Tuesday,
March 1
Bushels of Apples - Traditions that
bridge generations
I praise you for
remembering me in everything and for holding to the traditions just as I passed
them on to you.—1 Corinthians 11:2
Imagine
loading up your 35 gallon copper kettle in a horse drawn wagon to take to
church every fall. My Grandma Luzetta
Miller’s faith and devotion has been the biggest “Sunday stories” influence in
my lifetime. The day she was born, the
women of the church rushed to sew another set of baby clothes. Without modern technology, no one suspected
that there would be 2 baby girls born on that winter day in 1907! Their barn was raised with the help of
friends and neighbors from the congregation.
My Grandma’s mother was one of the 675,000 US citizens who died during
the 1918 influenza epidemic and the church was a source of hope, community and
stability for my Grandma and her 11 year old twin sister. The births of 2 sons and her battle with
breast cancer were also supported by church friends.
My
Grandma attended Pfrimmer’s Chapel United Methodist Church in Corydon, Indiana
nearly every Sunday for 87 years.
Thinking of the generations of families that carry on traditions at
churches like Trinity and Pfrimmer’s
brings back the memory of the annual apple butter cooking at Pfrimmer’s
– huge copper kettles over wood fires, long handled wooden stirrers, days of
apple peeling, chopping, cooking and canning.
Lea Ann Reitzig
In memory of my Grandma Luzetta Gleitz Miller
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