Memories of Iva Della Robinson (as told by family members)
By Barbara Robinson (wife of Della’s son Jack)
Here are a couple of our kid’s favorite Iva Dee stories.
When Peggy was born, I had a difficult pregnancy and delivery so Grandma Iva D said she would come stay while I was in the hospital. We had talked about taking out a wall to enlarge our downstairs bath. Jack kidded her and said she could take out that wall while she was resting.
That night when Jack came in from work, the kids all met him at the door saying, “Grandma tore our house down”. With a hammer and a butcher knife, she had taken out that wall. After Grandma went home, the kids said she nearly worked them to death. Made them make their beds every day and sweep the whole house!
Another favorite was when Keller was sick in bed, we were up there helping put up corn. We were all working out on the west porch and Grandpa Keller kept sending Linda to ask a question, get a drink, etc. Finally he told her to go ask something of Grandma and Linda said, “Huh-uh, Grandma looks side ways at me last time!”
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