Saturday, October 18, 2014

The last time I saw Grandma

I think that the last time I saw grandma was probably in August 1950. I remember that she had been in the hospital, and had just returned home. It was late afternoon or early evening, and she was in the bedroom off the dining room at 505. A number of the family was there to see her. I can remember thinking that she looked so yellow. Later I heard someone say "yellow jaundice", which has always stuck with me. I think as a way of trying to cheer her up, someone asked if she'd like to have a beer. I don't think she did, but we didn't stay very long. I was eight years old.

Her death certificate states that a carcinoma gallbladder lead directly to her death.  She died on September 4, 1950.

This picture was taken in 1944.