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Audrey Estella Dole
1909--1995Audrey Estella Dole Eastin Neihardt was a woman with amazinglystrong determination, drive and will. Although this was a blessing inmany of her life situations, there were also times when it could be acurse. Her family was frequently in awe of her ability to "get thingsdone." As many of her early photographs show, she was an attractiveyoung woman with dimples. Some of her early photographs also seem toshow the determination and drive in her eyes.
She worked at many jobs during her first marriage but she worked thelongest time at the Augusta Laundry. She came to be a regular "fixture"there. She and her first husband, Roy Eastin, were divorced after 20years of marriage. In 1956 she married her second husband, HenryNeihardt. Henry had a nice small home that they moved into. This wasthe first house she ever owned and she took a great deal of pride in it.After Henry died she took care of most of the handy work around the home.
Audrey was also an accomplished seamstress. She did many sewing andtailoring jobs for other people. She also made many quilts and crochetedmany afghans. Some of her quilts were exceptional. Most of the quiltsand the afghans are now owned by various members of the family.
She lived alone for several years after the death of Henry. Almostall her time during this period was devoted to volunteer work at theAugusta Care Home and the Augusta Hospital. At the hospital she spentalmost every Sunday afternoon giving room directions to the many visitorsto the Hospital. At the Care Home, she did many different jobs relatedto entertaining and caring for the elderly residents of the home. Herservices at the Care Home were highly valued by the patients and thestaff at the Home. After an illness in 1992--when she was 82 yearsold--she was most anxious to get back to her volunteer job at the CareHome so she could "care for the old people." She did get back to her"job" and she did care for "the old people" until a few days before herdeath. She hadn't been expected to live through that illness but shedid--much to the amazement of the doctors and nurses.
Audrey had well over 8000 hours of volunteer service at the AugustaCare Home at the time of her death. In 1991, Audrey was honored by theGovernor of Kansas as the volunteer of the year for "Contributions madeto enhance the lives of the elderly." She was presented with this awardby the Governor at a ceremony in Topeka, Kansas.
She frequently worked in her garden and occasionally cut her ownlawn until the final year of her life. Audrey was blessed with manystrengths. They will be missed in her community and in her family.
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William Henry "Bill" Dole
1914-1976William Henry (Bill) Dole was a gentle man with a great love offamily. He survived two major accidents in his lifetime. As a young manhe was buried in a salt mine cave-in in Hutchinson Kansas. Sometime inhis ldte thirties$-or ,ossibly his‹early forties- a grain elevator thatwas under construction in8Enid Oklahoa collapsed while Bill as on topof it.. Both these accidents took their toll. In spite f this,however, he con$inued to be a gentle, loving man.
The following excerpt from a letter!-ritten to his widowshortlyafter his death sums up his character in a beautifØ way. "../edidn't try to make a
My own experience with Bill was very similar to Larry"s. Bill wasan important person in my life. I will always remember the short periodsof time I was allowed to live with Bill and Demma and their family. Onesummer in particular stands out in my mind. Bill and his family lived inthe sand hills north and east of Hutchinson, Kansas. I stayed with himall summer. He had me tag along with him everywhere he went. He allowedme to drive his team of horses.
One time the horses ran away with me while I was on the mower. Theyraced down the road towards the house and barn and I couldn't stop them.Finally the mower blade hit a tree , the horses were jerked to a stop andI was thrown off the mower. Bill came running out and only expressedconcern for me--he didn't say anything about the mower. That reallyimpressed me. It was a different response than I had ever receivedbefore.
Bill also wrestled with me--another new experience. It kind ofshocked him one time when I picked him up and slammed him down on thefloor. That summer was one of the best in my entire childhood.
Like many of his ancestors, Bill didn't travel far from home to findhis spouse. Bill lived on one end of the 300 block of East B street inHutchinson Kansas and Demma lived on the other end of the same block onthe other side of the street. They were both very young when theymarried.
Bill died in February of 1976 of a heart attack. He was 61 yearsold. He had emphysema and was using oxygen. He would take his oxygenoff to smoke a cigarette. He just couldn't kick the habit. He died muchtoo young and I still miss him.
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Dia Demma Adeline Baker
1915-1977"Demma", was a very intelligent woman who read voraciously. She wasvery well informed on a great number of issues. She bought books atevery opportunity. When I think of Demma I always remember her takingthe time and trouble to make a mulberry pie from mulberrys I had picked.This was "above and beyond the call of duty" just to make a gawky kidhappy. I also remember the care and concern she showed in drying off abunch of baby chicks after a near miss by a tornado. She was verycaring and a highly intelligent woman. Her relationship to me was warmand giving. My adolescence was a little less painful because Demma cared.
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Giles Day
1784-1872He was married to Hannah Cutler on Mar. 10, 1808, by Rev. Gershom Lyman. He took the freeman's oath in Marlborough, Vermont, on Sept. 6,1808. He inherited land in Marlborough from his father and later bought additional property. His name appears frequently in the land records.He was probably a blacksmith as one deed refers to his blacksmith shop. The 1870 census lists him as a cooper and his death record lists him as a mechanic. He and his family evidently lived in Springfield, Mass. for a time between 1819 and 1822. Apparently the family spent several years in New York state before moving on to Ohio. The first record of the family in Trumbull Co., Ohio is a deed to Giles L. Day, the oldest son, on Feb.22, 1840.
Giles and Hannah's daughter, Lavina, married John Eastlick. In November of 1861, the Eastlicks moved to Lake Shetek, Minnesota. In the Indian massacre of 1862, John Eastlick and two of his sons were killed and another son severely wounded. Lavina was forced to watch her children tortured and killed, and was herself severely wounded and left for dead. Merton the oldest son became the hero of the massacre by saving himself and his baby brother. He made a journey of forty-five miles on foot in five days. At this point they were overtaken by the mother and other fugitives. John Eastlick and the two boys were buried with other victims on the site of the massacre. The site is now marked by a monument in their memory. Lavina Eastlick wrote a book, "Thrilling Incidents in the Indian War of 1862, Being a Personal Narrative of the Outrages and Horrors Witnessed by Mrs. L. Eastlick in Minnesota". We have a copy of this account.
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