ABOUT ALMA

Alma Sadie Spitzer, my father's mother, was a sweet lady with lovely copper-colored hair. My sister, Linda, inherited Alma's hair and I was given her name for my middle name. Alma was a serene, quiet woman who went about her house doing her duties without anyone noticing. She would appear at her grandchildren's important activities with a smile and little ado. She knew her grandchildren well and understood their needs and wishes, and secretly helped them reach their dreams.

GUY AND ALMA MACKEY'S 58TH ANNIVERSARY

We grand kids were allowed to go to Grandma's hall closet to get out a game of choice. I always chose the box of dominoes and spent many happy hours on Grandma's living room floor playing the game with her. The Shirley Temple doll she gave me for Christmas, when I was four, was the only doll I ever had. She also knew what books I would cherish: a book full of wildflowers and their descriptions and pictures and another book about the state of Ohio were my favorites. There was a map of Ohio in a pocket at the back of the Ohio book. Alma marked the city of Galion where she and Guy were born, met, and married. On the first page she wrote her signature. I  love the Ohio book... her markings and signature, I treasure. I believe that Grandma knew I would become the family historian, interested in where my forebears came from.

Alma Sadie Spitzer
Born:11 Feb 1883 Galion, Crawford, OH
Married: Guy Athol Mackey
Died: 25 Sep 1961 Miami, Dade, FL
Sources: Census 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940; Galion, New York city and Newburgh, NY city directories; birth, marriage, and death certificates; interviews with relatives; and my vivid memories of Alma.