Card Night at the Ellis Home
Lub caij 1960s thiab 1970s thaum ntxov, Kuv yawg uas siv los host lub hli daim card tog nrog peb tug Grandma Ellis’ vivncaus thiab lawv tej txiv. Tony dab laug thiab cov niam hlob Agnes Giraudo, Oscar dab laug thiab cov niam hlob Dorothy Von Berg nrog rau daim duab dab laug thiab cov niam hlob Betty Clemmings yuav koom Grandma thiab yawg mus ua si Pinochle. Ib tsev neeg yuav host ib daim ntawv kev ua si ib lub hli rau hnub vas xaum yav hmo ntuj.
Grandma thiab yawg Ellis’ lub tsev nyob rau tsev hais plaub Kingsland muaj ntau chav. Chav noj saum rooj zaum yim nquag. Txhua tus txiv neej haus, tiam sis kuv tsis ntseeg tias Grandma lossis kuv great aunts haus. Haus luam yeeb uas yuav coj lawv daim card playing hnub tau nto kaum. Txiv ntxawm Tony Giraudo tsim mob cancer nyob 1974.
Grandma and Grandpa Ellis in front of their South St. Louis Flat on Shaw Avenue
Thaum Grandma Ellis muaj kwvtij kaum plaub, nws nyob ze rau cov niam hlob Agnes, Phauj Betty, thiab niam hlob Dorothy. The four families would do things with each other throughout the years. Thaum yawg Ellis tau nws cov ntshav txhaws 1959 los sis 1960, Niam tau caij so Oscar txiv ntxawm thiab niam hlob Dorothy. Grandma Ellis tham yawg ua tsiv rov qab rau cov me nyuam. Louis, li ntawd, muaj ze ntawm nws tsev neeg yog hais tias lawv xav tau kev pab. Oscar Von Berg yog yawg Ellis’ cuas phooj ywg thiab muaj ntau dua cawv nrog nws tshaj dua ntais.
Eduard, Magdalena and 12 of their 14 children from the July 5, 1934 ib tsab ntawm tus me nyuam. Louis Star-zaug
Sometimes the brothers-in-law would get together to work on projects. Grandpa Ellis once told me that he and the other two brothers-in-law were helping Uncle Tony fix up his new house. Tony tus txiv hlob twb khiav hauj lwm rau ib tug ntaiv, thaum nws muaj kev zoo ib yam li nws tau mus rau tswv yim. Nws mus txog ntawm nws tus kheej steady thiab tsawv nkaus ib 110 volt tus hlau nyob hauv lub qab nthab. Tom qab nws thaum kawg cia nws mus, Nws poob lawm mus rau hauv av.
Thaum lawv hnov nws qaug, Yawg, Dab laug Oscar thiab kos duab dab laug tuaj khiav. Tom qab lawv pab nws kom nws lub taw, Kom dab laug Tony, “Yog muaj teeb meem nrog nej dab tsi? Kuv twb sis qw kuv taub hau tuaj rau koj.” Lawv hais rau nws tias lawv tsis hnov dab tsi txog thaum nws poob lawm rau hauv pem teb. Nws twb sim nthe, tiam sis qhov hluav taws xob yog tiv thaiv cov lus los tawm.
Grandma thiab yawg tus ncaj nraim rau hauv tsev hais plaub Kingsland – Losntawm hauv Google ntiaj teb
Anthony “Txiv ntxawm Tony” John Giraudo tso tseg nyob rau lub rau hli ntuj 1974 los ntawm cov mob cancer. Uncle Tony’s death convinced all three of his brothers-in-law to quit smoking. Tsoom fwv teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas tsis tau sau ntawv ceeb toom rau tej pob khoom luam yeeb mus txog 1966 tab sis cov txiv neej plaub yus haus luam yeeb. Thaum twg txiv ntxawm Tony tsim mob cancer, nws yeej ntaus hauv tsev rau yawg, Dab laug Oscar thiab dab laug Art. Sadly, hauv daim ntawv ua si kuj tuaj nto.
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