Living in the life of Ruth Kapes.
By: Evie Kapes
All about it.
How many people can say they have a 97 year old grandma. Well I can, Ruth Kapes has had many experiences growing up with four siblings living in small town in Illinois. From swimming to sledding her and her family had many experiences and fun times. Childhood to adulthood Ruth shares her life and what she did and experienced.
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Evie- E
Grandma- G
E: What was it like growing up there, like how was your childhood?
G: Why I had two younger sisters, two younger brothers, and I think we all got along pretty well. We did a lot of things together and we lived in a neighborhood with a lot of children. So there was always somebody to go out and play with or find some kind of interesting thing to do. Um, as far as our family we all had our own little garden in the back yard, we did some creative things in the winter and in the summer. In the summer for instance we sometimes made tents out of quilt and had the wonderful experience of sleeping outdoors in the backyard where of course when your little was very scary and fun. Um, in the winter we all had one big sled to share, and that was really really great, we loved the winter. Um, and also we didn’t have a lake that was really good for swimming, but we did have a YMCA and YWCA where we learned to swim and went swimming a lot.
E: How did you and grandpa meet?
G: A friend of mine that I met while I was working at the U.S.O inter bantam was in the army. When he got out of the army and went to Chicago he went to work at a art studio, and I got a job at the university of Illinois and came to Chicago to work at the university. I called my friend and said I live in Chicago now, and with in a very short time he called me back and said, there is someone i’ve been saving for you, come and have dinner. So I went with him and his wife and met my future husband. We had dinner together at first, I couldn’t remember his name, but it wasn’t long before it became my name for many years.
E: What was my dad like growing up?
R: Well, he was the youngest of three boys and he was all very curious and very focused you could just tell he meant all business and he had a lot of interest in great many things. Mostly I would say in engineering kind of things, telephones and probably music, and you knew that he was very focused and would really stick to his interests.Me and my grandma.
Ymca swimming pool.
Outdoor play space.
Slide down with you favorite toy.
Tent made out of quilt.
Sled
Ymca
How technology effects our daily lives.
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