Loretta Patterson:
CLASS OF 1948
Nolan Middle SchoolClass of 1948
Detroit, MI
Jardon Vocational CenterClass of 1987
Ferndale, MI
Pershing High SchoolClass of 1951
Detroit, MI
Sedalia High SchoolClass of 1949
Sedalia, KY
Lacey Junior High SchoolClass of 1945
Hazel park, MI
Loretta's Story
I QUIR SCHOOL NOV,1950 TO GET MARRIED. PROMISED PARENTS TO FINISH SCHOOL. INSTEAD GOT JOB,WENT TO WORK . DECEMBER 1951 HAD FIRST CHILD.NOV.1952 HAD NUMBER 2 ,1953 WAS FREE YEAR.MAY1954 HAD 3RD,CHILD,SEPT 1955 HAD 4 TH.CHILD. 2 GIRLS,2 BOYS.
NOVEMBER1962 HUSBAND KEITH STARTED HIS OWN BUSINESS=TOOL GRINDING BUSINESS.I WENT TO WORK FOR HIM DOING ALL OFFICE,CUSTOMER RELATIONS, DELIVERIES, YOU NAME IT. I DID EVERYTHINF BUT TOOL SHARPENING,I CLEANED TOOLS,DIPPED THEM IN PROTECTIVE COATING,WROTE THE INVOICES,AND MADE DELIVERIES. TOOK A SHORTHAND COURSE AT TROY HIGH SCHOOL IN TROY,MI.
1984 WENT TO HAZEL PARK HIGH SCHOOL ADULT EDUCARION,TOOK MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY,MEDICAL ASSISTANT,MEDICAL OFFICE,ACED ALL.1985 WENT TO JARDON SCHOOL OF COSMETOLOGY COURSE HAIR,NAILS,SKIN,MASSAGE.HUSBAND GOT SICK,NEVER WENT TO GET MY LICENSE.DIDN'T FOLLOW THROUGH ON THE MEDICAL TRAINING BUT IT HAS COME IN HANDY IN MANY OTHER WAYS.
HUSBANDHAD HEART ATTACK IN 1987, SOLD THE GRINDING BUSINESS TO OUR SONS IN 1989. STAYED ON TO HELP THEM TILL OCTOBER 1998 . LEFT MY LOVELY FARM HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY IN FERNDALE, MI AND MOVED HERE TO KENTUCKY WITH THE DREAM OF OWNING SOME HORSES,COWS,ETC. ENDED UP BEING SATISFIED WITH CHICKENS,DUCKS,RABBITS,AND DOGS.MOVED HERE IN 1998,NOV.2001 KEITH HAD EMERGENCY COLON CANCER SURGERY,DEC.21 HE HAD A STROKE.JANUARY 2002 I HAD OPEN HEART SURGERY,DOWNHILL EVER SINCE. SITTING IN MIDDLE OF 15 BEAUTIFUL ACRES AND TO WEAK TO ENJOY IT. WORKED ALL OUR LIVES SO WE COULD ENJOY OUR GOLDEN YEARS. ONE PIECE OF ADVICE. LIVE AND ENJOY YOUR YOUTH AND MIDDLE YEARS CAUSE I DON'T SEE ANYTHING GOLDEN ABOUT THE GOLDEN YEARS.
NOW I WILL TRY TO FOCUS ON THE POSITIVE SIDE , WE WERE MARRIED 58 YEARS NOVEMBER 25TH. HE IS WAITING FOR A MITAL VALVE REPLACEMENT AND I'M JUST WAITING. I ENJOY GROWING GARDEN,FLOWERS,HOUSEPLANTS AND DOGS. CANNING FRESH PRODUCE FROM MY GARDEN,PICKING APPLES AND PEACHES FROM MY TREES. IT'S HARD,BUT I'M LEARNING TO LIVE EACH DAY AS IT COMES. I'M LOSING MY VISION SO EXCUSE THE MISTAKES.I ENJOY MY COMPUTER AND MY COMPUTER FRIENDS.I HAVE HAD SEVERAL HOBBIES IN YOUNGER YEARS BESIDES HUSBAND ABD KIDS, I HAD AT ONE TIME,A 29 GALLON AQUARIUM,A 2 10 GALLON AQUARIUMS,AND A 5 GALLON FULL OF LIVE BEARING FISH THAT STARTED OUT WITH A 3 GALLON BOWL WITH 6 GUPPIES, I HAD SWORDFISH,MOLLIES,FANCY GUPPIES SEVERAL KINDS OF EACH. I RAISED EGG LAYERS ALSO.BEAUTIFUL BETA'S IT WAS FASCINATING TO WATCH THEM BORN AND GROW INTO BEAUTIFUL FISH, THAT WAS IN THE 60'S. IN THE 80'S WHEN CHILDREN WERE GROWN AND ALL I HAD WAS KEITH, THE SHOP AND SCHOOL, I RAISED BIRDS, I STARTED OUT WITH PARAKEETS,THEN FINCHES, CANARIES,COCKATIELS. COCKATIELS AND PARAKEETS WERE THE MOST FUN TO TEACH TO TALK. THEY LEARNED FAST FROM PLAYING TAPES I MADE OVER AND OVER, AT ONE TIME, I HAD 43 BIRDS IN MY BASEMENT, I HAD VERY LITTLE INVESTED IN THEM EXCEPT TIME AND LOVING CARE, I STARTED WITH 3 PARAKEETS, 3 COCKATIELS, A PAIR OF FINCHES,PAIR OF CANARIES. I THOUGHT I WOULD START A BUSINESS ONE DAY, BUT BECAME SO ATTACHED TO MY LITTLE FEATHERED FRIENS I COULDN'T PART WITH THEM TILL MY HUSBAND HAD HEART ATTACK AND SPENT MY TIME TAKING CARE OF HIM, I ENDED UP GIVING UP MY PETS TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS A FEW AT A TIME. I ALSO RAISE...Expand for more
