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Note for: Ruth Lavinia Nason, 20 MAR 1908 - 19 DEC 1989 Index
SSDI
RUTH ALBIN 20 Mar 1908 16 Dec 1989 90723 (Paramount, Los Angeles, CA)
(none specified) California
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Note for: Maria Elisabet van der Tak, 5 DEC 1794 - Index
Baptism:
Date: 11 DEC 1794
Place: Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
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Note for: Johanna Chatarina van der Tak, 10 OCT 1796 - Index
Baptism:
Date: 20 OCT 1796
Place: Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
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Note for: Johannes van der Tak, 19 NOV 1800 - Index
Baptism:
Date: 14 DEC 1800
Place: Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
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Note for: Frank Xavier Driscoll, 23 MAR 1899 - 27 NOV 1954 Index
CADI
DRISCOLL FRANK XAVIER 03/23/1899 WALPOLE RISCOLL MASSACHUSETTS LOS
ANGELES(19) 11/27/1954 55 yrs
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Note for: Hillebrand van der Tak, 10 JAN 1803 - Index
Baptism:
Date: 30 JAN 1803
Place: Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
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Note for: Nicholaas Theodoris van der Tak, 18 OCT 1804 - Index
Baptism:
Date: 4 NOV 1804
Place: Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
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Note for: Hillegonda Maria Agatha van der Tak, 9 JUN 1809 - Index
Baptism:
Date: 2 JUL 1809
Place: Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
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Note for: Madelene Adelaide HOLLOWAY, 3 JUL 1915 - 8 FEB 1994 Index
Burial:
Date: 11 FEB 1994
Place: Knights Ferry Cemetery, Knights Ferry CA
Individual note:
What can I say about my Mom? So - so many memories
I have Birth Certificate, Death Certificate, Marriage License, Divorce
papers, many cards & letters, old bills, tax returns, drivers license's
including an old black and white one, on file. Way to many personal
items to mention.
Mom and I lived together the last 5 years of her life. At first she
didn't mind when I spent the night elsewhere, Then the last few years
she didn't want me going anywhere except to work and home. When Dave and
I went on vacation, Marlene, her granddaughter, stayed with her.
Each day when I went to work Mom would get up before me and fix my ice
tea to take to work and get me up Then she would stand at the window and
wave good-bye to me with sad little puppy dog eyes. She'd then get
dressed and run the wheels off her car. She hardly stayed home, even if
she wasn't feeling well. During the day she would pick up Diane and
they'd run everywhere, at night she would go visit her kids or grandkids,
I used to chew her out all the time for going out running around at
night. She was such a target for car jackers, purse snatchers.... but she
survived her senior years without those type of things happening to her.
We all paint a picture of our parents and they should all be
goodie-goodies, well.....
Mom never dated much after the divorce, if she did it was before my
memory. So it was hard of me to think of mom being anything but a mom and
taking care of all of us. But, she did love a good joke, and it didn't
matter to her if it was 'dirty'. One funny thing I remember is for Bub
and Pats first anniversary, they went to a "strip club" in Hollywood and
mom went with them. I never did ask her about it..... now I wonder.
My first husband and I took mom to Bush Gardens one year in Southern
California when we visited her down there. They had a display of penguins
and from that day forward mom loved penguins. From then on, we all
bought her penguins, decorated cakes with them. Her first penguin was a
candle that I had hand made for her when I lived in Idaho, it was for
Christmas in 1973 or 1974. The last few years of her life I was begging
everyone to quit buying her penguins because I had to clean them Prior
to that, she often paid her granddaughters to come over and 'dust' the
babies.
