Eudora was a very giving woman, even when she had very little. She was an excellent cook and worked as one along with cleaning houses for several years after Ernest was hurt in the accident. Cleaned and cooked for Mrs. Tharp, Mrs. Riechel, Mrs. Keepers, and Mrs. Sweeney. She worked as an office girl, took a short course in practical nursing and taught herself how to sew well enough that she worked in alternations for a fancy ladies ware store called Mantaldos. She also work at a tent and awning factory which was very hard work. She loved to garden and many times her hobby helped feed her family. She also loved flowers and had beautiful flower gardens. She always said give me my flowers while I am still alive so that I can enjoy them. (We tried too, she loved roses, one at a time.)She worked for several years at Gates Rubber Co. in their testing department before they retired to Missouri in the spring of 1955. Even though things were tight financially, the twenty years they had in Missouri were the happiest of their life. She had her garden and Dad had his shop.

Eudora, as she was called by most of her family, injured her back when quite young and suffered most of her life. She had a long illness of about three years which begain with a mild stroke and shingles. She lived a long life and slowly her body gave out. She spent eighteen months with her daughter, Mary Jane, and finally had to go to a nursing home where she stayed only six weeks before she died of heart failure at the age of 91. Eudora was a very giving woman, even when she had very little. She was an excellent cook and worked as one along with cleaning houses for several years after Ernest was hurt in the accident. Cleaned and cooked for Mrs. Tharp, Mrs. Riechel, Mrs. Keepers, and Mrs. Sweeney. She worked as an office girl, took a short course in practical nursing and taught herself how to sew well enough that she worked in alternations for a fancy ladies ware store called Mantaldos. She also work at a tent and awning factory which was very hard work. She loved to garden and many times her hobby helped feed her family. She also loved flowers and had beautiful flower gardens. She always said give me my flowers while I am still alive so that I can enjoy them. (We tried too, she loved roses, one at a time.) She worked for several years at Gates Rubber Co. in their testing department before they retired to Missouri in the spring of 1955. Even though things were tight financially, the twenty years they had in Missouri were the happiest of their life. She had her garden and Dad had his shop.

Eudora, as she was called by most of her family, injured her back when quite young and suffered most of her life. She had a long illness of about three years which begain with a mild stroke and shingles. She lived a long life and slowly her body gave out. She spent eighteen months with her daughter, Mary Jane, and finally had to go to a nursing home where she stayed only six weeks before she died of heart failure at the age of 91.

Eudora was cremated.