Monday, April 16, 2012

Mom is 70 Today!!

My mother was born Mildred Elaine Gilroy on April 16th, 1942 in Leamington Nova Scotia, a small farming community just outside of Springhill. She has three older sisters, Kay, Nina and Alva, and a younger brother Russ who passed away in 2003. Her mother was Lottie Wright Gilroy, who passed away 10 years ago at the age of 95. Mom's father Ken died 60 years ago from polio, when Mom was 10, just a few months before the vaccine was discovered. 

Mom's parents, taken in 1948
Mom with her dog Skippy
Dad's mother Janie (Grammy) and Mom's mother Lottie (Granny), 1979. Two great ladies.
Mom at Northumberland Park 2008
Mom and Aunt Winnie, July 7th, 2010
Watching the foundation being poured, November 1st, 2010
Christopher, Mom and Dad came to Lincoln to spend Christmas with us in 2002
The days of cooking over a wood burning stove are over!
Happy Birthday Mom

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