Aunt Vera's Diary - March 27th

In the summer of 2019, I was able to photograph the entries in the diary of my maternal great-aunt, Vera (Haley) Stuber.  The entries cover the years from 1968-1971 time frame and provide an interesting view of her daily activities. Items in brackets are my notes for further research.

Stuber, Vera Delphene (Haley). "Journal." MS. Fort Recovery, Ohio, 1968-1971. Privately held by Juanita (LeMaster) Steigerwalt, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Muncie, Indiana, 2020.

1968 - March 27th - Wednesday

Cleaned 2 rooms upstairs.  Attended prayer meeting and called at funeral home to see Mrs. Ulmer.  Funeral tomorrow P.M. at Bethel.

1969 - March 27th - Thursday

Cool but sun shone today.  I baked two batches of cookies.  Clarence took corn planter etc. over to Loys for sale tomorrow.

1970 - March 27th - Friday

Attended Good Friday services at the M.E. Church.  Called on Ella did our grocery shopping.

1971 - March 27th - Saturday

Did usual Saturdays work.

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Vera Delphene (Haley) Stuber was born 10 March 1890 in Jay County, Indiana, daughter of Eli Weldon & Cora Belle (Metzner) Haley.  She married 14 February 1915 in Jay County, Indiana to Clarence Leroy Stuber.  Vera died 17 June 1987 in Portland, Jay County, Indiana. Clarence was born 4 February 1891 in Jay County, Indiana, son of Henry and Margaret (Metzger) Stuber.  Clarence died 20 May 1981 in Portland, Jay County, Indiana.  They had no surviving children. 

Aunt Vera's Diary - March 26th

In the summer of 2019, I was able to photograph the entries in the diary of my maternal great-aunt, Vera (Haley) Stuber.  The entries cover the years from 1968-1971 time frame and provide an interesting view of her daily activities. Items in brackets are my notes for further research.

Stuber, Vera Delphene (Haley). "Journal." MS. Fort Recovery, Ohio, 1968-1971. Privately held by Juanita (LeMaster) Steigerwalt, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Muncie, Indiana, 2020.

1968 - March 26th - Tuesday

Rainy this morning but turned out to be a nice day.  I cleaned at the clothes closets today.  Heard Grace Van Trees mother died today.

1969 - March 26th - Wednesday

Cold, windy and snowy today.  I made bed doll for Leona.  Clarence sprouted potatoes.  Thot to bad to go to prayer meeting.

1970 - March 26th - Thursday

Cleaned part of house.

1971 - March 26th - Friday

Baked cookies and did some cleaning.  Been cool but a nice sunshiney day.

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Vera Delphene (Haley) Stuber was born 10 March 1890 in Jay County, Indiana, daughter of Eli Weldon & Cora Belle (Metzner) Haley.  She married 14 February 1915 in Jay County, Indiana to Clarence Leroy Stuber.  Vera died 17 June 1987 in Portland, Jay County, Indiana. Clarence was born 4 February 1891 in Jay County, Indiana, son of Henry and Margaret (Metzger) Stuber.  Clarence died 20 May 1981 in Portland, Jay County, Indiana.  They had no surviving children. 

New Normal : Sheltering in Place

Sheltering in place is the new normal in Indiana after the Governor ordered things to effectively shut down Tuesday at midnight.  It took Indiana longer than its neighbors to make that call in an attempting to "flatten the curve" of the COVID-19 spread.

A death from the virus hit close to home - the husband of Eileen's cousin passed away in Kokomo from complications of the virus.  He did have underlying health conditions.

Checking in with family via FaceTime and regular phone calls may become the new normal.  The President would like to see the economy back on track by Easter, but that is being too optimistic.  I feel we are looking at months of this "sheltering in place".

Town council canceled the meeting that was scheduled for this week.  In all my years on the council, I don't recall ever having one canceled.

Work still goes on remote for both Eileen and I, and we are adjusting.  I have had meeting after meeting, so have to keep my door shut so as not to disturb her with my loud videoconferences.  My team seems to be doing ok, we are doing daily check-ins on health.  So far, every one in the family seems to be ok, though we've all had a few scares.  This is also allergy season and any sinus problem makes you wonder if you have the virus.  I'm convinced that by now, we've all been exposed.

For the most part, there has been little change in our routines, other than working from home.  The struggle to find groceries is still real.  Stores seem to be stocked only to be stripped again by throngs of people.  We've had to use alternative sources for eggs and relying on non-traditional places to get meat.

Being a homebody in a rural area isn't so bad after all.