Friday, August 19, 2011
MY MOTHER, INA, WAS RAISED BY MARY & GUST ANDERSON, RICHARD'S GRANDPARENTS. MY MOTHER'S MOTHER DIED GIVING BIRTH TO HER, AND MARY WAS THE MIDWIFE, AND TOOK INA INTO HER HOME. RICHARD, ROGER, AND CLAYTON GREW UP ON THE SAME FARM AS INA, AS THEIR PARENTS, ROBERT AND BERNICE FARMED THE HOMESTEAD. MOM IS SADDENED THAT RICHARD HAD TO GO, AND IS STILL VERY FOND OF ROGER, AND CLAYTON. RICHARD DID WELL TO LIVE OUT HIS LIFE WHILE DEALING WITH SETBACKS TO HIS HEALTH. IT WASN'T LONG SINCE VALENE DIED, AND WE KNOW THEY ARE IN A BETTER PLACE, NOW. WE WISH THE FAMILY WELL, AND GOD BLESS THEM.