72 degrees with bright sunshine in Clarinda, IA at 3:00 pm on Friday. Had just under an inch of rain overnight and and dumped .65" yesterday evening that would have come probably Tuesday. We left Clarinda early Tuesday in a heavy rain and was in some rain most of the time till we got west of Lincoln, Nebraska. We went to Callaway that day and stayed overnight Tuesday & Wednesday nights with Sharleen & Lynn Stivers.
A CHS 1961 classmate, Nancy Cantrell Willis's visitation was that evening and her funeral Wednesday morning. About 8 of Callaway's class of 1961 attended and we had a good visit,
While at the cemetary we
placed some flowers on Mom & Dad's graves there. Been 46 years for Dad and 38 years for Mom.
Oh, 16 years ago today was the funeral of my sister, Louise.
Here is a strange story for you. More than four years ago I lost my set of car keys along with some house keys. We retraced where we had been the day before, even advertised on the local radio station and talked to several stores we had visited to let them know what to do with the keys when they found them. I had new keyfob made and copied the keys from Phyllis' set and went on our way. In those many years I have tipped over my recliner chair to clean up the popcorn, peanuts, and many other things dropped in it. But last week when I did that the key fob fell out. We had to twist and turn to search everything under the seat and finally located the set of keys. This has been many years and all the time they were hiding under me!
We played several games of Pegs & Jokers with Sharleen and Lynn each of the two evenings we were with them.
On Tuesday we visited a while with our closest neighbor when I was growing up. Norman Downin lives alone in the same house, though his parents, Morris & Elsie Downin and his sister, Carolyn are all gone now. He has several men working for him, tending his 500 plus head of cows and the other ranching and farming.
Yesterday, Thursday, we stopped in Broken Bow, Nebraska and had lunch with the Fergusons. Gail is the only one I didn't get a photo of (she was near the window which was a bad background) and we had good visit with all. Helen Ferguson, Jake's widow, had her son with her. He had come in at 1 am that morning from Minneapolis and was going back on Saturday. Don Ferguson has been in an assisted living place for many years, but has had some health issues and is now in a nursing home there in Broken Bow. With any luck he should
be able to return to Off Broadway assisted lving within a few weeks. He had returned to Off Broadway a few days ago to call bingo for them, something he did regularly while living there.
After visiting Norman Downin on Tuesday we drove by the "old home place" where I grew up between 1947 and 1961. Most of the out buildings are gone, but the house looks the same as when I left home for business school in June of 1961.
With this weekend being a 3-day holiday we won't be going anywhere. Will take flowers out to the local cemetery where many of Phyllis' relatives are buried tomorrow.
Enjoy your Memorial Day weekend.
Lynn
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