Mae Rosa Coy

1917 - 1992  (75 years)

• Name	Mae Rosa Coy
  Birth	21 Oct 1917	Norton, Norton, Kansas
  Gender	Female
  Death	28 Oct 1992	Belleville, Republic, Kansas
  Burial	31 Oct 1992	Washington City Cemetery, Washington, Kansas
  Person ID	I4636	Ingram-Related
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	William Granville Coy,   b. 5 Jul 1888, Wellman, Washington, Iowa d. 1 May 1957, Washington, Washington, Kansas (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Gertrude Rosa Coder,   b. 2 Jun 1894, Steele City, Jefferson, Nebraska d. 14 Feb 1978, Belleville, Republic, Kansas (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	23 Dec 1914	Enosdale, Washington, Kansas
  Family ID	F1762	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Clyde Leroy Corbin,   b. 7 Oct 1913, Enosdale, Washington, Kansas d. 17 Dec 2004, Washington, Washington, Kansas (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	11 Apr 1934	Enosdale, Washington, Kansas
  Children	1. Alberta Phildena Corbin   2. Billy Leroy Corbin,   b. 2 Aug 1940, Westerville, Custer, Nebraska d. 23 May 1994, Belleville, Republic, Kansas (Age 53 years)   3. Kieth Eugene Corbin
  Family ID	F1750	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 May 2015

  
  

• Notes

  Died of Cancer of the Kidney and Spine. Mae was asked by her grandson to writea report of all the changes andasmall history of her lifetime. She wrote: Iwas born in 1917 in a sod house in western Kansas. My mother washedmyclotheson a washboard and carried the water from a well and carriedwoodfar a stove to heat the water. My chidren were all born inhospitals andwe lived in housesmade of wood. I had a push by hand washmachine andfuel to heat it. Then we had gas stoves next. Now I go to alaundry matand wash and dry clothes. Have gas heat in house and alsoheats water inwater heaters and have running water. Our rest rooms ortoilets were ashanty in backyard. Now we have bathrooms. We used toput our milk andbutter in a pail and lower it in the well to keep itcool, then we got anice box and went to town every other day for ablock or ice.Now we haveself defrosting refrigerators. I can remembergoing to town with my folksin a wagon or buggy and horsed. Seen myfirst car when I was in sixthgrade. My husband and I courted in an oldmodel T. No side curtains, niceand cool in winter. I was aobut 10 whenseen 1st radio and only had earplugs and only one person at a timelistened. When I was first married Icarried wood to getstove real hotand put some heavy irons on and got hotand pressed them over clothes.Next I had a gas iron. Had a little tankon one you filled and pumpedfull of air and it made your iron hot. Thennext came electric ironsand now most materials is perma press and knitsand doesnt needironing.