A-10(2)
KATHRYN STAYED WITH HER SISTER LOUISA(F-ll) WHILE ALMA WAS IN SUMMER SCHOOL. WHEN MAX WAS BORN WE WERE SENT TO AUNT ALICE'S PLACE(J-ll) BY OURSELVES. WE KNEW SOMETHING WAS GOING ON. WHEN WE GOT HOME AUNT KATE(KATHRYN) WAS IN MOTHER'S BED ASLEEP. ALMA WAS HOLDING HER HAND AND CRYING. ON TOP OF THE SEWING MACHINE THERE WAS A PILLOW AND ON THE PILLOW WAS A TINY BABY ALL DRESSED IN WHITE AND LOOKED TO BE ASLEEP. THIS BABY HAD BEEN BORN ALIVE AND ALMA HAD GIVEN HIM A NAME AND A BLESSING. HE WOULD HAVE PROBABLY LIVED IF THERE HAD BEEN PROPER MEDICAL CARE.(GGG)
WHEN FREIDA WAS NOT YET TWO SHE GOT BLOCKS WITH LETTERS ON THEM FOR CHRISTMAS. SHE HAD MEMORIZED ALL THE LETTERS. SHE TOLD AUNT LOUISA(F-11) THAT SHE KNEW ALL THE LETTERS ON HER OLD JEWEL COOK STOVE. SHE WAS CUTE AND SMART AND WAS INTERESTED IN EVERYTHING. SHE COULD READ LONG BEFORE SHE WENT TO SCHOOL. LORNA WAS SUCH A CUTE LITTLE FRIENDLY GIRL. SHE WASN'T THE LEAST BIT SHY OR AFRAID. LORNA WON OUR HEARTS AND WE ALL WANTED TO TEND HER.(GGG)
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ALMA(F)
LORNA
MARY K.(M)
FREIDA
KATHRYN HAD BRIGHTS DISEASE(KIDNEY). AUNT LOUISA(F-11) WOULD COME DOWN AND BE A COMFORT TO HER DURING THE DAY. MOMA BECAME VERY SICK AND WENT TO THE HOSPITAL IN SODA SPRINGS ID. SHE HAD SMALL POX AT THE AGE OF 15 AND INSTEAD OF BREAKING OUT ON THE OUTSIDE OF HER SKIN THEY BROKE OUT ON HER KIDNEYS. DR. KACKLEY SAID THAT AT THE EXAMINATION OF HER, THERE WASN'T SPACE BETWEEN THE SCARS ON HER KIDNEY TO PUT ON THE HEAD OF A PIN. (VVV)
AFTER MOTHER DIED AUNT LOUISA(F-11) WOULD COME AND MAKE COOKIES AND HELP US AT HOME. DAD WAS HEART BROKEN, HIS SPIRIT WOUNDED AND THINGS WOULD NEVER BE MUCH BETTER FOR HIM. WE WERE IN GEORGETOWN ID FOR ABOUT TWO MORE YEARS. EVERYTHING REMINDED DAD OF MOM SO WE MOVED TO GRACE ID AND THEN OGDEN UT.(VVV)