A Friendship Quilt

Enroute home from Malcolm, Nebraska and the merry-go-round adventure, LaNeta Carlock and Myrna Mulligan traveled Highway136 to Franklin, Nebraska, where their late Mother, Opal (Myer) Collicott was born in 1919, and spent her early childhood days, and where their Aunt Evelyn (Myer) Creach Friesen graduated from high school and began her first years of teaching in a country school there. That schoolhouse was moved into town and is now part of the Franklin County Museum.

In memory of their mother and aunt, the sisters delivered and donated a friendship quilt to the Franklin museum. The block pieces were given to Evelyn (Myer) Friesen in 1928 in memory of her teaching at the school near Franklin. Each piece had a family name embroidered on it and Opal hand-pieced the quilt together 15 years ago. The Collicott family felt the quilt should be "returned home" and the Franklin Museum was most grateful for the gift. The quilt will be proudly displayed along with the story of its history.