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!

Sunday, March 19, 2023

June 9 - 11, 1985

 

Sunday, June 9, 1985

 

Milan to Maine Medical Center for test, x-rays etc. Dorothea, Dave, Fern, Betty, Walt, Zack and Carmen, Betty and Susan here, we had a steak cookout in our backyard. Very good. Walt cooked the steaks on Billie’s new grill. Very good. Joy and girls called.

 

 




 

Monday, June 10, 1985

 

A beautiful day. I did a wash. Made a pudding. Cooked a corn beef and cabbage supper. Betty, Walt and Zack up. Betty’s back not much better. Zack worked at Betty Smith after school. Billie took the Rototiller over to be fixed. This has been a beautiful day. Dorothea dropped in for a little while. Bill is about the same. He seems to be getting a dite stronger. George took a long walk.

 

 

 

Tuesday, June 11, 1985 Bill back to Mercy Hospital

 

Bill got up early at about 3 AM. He was bleeding in his stool so he went right back to the hospital as the Dr. told him to. He will be there for a few days. Walt took him in, Betty not able to go and Dorothea couldn’t leave Fern. Billie busy all day as usual. George out walking.

 

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