Great Grand Mother's Son.....My Great Uncle Clint!
He was called back from Okinawa and discharged honorably when his father died and he was the only male left in the family. He came back and took care of his Mother (Sara) sisters (Virginia & Mary) and niece (Marie)
He never married. He took care of his mother until her death and then when his sisters married and divorced he was there for them, and they moved back home.
In 1949 Marie married Roy Badgerow and in 1950 I was born in Port Huron Hospital. Mom, on the other hand, was born in the old house which still stands on 16th Ave. Port Huron. Seems Gertrude got knocked up when she was a teenager in 1928. February 6, 1929 Marie Edith (Bradley) Fye was born. As the story goes the young Bradley boy wanted nothing to do with Grandma Gertie after he found out she was with child.
Marie thought John and Sara were her mother and father for a good portion of her youth.. Her mother lived right next door on 16th Ave. and she thought she was her aunt. Then one day the girls she thought were her sisters, spilled the beans.
Her Uncle Clint was the closest thing to a father figure in her life. Uncle Clint had a good job with the railroad and made good money to provide for them all.
I have fond memories of going over to Grandma Fye's house and Mom would scrub the floors and such. She would clean the house from top to bottom, all the while, Clint was working on the railroad. Seems we went over there a lot. Mom would toil at the housework so he could relax when he got home.
Then we would rush home so she could clean our house before Dad got home from work.
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