I recieved a sad note and the following obituary notice from Sherry Constable Hannah earlier today. Her mother, Gladys Helen Law Constable, a matriarch of the Law-Constable genealogical line, has passed away at the age of 90. Sherry has been a terriffic LAW family researcher over these last 10 years and her loss can be felt by the extended LAW family. Tony Wood **************************************** Subj: Gladys H Law Constable Date: 3/10/02 12:30:05 PM Central Standard Time GLADYS H. LAW CONSTABLE, 90, of Greenfield Indiana died March 1,2002, at Sugar Creek Conavalesant Center in Greenfield. Born Aug. 26, 1911, in Lake Williams, ND., she was the daughter of William Asbury and Effie (Cline) Law. She had been employed as a beautician for 35 years in Indianapolis. Survivors include her daughter Sherry Kay Hannah of Greenfield; five grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by her husband, Rex A Constable in 1991; daughter Ardith Darlene Cheverette Hartman; brother Homer Alison Law; and sisters Elsie Major VanCleve Mascoe Buckley and Esther Harvey. Private services will be held at Hendryx Mortuaries , Cumberland Chapel on March 4. Burial will follow at Washington Park East Cemetery in Indianapolis. ************************ I have a few more notes from my files on Gladys Helen Law that those of you into the personal side of genealogy might enjoy. TW Rewritten by Christina While in North Dakota, Gladys was taken to school in either a buggy (in the summer) or in a sled (during winter.) One day she decided to ride a horse to school instead. She was riding bareback when the horse bolted and ran away with her. In the process, her lunch flew open and was lost. From then on, her mother took her to school in the buggy. Her father, Will, bought one of the first Fords in the area, which had to be cranked to start it. Effie told Gladys about Indiana, with its trees taller then people and “rag rugs” (rugs made from braided rags,) on the wooden floors. Never having been to Indiana, young Gladys could not imagine a tree taller than a man, and not knowing what a “rag rug” really was, she was confused by the idea that people would just throw rags on the floor and use them as rugs. July 1924: When Gladys arrived in Indiana, she was told by her mother to wait by the luggage in front of the train station while she went to find her aunt’s address. Standing there in the train station alone, Indianapolis was a large and frightening place for little 12-year-old Gladys. Gladys thought she would be starting school in the eighth grade, but because of the small school that she came from, she was kept back a grade. After attending one year at Arsenal Technical High School, she turned 16 and quit going to school. She worked at the Keyless Lock Co. so that she could save enough money to go to beauty college. She wanted and needed to support her mother, so they could move into their own place and not be dependent on relatives for shelter.