If you remember right her last entry was on October 16 ...
Then the handwriting changed to someone who is currently 'unknown'. And here is how her diary ends [TISSUE ALERT for the more sensitive among you]:
October 30 1960[Unknown author writing]
Pa got sick to-night & Ma stayed up all night to look after Pa.
October 31 1960
[Unknown author writing]
Ma took sick to-night and Pa stayed up all night to look after her.
November 1 1960
[Unknown author writing]
Bea took Ma to the hospital today.
November 2 1960
[Unknown author writing]
Bea and Michael took Pa to the hospital.
Thursday November 3 1960
[Unknown author writing]
The Dr said to-day that Pas has pleurisy & pneumonia.
November 5 1960
[Unknown author writing]
Dr said Ma has had a heart attack.
Sun November 6 1960
[Unknown author writing]
Bonko came down to-day from La Morey. Mum had 2 attacks to-day.
November 7 1960
[Unknown author writing]
Mum feels a bit better to-day. Ella [My mum] & Pete phones Pa to-day & said they would be up on Friday.
November 11 1960
[Pa’s writing] Mun wanted Ella [My mum] to write in her diary to morrow. Mum passed away smiling at 12.40. Mun knew she was leaving us. The best wife and mother in the world.
[Unknown author writing]
Ella & Pete got up to see Ma 3 times to-day. She looked grand.
November 12 1960
[Unknown author writing]
To-day is very sad. We are all mourning the loss of a wonderful mother. There’s nothing too good in this world for her. God bless Her! At last she is at peace.
November 12 1960
[Unknown author writing]
To-day has been so long. Just can’t seem to think straight. All the family stayed with Pa at the hospital when we could.
November 14 1960
[Unknown author writing]
We (the family) visited Pa at the hospital & are trying to think of the things to be arranged for Ma’s funeral.
November 15 1960
[Unknown author writing]
The family have been running around all day to get everything settles. Visited Pa all day. Elsie, Frank, Henry came up from Salmon Arm to-night.
November 16 1960
[Unknown author writing]
Bill W [My dad], Bill M & Margaret came up by bus. Ma’s funeral was to-day, we all paid her our last respects. Pa’s house was full of people, over 50. Ma had a lovely bunch of flowers. Over 50 wreaths in all. She had a lovely service at the church & the Legion had one at the cemetery, with armed guards & last post.
I will write more later, on the subject of multiple people writing in a journal, but will leave you with this lovely set of entries for now. Hopefully when My mum finishes reading the diary she will comment here so you all get to read her response!
1 comment:
It was sad, and so sudden. Thank goodness someone thought to write what was happening in the diary.
Thanks for sharing.
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