Grace Grandma

 

Great Great Great Grandfather Jesse and Great Great Great Grandmother Hannah--both born in Ohio

Great Great Grandmother Sarah and Great Great Grandfather George--both born in Ohio

Great Grandmother Grace-- born in Iowa

Grace Grandmother --born in Washington

Some of the stories I've heard about my mom's side of the family include:

• When Great Grandpa Roy and Great Grandma Grace moved back to Washington from California they lived with Great Great Grandpa George and Great Great Grandma Sarah.  Daughter Evelyn was about 3 years old.  She thought it would be a good idea to bite Great Great Grandpa George's rubber hot water bottle.  She made a hole in it with her sharp teeth.  She got into big trouble.
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• Shortly after that everyone came down with whooping cough. 
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• Great Grandmother Grace always had dogs inside the house and cats outside.  I remember Mitzi a big fat lazy cocker spaniel.  She would sleep right up against the wood cook stove in the kitchen.  When great grandma had to cook she would place her foot in Mitzi's stomach and slide her away from the stove so she could put more wood in the stove and cook on the cooktop.
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• For breakfast, after everyone else had eaten, Great Grandma Grace would make herself a buttered piece of toast and pour herself a cup of the coffee that had boiled in a pan on the stove. She would smack her lips and give a contented sigh.
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• Grace Grandma, after giving birth to five children and keeping them alive until adulthood, was very worn out.  One time when visiting Spokane during a snowy day she dropped her keys in the street and they scattered in the snow.  She stormed into her friend's Ralph and Nan's house, and sat down.  She mentioned that her keys were in the street.  The men all jumped up and ran outside to look for the keys.
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• Another time while living in Hornbrook, she stalled her 1965 Falcon.  She couldn't get it started so she left the car and walked home.  She mentioned to Dave Grandpa that she had left the car on the railroad tracks. He took off like a bullet running to get the car off the tracks before a train hit it.
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• When the Hornbrook town could no longer pick up trash because of budget cuts the people of the town were surveyed.  They were asked what they planned to do with their trash. Grace Grandma said that she would throw hers into the street.  The chickens and the goat would eat it!
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• When Grandpa Dave was in his 80's he was hard of hearing.  As he walked out the front door of their Redwood City home Grace Grandma asked him to check the mail.  Soon he came walking back into the house.  Grandma said, "Was there any mail?"  He answered, "Somebody put grass in the recycling."  Grandma never did find out if there was any mail.

That's all I can think of right now.  Send me your memories.  Thanks.

Psalm 71: 18 So even to old age and gray hairs, O God, do not forsake me, until I proclaim your might to another generation, your power to all those to come.