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Detail: Margaret Frances Kugler
Source: Unknown
When Mom & Dad got married they vacationed with Mom's parents
Charles and Anna Kugler. They visited Portege Wis. where Great-Grandma
Kugler lived. While visiting Great Grandma offered coffee, Grandma
poured cream in her coffee, apparently Great Grandma though she used
to much cream and told her that she used to much cream and that she wasn't
on the farm now.
One time of many when the entire family was out picking rock,
as we went up and down the field Mom noticed one of the cows was out of the
fence. She told Dad, and He said no it wasn't out of the fence.
They bantered back and forth and finally Mom said I bet you it is out.
I can't remember what they bet but Dad took her up on the bet. As we
got closer to the fence line sure enough the cow was out. Then Dad
started to weasel out of the bet; but Mom held her ground and finally Dad
admitted he lost the bet. I never knew if she did collect the bet.
Mom was good to all of us. She demanded that the things
we were supposed to do were done but was never mean to any of us, or talked
to us in a mean or degrading way. When I was very young it seemed that
she worked all the time. But as I and my sisters grew older I came
to realize that she did sit down in the evening to watch TV. She darned
socks or sewed as she watched but I think she was able to do this because
now she had daughters to help with all the work.
I remember Mom always took care of the chickens. The
feed was stored in the chicken house but she carried the water to them.
When the snow got bad one of us kids carried the water. She would always
talk to the chicken and it seemed like they would talk back to her.
Animals always liked her and would always go to her for attention. She
would pet them or talk to them. It was like they knew she would not
hurt them.
The eggs from the chicken were gathered two or three times
a day. We would sit and watch TV in the evening and clean eggs.
This meant wiping them off or sanding them. They were sanded for some
reason because this would not remove a natural protective coating.
I think the egg money was used to buy groceries and clothing.
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