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In our family it is was said this "clearing out" was done because
people could not bare to go one with their lives surrounded by
such reminders of the past and the loved ones who had died.
My father was four when his Irish-born mother died. He somehow
got hold of a small lavaliere she had worn on a chain around her neck.
He never told about it or showed it to anyone. He kept it wrapped
and hidden. When he got a bank safe deposit box he stored it
there in secret, in silence, for many decades.
My grandfather kept one small photo, but showed that to no one,
especially not his children whom he thought would be harmed by
the remembrance. No one knew he had it. When my grand-
father died, my aunt found the photo and showed us, once ...
and when it passed to her youngest daughter she made photo-
copies for us all.
When my dad retired and closed the safety deposit box near his
office in the city and brought all the contents to the family box in
our suburban town, he showed my mother the tiny gold lavaliere,
and told her the story of his "theft" as a 4-year-old.
You must know that I wear it nearly every day, don't you?
Maureen
In a message dated 12/14/2006 12:47:05 AM Central Standard Time,
johnbrene@hotmail.com writes:
> fficer's uniform (of which he was always proud), his meticulously kept
> letters, pretty much their entire collection of surviving memorabilia and
> connection to the past, put it in a large pile in the backyard, and set it
> on fire. Even more disturbing, it was done amongst pleas from her daughter
> and grandson (who, with misty eyes, relayed this story to me many years ago
> when he himself was about to leave the scene) not to do so. But she was
>
My mother's grandmother did exactly the same thing in Oklahoma during the
1930's or 1940's. Although no one understood it at the time, my mother now
believe that her grandmother was suffering from Alzheimer's. During that time period
you were only old or senile, or both. John
Viele Gr��e aus Illinois
John Rodenburg
Rodenburg (Tarmstedt, Hannover)
Brunkhorst (Hannover)
Werner (Langen, Hesse-Darmstadt),
Steinke (Kreis Schlochau, Pommern)
Krause (Kreis Schlochau, Pommern)
Schr�der (Warsow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin),
Meyer (Wechold, Kreis Hoya, Hannover)
Zum Mallen (Schierholz, Kreis Hoya, Hannover)
R�hrdanz (Mecklenburg-Schwerin)