Elder Interview-Grover Smith
A.2008.001.439 PP
Name/Title
Elder Interview-Grover SmithEntry/Object ID
A.2008.001.439Tags
Missing, Needs Accession Sheet, Needs Location, Needs PhotoDescription
Smith, Grover Charles Born 06/06/1927 in Waupaca, Wis. Parents: Evan and Alice (Parkhurst) Smith Maternal grandparents: Alex and Kathy (Metoxen) Parkhurst Both side of his grandparents and his parents spoke the Oneida Language, they taught him to speak the language. His dad went to school at Carlisle and his mother went to Haskell. When he started going to school he went to Chicago Corners, then he went to West De Pere High School, he didn’t graduated from there. He got his G.E.D. after he got out the Navy. He went in the Navy when he was 16 years old in 1944 to 1953. Then he met and married Caroline Strager, she was from Texas. They were married for 16 years and got a divorce they had 3 children. Later on he got remarried but she died then he moved back Oneida. When he was growing up they didn’t have running water or electricity in their home on Van Boxtel rd. On Christmas Eve they went to midnight mass at the Oneida Methodist Church. His parents use to have some kind of home remedy but he doesn’t remember what it was called. His grandfather was a farmer and his father was a traveling Construction Worker His mother worked at the Canning factory and he worked at the Oneida Elderly Center. He likes to go fishing in Sturgeon Bay. His parents did their shopping in Green Bay and Freedom. If someone got sick his parents would take them to Dr. Hitner or Dr. Sheets in Seymour. His advice to the youth is to stay in school and get a good education.Recording Type
Audio/VisualCollection
Elder InterviewsCataloged By
Gerzetich, Courtney (Cottrell)Category
Digital Media, Military