Mom loved playing cards or games, I grew up playing whatever she could
talk me into playing with her. Her most favorite game we called 'Dummy
Rummy' and we all learned around the time Bub and Pat got married in
1965. Of course we had to play for money, every game had to be played for
money at our house As soon as the great grandchildren could walk they
learned to play cards with mom. She carried her coin purse and cards with
her everywhere, along with a baggie of treats, right up until the time
she died. Same with crossword puzzles, I must have 5 or 6 different
crossword puzzle dictionaries of hers. She had to do the one in the
newspaper, then she would buy the Globe or one of those magazines and
work on it for a week. Often she would finish it. We used to have
contests on the one in the TV Guide to see who could finish it first.
Often conversations were around answers in the tv guide crossword If you
didn't play cards with her then you had to rub her back or scratch her
head
On one trip from Idaho to Modesto we decided to take mom back to Idaho
with us. We had to go through Reno and stopped. Mom had a blast with the
slot machines. It is still strange for me to think of mom doing that. On
that trip to Idaho we took mom camping, another strange thing for me to
see my mom doing. It must have been around 1975 or so. Mom loved it, she
walked around all day picking wild flowers and making a bouquet, and
hiking with us through some old abandoned houses..... She loved it.
[I have photos of this trip]
Mom often worked two jobs at once just to keep a roof over our heads. She
made 99.9% of my clothes until I was in high school. She never did knit
or crochet like her mother. I did do a bit of knitting and crocheting,
but never could sew a straight line. She often sewed for herself too. She
would take an old dress and turn it into something for someone. Often
making her own patterns out of newspapers or paper bags. Mom was never
into crafts either, not sure where I got that gene from She could
however draw, but she never did anything with it except doodle. I am very
jealous that I can't draw a stick man and would love to draw and paint
Holidays were the favorite time of the year for mom and she celebrated
them all. Easter meant a new dress, new shoes and a hat for me. She
couldn't afford stuffed animals for me, but I did get some candy in my
basket. One year there was a dozen eggs that didn't get boiled.... I
think we had more fun cracking eggs over everyone's head hoping to get an
un boiled one After everyone was grown and married with kids of their
own, mom would fill up one big basket with candy, everyone got a Carmello
egg and whatever chocolate she had gathered up for that year. She would
go to your house and say "Happy Easter Egg" and you'd get to pick from
the basket.
Mom's birthday was the 3rd of July, so our 4ths were always fun. As a
child she always made sure she took me to the big firework shows and if
it was a good year, I'd get a small box of fireworks. It was hard for mom
to celebrate her birthday as her sister died on that day. But, mom always
made sure that I celebrated it. In her later years she would go to
whoever had the most fireworks One year she took off after we had a show
at Bub's house to his daughter Marlene's to be with her and all her
partying friends. They put a love seat out on the curb for her so she was
comfy.
Halloween always meant a home made costume for me, which for some reason
I can't remember one. In mom's later years she would come to one or all
of our houses to pass out candy. Of course she always had goodies for us
Thanksgiving meant mom in the kitchen all night the night before and the
next day. Mom loved cooking. We always had a feast After I was married
mom would go to one of the kids houses and could always be found in the
kitchen, after she got older she was still in there supervising or doing
dishes.
Christmas meant a small tree usually set up on a card table. Lots of
cookie and candy making, and everyone got at least one good gift. Often
she would save all year to get us something special. I always had a
stocking (a real sock) full of fruit and nuts, sometimes a little goodie
or toy of some kind. I remember one year, we each got to open a package
the night before, Cyndi got a Chatty Cathy doll I wanted one so bad that
Mom and Marlene went out that night to find me one.
After all the kids were grown and families started having their own
celebrations at their houses, mom would come to each and everyone of our
homes to see us.
Holidays meant being with family and those you love to mom and she didn't
care if she had to drive all over to be with hers. They also meant that
we went to the cemetery to visit Aunt Addie.
No matter where or when, mom was the first one up to do the dishes, she
hated dirty dishes. As she got older that was a sign to me that mom was
really sick and most of the time she would still do them.
She bought cards for all of her loved ones for birthdays, anniversary,
easter, christmas, mother and fathers day. Hallmark stock dropped when
she passed away
I have a big problem celebrating holidays since her death, but dress up
the cemetery for her.
