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After the death of their father, Mary E., Willard and Gladys Peace go to live with Lee and Alice Forshee in Joachim Township, Missouri. Lee Forshee owned a grocery store. Mary remembered, as a small child, riding on the train with her "Aunt Alice".
References
- Sam and Sandy's Family research.
- Grandaughter, Laura, wrote and recited this poem at Willards funeral:
DREAMS
A DREAM IS A PLACE BETWEEN SLEEP AND WAKE,
WHERE IT'S TIME FOR THE MIND AND SUBCONSCIOUS TO MAKE
OUR HOPES AND DREAMS BECOME REAL,
A TIME TO LET YOUR HEART AND SOUL FEEL.
A DREAM IS A PLACE WE'LL ALWAYS MEET,
WHILE OUR BODIES ARE AT REST AND WE ARE ASLEEP,
WHERE WE CAN FINA A WAY TO SHARE
A LIFETIME OF MEMORIES, WHILE AWAKE WE WOULDN'T DARE.
THIS IS WHERE WE'LL MEET, MY DEAR,
AND ONCE AGAIN WE SHALL BE NEAR.
WHEN THINGS ARE GETTING BAD,
AND YOU FEEL SAD,
YOU'LL SEE THERE'S REALLY NO REASON TO WEEP,
JUST CLOSE YOUR EYES AND BEGIN TO SLEEP,
BECAUSE IN YOUR MIND IS WHERE i'LL BE,
AND WHILE YOU DREAM, REUNITE, YOU AND ME!
WILLARD'S WORK HISTORY:
SPREADER AT SHIRT FACTORY ON MILL STREET IN FESTUS, MISSOURI FOR APPROX ONE OR TWO WEEKS AND QUIT.
CLERK AT DRUGSTORE ON MAIN STREET IN FESTUS, MISSOURI (THREE BUILDINGS OVER FROM
GRIESHABER'S STORE. WORKED TWO TO THREE YEARS HERE.
DELIVERED GROCERIES AT GRIESHABER'S STORE FOR TWO TO THREE YEARS. LEE FORSHEE WASHALF-OWNER OF THE STORE AND THEY ALSO OWNED A STORE IN HERCULANEUM,MO DURING WW2. WILLARD WAS RAISED BY LEE FORSHEE AND HIS WIFE, ALICE WHO WAS LATER KNOWN AS "AUNT ALLIE" BY HIS CHILDREN.
WORKED IN DETROIT AS AN IRON WORKER FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS LIVING ON GRAND AVENUE.
WENT TO PHOENIX, ARIZONA NEXT WORKED IN VAUGHN LUMBER COMPANY REAR THE RAILROAD. WHILE THERE HE SEARCHED FOR THE LOST DUTCHMAN'S MINE.
WHILE SINGLE IN PHOENIX, AZ. A FRIEND HAD TEN AIRPLANES IN A HANGAR WHO TOLD HIM IF HE EVER GOT OUT TO THE HANGAR, HE'D TAKE WILLARD UP IN A PLANE. THAT VERY SAME NIGHT, THE HANGAR BURNT DOWN AND THE MAN LOST ALL TEN OF HIS PLANES. WILLARD FINALLY DID TAKE A PLANE RIDE IN HIS 60'S WHEN HIS DAUGHTER WON A TRIP FOR TWO TO LAS VEGAS AND SENT HER PARENTS. HE TALKED FOR SEVEN YEARS OF HIS JOY OF THAT TRIP.
CAME BACK HOME TO JEFFERSON COUNTY, MISSOURI WORKING FOR COUNTY CUTTING GRASS AND ROAD CLEANUP ON HIGHWAYS FOR ABOUT A YEAR. THESE WERE HIS EARLY YEARS OF EMPLOYMENT.
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