South Dakota Mary

Both our fathers died in car accidents

It's strange. Both my father and Joe's father died in car accidents. It happened the same way with Joe's father. He was alone in the car, and it had gone off the road. The car was lying in water in the creek. They said he had a heart attack.

Both out fathers had tragic deaths, but both our mothers lived to be old. They lived to be in their eighties.

Joe's little brother's accident

 

In Joe's family, there were two girls—Betty and Kay; and there were six boys—Tice, Joe, Nick, Fritz, Frank, and Charles.

One of Joe's little brothers died as a child in an accident. When we were kids, it was different. At that time, we didn't have refrigerators, so we got chunks of ice from the ice wagon that came to town. When the ice wagon went around town, kids would jump on it to ride around on it.

One day, Joe's little brother jumped on it just as it was going around a curve, and he fell off. He was killed when he fell. The delivery man didn't even know it happened.

Photo from Mary's photo album

Joe with his car

Years later, this is Joe with our first car. I think this photo was taken around 1938.

Photo from Mary's photo album

Kids and cousins

Joe and I had eleven kids. Some of them are in this photo....some cousins as well.

Photo from Mary's photo album