Category Archives: Rury
All The Expressions
“This is for Ottie”. I know who Ottie is, my grandmother, and this was among her photos. At first glance, …
Awake, Asleep, Aunt Jessie
My favorite item she made was the two-headed doll. It wasn’t creepy at all though it sounds like it. The …
A Whimsical Nature?
Playfulness must have been part of my great grandmother’s personality. I say that because her albums have several photos that …
Papa was a kind and gentle man
What few stories I know about my great grandfather, I learned from a video in which my paternal grandmother, Ottie, …
The influence of Bliss
In 1908 in the little town of Bliss, Oklahoma my paternal grandmother, Ottie Rury, was born. From 1905 through 1939 …
and then there’s Maude
Maude Mae Rury nee Hilton was my paternal great, grandmother. She died in March 1964 and I presume that the …
