Raising Jonathan

Friday, November 7, 2008

Grandparents' obits...

I basically just wanted to save these so I'm putting them in here.

Keyt, Evelyn V.
Evelyn V. Keyt October 30, 1919 - November 4, 2008 AMITY - Evelyn V. Keyt was born in Turner, Oregon to Warren and Anna Hatch Pitman. She was the fourth of five siblings. She grew up near Florence, Oregon. She graduated from Oregon Normal School (WOCS) and taught elementary school at Perrydale. Evelyn married Kenneth Keyt in Monmouth on May 30, 1943. She became a special education teacher and superintendent of Special Education for Yamhill County. She was a member of the Amity Church of Christ, Perrydale Goodwill Club, and Polk County Historical Society. Evelyn was preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth on October 19, 2008. She is survived by her sons, Keith of Tacoma, Ron (Linda) of Salem; and daughter, Nadine (Tom) of Perrydale; many grandchildren, great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Viewing will be from 2 to 8 p.m. Friday, November 7 in the Dallas Mortuary Tribute Center. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, November 8 in the Bethel Cemetery in Amity followed by a memorial service at the Amity Church of Christ at 12 p.m. Arrangements by Dallas Mortuary Tribute Center.
Published in the StatesmanJournal on 11/5/2008

Keyt, Kenneth Klinton
Kenneth Klinton Keyt November 25, 1915-October 19, 2008 AMITY - Kenneth Keyt was born November 25, 1915 to Henry and Lucia Keyt. He was born in the same house where he lived the rest of his life. Ken had three sisters, Frances, Lucille and Ruth. He began farming after his graduation from Perrydale High School and spent his life farming that land. In 1943, Ken was married to Evelyn Pitman and they had three children. Ken served as a member of the Perrydale School Board for a number of years, as well as several farm organizations during his life. He was a loving father and grandfather and a friend to many. Ken was well known for his honesty and integrity, and a longtime member of the Amity Church of Christ. Until just the last few years, Ken and Evelyn had the opportunity to travel to many different countries. Kenneth Keyt is survived by his wife, Evelyn V. Keyt; their three children, Keith of Tacoma, Wash., Nadine and her husband Tom of Perrydale, and Ronald and his wife Linda of Salem; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. Graveside services will be held on at 1 p.m. on Saturday, October 25 in the Bethel Cemetery with a Memorial service to follow in the Amity Church of Christ. Service arrangements are under the direction of Dallas Mortuary Tribute Center in Dallas, Oregon.
Published in the StatesmanJournal from 10/22/2008 - 10/23/2008

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Grandparents...

I'm not sure how this blog is going to turn out, but I will try it.

This last month has been a rough one. My grandparents were in a horrible car accident on October 10th. They were trying to cross a very dangerous highway near where they lived. They didn't see a car coming and tried to cross, and that car hit them. They both went to different hospitals. My grandpa went to the Dallas Hospital, and then to Corvallis Hospital. He was paralyzed from the neck down and had to be on a ventilator. My grandma was taken to the Salem Hospital with badly bruised ribs and a contusion on her heart. They both were in the hospitals for about a week and a half. My grandma had an angiogram done and we found out that she had just weeks to live. There was almost 100% blockage in her heart. My grandpa, who was able to mouth words after getting a trachea put in, asked and was told about how my grandma was. He asked to be taken off the ventilator after he found out she wouldn't live much longer. He didn't want to spend the rest of his life paralyzed anyways, that's not who he was. He was always a very active person. We all got to say our goodbyes and our "I love yous" and on October 19th they stopped the ventilator. He was 92 years old. By the time we had the service for him, my grandma was out of the hospital and in a private care facility. She would never be able to go back home, needing 24 hour medical care. Last weekend she started refusing to eat, and got really weak, and she had more and more problems. It seemed like she had given up. She had told me before that she just didn't want to live anymore. If I was 89 and my husband of 60+ years died, I would probably feel the same way. She died this last Tuesday, November 4th. The service will be this Saturday. I loved my grandparents very very much. They had good long lives, and they loved and helped many people. I have learned so much from them. They were the hardest-working people I knew, and devout Christians. They were the type of "Christian" that you don't see everyday anymore (unfortunately). They LIVED it. Its so hard to believe that they are gone, I miss them so much. I thought I would post some pictures of them as sort of a tribute, though they deserve much more.

My Grandparents:
Kenneth Keyt (1915-2008) and Evelyn Keyt (1919-2008)

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Episode 4: Ohio Trip- Monday and Tuesday

Monday and Tuesday was kind of a blur... :) Monday morning we hung out at home for a bit, and then went to Bob Evans for breakfast. If you have never been to a Bob Evans, you need to try it! It is a really good breakfast place although they do have a lot of lunch and dinner stuff too. Unfortunately I think they are only on the east coast... and possibly only Ohio- but I'm not sure about that. Anyways, it leaves Ihop and Denny's in the dust; its so great! After that we went by target to grab some diapers... I thought that 40 for the trip would be enough, apparently not! Then we kinda lazed around for a bit and Matt had to go to work. Beth had wanted me to come see their house renovations so we all went over there and visited for a bit, and then later that evening we went to the Kohlers to say our goodbyes. Tuesday morning we left for the Pittsburgh airport at 6 am. I was up around 4 am packing, that was lots of fun... :) We got to the airport and waited to board. We were finally just settled on the plane when a flight attendent came and asked us if we were the Brake family. We said yes, and they said they had overbooked the flight to San Francisco. They asked us if we would like to get to Portland a half hour early and get two free rountrip tickets to anywhere in the US (besides Alaska or Hawaii). So we decided to do that, so instead of San Fransisco our layover was in Chicago. It ended up being a good thing because from Pittsburgh to San Fransisco the flight was going to be over 5 hours. From Chicago to Portland was 4 hours and Jonathan was so bored on the flight (He would not play with any of his toys) and wanted so much attention from everyone on board that it seemed like we got to Portland JUST in time! :) On the flight to Chicago Jonathan slept the whole way, and on the flight to Portland he slept for 2 hours. So that was nice. We all were cranky this day so we were just all glad to be home! But we had a very good time on the trip!