The blog posts below are taken from my grandmother's diaries. Althea Green Smith Crook was lovingly referred to as Nanny to her immediate family ~ thus her diaries are called Nanny's Diaries.

Nanny wrote in her diaries when she remembered to - mostly in the evening. There will be some years in which she didn't keep diaries and there will also be some days/weeks in her yearly diaries in which she skipped or forgot to write in them. For the most part, these are her words - written as she wrote them. There will be typos, forgotten punctuation, and other grammatical errors - but I am rewriting these as my Nanny originally wrote them.

As with all old handwriting, there are some entries that I can't quite make out - and these entries will be followed with a (?) to signify that this may or may not be correct or I can't figure out what she is trying to write.

Thank you Nanny for leaving us 50 years worth of memories! We miss you!

Friday, March 30, 2018

December 19 - 22, 1966 Kennie Died Unexpectedly



Monday, December 19, 1966

I washed, got ready to go to Heber Sanborn’s funeral. Dorothea took Delores and I. We had a few errands to do in p.m. Dave up in evening.



Tuesday, December 20, 1966

A fair day. I got my work done up, varnished the living room and dining room rug. Betty and I to Portland to do our Christmas shopping. Also called to see Kim. She looked good. I done my ironing. Late in the night tonight Dot called me to tell me they had rushed Kennie to the hospital. He had hemorrhaged and had a heart attack. She was so upset. I’m so scared and really worried. All pray for him.



Wednesday, December 21, 1966 KENNIE LEFT US

Last night about midnight I got a call from Dot. They had rushed Kennie to the hospital in Portland. He was very very sick. Early this morning when Rayburn and Lorraine got back, they said there might be a slight chance for him if he came through 24 hours. Couldn’t stop the hemorrhaging so had to operate. His heart failed him. He died at 4:50 PM. It was a terrible hard blow and we all loved him and will miss him so much. I hope he is with other loved ones now. We, the whole family, down to Rayburn’s in evening.



Thursday, December 22, 1966 KIM HOME

A fair day. I washed. Joy, girls and David called. Dorothea, Dave and Jeff down to the apartment. Betty got word to go to pick Kim up. She is discharged from MMC. Still so hard to believe about Kennie. We will miss him so much. We was, I was very busy all day. Billie, Dorothea, Dave and I all over to Norway to do Billie’s Christmas shopping. Also I did some. Billie got a bonus check. He spent over $100.

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