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Then we got a title to the lot & Daisy brought me back to Casa Grande where they have a comfortable home near enough to his work so he can be with his family Weekends or nightly as his work happens to be. I enjoy being with them but will be so glad when Ivan has work so we can live in our home in St.Johns where so many of my dear ones live & we have our own home. I still long to do Temple work as I used to do. I did at different times the names of 200 as I could go down fall & spring. The last few times I stayed with Josephine but she & John got a trailer house & his work took him away from Mesa. Josephine took me home for a visit & she & her children helped & got me a hearing aid. On Thanksgiving Daisy's & I spent the day with Josephine's family at Dolpha & Eddie's. Daisy & Ivan have helped me get a deed to the home in St.Johns, now I want to get my will made out for Daisy to have the lot & houses when I am gone. I wanted Vivian to have the east house on the corner of the lot, but there would always be trouble that way. So I will make out my will to Daisy, she is & all her family are so kind to me & all my children have been so kind & so helpful. I wish I could leave that much to every one of them & hope none of them will feel


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I am unjust or love them less. I am sorry I repeat so much but don't have time to read over what I had written. Daisy & Ivan & children are kind & good to me so are all my dear ones, as I came up to St. Johns during the hot summer. Ivan's work is in the Phoenix county & they bring me to St.Johns summers. I stay with Lou, Vivian & Hugh, its lovely to be with them too. Aug, 1959 I am with Wayne & Helen at Farmington N. M. & enjoying them. May, Lorna & Velda & Jackie Carr - she & he bring their baby. That makes me a G. G. Great grandmother, I spent July with John & Josephine & Anthony at Valentine. They brought me to the Richey Family Reunion. In their program the Richeys honored me, my children gave the program. Laddie told of how good I cared for Moroni. I was thankful he mentioned it. I felt more of him should be mentioned. I stayed two weeks with Vivian's two, at home while Daisy cleaned house. Then a week with Hugh & Nellie, then Wayne & Helen sent for me to stay with them. I enjoyed it so much, visited with May, Lorna's & Velda's with the Knudson's & Jackie Carr & baby come to see us every week. I have been here at Waynes a month enjoying it so much.