WR Lynch WW II Diary re Japanese Take-Over in Shanghai China. Day 35

Will Lynch thinks of his Mother, who was my Grandmother, Caroline Dunmire Lynch.  I remember attending her funeral.  The casket was in the living room of her home in Miller, Kansas, where we went  for lunch before the funeral, which was held in the small Methodist Church.   It seemed right that she was there, as she was always hosting us when we went for holidays and most Sunday afternoons.  Of course, there was not enough time for Will to come from Shanghai to attend the funeral.  I remember the family saying later, that since she had died in January, 1941, before Will was captured in December, 1941, she did not have to worry about him.   Roselyn

Caroline Lynch Family
Back Row-left to right: (Sons)--Will Lynch, Carl Lynch, Floyd Lynch, Frank Lynch and (son-in-law) Vic Skonberg.
Front Row-left to right:  Myrtle,  (Carl's wife),  Hazel Lynch Skonberg ( daughter) , Caroline Lynch,(Mother)
 Mae, ( Floyd's wife) and Inez, ( Frank's wife).  Father, James Lynch, had died in 1923.
Picture taken in late 1930's in Kansas.
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January 11, 1942.  Sunday.  35th Day.
     Dreary Day.  A.M. called.  I won Rummy 2-1.
     Mother died one year ago today at 11 p.m.  It is now 8:50 p.m.