April 2, 1969
Wednesday, April 2, 1969
9 PM
Dear Larry:
I thought I had better write you a few lines to let you know all is well here and hope you are the same. We just got home from church. This is holy week so we decided to attend some of the services. I can’t believe that this coming Sunday is Easter. We haven’t got anything planned, but I am going to bake a ham and the usual just in case someone comes over.
I can’t believe that in a couple of months you will have a year in Vietnam. I am still wondering if you will be coming home in June.
Mary R. Scherer – June 22, 1912 – April 25, 2012
In memory of Larry’s aunt and Amelia’s sister Mary, here is her obituary.
Source: http://heraldbulletin.com/obituaries/x296818817/Mary-R-Scherer
ALEXANDRIA, Ind. — Mary R. Scherer, 99, of Alexandria, passed away April 25, 2012, at Bethany Pointe Health Campus, Anderson, after a brief illness.
She was born June 22, 1912, in Anderson, the daughter of the late Boleslaw and Helena (Bucho) Sacilowski, and was a lifelong Anderson area resident. She retired in 1970 from General Motors after 42 years.
Mary was a lifetime member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church and St. Ambrose Catholic Church and a member of the Mother Seton Club.
She is survived by her sister, Amelia Rudolf of Anderson; brothers, Raymond Sacilowski and Thomas Sacilowski, both of Anderson, and Jack Sacilowski of Bristol, Texas; and several nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Harold C. Scherer; sister, Helen Power; and brothers, Stanley Sacilowski, Leon Sacilowski and Edmond Sacilowski.
Mass of Christian Burial will be conducted at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Ambrose Catholic Church with Father Robert Williams officiating. Burial will be in Anderson Memorial Park Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. today at Brown-Butz-Diedring Funeral Home.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Ambrose Catholic Church or St. Vincent DePaul.
Mary’s brother, Tommy and Mary
Mary and her husband, Harold.
Mary at her 80th birthday party. Larry and his brother Karl are in the background and her brother Tommy is sitting to her left. Her great nephews from left to right are Jon, Matt, Cory, Jeff and Nathan.
Mary and her great nephew Cory.
March 14, 1969
March 14, 1969
Friday 10:15 AM
Dear Larry:
Here I am with a few lines to let you know we are thinking of you, and all is OK here, and I hope its the same with you.
It’s a beautiful day here and the sun is shining, although it is still cold out, the temperature this morning is around 40°. At least we haven’t had much snow and I hope we don’t since it’s so near spring.
I got on the ball yesterday and finally got my basement cleaned. I took all the rummage I had in the basement and took it in the garage. I am going to get things ready this weekend so I can have a rummage sale next week. I was really tired after all that work yesterday, so today I am going to take it easy.
March 3, 1969
March 3, 1969
Monday Morning 9 A.M.
Dear Larry:
I didn’t have a chance to write to you yesterday because I was pretty busy. I had to help out at St. Ambrose at one of their C.C.D. dinners and didn’t get home till 7:30 and by then, I was too tired to write. I guess they are not going to have any more classes or dinners for the high school age students after next Sunday. The kids didn’t like the idea of being there every Sunday afternoon for 3 hours. So, instead they are going on field trips 2 times a month and they are going to go away with the religion classes. That makes a lof of kids happy, including Carol.
Play-by-play with Aunt Mary – February 28, 1969
February 28, 1969
Dear Larry:
I just got through talking to mother on the phone and she was telling me how she was doing in her driving lessons. Monday the instructor is supposed to take her out in the car, so your dad took your mother out for a half hour and had her drive out in the Acre, and you know how mother is, she was more worried about the neighbors watching than her driving. She said a car came around the corner and she got real nervous and she said for a minute she didn’t know what to do. I told her that after she learned how to drive she will say there wasn’t anything to it.
February 27, 1969
Feb 27, 1969
Thursday 6:15 P.M.
Dear Larry:
How are you doing? Fine I hope. By the news it doesn’t sound good in Vietnam. I sure hope and pray you are not in the middle of all that. We saw some pictures on T.V. of the fighting there and it makes me sick to think of our boys being in a place like that. Larry, I hope that you are real careful and not taking any chances. I sure will be relieved when you are out of that hole.
February 20, 1969
Thursday, February 20, 1969
7PM
Dear Larry:
While I’m sitting around I thought I would write you a few lines to let you know we are thinking of you. Karl and Carol just came in from collecting. Karl is sitting here eating a bar of candy and Tresa has a bowl of ice cream and watching “Gilligan’s Island.” Carol is in the other room talking on the phone, while dad is in the kitchen getting caught up on some of his paper work and sorting things out.
February 18, 1969
Tuesday, February 18, 1969
10:30 P.M.
Dear Larry:
Just got home from Bingo and didn’t hit a thing (darn it). So I thought I would write you a few lines before I go to bed. Carol is rolling her hair and dad is sitting in his your favorite chair reading the paper and watching T.V.
Dad had to go to the doctor yesterday and went to the hospital today for an x-ray. He has pleurisy and it’s been bothering him all day today. Dr. Wilkinson gave him some pills to take so I hope they help him. He came home from work yesterday because he felt bad, so the doctor told him to take a couple of days off. So since this is his weekend off, he will be off all week to rest up. He said he is going to quit working at the club because it is getting to be too much for him.
February 13, 1969
Thursday, February 13, 1969
9:30 P.M.
Dear Larry:
Thought I would write a few lines to you while I am sitting under the hair dryer. Aunt Mary came over this evening and gave me a permanent, which I needed very bad. Dad is asleep in the rocker. He was at the Club most of the day boozing up since it was his day off. He will probably sleep there all night. Tresa and Karl are both in bed, so Carol and I are the only ones stirring around.
