Is there anything Moms can’t do? For whatever reason, that is a lesson boys seem to have a hard time learning. Or maybe it’s just genetic with the men in our family. The other day we posted a few videos of Maurine Westover sharing memories of her Mom. Now we get to hear a little […]
It has been a little more than a year since my Mom passed. Frankly, it is still hard for me to speak of her without getting emotional. As boys I don’t think we realize the importance of Moms in our lives. But as men we sure do. There is a bond between Mother and Son […]
Pictured to the right is Evelyn Riggs Westover — Aunt Evie to many of us. She took to the phone this past week to share with us some thoughts of her mother, Muriel Snow Riggs. As part of her storytelling she relates a tale of getting into fits of giggles with her mother. I didn’t […]
From the history of my grandmother, Maurine R. Westover, comes these videos sharing a little of what life was like as her mother got ill and had to rely on some direction from Grandma Snow. The 2nd video in particular gives a glimpse into the life and personality of her Grandma Snow (Mary Nielsen Snow). […]
Here’s a great story of Grandma Westover, wife of Arnold and grandma to bunches, including Barta Westover, who shares this story originally told to her, I believe, by her dad, Darrell. Mary Ann Smith Westover was one of our first truly great family historians. The photos that make up the Sam Westover Collection in the […]