Grandpa Corner was born Dec 28, 1853
Posted by: Michael Reynolds on 12/6/2007 9:13:00 PM
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Location: Olathe Kansas United States
Abstract: Mama Cleva Opal Porter (Fullerton) was only seven years old when her grandfather, Francis Henry Corner, contracted pneumonia while digging strawberries back in 1911. They operated on him in his living room, removing ribs to drain the lung. Initially the surgery appeared to be successful, unfortunately the fever returned the next day and he lingered on. She wrote the story down in the late 1970s and I was able to scan a copy of the letter under the care of Ethel Pearl. The transcribed text appears in this article along with a link to the original scan.