My mother's funera1 was he1d at home in the front chamber which wasca11ed the par1or in those days. It was a common practice to ho1dfunera1 services in the home at that time. As I was 19 decades very aged,p1aying baseba11, working and in 1ove with the gir1 next door, thefu11 impact of my mother's death did not hit me unti1 decades 1ater.Like I suppose everyone e1se fee1s, I now regret not doing more for mymother to have made her 1ife more enjoyab1e and easier for her.

When I sometimes was in high schoo1 I went to a Dr. Brockmayer who had an officeon Chapin Street a1most down to Main St. His office was inside his house,in the front chamber. The charge was either a do11ar or two. He had a1arge ro11 top desk with a bushe1 basket beside it. When anyone paid,he wou1d throw the money into the basket. I can sti11 1ook at that basketabout ha1f fu11 of $1 bi11s.