Lora Wiedrick

Lora already had her five children when I met her, but she welcomed me into the fold. We were living in Cody, WY then. I was best friends with her oldest daughter, Debbie. I would go to their house, not far from my house, and watch Outer Limits and eat ice cream. Then I would have to walk home in the dark with Lora hanging out the front door hollering after me, "Don't let the bogeyman get you!" She was always fun to be around. We didn't go to the same church but when I would stay overnight with Debbie on Saturday night I would go to church with them and afterwards to Sizzler! They never asked me to pay for my dinner. When I got older, I lived down the street from Lora and Arnold in Billings, MT. They would have Santa Christmas parties, and it was at their house that I saw my first aluminum Christmas tree with the color wheel slowly turning the tree different colors! My parents were quite a bit older than Lora and Arnold but my dad met Arnold on the job, and they became great friends and spent many hours playing cards together. Lora was a wonderful woman and mother. I was sad to see she passed away. ❤️

She wasn’t my Granma, but she always treated me like her family. She told me she loved me, always got a kiss & hug from her… I will truly always love you and miss you Granma!!