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- As of 1980, his residence was Green Acres Park, Bothell, Washington
He died of Cardiac Decomposition; Generalized Arteroschloroses; He had Osteporosis.
Regarding their marriage: My mother’s first teaching job was in Sanborn, Iowa December 28, 1920. My dad went there at Christmas time to visit her, and they eloped in Spencer, Iowa. Her parents were unhappy about that; and to make matters worse, a large box of Christmas presents my mother had for grandma and grandpa was stolen from the post office in Sanborn.
He always hated his name--Elbridge Askew; so he was always called “Ted.”
He was in both WWI and WWII -- very patriotic; and in later years he put his flag out everyday.
He was pesonable and well-liked.
About a hear after my mother died, he married Proso Norman. She was not as warm and kind as my mother; and when I visited them, I always came away in tears. However, she was intelligent, and my dad enjoyed her company!
{ He and my mother were separated for 10 years when he had to “go west” from Chicago to a dry climate. It took him two weeks to drive from Chicago to Denver in an old car that broke down on the way--also it was a severe winter. My mother had a good teaching job in Gary, and it took my dad 10 years to be established where they felt he could support them. Mother tried to get a teaching job in Denver, but during the Depression they wouldn’t hire married women teachers! Although my dad was not a very good provider, he had a wonderful personality and we loved him very much! He never stayed in one job very long, always thinking another one would be better. In that way, he disappointed my mother. They loved playing bridge. When he was starting an Exchange Club in Borger, Texas they became acquainted with people from Pampa, Texas. My mother and dad were so well liked that they were asked to be managers of the Pampa Country Club! It was a wonderful job for them, and they were there for five years before retiring.
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1894 - 1980 (86 years)