The picture shows Lynn, Kate and Cindy Pellettiere at Kate's 2nd birthday in April, 1972. They're in the balloon-clad dining room of the Palatine house with beach pails and shovels on the table in front of them, favors for the kids about to come to the party. The painting is one of Dan's.
Ruth's diary talks about how she and John stayed at Ken's home for a few weeks. They helped show the house, clean the house, make meals, take care of the boys, do laundry etc. while the Des Plaines house was on the market. Ken's family would move to one in Clearwater FL that summer, joining Ruth and John as well as Ruth's mother and brother in Largo FL.
June 1, 1971 - 42nd Anniversary!
"I made 2 phone calls to pick up furniture & clothing, etc. before Diane phoned for help. Out I went to Palatine to stay with ailing Cindy and the baby so she could go register L & C for summer school. She or they returned about 11:10 and I had to hurry right back here for boys' lunch, then took them to school and went to beauty shop (Tiffany's - Joann) where had hair done.
Back here to put roast in oven, clean up lunch dishes & make a few more beds before Philip got here to go to the store with me. Roger went right to a birthday party from school.
Anniversary card in the mail from D & D. She & girls phoned & sang over wire the 'Birthday' song - and substituting Anniversary. Had good meal for 5 of us at 6:10 - only I and boys didn't like the taste of the sweet potatoes."
The "summer school" was an arts/crafts class at the Palatine Park District facility over on the east side of town. It was one or two hours each time, met twice a week and ran several weeks. Lynn & Cindy seemed
enjoy it. Ken's first wife is mentioned periodically in Ruth's diary. She must have been living separately, perhaps in a hospital. Neither the diary quote nor the picture are in Pieces of a Life. The 5 people who ate Ruth's dinner would have been all Kelloggs - Ruth, John, Ken (39), Philip (10) and Roger (7).
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