Audrey Mae SpencerSpencer Historical CemeteryHenry Straight / William Spencer Family Cemetery
Vaughn Historical CemeterySpencers of East Greenwich, RI
Life at Alpine Nursing Home
24 October 2004

Heather: Are you drinking enough water?

No, but the pan (pitcher) is sitting right there looking at me.  Sometimes I think I am bright but other times, I’m dead.

[Heather:  Yes Mother. We all feel energetic at times and other times just exhausted.]

Big time yesterday (Halloween at Alpine Nursing Home). Everybody had a pumpkin face.  Everybody made their own.  There was a beautiful witch with a cute face and a black nose with a hat sitting on head. Straw & hay.

24 October 2004

Heather: Living these nearly 100 years, what made the greatest change in your life?

“Electric Lights!!! It was so bright and I could see everything.  I didn’t have to carry a kerosene lantern or fill the lamp.  I was afriad to light the lantern.  (With electric lights) all I had to do was turn the lights on!

(Oh) time for my lesson!  (scheduled activity at Alpine Nursing Home)

[Heather:  I’ll call next Saturday.  Love you, Mother.]

 

13 November 2004

Heather: (visiting Audrey at Alpine Nursing Home as family thought it best to not have Audrey Mae at her grandson’s funeral) Mother, why did you save this page, Good King Wenceslas (Ancient English Carol) from a hymnal?

Dad saw this on TV. He said, “I know that. I learned it in first grade” and he recited it.