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Chaplain Kevin Deegan was on service when Dr. Summits wife Jo was on hospice. He shares with Dr. Summit a private conversation he had with Jo. She was an artist and described her pain in colors and how most of...

A chat about childhood in the 40s

Betty Jo tells us about her childhood.

Audrey talks about family, childhood, and college

Bennett B. Interviews his Pop Pop from Italy. The interview starts off with Pop pops life in Italy and slowly makes its way to present day. The story goes all the back to 1940 up to thanksgiving day 2019. The...

My Dad talks about growing up in Wyoming and in the San Fernando Valley, when it was still ranches and orchards. He talks about his older family members, his friends, and his memory of the day his wife Susi was...

I wanted to learn about my grandpa and what it was like to grow up in the 1940s and 1950s. He also told me about what my mother was like when she was a little girl. He also talked about...

Grandma Ella discusses pregnancy and giving birth in the 1940s.

Sisters Christine Roberson (60) and Kathleen Masterson (64) reminisce about their childhood, share stories about their family, and remember their parents.

During today’s interview, I had the opportunity to discuss and share my mother’s journey through dealing with my grandfather‘s dementia. This has been an eye-opening experience that has affected our family and loved ones around us. We took a deeper...

Bonnie talks about her childhood, her kids & parenting, her thoughts on life & afterlife, and passes on some wisdom for future generations!

In this interview, conducted on Thanksgiving, 2015 in a suburb of Cleveland, Dylan Caine (16) asks his mother, Shelly Pesick-Caine (56), about her quintessentially American upbringing in the suburbs of Detroit. Born into a caring and hardworking family of six,...

Oral history type interview with my Mémé (american/french canadian grandmother). Wanted to capture some of her thoughts as she has mid stage dementia / alzheimers

Kathy Mason (78) talks with her grandson Emmitt Tatum (21) about her husband and Emmitt's grandfather, Lou. Kathy and Emmitt reflect on Lou's upbringing, time in the navy and education, and his retirement.

Throughout the interview we talked about Marie's life in regards to her poems, family and the impact of her husbands dementia on her life.

Grandma and Warren and Heather talking in the hospital.

[Recorded: Friday, November 5th, 2021] Miles Efron and Marion Dembling have a One Small Step conversation in Charlottesville, Virginia. Miles works for the Miller Center at UVA, and Marion is a retiree living in the Charlottesville area. During their conversation,...

Edward Johnstone shares what life was like as a Navy Photographer in the 1940s and 1950s

This is an interview I did with my grandmother (Bubi) about her challenging childhood during the Great Depression. (Note: My grandmother has been previously diagnosed with dementia, which is why there were some aspects of her story that were repeated.)

Andover Stories of American Identity: Andover resident Kevin O'Leary shares his story about his worldly upbringing, and how it all led to his profession of becoming a psychologist to help wounded veterans heal.

Irene Rodriguez Mendez recalls her family and baseball as a young child

Jenny Rask: 2020-08-30 20:10:01 Jenny Rask (49) talks with father Gene Rask (88) about his own father's political views and how they developed. His father's personality and education. Advice his father gave him. His father's ambitions and work in Butte,...

Judith Peavey (71) shares her thoughts, feelings, and memories about her late husband's life and their relationship leading up to his diagnosis with dementia. Sonia Kinkhabwala (22) accompanies and listens to her stories.

Bob Resnick (87) talked with his daughter-in-law Audrey Resnick (61) about his childhood memories in Los Angeles, his courtship and marriage to Renee, and his experiences in the Navy Reserve, stationed in Hawaii (while Hawaii was still a territory).

My mother has dementia and has difficulty remembering any details but she is this far as sweet as ever.