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of my own inheritance glimpses into the lives of these women along with cameo appearances of the men they married reveal a legacy of faith and hope while navigating challenging times through seven generations leora herself is the fifth generation the leora books all of the leora books tell stories about world and national events reaching into the american heartland westward expansion two world wars pandemics how mental health issues were handled the great depression and surviving great personal losses but they are hopeful as well what leora never knew a granddaughter s quest for answers is joy s journey to learn what she could about what happened to the three brothers who were lost during the war all are available from amazon com in paperback hardback and ebook the audiobook of leora s letters a finalist in the 2020 next generations indie book awards for regional non fiction was narrated by paul berge leora s dexter stories leora s early years and what leora never knew are also in audio form with virtual voice joy s amazon author page if you d like an autographed paperback copy of any of these book beaverdale books 515 279 5400 will ship them autographed copies are also available at the machine shed restaurant in urbandale at art on state in guthrie center yes grandma leora s town and at the dexter museum books at the museum are donated so the museum retains all funds joy has recorded several stories for our american stories with lee habeeb most of them last 8 to 10 minutes joy s social media honor your father and your mother that your days may be prolonged in the land which the lord you god gives you exodus 20 12 he determines the number of the stars he calls them each by name psalm 147 4 81 comments ray bakerjian says december 23 2018 at 2 50 am impressive body of work thank you for letting know about your work i can send you a copy of a research project i did several years ago about a ww2 mia 8th af b 17 gunner if like reply joynealkidney says december 23 2018 at 12 49 pm yes i d like to see it i m at joynealkidney gmail com reply nikki hatley says march 6 2019 at 3 56 am joy thank you for posting that wonderful picture of my grandmother lora electa barnes to her find a grave site reply joynealkidney says march 6 2019 at 12 40 pm bless you nikki it s been such fun to be able to share some of the old pictures my grandmother had saved reply usathroughoureyes says march 15 2019 at 11 30 am we are pleased to meet you such a story of overcoming the hardships of life and bringing good out of tragedy reply joynealkidney says march 15 2019 at 5 11 pm i m working on a book about the family so they won t be forgotten thank you reply equipsblog says may 25 2019 at 7 31 pm you do know how to keep busy sounds like a varied and productive way to stay active and involved reply joynealkidney says may 25 2019 at 7 57 pm even living with fibromyalgia for nearly two decades this is such a wonderful way to share the research from before i became ill i m having fun reply gary a wilson says june 2 2019 at 4 16 pm hi joy gary wilson here thank you for stopping by my story collection i hope you had a great laugh or two it was my daughter and our noting that with each family member who passed away that we were losing lots of family oral history she told me that she enjoyed my stories so much that she did not want to lose them and that i should start a blog to collect and share them i hope you did and will come back for a few more laughs it also looks like you and i share a faith in christ i was thrilled to see that even though i hope many non christians will visit my blog and enjoy a clean laugh without all the muck available so many other places consider yourself always welcome at my blog blessings reply joynealkidney says june 2 2019 at 4 45 pm hi gary yes may god use our blogs as he wants mine is mainly family stories and local history but i ve been amazed at the connections you can make through a blog and the rest of social media i m also writing a book about my grandmother who lost three sons during wwii and was widowed shortly afterwards my mother was their older sister who died just three years ago age 97 she never got over those losses grandma left a hand written memoir in 1987 she also died at age 97 one of my favorite things i transcribed it to share with cousins but now their children and grandchildren want copies i m grateful to be able to share bless you gary i was born two days before d day a german submarine was captured the day i was born that s what my tomorrow s post features i had fun with it reply krc says june 18 2019 at 3 25 am keeper of combat records now isnt that cool and interesting reply joynealkidney says june 18 2019 at 4 53 am this is why i needed to know what happened to my mother s three younger brothers https joynealkidney com 2018 11 09 dallas county wilson family lost 3 sons during wwii reply shoreacres says august 24 2019 at 2 33 pm i almost replied to you