A perfect summer day set off today's picnic with Mom at her Clearwater Suites home in Alexandria. She was in fine spirits and not at all put off by a very aggressive puppy-in-a-cone.Stan and Kathleen laughed with her about many things today; she's enjoying the stories about her Grandmother on the blog as her companion Michelle pulls them up for view. Today she remembered the name of the infant being held by her late brother in the 1939 picture on a previous post, below. It is Frances Beverly, Richard and Esther's first-born.
Mom also remembered an aunt who lived in Fargo and worked for the mammoth Standard Oil company (now broken up) for many years. Mom remembers her calling it Standard Ohl, with a typical Bible Belt twang. Mom couldn't remember her name, though. Can anybody help? Stan remembers watching tv in her apartment while Dad was on business somewhere.Update: Mom's niece, Faith Brown Cole, writes:
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You asked if Dumpling [Frances Isakson] worked at Standard Oil. Yes, she worked there almost right out of high school until 1958 when Standard Oil moved to Minneapolis. At that time she moved to Springfield, since Grandma Isakson was no longer alive and Mother was her only living relative from her birth family. Mother died the next year.
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Faith also sent Dumpling's eulogy and we will post it here soon.
