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!

Tuesday, November 9, 2021

June 19 - 22, 1980 Pa Not Well

 

Thursday, June 19, 1980

 

A nice day, a dite on the hazy side. I done up my work. Got ready, went to town with Betty. Susan, 2 kids and Delores went. We done Fern’s shopping. I made a salad and stuffed eggs for supper, made custard. Today Dorothea started working for Pa, taking care of him.

 

 

 

Friday, June 20, 1980

 

Pa not very good. Dorothea down and took care of him this morning. Later in PM he got quite bad. Pain was awful. Walt came home, took him to the hospital. Had showers and is raining good tonight. Heavy thundershowers.

 

 

 

Saturday, June 21, 1980

 

Well it has been kind of cloudy yet a lot of sun. I done regular work, washed floors, dusted etc. Zak here watching the shows on TV. Then he went home to help Betty get ready for company. Ray and his wife Patty came to see Pa. They didn’t stay overnight. Went right back. Dorothea and Dave here for supper.

 

 

 

Sunday, June 22, 1980 Cow and Calf

 

A quite nice day, sunny, some haze, much warmer. I got up late, about 7:30. Got the breakfast, done up the work. Then I read some papers and some magazines. Billie and I called at Fern’s, also Dorothea and David’s. Bill and Billie didn’t do anything. Today Billie traded his spackled nice steer for a Rhône cow and calf. Cow is very poor. They went down to see Walt Jr. He is about the same. He is in constant pain. Tonight Walt took Carmen and Maureen to the concert in Portland. Betty, Joy, Dorothea, Zak and Cindy to the movies. Kim called after supper.

 

 

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