Linda Groves Worden's Grandparents...

Minnie B. Cox Groves

I have a few memories of some of my Grandparents but unfortunately my life has not been blessed with long periods of time in which to know my Grandparents.   

When I was born on December 7, 1944, my family and I lived in the home of one of my Great-Grandmothers.  Her name was Minnie Brithomart Cox Groves. She is pictured in a photo probably taken about the time I was born. 

My parents were married in the yard of that home on June 7, 1941. 

I have a picture showing those who attended that wedding.  The photo shows Pastor Ferguson, his wife, an unnamed person just behind my Great-Grandmother Minnie B. Groves,  my paternal Grandparents, Minnie's son, William, his wife, Amanda Isaacs Groves, my parents James B. Groves, Edna Matson Groves, my step-Grandmother Ella Lind Matson and my aunt Mildred  Groves.  Below those folks are my Dad's brothers, Hubert and Vernon.  I do not know the names of the woman or child.

Remembering My Grandparents and Great-Grandparents...

 How did you deal with your grandparents dying?.

 

I did not have the privilege of living near my Grandparents in their final years of life so to answer this question I will share what I know about who they were and what period of time their lives covered. I knew most of my Grandparents but only attended one of their funerals. I knew two of my Great-Grandmothers and attended one of their funerals. I will share my Grandparents’ names and how long they lived with some brief facts, photos and memories of them.

My mother’s parents were Ludvick Henry Matson, born October 13, 1888 and Tessie Jane Oliver Matson born September 16. 1886. Both were born in Vernon County Wisconsin near Viroqua, WI. The photo below is their wedding photo.

Very sadly, Tessie died on January 21, 1925 after a successful thyroid surgery at the Gundersen-Lutheran Hospital in LaCrosse, WI. She left seven children without a mother. My mother was Edna Virginia Matson, born on July 23, 1919 near Viroqua, WI. She was age five and child number five at the time of her mother’s death. So I never knew that grandmother and my mother had hardly any memories of her mother. My Grandfather, Ludvick, remarried twice after Tessis died. The photo below is the wedding photo with his second wife.

He and his second wife, Ella Lind Matson were married for thirty-two years. She died December 29, 1962.