December 02, 2008
December 2008
Sometimes happiness is a simple as hanging out, soaking up the sun with your best friends...
We are having a brief warm up here in the heartland, but no one is fooled. Winter has arrived. In two days, the temperature will plunge into the teens. The pups have the right idea, catching the warmth of the sun while it is still around. This is their favorite morning routine. After a little breakfast, some sock-n-growl playtime, and then cuddle up for naps. Not a bad life, all in all...
Henry, normally an ardent capitalist, reacted strongly to the news that the latest recession would adversely impact Christmas for bulldogs....
Last weekend, we lost a great friend. After 70 years of marriage, Muriel Hampton passed away. We had Thanksgiving Dinner with Muriel and Olen. They drove the mile or two to their son's home on their own, as they frequently did. Muriel was not up to going outside for pictures after eating, and I just happened to be fooling around with the camera indoors. There is a lot to be said about such a life, but sometimes it is good to just remember better times and wish surviors the same. Our thoughts are with the family....
Muriel C Hampton
Friday December 5, 2008
Muriel C. Hampton, age 92, of LaCygne, Kansas passed away Friday December 5, 2008 at St. Luke Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri.
She was born Oct. 31, 1916 near Cadmus to Frank L and Bessie P. Shattuck Crisler. She grew up on the farm and attended Pleasant View elementary school. She graduated from Parker Rural High School in 1935.
On June 12, 1938 she married Olen W. Hampton in Livermore, California. After a brief time in California, they lived most of their 70 years of marriage farming in the Parker and LaCygne area. They became parents of 4 children. They also opened their home to her niece and nephew, Carol and Don Woolever, after the death of their parents. She was a homemaker , but worked briefly at Osawatomie State Hospital and Mode-O-Day in Osawatomie.
Muriel was a member of the Rebekah Lodge and Cadmus EHU, a 50 year member of the Cadmus Grange and the LaCygne Christian Church, a woman that lived her faith and was always willing to help family and others whenever she could. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother and will be greatly missed.
She was preceded in death by her parents , one brother John Crisler and four sisters, Jessie Crisler in infancy , Mabel Cox , Edna Boehm and Doris Woolever.
Survivors include her husband Olen, of the home, one son Jerry Hampton and wife Kathleen, three daughters , Kay Coffin and husband Larry, Connie Eaton and husband George all of LaCygne and Vickie Eaton and husband Carl of Coal City, Illinois; 9 grandchildren, Tim Coffin, Lori Polley, Pam Haupt, Kristy Tatum, Shannon Litts, Jeff Hampton, Kerry Schulz, Brian Eaton and Joel Eaton; 18 great grandchildren and one great great granddaughter; also a niece and nephew, Carol Gardner and Don Woolever and families.
Funeral services will be held at 2 PM Tuesday December 9, 2008 at the LaCygne Christian Church. Burial will be in the Cadmus Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6:30 to 8 PM Monday at the Coffel-Schneider Chapel. The family suggests contributions to the LaCygne Christian Church. On line condolences for the family can be left at www.coffelschneider.com.
December 01, 2008
Family
I am creating a new area on the web site for family history. I may move this over to a separate gallery down the road, but I need to start somewhere. Last week my sister Kathleen and I went to Drexel to visit with Lila Jones, the family historian. We got a fair amount of information from her, but clearly this is the tip of the iceberg. There is much more to be had.
Kathleen and Lila review some of Lila's research.
I am particularly interested in family photographs of previous generations. If you have any of these, feel free to image them and sent to me. I will post them on the web. Down the line, I would like to have an interactive site where you could view the family tree, press on a name, and see all the photos and other information I have available. That is pretty ambitious and time consuming, so we will have to see.
To get your appetite up, here are three generations of Jackson. From left to right:
Peter F. and Geraldine Eva McCormick Jackson (my parents)
Peter F. and Martha Elizabeth Courtney Jackson (my grandparents)
Peter F. and Minerva Stanley Hill Jackson (my great-grandparents)
This image was labeled Soloman A. Jackson. I believe he is a brother to our great grandfather
This is a picture of my mother's father, Henry Ray McCormick. My sister Kathleen had a photocopy with some tears and imperfections which I was able to clean up a bit on the computer. While far from perfect, the restored image is much better than where we started.
