Alma Mae Shultz

Jon Shultz - Nov 20, 1999

Categories: Family Stories

       Most everyone has two grandma's.   I did. One in Toledo, the other in Risingsun.   One was old and one was young.   Confusing to a young boy.

   The 'old' one lived in Risingsun-- in the big house.   At least back then it seemed big.   It made sense though, the Grandma with the big family had the big house, the Grandma with the small family had the small house.

   The big house wasn't quite big enough though.   Ask the women who ate at the third setting around the old table in the dining room.   First went the little ones, then the men and older children, and last but not least [after all they did the work] was Grandma and the women.

   Don't think that the women had a very leisurely time to eat.   They would sit down to eat and you could hear the sound that only a deck of cards in the hands of an impatient poker player could make.   Finally the table was cleared and you could hear the change emptying out of the men's pockets and rolling across the table.

   As the men tried to outdo each other with the most bizarre poker rul es they could think of, the women began washing the dishes, some still finishing their dessert having been evicted from the table.   The children would be in the living room or more likely upstairs exploring unknown territory.   As the women finished the dishes and the poor [men] losers at the poker began to grumble, the game was opened to those brave women who wanted to take a chance at cards.

   Now the fun began as the remaining men tried to explain the rul es to a card game that had in a period of two hours escaladed to everythi ng wild EXCEPT one-eyed-Jacks.

April 9, 2010

With the passing of Eunice, all the children are now gone.

Must not fail to mention the wonderful pies and home made noodels that grandma Shultz made.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: May 17 2019, 0:17:31 UTC