My Dad and his Brother in 1918 and the Forties

You can see the photo is stuck in one of those old adhesive pages in an album. His brother Alan on the porch and below

Rrothers Alan and Roy in Lincoln Illinois
RJH on Right. My paternal grandfather on the left

Spring 1918

From my Grandmother’s album. Durand Illinois. My mother Marian with her brothers Robert (4) and John (8). Her 6th birthday would be in the coming September.

Robert Marian and John

My Mother in 1918

My mother is standing in the white dress, back left. Her brother John on the right. Notice the cat pillows.

Must have been a patriotic holiday as I see flags.

She’s holding a cat pillow that’s similar to one I sewed together as a pillow. I never noticed it in the photo album before. In fact, I think a reproduction cat pillow might be at my sisters home. Or it was.

Silent Sunday Guest Blog

My good friend Vincie saw this statue and inscription while walking in the cemetery. Someone visited and left a stone.
Thanks for sending me this image.
Perfect for Silent Sunday

Durand Illinois 1918 Throwback Thursday

My mother, Marian Van Sickle, pulls her brother Robert in the wagon. Durand Illinois. 1918.

From my grandmother’s album.