earlier on gp cox s blog when you mentioned des moines when i saw victor klopping s name posted there today i wondered if you knew any of the family clearly the answer s yes i was born and raised in newton class of 1964 and spent many many happy times in des moines i ve done quite a bit of writing based on stories from my iowa years and always am happy to find someone else who s engaged in the same sort of endeavor my grandparents lived in melcher now melcher dallas apparently and lucas and marion counties are where many of my kin are buried my great great grandfather david crowley was instrumental in the formation of the 34th iowa during the civil war and it was only after my introduction to the internet that i learned that an uncle is bured in the philippines in manila anyway i m glad to have found your blog and look forward to browsing just for fun you might enjoy my little piece on the old style iowa roads and des moines much beloved yonkers tea room reply joynealkidney says august 25 2019 at 2 28 pm i grew up on a farm south of dexter but graduated from earlham class of 1962 my sis was class of 1964 yes coming to des moines was a treat you probably won t believe it but younkers is now closed we still can t believe it yes i enjoyed your iowa roads piece i also love fog reply shoreacres says august 25 2019 at 8 11 pm if by any chance you ever had the mile high lemon chiffon pie that was the pride and joy of stone s in marshalltown i have the recipe make it from time to time and of course would share old habits die hard joynealkidney says august 26 2019 at 8 07 am gluten is a thing of the past for me but thanks gp cox says august 25 2019 at 2 42 pm joy i just heard back from the historian i told you about as far as he knows the huey is not yet back at camp maccall he will be taking a trip there when the weather cools and will get back to me again on the huey helicopter reply joynealkidney says august 25 2019 at 3 31 pm thanks for checking reply lindaswriting139996633 says september 14 2019 at 8 32 am i am glad i found your blog you are right we discover so many interesting blogs when we start blogging i have had a blog now for about a year and a half i am amazed at what i have learned in that time i am a christian and i have found many faith inspiring posts i have also been inspired by the passion people have for whatever they are writing about whether it is music or art or history it is incredible how much you can learn when people are passionate about their subject matter i will certainly visit here again reply joynealkidney says september 14 2019 at 9 10 am linda i m so thankful you left a note i m finishing up my first book about my grandmother whose five sons served in wwii only two came home this weekend but want to spend time with your blog i ve signed up to follow your website and also on pinterest are you on instagram reply jim r says september 14 2019 at 1 26 pm i appreciate that you stop by for visits it is good to see others from iowa btw shoreacres is a good person to know reply lindaswriting139996633 says october 15 2019 at 3 03 pm i just read your new piece on christmas but i was not able to post there beautiful we are kindred spirits i have tables and the like from my family members that have been passed down i cherish my memories of the time spent with these relatives and i try to care for their things decorating our homes is about what feels comfortable to each one of us for some it is elaborate and for others it is less so i enjoyed your post reply joynealkidney says october 15 2019 at 4 01 pm i didn t mean to post that i ll repost it later in the year i enjoyed hearing from you hope you ll write about the lovely ideas you mentioned reply kevin cooper says october 26 2019 at 9 12 am nice to meet you joy reply martina roy says november 11 2019 at 10 13 am this is very really unique helpful information keep it up thank you so much reply judy b says december 12 2019 at 8 05 am just listened to your interview with van harden on 1040 am radio it was very interesting hearing about leora s letters reply julie dueker says december 29 2019 at 10 14 pm i just finished leora s letters this weekend joy i could hardly put it down i grew to adore your grandparents uncles and aunts so much the love shared in the wilson family was inspiring their devotion to serving and encouraging each other was beautiful i grew to understand in new ways the tragedies of war and the costs paid for freedom the beauty of sacrifice so much loss in the wilson family and so much to be proud of you are blessed to be part of a legacy of love joy and it s easy to see that you re passing that on in every way you can it s even more of an honor to me now looking back that young patriots club was able to sing at the dedication of the dallas county freedom rock where your uncles are featured i wish i d have been able to read your book before the dedication i will have a lot to say about the wilson family when we start up ypc practice again in