Hello from Colorado

Well, it's been a long time since I wrote--we've had a very busy year.

Jeri, my youngest daughter, got married in January to Steve McEwen, who is an engineer with Raytheon in Tucson--Jeri is an RN at Northwest hospital. We are so lucky to have them living just a few blocks away from us, so we get to see them and Kayla almost every day. Kayla is 15 and a sophomore in high-school.

We feel very fortunate now, since I've retired, to be able to spend the entire summer in Colorado at the cabin. This is a view from our back deck after a late snow (on June 14)

In May we went to Haigler for the Memorial Day alumni reunion and got to see several folks that I hadn't seen for probably 50 years--Almeda Bier, Russell Hoover, Albert Zuege, Jr, LaNeta Carlock, and Louise Zuege--among others. I just missed seeing Karen (White) Lindell by a few minutes.

Summer is about over, and it's almost time to head back to Arizona for the winter. There's more excitement in store when we get there. We are getting a new grandbaby in November. I think Kayla is more excited than anyone else about a new little sister!

Also, I think all of my sisters and my brother will be together with our mother for Thanksgiving. This will truly be a time to give thanks!

--Leone Carlson

November 16, 1948

Just a reminder to check the comments under the posts. It gives you an opportunity to add your own comments about the subject being "discussed." I was happy to see that Karen (White) Lindell left the following note about the snow storm and Fred Zuege's funereral.

Karen Lindell said...
I was reading through mother's diary and the time
Fred passed away was the evening of Nov.16,1948. The 17th seemed to be a beautiful day except for the bad news about Fred. However, the 18th was a different story, it turned cold, snow was blowing and creating very high drifts and no schools, roads all closed. Roy walked over to our place on the 19th, dad and the boys tried to get him to town without any luck. The drifts were to high so they came back to our place and Roy went back home. The 20th was the same result. Fred's funeral was on the 21st, but seems like our road between Gregory' was still beyond travel so the folks were unable to attend, and still no mention how Roy got to town. According to mom's writings, schools did not resume until Nov 24th but some how the Parks road was opened to some degree of travel. I found these writings of mom's quit interesting and hope the dates are accurate.
7:33 AM - 9/16/06