Great Great Grandmother Margaret-- born in Scotland 1826
Great Grandmother Janet-- born in Scotland 1852
Grandmother Isabel-- born in Wisconsin 1887
Grandma Isabel was a funny lady. But she didn't know for what she was funny though. I don't know if it was her Scottish ancestry or just her personality that caused her to do or say something nobody else would. Here are some Grandma stories:
- Cousin Rinda remembers that one time Grandmother took all the grandchildren to a movie. After they were seated Grandmother stood up and announced that she had to go to the toilet. Rinda cringed as Grandmother made her way up the isle.
- Our friends, Ralph and Nan, would pick Grandma and Grandpa up for church. One time they picked them up in their truck. Grandma instructed them to not pick her up in the truck again.
- Aunt Emily attended a meeting of the Floral Society with Grandmother. Isabel was the secretary. When the meeting went on far too long as far as Grandma was concerned, she closed up her minutes, and went home.
- One time in the 60's when Grandma was watching Loren Green on the Bonanza TV show she asked Chris to adjust the color on her set. The knobs were on the back of the set. She kept saying it was too blue or red. Finally Chris just made it green. She wasn't too happy.
- When cousin Janet became engaged she was showing Grandma her ring. Grandma got out a magnifying glass to look at it. Janet was quite surprised as she thought that Grandma believed her diamond too small.
I'll add more stories later.
Yep, the movie was the 1956 Moby Dick with Gregory Peck, script by Ray Bradbury. A lot of water swashing around onscreen. I understand she used the same end-the-meeting-on-her-schedule technique with the Father's Day Society, for which she was also secretary and a founding member.
ReplyDeleteOK I didn't know that was the movie! I didn't know she did the same thing at the Father's Day Society meetings!Thanks!
DeleteThere was a birthdY party and she was in her 90s Ithink. She opened a gift and took out a sweater. After saying how nice it was, she started to carefully wrap it back up. Emily suddenly snatched it back out and said "What do you think your doing? Saving it for your old age? Put it on!"
ReplyDeleteI remember that it was a robe and Nan had given it to her. She did save things for her "old age."
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