I was able to attend Barb's funeral and I met Janet, Cathy, and Ruth. They, of course, had planned to attend but I just took the opportunity about an hour before the funeral. I am glad I did. She was “Barb”, a superb athlete and a competitor. As Cathy said, the first to be chosen for alternate selection of teams for athletic events.
I wasn't able to attend the funeral, but went to the Wake the night before. I recognized Art, Barb's brother, right away. He looks just like his dad, the barber. We talked about some of the parties that we had at Barb's house. I remember one night we got on the phone and just dialed random phone numbers (that was when we had 4-numbers, so we could just dial anything) and had corny jokes like "Is your refrigerator running?" After they answered 'yes' we responded with "You better go catch it." I suggested that we call my number and someone (not me) asked "Is Red there?" Mom was supposed to say, "Red Who?" and our response was "Red Pepper, ain't that a hot one?"....only my Mom turned to my Dad and said, "Ort, I think this is for you." He had reddish hair, and I guess Mom thought that someone way back years ago might have given him a nickname that she didn't know about. I remember another time a big group of us were sitting around a table in the corner and we were playing a game by taking turns going around the circle, naming brands or kinds of liquor in alphabetical order. Now mind you we were not drinking, only naming names of liquor. I knew NOTHING about liquor at all, and when it got to me my letter was 'J'. I had no idea....couldn't even guess at a name. Someone whispered "Jack Daniels" to me, and I thought that was the craziest name anyone could ever give to liquor. I thought they were pulling my leg. Strange the memories we retain.
.jpg)
Larry Nelson
I was able to attend Barb's funeral and I met Janet, Cathy, and Ruth. They, of course, had planned to attend but I just took the opportunity about an hour before the funeral. I am glad I did. She was “Barb”, a superb athlete and a competitor. As Cathy said, the first to be chosen for alternate selection of teams for athletic events.Larry D. Nelson
Susan Stratman (White)
I wasn't able to attend the funeral, but went to the Wake the night before. I recognized Art, Barb's brother, right away. He looks just like his dad, the barber. We talked about some of the parties that we had at Barb's house. I remember one night we got on the phone and just dialed random phone numbers (that was when we had 4-numbers, so we could just dial anything) and had corny jokes like "Is your refrigerator running?" After they answered 'yes' we responded with "You better go catch it."I suggested that we call my number and someone (not me) asked "Is Red there?" Mom was supposed to say, "Red Who?" and our response was "Red Pepper, ain't that a hot one?"....only my Mom turned to my Dad and said, "Ort, I think this is for you." He had reddish hair, and I guess Mom thought that someone way back years ago might have given him a nickname that she didn't know about.
I remember another time a big group of us were sitting around a table in the corner and we were playing a game by taking turns going around the circle, naming brands or kinds of liquor in alphabetical order. Now mind you we were not drinking, only naming names of liquor. I knew NOTHING about liquor at all, and when it got to me my letter was 'J'. I had no idea....couldn't even guess at a name. Someone whispered "Jack Daniels" to me, and I thought that was the craziest name anyone could ever give to liquor. I thought they were pulling my leg.
Strange the memories we retain.