january i m grateful for the way you and your family have touched my life and the lives of the children i teach it s stories like these that you re keeping alive that instill gratitude and appreciation in our children i m grateful for the hard work you put into leora s letters it s beautifully written joy i will be highly recommending this book to many of my friends reply joynealkidney says december 30 2019 at 5 13 am thank you julie there was no book yet when the freedom rock was dedicated it was still in the final stages but i didn t want it to compete with the freedom rock i wish i d connected with your young patriots club better but it was only the second time i d spoken anywhere since coming down with fibromyalgia 18 years earlier the first time was the week before and didn t know i d be speaking at the dedication please stay in touch julie reply j bunce says december 30 2019 at 7 42 am great review leora willoughby says december 31 2019 at 1 30 pm just a quick note to thank you for the bookmarks january 6 is coming quickly i will think good thoughts for you love leora reply gp cox says january 7 2020 at 4 55 am hi joy thought you might be interested in this article https americanmilitarynews com 2020 01 iowa veteran seeks to raise 5000 to honor lost friend utm_campaign dailyemails utm_source am_email utm_medium email reply joynealkidney says january 7 2020 at 5 19 am yes thank you there are some national groups that do this but i like that this is local reply gp cox says may 15 2020 at 2 20 pm joy somehow that link went elsewhere this was the link i meant to send you my apologies https thegenxtravels com 2020 05 11 letters from an iowa farm boy in the army 1945 1946 part 1 reply joynealkidney says may 15 2020 at 2 49 pm i actually got them both thank you looks interesting beetleypete says january 9 2020 at 6 02 am hi joy i have shared the recent post about your book by gp cox you don t seem to have any share buttons on here so i cannot share your information on twitter meanwhile i have followed you there best wishes and good luck with the book pete reply joynealkidney says january 9 2020 at 11 16 am hmm if i figure out how to add a share button i would thanks for your note reply claudiajustsaying says august 9 2020 at 10 10 am joy our backgrounds are very different i was born in the bronx ny lived on long island and then upstate new york in my teens i have 7 siblings four sisters and three brothers all living and none went to war several grandfathers served but never injured i m sorry your family has had to endure any loss i enjoyed your writing just saying claudia reply joynealkidney says august 9 2020 at 10 34 am claudia i grew up on an iowa farm and have only one sister leora s letters the story of love and loss for an iowa family during world war ii is about my mother s family leora was their mother and my delightful grandmother my birth two days before d day shows up on page 223 my dad and his brother were also farmers who became pilots uncle bill flew over the hump and dad became an instructor he had orders for saipan as the commander of a b 29 when the war ended their stories are under the wwii category of my website thanks for visiting reply fuelfortheraceblog says august 23 2020 at 8 29 pm hi joy i found you on facebook but no button for friend req i don t get it so sorry about that reply joynealkidney says august 24 2020 at 5 38 am hmm i don t get it either i did notice that you liked something so at least you found my fb page wonder what s up reply gretchenjoanna says september 21 2020 at 12 51 pm the scripture verses a the end of this article seem so well chosen they are encouraging i think you are a sort of star for faithfully doing your loving work reply joynealkidney says september 21 2020 at 2 46 pm i shared the first one when i published a genealogy the second one was in the front of my first book published last year the verse for the next book of my grandmother s depression era stories is psalm 113 7 he raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap bless you for your note i start my journaling each morning with praise god from whom all blessings flow amazed and humbled at the journey he has me on reply williamrablan says january 6 2021 at 6 03 pm wow things have grown since i last looked congarats on the award reply joynealkidney says january 6 2021 at 6 22 pm still having fun waiting for a critique on leora s depression era stories i ve started leora s early stories and even one about her christmases through the decades blog post 500 is coming up how did that happen reply marilyn k black says september 19 2021 at 4 57 pm my name is marilyn frost black just received your book and enjoyed it very much i found my aunt on page 73 where you mentioned the basketball team 1933 my aunt ig and my mother cleo hoy both played on the 1931 team that is the year my mother graduated my grandfather martine jim meister purchased the property listed as peyton acerage on your 1930 map lived there off an...