Today is the 62nd anniversary of the day my dad died. It is really hard for me to even think of that time. In June Arlo and I drove him to Alamosa to enter the hospital as he was having surgery the next morning to repair a hernia.
We went to Ruth and Bill's and had supper and then went to a movie. He had the surgery and there were complications. He had pains from adhesions from a former surgery. They operated to remove the scars, but that was not successful either. He developed a bowel obstruction and it progressed to the point that it burst.
The day he died, Keith sent a telegram that he had been released from the Navy and was on his way home. We tried to find him, but were not successful. Some of the aunts and uncles met every bus and train that came into Alamosa. He was home in time to go to the funeral.
We no longer had a home and Keith wanted to buy back the farm and take the four (Leon, Barbara, LaRue and Doris Faye), to raise them. He didn''t have the means to do that. After the funeral, Leon went to Farmington, New Mexico, Barbara went with Ethel and Don, to California, LaRue stayed with Grandma and Grandpa Dunn. Doris Faye went home with Arlo and me. Keith went to Los Alamos, New Mexico and lived with his friend Bud Richarson. He found work and remained there to marry Erma Rae and to raise his family.
The years go by, but the facts don't change that there was no place to go home again. After a year Leon went to Grandma and Grandpa Dunn's home. After 6 years Doris Faye also went to Grandma and Grandpa's home. Barbara was the last one to go to Grandma and Grandpa's home. All of them graduated from Manassa High School. I will forever be thankful to Grandma and Grandpa Dunn. They were a great blessing to us.
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oops! I made a spelling error in the first line.
I should have read the post before posting it. Leon went with my dad's sister, Aunt May and Uncle Charlie Schofield. in Farmington, New Mexico.
Grandma, you can edit the post and update it if you find that you need to make changes!
If you need to make changes and don't know how, let me know and we can work through it together.
I changed a couple of typos for you. I'll help you with the rest.
Did you see that I put a copy of this post on the Bingham blog?
I never knew Grandma or Grandpa Bingham. I've only heard stories of what they were like. I would like to more about them. Our only resource at this time is Mom and her Brother and Sisters. They must have been wonderful people. Their children are wonderful people.
Gatha, (aka MOM)
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