Vera Pauline FRANKLIN

Vera Pauline FRANKLIN

Female 1912 - 2008  (95 years)

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  • Name Vera Pauline FRANKLIN  [1
    • Details of death: Vera was in her apartment at colonial Vista in Wenatchee Washington, she got up and was in the bathroom when Mr. Edwards, her current husbad, heard a noise. He got up to investigate and found her on the floor, she had suffered a stroke. She lost her ability to talk, but as time passed she regained enough to be able to hold a restricted conversation, however, she did not lose her ability to read. I think that is what kept her sane.

      When she was first diagnosed as a stroke victim a nurse came into diagnose her speech patterns. Vera (Mom) was instructed to answer with just "Yes" or "No". Mom never answered with just yes or no. She would always add more information.

      The nurse would ask questions such as: what day is it? who is the president? Is it raining outside? Mom answered Yes, but, or well, followed by gibberish. She just would not answer yes or no.

      Mom was put in a nursing home because she needed to be watched 24/7. As the months passed she became more and more senile. When we were warned she was near death my sisters and I came to be at her side. She was very weak and unable to speak, but as we held her hand, spoke of our love for her and thanked her she quietly passed through the veil.
    Birth 18 Sep 1912  Sunnyside, Yakima Co., Washington Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Census 1920  Living with parents in Toppenish, Yakima Co., Washington Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Census 1930  Living with father in Toppenish, Yakima Co., Washington Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Death 9 Mar 2008  Wenatchee, Chelan Co., Washington Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I23279  Main Tree
    Last Modified 5 Oct 2021 

    Father Christopher James FRANKLIN,   b. 19 Jun 1869, Clifton, Lyon County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 08 Dec 1942, Kalama, Cowlitz County, Washington Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Eleanor Jane PADELFORD,   b. 12 Feb 1874, Verndale, Wadena County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jan 1925, Toppenish, Yakima County, Washington Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 27 Nov 1895  Verndale, Wadena County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F13216  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Bennie Lee DEATON,   b. 01 Jan 1915, Castle, Okfuskee Co.,Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Nov 1978, Soap Lake, Grant Co., Washington Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Marriage 4 Jul 1939 
    Children 
    +1. Richard Franklin DEATON
     2. Barbara Lee DEATON
     3. Mary Martha DEATON
     4. Baby DEATON,   b. 1949, Seattle, King Co., Washington Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1949, Seattle, King Co., Washington Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F17363  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Oct 2021 

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    Franklin/Padelford Family
    Franklin/Padelford Family
    The family of Christopher James Franklin and Elnora Jane Padelford

  • Sources 
    1. [S01831] Ancestry.com: Washington, U.S., State Birth Index 1907-1919.

    2. [S5425] 1920 Census Toppenish, Yakima County, Washington.

    3. [S5427] 1930 Census Toppenish, Yakima County, Washington.