1947 (Saturday) – I walked up to the market and home again. While up there I went to the Mortuary to view the remains of Sister Melvina Broadhead, who passed away two or three days ago. She looked lovely, so peaceful and happy. She was 86 years old, but didn’t look it. Received a letter […]
Read More Journal: Jeanette Sperry1947 (Friday) – Willard (Willard Eby Snader) was buried today in Ontario, Oregon. We received a letter from Lillian (Lillian Lunt) giving us the details. We also received one from Alfred (Alfred Oscar Lunt, Jr.) and Mary (Mary Etta George) with a check for one thousand and fifty dollars. Alfred sold his car and kept […]
Read More Journal: Jeanette Sperry1947 (Tuesday) – Earl (Earl Sperry Lunt) and Edna (Edna Viola Nelson) took Lillian (Lillian Lunt) to the bus at one thirty am We later learned from a letter that Dorothy (Dorothy Snader) and Carl (Carl Hatch Hunter) (I suppose it was them, or else Donald (Donald Snader)), she referred to the as the kids, […]
Read More Journal: Jeanette Sperry1947 (Monday) – Lillian (Lillian Lunt) was busy all day bottling grape juice and making jelly. I washed the dirty bottles, dug up from the cellar and kept busy most of the day. At eleven o’clock pm, after we had gone to bed, the telephone rang. Both Lillian and I hurried to answer it, she […]
Read More Journal: Jeanette Sperry1947 (Sunday) – Lillian (Lillian Lunt) attended Sunday School and in the evening she and I went to Sacrament Meeting. It was a farewell for Orma Peterson. It was the first time we had left Dad (Alfred Oscar Lunt) alone and he became quite perturbed as the meeting was so long and he hadn’t had […]
Read More Journal: Jeanette Sperry1947 (Saturday) – I called a cab and went up to the City and County Building to pay Dad’s (Alfred Oscar Lunt) insurance. I then went up to Tedesco’s office to see Al Emery. Then I walked down to the Boston Building and went in and paid my doctor’s bill. Port (Porty Lewis Gabbitas) and […]
Read More Journal: Jeanette Sperry1947 (Tuesday) – Lillian (Lillian Lunt) went down to The Relief Hall for work meeting. Helped for about five hours. I cleaned my cellar and Lillian put away the fruit we had done. Port (Porty Lewis Gabbitas), Della (Della Lunt) and two children, Judy (Judith Ann Gabbitas) and Teddy (Ted Lunt Gabbitas) came in as […]
Read More Journal: Jeanette Sperry1947 (Monday) – Lillian (Lillian Lunt) and I bottled the fruit. We put up 27 quarts of peaches and 27 quarts of prunes, besides 15 bottles of prune jam. Course, Lillian did most of the bottling, but I washed all of the dirty bottles besides helping in other ways. We are very tired this evening. […]
Read More Journal: Jeanette Sperry1947 (Sunday) – About eight o’clock, Earl (Earl Sperry Lunt) and Edna (Edna Viola Nelson) came over and brought us a bushel of peaches and one of prunes, some tomatoes and three dozen eggs. They brought them up from Pleasant Grove the night before. Lillian (Lillian Lunt) went to Sunday School and I attended Fast […]
Read More Journal: Jeanette Sperry1947 (Wednesday) – Took a taxi up to the bank. Lillian (Lillian Lunt) and I went up together. She went to the drug store and then met me and walked with me to the Hotel Utah where I got a cab and came home. Grace (Grace Viola Harper) came down in the afternoon and visited […]
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