When a person’s life is long and well lived with many family
members and associates, a researcher can gather bits of information here and
there to piece together a life story. Those with lengthy lives may marry, raise
children, purchase property, create wills, serve in the military, participate
in organizations, and create court records. Think of all you do and all the
records you create. This will be available to future generations who wish to
learn about your life.
Then there are those whose lives are short lived. My Uncle
Dick Dollen was one of those people.
He was born in 1932 and passed away in 1952. Dick was unable to reach
many milestones in his mere twenty years of life.
Those who knew and loved him best have passed
on as well. His cousin, Joyce, is the only
remaining living link to his life. This story offers up Dick’s one treasured
sentence.
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| Doris and Dick Dollen |
Joyce was sitting at the dining table with her cousins Doris
and Dick Dollen during a family gathering when young Dick blurted out, “Mom,
Joyce spilled jelly on the tablecloth!” This one treasured sentence has been retold
over and over warming the hearts of my grandmother, my mother and her cousin, Joyce, giving them the opportunity to enjoy that little
tattletale each time it was spoken.
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