THREE: Georgia as a mother and wife

THREE
1933 – 1970
GEORGIA AS A MOTHER and WIFE

LISTEN GO GEORGIA'S OWN STORY OF HOW SHE MET, FELL IN LOVE and MARRIED her husband Joe. Read this contribution from Rick Von Feldt: http://georgiapatzner.blogspot.com/2009/09/georgias-story-of-meeting-loving-and.html

SUMMARY from Sue Von Feldt:

Shortly after graduation, on a return visit to Claflin to visit relatives, Georgia met her to- be husband Joe. He was a friend of her cousin. Within a few months they married and since Joe was an only child, and his father had passed away, he and his mother lived on the farm, and therefore when she married Joe, a live-in mother-in-law was part of the package.

Being an only girl, the youngest child and attending a High School Boarding school, did not provide a lot of training on how to be a farm housewife. She went from all the conveniences of running water, indoor plumbing, and electricity to a farm that had none of these “city luxuries.” While she would tell her daughters she would not recommend the husband & mother-in-law package, she always said she had a wonderful mother-in-law who taught her how to cook and sew and all the things a good farm wife needed to know and they got along beautifully. Georgia had one stipulation at the onset of the marriage, she told Joe she would do whatever to help, but she would NOT ever milk a cow. And while she became a very strong and hard worker, with taking care of the chickens, two large gardens and all the canning, and cooking, cleaning the milk separator, etc., she held strong to that one item and never ever milked that cow. She also helped provide for the family by selling cream and eggs to her regular customers in town.

Georgia’s faith kept her involved with the parish. She was a very active member of the Alter Society and the Daughters of Isabella. She was Regent for several years and she loved her involvement with those organizations.

While she gave up a lot of conveniences from her earlier city life, she was always a hard worker and never complained. Several of her friends went on to become nuns and she kept those friendships alive a lifetime.