Irene's step sister, Lorraine

When my grandmother, Amanda, passed away her daughter (my mother), Irene, was three years old. Some years later Irene's father, Barney, remarried and Irene had two step sisters, Lorraine and Loretta.

Lorraine and her husband Milton live close to Monticello. A while ago Lorraine sent me a card and said how special Irene had been to her and she had some of Irene's stuff thatLorraine's mother had asked to give to Irene.

Yesterday Sue and I drove up to visit them.

We had a wonderful visit. She remembers having Shelia visit when she was student teaching in Monticello; Lorraine worked at the school.

Lorraine and Sheldon had six children and unbelieveably, four of the six have passed away in separate violent deaths; accidental hanging, motorcycle accident, tree falling on the house, etc.


Lorraine has struggled through five strokes, shingles, cancer, and is also dealing with diabetes but she still has a spunky attitude.

Here are the pictures from yesterday:
Lorraine and Sheldon in their beautiful home.

This is some of Irene's embroidery. According to Lorraine, she and Irene would sit on the steps and practice embroidery. If they did it wrong they had undo the work and start over.

When Irene improved, her step mother gave her some finer cloth for her next project.



We are looking forward to taking these to Pres Homes to see if Irene recalls the significance of these items.

I'm wondering if she received this from someone?

This is a dog whose eyes, mouth, and collar were painted by Loretta.

Thought you would like to see these items.

Bob