January - Mid February 1937 from The Calls 1935-1943
Jan 1, 1937 found Charles and me still at Collegeville. We returned by train Jan. 4th after the usual very pleasant time we have at Evelyn's. I think Charles did some electric wiring. I remember holing some post holes for the grape arbor. We both had some pleasant and interesting things to do.
At home we found Christmas presents to look at and considerable mail. There was mending, making blankets of sample pieces, and candlewicking tufted spreads and soon. Charles had poultry to tend. Sold some hens at 15 cts a pound, about 55cts apiece. He had as high as 170 eggs a day.
Malvern was bad again. Jan 15 he went to Strong Memorial Hospital but they were too busy to give him any attention. Sat 17, I wrote "Malvern pretty bad. Food does not seem to pass from stomach to intestine. Edith took him to town to see a doctor."
Sun Jan 19. I wrote "Edith and Malvern started for the Hospital. He was better last night and comfortable to-day. I think." Edith was back about four.:
Jan 20. Edith went to see Malvern the 18, and she and Charles went after school to-day 20th. "Visiting time in the evening is 7-8. They were home after nine.
Thurs 21 "Telephoned twice from Hospital that they would operate on Malvern tomorrow.
Fri 22 "Edith called up the Hospital. Malvern had the operation and was fairly comfortable. On Saturday "Had early dinner so Edith could visit Malvern from 1-2 and again 7-8. She stayed over night.
Sun 24. "Edith came home in the afternoon. She said Malvern had not had his operation. He had a slight temperature Thurs night and Fri morning so they put if off."
Tues 26. Malvern was operated on.
Wed 27. Edith went to see Malvern. "He was feeling very poorly, didn't want to talk or even turn his head." Edith went again Sunday to Rochester. "M is feeling very miserable, so doesn't care to visit, but he likes to have her stay with him. She was with him quite a while yesterday, and again today." E went again Wed, Feb 3 and stayed over night. "Malvern is not felling so well," Fri night Edith went again. "Called up after seeing Malvern. Said he had not vomited yesterday and they had decided not to operate at once. Would Irving go to Rochester at 10 A.M. to see if his blood was fit for a transfusion." Sat Feb 6. "Robert and Lucille, Irving and Thelma all went to Rochester. Robert's and Irving's and perhaps Lucille's blood would answer for transfusion to Malvern. Robert's was used in the afternoon."
Sun Feb 7. "Edith reached home about 8:30. Said Malvern was to have another operation in the morning. Could not believe he would survive another in his sick and weak condition. We found it hard to get to sleep thinking of Malvern, Edith and the children who love him so dearly. About midnight the telephone rang and Edith was called for. The doctor at the Hospital said Malvern had a sudden change for the worse about nine o'clock. After talking to him Edith broke down for the first time I have known of. She said the doctor and nurses have talked all the time as tho Malvern was getting along all right, but now he talked as tho he didn't know as he would pull through." "Irving took our car and they started right back to the hospital." About two Irving phoned from the Hospital. Malvern was unconscious and Edith doubted he would ever regain consciousness."
Mon. Feb 8. A long, long day. Charles wired Evelyn. She offered to come on the noon train. He asked her to wait. Irving started at 5 A.M from Rochester, went to Syracuse for Eileen (who is there in college) to Auburn for Mother Jones and to Ithaca for Alden, reaching Rochester about 3 P.M. He gave his blood for a transfusion." Irving Alden and Mrs. Jones came on the 6 o'clock bus, leaving the car for Edith and Eileen." "Irving and Thelma were over for a few minutes. Irving's eyes looked very bad, - sunk deep and glassy" "Arthur, Bertha and Adele came."
Tues Feb 9. "I had breakfast on the table when Edith and Eileen drove in - eight o'clock. Malvern died at 11:30 P.M. without regaining consciousness." "Charles telephoned Evelyn who took the noon train. Charles, Alden and Irving selected a burial lot in Stafford Cemetery. The doctor declared they did not know what caused Malvern's bad spell and asked permission to have a post mortem. All they could think of was an embolism. The body did not get here until late in the evening. Rev. Mr Heath is the undertaker.
