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!

Monday, May 13, 2024

August 27 - 30, 1989 Delores Died

 

Sunday, August 27, 1989 DELORES DIED This PM

 

A most beautiful day, clear and sunny. Warmer than the past few days, no wind. Walt up for coffee. We got the work done up.  After lunch Billie asked us to go for a ride. We went up as far as Stow ME and Chatham New Hampshire. It was a very pretty ride, saw a lot of places we haven’t seen for a long time. Came home, got supper. Susan called. She told us Delores wasn’t very well. Had refused food and drinking. We decided to see her tomorrow. Later in early evening Bud called us to tell us Delores had died. We was shocked as we hadn’t expected.

 

 

 

Monday, August 28, 1989

 

Power went off. I did the wash. Esther made a German chocolate cake. It was cloudy in a.m. then it cleared and became a very nice sunny day. Betty, Esther, Carmen, Brogan and I all went to town today shopping etc. We came home and had a very good supper.

 

 


 

Tuesday, August 29, 1989

 

A beautiful day. I dite foggy early in a.m. Got the work done up. Esther and I went down to Betty’s, we picked over the things bought from (blank) to sell at the barn sale. Esther and I made Italian sandwiches for their supper and ours. Billie busy cutting down branches off the trees with Jason and other odds and end jobs. Brud called today to tell us about the arrangements for Delores’s service etc.

 

 

 

Wednesday, August 30, 1989

 

A very nice day. I made a custard pie. Done regular work. We did shell beans and froze them. We went down to Betty’s to see the things set up for the sale. They made up a good display. A nice day. Billie busy. We had a roast pork supper.

 

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