Velma Faleria Koftan Luckert, born 25 March 1915; died 25 March 1991. This seems to be the earliest photo of her.
This one is marked, "Velma Koftan 9 months."
And these two seem from the same time--same chair, same curtain--but only the first is marked, "At 11 months."
These are the two I remember best from boyhood, the one leaning on the newel post the same as the large oval portrait of her on the stair landing of the Bloomfield farm I absolutely loved, always awed that it was Mama, in that way children can't quite grasp their parents were ever as little as they are. Fern's writing, as usual. On the back of the straightforward frontal pose was written my caption.
Fern, Big Sister Velma, Audree, Larry in the wagon, at the Old Brick House, of course.
And, finally, a photo from her high school junior year.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOM! And, yes, I'm crying.
What a sweet post. We never get over missing them, do we? I dream about either Mom or Dad almost every night, mostly about Mom. Occasionally I dream about JaVee, and think of her almost daily. I still can't believe it.
Last night I dreamed Dad threw one of his little temper tantrums. He wanted to change the TV and we were all watching something else so I told him he couldn't change channels, so he threw the remote at me. It made me so mad that I got up and went outside and walked around and came back to the house and went outside again, over and over and over. He tried to apologize, but I wouldn't forgive him. I woke up before the argument was resolved. Do you suppose I have a guilty conscience about my stifled anger at him for being such a spoiled baby and getting away with it his whole life? No matter. I still miss him. And always will.
Linda
Sorry about the double post. I was looking at the pictures again, and, oh my gosh, the one with her hair being washed and her hair pulled up on top of her head -- she looks like Sue so much I can't believe it. I mean, everybody always says she and Sue looked alike, and I could sort of see it, but when you look at pictures of them when they were just kids, the resemblance is remarkable!