Thurs. Feb 12. "The flowers were beautifully arranged all around the casket, above and below and on each side. There were on toward 40 pieces. Thelma took a picture of them. Many more came after she took it. Malvern was very fond of flowers, and they seemed appropriate. Mr Miller conducted the service. Robert Jones stayed to supper then he and Mother Jones took the bus for Auburn and Cortland."
It has not been very easy to copy all I have from my diary about Malvern's illness and death. I will not attempt to write about his life, at present, any way, nor to write any kind of eulogy. He was a good and useful man. People said "Why should one like him be taken, and so many with out character and usefulness left?"
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Patty's notes on this entry
Charles and me - Charles Joslin Call (1859-1939) son of Robert Call (1831-1913) and Charlotte Joslin (1834-1908). He married Elizabeth Ann Coe (1862-1956) daughter of Albert Coe (1827-1907) and Deborah Prentice (1833-1910) in 1884.
Evelyn - Evelyn Clara Call (1895-1962) daughter of Charles Joslin Call and Elizabeth Ann Coe. She married Francis William Hankins (1897-1983) son of William Lucas Hankins (1872-1930) and Mary Jane Kellam (1874-1944) in 1920. The Hankins family lived in Collegeville, Pennsylvania on Long Lane Farm.
Malvern - Malvern Smith Jones (1884-1937) son of Daniel Southard Jones (1853-1923) and Ida May Gardiner (1856-1892). He married Edith Alberta Call (1889-1989) daughter of Charles Joslin Call (1859-1939) and Elizabeth Ann Coe (1862-1956) in 1913
June 26 1913
Edith - Edith Alberta Call (1889-1989), daughter of Charles Joslin Call and Elizabeth Ann Coe. She married Malvern Smith Jones in 1913
Robert - Robert Vincent Call (1892-1961) son of Charles Joslin Call and Elizabeth Ann Coe. He married Lucille Alice Hale in 1919.
Lucille - Lucille Alice Hale (1893-1996) daughter of Frank Herbert Hale (1860-1942) and Amanda Carpenter Reynolds (1864-1919). She married Robert Vincent Call in 1919.
Thelma - Thelma Louise Keitel (1905-1996) daughter of Herbert P Keitel (1880-1957) and Mary R Fancher (1885-1980). She married Irving Joslyn Call in 1927
Eileen - Eileen Evelyn Jones (1919-2015) daughter of Malvern Smith Jones and Edith Alberta Call. She married James Gordon Lye (1916-2000) in 1942.
Mother Jones - Mary Delphine Johnson (1859-1945) widow of Daniel Southard Jones (1853-1923). She was Malvern Smith Jones' stepmother who married his father when Malvern was 10 years old.
Alden Malvern Jones and Malvern Smith Jones
c 1915
Alden - Alden Malvern Jones (1915-2010) son of Malvern Smith Jones and Edith Alberta Call. He married Marie Elizabeth Bennett (1917-2001) daughter of Fred Bennett (1884-1969) and Eva Nettie Walker (1877-1956) in 1940.
Arthur - Charles Arthur Call (1885-1962) son of Charles Joslin Call and Elizabeth Ann Coe. He married Bertha May Hotchkiss in 1909.
Bertha - Bertha May Hotchkiss (1882-1946) daughter of Horatio Nelson Hotchkiss (1855-1938) and Carrie Adell VanName (1861-1944). She married Charles Arthur Call in 1909.
Adele - - Edith Adele Call (1921-2006) daughter of Charles Arthur Call and Bertha May Hotchkiss. She married Edward William Freel (1922-1986) son of Norman Edward Freel (1895-1965) and Ruby Field Price (1896-1985) in 1942.
Rev. Mr Heath - Possibly George H. Heath (b abt 1885). In the 1940 census, he was living in Pembroke, Genesee County with his occupation listed as Minister.
Robert Jones - Robert Obed Jones (1881-1941) son of Daniel Southard Jones and Ida May Gardiner. He was Malvern Jones' older brother.
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