This is for Carter, Ava, Dawson and Owen: I want to tell you a little bit about your great grandmother, Alice Jean (Jeffries) Chester. She was your Meme's mother and lived to be 91 years old. We went to her funeral this weekend.
When I was a little girl we called her Grandma Jeff (for her maiden name Jeffries.) She was a nurse and worked second shift to support her eleven children.
She was so beautiful! I find it interesting that many things she enjoyed are also important to me. I've seen so many pictures at the beach or Lake Erie. I also love to be near the water. I love to read, and I want you four to also grow up loving books. Grandma never showered us with toys but I still have some of the books that she gave us, most of which were religious. And speaking of her faith, it was very important to her. Grandma was staunchly pro-life. She often prayed at abortion clinics and more than one time this ended up with her going to jail!
In the later years of her life she suffered from dementia. Carter, Ava and Dawson did met her but she was not the same grandma I remember from my childhood. I'm so glad that I did take one picture of you all together.
Rest in peace Grandma.
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