All of mom's grandchildren's friends loved mom and all called her
"Granny".
Mom died at home with all of her children and several of her
grandchildren with her.
Children; Marlene A. Madderra, Diane E. Snyder, Guy (Bub) T. Nason,
III, and myself, Winifred (Wendy) L. Olson (now Watson). Her
Daughter-in-law; Patricia L. Nason (Guy's wife), grandchildren; Cynthia
Lorraine Adkins, Dawn Elizabeth Stamper, Marlene Louise Nason.
While Mom was at the funeral home we stayed with her from opening to
closing hours. Somehow we all felt closer to her as long as we were
there. Plus we knew she would get lonely without us. The first night as
we were leaving, I had a very hard time leaving her and my brother sensed
my reluctancy. Once in the car he told me that he knew I wouldn't want to
leave Mom alone.
When Mom died we buried several things with her - a few cigarettes,
matches, her coin purse that she took everywhere with her, it included
change and a note from Trista that she wrote her grandma and said "never
remove this" (transcribe note) so I didn't.... a deck of cards incase she
found some sucker up there to play with her. Dawn made a pillow with all
of the great grand kids names on it. I also put in some candy for mom,
she would get on kicks of different candy bars, when she passed away she
was into Hershey Hugs & Kisses, so I put a baggie of those along with
some M&M's. Mom loved her penguins, so I put a stuffed one that she got
the previous Christmas.
She wore one of her colorful blouses, black pants, and a black sweater
(with pockets) that Ted & Cyndi got her the previous Christmas.
Mom never went without kleenex, a cigarette in every pocket, and her
bandana. Normally she wore cotton in her ears. So when it was time to
close the casket after the services, I removed the "Mom" necklace that I
gave her for mothers day one year, put cotton in her ears and her bandana
on. Others put in photos and mementos.
She wore Red perfume, so I sprayed her with that.... but it wasn't the
same smell. I hated the smell of that perfume when she wore it, but how I
miss it now.
Mom loved bird of paradise flowers, so we had them incorporated into her
casket flowers. Mom had given me a bird of paradise plant the year before
for fathers day (she would use any holiday to buy someone a gift) but we
never planted it. When I moved across the street after her death we
planted it. It doesn't bloom a lot, but 6 years later "Mom" still blooms,
usually in Sept..... She has 5 or 6 buds on her now as I write this Sept
1, 2000. Only one year did I have a bloom for her death anniversary and
I took it to the cemetery.
We all wrote in the cement (just like kids) that her headstone sits
on.....
Modesto Bee Newspaper February 10, 1994.
Madelene A. Nason
July 3, 1915-Feb. 8, 1994
Madelene Adelaide Nason, 78 of Modesto died Tuesday at her home.
Mrs. Nason was a native of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She lived in Modesto
24 years. She was a homemaker.
She is survived by children, Marlene A. Madderra, Diane E. Snyder, Guy T.
Nason III and Wendy L. Olson, all of Modesto; eight grandchildren and 14
great-grandchildren.
A funeral service will be conducted at 10 a.m. Friday at Oakdale Memorial
Chapel, Oakdale. Burial will follow at Knights Ferry Cemetery, Knights
Ferry. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at the chapel.
Wendy's correction notes to her mom's obit... Mom left Canada when she
was 8 years old with her Mother, two sisters and one brother. She then
lived in San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County, California.
She worked several different jobs in her lifetime. She was a high school
graduate, even had a bit of college. She and Dad were married 18 years
and she didn't start working until the divorce.
She worked the counter at Winchels Donuts in North Hollywood, she worked
tomato season at Hunts Cannery in Oakdale CA. She worked at several Dry
Cleaners, teachers aide for several years. She was a janitor for Los
Angeles City School System. (fill in with other jobs).
Friends with Noah Berry Jr, Allan Ladd....
claustrophobic (sp)