Elder Interview-Lawrence Larry Skenandore
Name/Title
Elder Interview-Lawrence "Larry" SkenandoreEntry/Object ID
A.2008.001.413Tags
Needs Accession Sheet, Needs Location, Needs PhotoDescription
Skenandore, Lawrence "Larry" Born 02/13/1938 Parents: Catherine (Cornelius) and Henry Skenandore Maternal Grandparents: Katie (Powless) Cornelius and Jefferson Cornelius Paternal Grandparents: Jane Carpenter Skenandore and Henry Skenandore He grew up in Chicago Corners about half a block from Chicago Corners School. Their house burned down in 1943. Foster Cornelius had the younger boys in his car when the house burned. Larry went to high school in Freedom and graduated from there in 1955. His parents never spoke the Oneida language. His mother understood it but never spoke it. His father use to make corn soup and cornbread. When they were younger they had to do all the feeding of the animals. He use to cut wood and sell it. His father worked in construction. They did most of their shopping in Green Bay. He grew a lot of beans and cucumbers for extra money. On Christmas he never got much. He got one gift that wasn’t even wrapped and candy, nuts, and apples or oranges in a stocking. His father never wrapped any of the kids gifts. His mother went went to school around Oneida. His father went to school at Flandreau. Larry was in the Air Force for four years. He grew up with his father when his parents split up. All the kids in the neighborhood went Hooyaning. He only went to Freedom High School for one year then he went to Seymour High School until he graduated in 1956. Fall of that year he went into the Air Force. He worked in Milwaukee at Liecht’s Transfer putting bags of flour on a ship. Then he went across the ocean to Asia and other foreign states. He worked there for a while till he saw an elderly men in their 60’s working and he decided he was going back to school. He went to school for electronics and got a job in Liver Pool. He worked at the company for 29 years. He also lived in California that long. He has 2 children and 2 grandchildren. He went to the Methodist Church. He was baptized and conformed at the Holy Apostle’s Church. The changes he’s seen since he lived here and came back are all the buildings here and the roads being better. And how the houses are 150 feet from one another and how they seem close.Recording Type
Audio/VisualCollection
Elder InterviewsCataloged By
Gerzetich, Courtney (Cottrell)Category
Digital Media, Military