We called her Bubbs, and she was the last of Vern and Lizzie's children, the matriarch of the Stocking clan, who filled her 89 years very full, darkly beautiful and tart-tongued, a joy to know.
I found these three photos from an August 1954 family picnic at the old Niobrara State Park. The first one is, L-R, Velma Luckert (Mom), Evelyn Stocking Davids (Bubbs), and Hazel Stocking McShannon.
Frederick (Fritz) Davids and Archie McShannon (whose son Gene now looks like a twin), with Joan McShannon leaning over her father, I think.
Bubbs and Hazel again in the center, with, I think, Aunt Lizzie at the extreme right and Aunt Sally (Chet's wife) at the extreme left. I think the boy might be George Luckert, Rich's younger son.
And, as a bonus, for it was on my Stocking scrapbook page, is this large group of Luckert family children. Back row, L-R: Dixie Alexander, Judy Bruhn, George Luckert, Neal Alexander; front row, L-R: Owen Davids (?), unidentified girl, Beth Alexander, JaVee Ann Luckert, Sue Ellyn Luckert, and Debra Lee Jorgenson (Darlene Luckert Jorgenson's daughter, Uncle Chet's granddaughter).
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