessed with more of this world’s goods than were we, but ours was a happy home.

Her own mother was bed-ridden for a number of years before her death in November 1947. Grandma Hurst had had a number of strokes and was quite helpless and mother had her in her care much of the time. The other daughters took turns also, but mother had a lot of it to do in a house with only one bedroom and lacking some of the conveniences that I mentioned before. The washing machine that she used was a wringer-type and you had to feed the clothes through two rollers to expel the water. It had to be filled and emptied by hand, and with grandmother's condition there was much washing to be done.

Sarah Lillian Hurst Wilker passed away October 1, 1967, after a brief illness. She had high blood pressure and had a stroke, but on the day of her death she was able to walk out to the car with assistance to be taken to the doctor. After she was taken to the hospital a massive stroke claimed her life. At the time of her death she was seventy-eight and had been a widow for almost 24 years. She was buried October 4, 1967, in the Mountainview Cemetery in Pocatello.

She was survived by her son, Charles Roland; three daughters: Ruth (Mrs. Karl Belnap), Lola D., and Maya (Mrs. Dana Muir). She had sixteen grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. She was also survived by one brother, Clyde Hurst, and three sisters: Leona (Mrs. Parley Savage), Maya (Mrs. L.H. Daines), and LaVerda Brown.