A Couple of Old Photos

This is a picture of my dad, Elmer Kofoid, my mom, Alice Kofoid and me. It was taken about 1939 in North Dakota. This is the home of my Aunt Viola and Uncle Walter Kofoid. It is where my Aunt Viola lived as a child. Located in the Cordelia school district, it is very near the Cordelia School where my mother was a teacher. My mother boarded with the H.R. Kofoid family, who lived near by. Below is a photo of the same house that I took when we visited the area in 2001.

On the left is my cousin, Rosemary Raftery, daughter of Bill and Helen Cornwell Raftery. Next to her is my cousin, Jean Cornwell, daughter of John and Marie Cornwell and on the right is my cousin, Mary Ellen Cornwell, daughter of Percy and Mary Cornwell. I'm the little kid in the middle. Dolph said, "Look, you were even complaining then!"

Mary Ellen was also an only child. Jean had an older brother, Charles (Pat) and Rosemary had an older brother, John (Jack). My cousins Elaine and Eldon are my only other cousins on the Cornwell/Allen side of the family