April 20, 1947: Diary of a Johnstown Housewife

From the diary of Mrs. Elizabeth Oldham of Moxham

Sunday, April 20, 1947

We got up and got our breakfast and I helped with the dishes then got ready and went to sunday school and stayed till after church. Nancy & Joan come with me home. Ida had dinner ready when I come home and then Betty & Harriett come and took us up to Grandview Cemetery to see dads grave. The first time we was up since he was burried. I just think it cant be he is up there. Well it won't be too long till I will be up there too. 

Leona was here a while this evening. Joe was home and went back today.

William Oldham - husband of Elizabeth. She calls him 'dad' in the diary. This picture is courtesy of Win Macintosh.

Something I know you readers will enjoy - we are going visiting with the family today on this Easter Sunday - thanks Elizabeth's great-granddaughters. It means a lot to me personally that they are willing to share with us - pieces of their grandmothers life. A woman we have come to know and care about through her daily words....from the death of her husband - William - to the daily aches and pains of life in 1947. I look forward to her everyday!

This is dear Elizabeth - Easter Sunday - 1947 - sent in by great-graddaughter Diane Pellow. 

Leona's daughter Nancy - Easter Sunday - 1947 - sent in by her daughter Win Macintosh.

And here we have Joan - Easter Sunday - 1947.