Elder Interview-Patricia Patsy Skenandore
A.2008.001.419 PP
Name/Title
Elder Interview-Patricia "Patsy" SkenandoreEntry/Object ID
A.2008.001.419Tags
Missing, Needs Accession Sheet, Needs Location, Needs PhotoDescription
Skenandore, Patricia Jean (Johnson) Born 11/14/1955 Parents: Willard and Nellie (King) Johnson She didn’t know any of her grandparents. When someone got sick her mother had some remedy called #6 it made them fall a sleep. She started go to school at Chicago Corners, she went there until the 6th grade then she went to Seymour Schools. They didn’t have electricity or running water. Her chores were to cook, clean up and help with the smaller kids. All the girls use to go pick cucumbers at Jim Skenandore, every summer. And they use to go to Sturgeon Bay to pick cherries that was their spending money. After high school she moved to Milwaukee and went to school at M.A.T.C for 1 year. Then she came back home to Oneida. Then she went to work at the Pickle factory and at the Larsen Canning Company and she babysits. She got married on 9 / 27 / 1980. She is a member of the Methodist Church, but they all attended the Assembly of God. Her dad was in the Navy. On Christmas they got one gift each. She remembers a bicycle and everybody had to share it. They use to go hoyoning on New Years day. She did a lot of sewing. They had to walk to and from school the first couple of years then they started to bus children to school. She got married to Eugene Skenandore. Her 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