D DUCKS IN THE CITY,BELIEVE IT OR NOT.I WOULD GO DOWN TO EASTERN MARKET IN DETROIT EVERY YEAR CLOSE TO EASTER AND GET THE BABY DUCKS. JUST WHEN THEY GOT BIG AND THEIR QUACKING STARTED TO BOTHER THE NEIGHBORS, THEN I WOULD TAKE THEM TO ROSELAND CEMETERY WHERE THEY HAD A BEAUTIFUL DUCK POND AND THERE THEY SPENT THE REMAINDER OF THEIR LIVES. IN THE 80'S MY GRANDCHILDREN CAME OVER WITH 2 BABY BUNNIES FOR ME. IT WASN'T LONG TILL I HAD RABBITS ALL OVER THE PLACE,AND THEY WOULD TUNNEL OUT AND OVER TO THE NEIGHBORS WHICH BELIEVE IT OR NOT MOST OF THE NEIGHNORS LOVED,KEPT THEM FOR PETS THEMSELVES . . I HAD BEAUTIFUL BLACK,BROWN AND ORANGE MIXED WITH WHITE -CALICO -RABBITS, I CALLED THEM. I BROUGHT THEM ALL THE WAY FROM MICHIGAN TO KENTUCKY AND MY DAUGHTER TRADED A LOT OF THEM FOR SEVERAL DOZEN EGGS TO HATCH WHILE WE WERE BACK IN MICHIGAN HELPING MY SONS SELL THE GRINDING BUSINESS SO THEY COULD MOVE DOWN HERE ALSO,
MY HUSBAND GOT 3 LITTLE RAT TERRIER DOGS THAT GREW UP AND KILLED MY REMAINING RABBITS .THEY ARE REAL HUNTERS TO BE SUCH A KITTLE DOG,THEY ALSO LOVE TO HUNT AND KILL MOLES AND LEAVE HOLES FOR ME TO TRIP IN, THEN, I HAD CHICKENS TO CARE FOR AND EGGS TO GATHER,
I HAD ALSO AQUIRED 6 MORE DUCKS BY THAT TIME, THEY WERE A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT TO WATCH IN OUR 2 1/2 ACRE POND.I HAVE ANOTHER LITTLE BLACK DOG WHO IS NOW 10 YEARS OLD.THAT'S ANOTHER STORY.
WHEN I HAD OPEN HEART SURGERY January 16,2002, keith and the kids decided that I would not be able to takecare of chickens and ducks and gave them away while i was in the hospital. so now all i have is my flowers,houseplants and my computer, which I shall keep till i can no longer see to do. i have the wet macular degeneration for which so far is no cure,i am legaly blind now. my vision is 20/200 .that's my excuse for all the mistakes in my writing.now you have my story, from school on. if i need another story i can bore you with my childhood,my loved ones i have lost. ask me if you dare. haha I can talk alot on the computer can't I. T hanks for letting me tell my story,
MY FIRST JOB WAS AT 11 YEARS OLD. I BABYSAT FOR A NEIGHBOS 3 LITTLE BOYS,ONE OF WHICH WAS DEAF. HIS OLDER BROTHER STUCK PENCILS IN HIS EARS WHEN HE WAS A YEAR OLD,AND THAT DEAFENED HIM. I NOTICED WHILE BABYSITTING FOR HIM THAT EVERY TIME A PLANE WOULD GO OVERHEAD,DONNY WOULD LOOK UP. I FELT HE MUST FEEL THE VIBRATION OR SOMETHING, SO I GOT THE BRIGHT IDEA OF PUTTING HIS HAND ON MY THROAT AND SPEAKING OVER AND OVER AGAIN I TAUGHT DONNIE TO SAY HIS FIRST WORDS, MOMMA. MY NEXT JOB WHEN I WAS 14 WAS WORKING FOR A RICH WOMAN IN A HUGHE HOUSE,CLEANING HOUSE AND READING TO HER. MY NEXT JOB WAS AN USHERETTE IN A SHOW SEATING PEOPLE AND GOING UP AND DOWN THE ISLES MAKING SURE EVERYONE WAS OK AND BEHAVING. THEN WHEN I WS 16, I GIT MY WORKING PAPERS AND WENT TO WORK AT SANDERS AS WAITRESS IN DOWNTOWN DETROIT, THEY MADE THE BEST CANDY AND ALSO HAD A FOUNTAIN WHERE THEY SOLD SHAKES, ICE CREAM,ETC. THEN I MET MY HUSBAND ON THE FIRST AND ONLY BLIND DATE I WENT ON,AND THE REST OF THE STORY HAS ALREADY BEEN TOLD.HE WAS A HANDSOME LITTLE SINGING,GUITAR PLAYING HILLBILLY FROM KENTUCKY. AND THAT'S HOW WE FINALLY ENDED UP HERE.MY FAVORITE WAY TO RELAX,BLOW OFF STEAM,
WORK IN MY FLOWERS
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