This is the Interview that Alyisia did in 5th Grade. This is her interview with Grandma Lois Neal:-
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The meaning of Lois is a lively woman who is intelligent, natural looking, and nice. All these traits fit my Grandma very well! My
Grandma Lois Neal has always been an interesting person, but by doing this interview, I have learned a lot more. I think you will
find this as interesting as I did. So, join me now as we take a quick look at Lois Neal’s life.
My Grandma Lois (Bearse) Neal, also known as Blondie to close friends was born on July 27, 1920, in an Iowa City hospital. Only a few weeks after Grandma’s entrance into the world she was blessed to be adopted by two very loving parents, Rev. James W. Bearse and Rose (Lodge)
Bearse. To this day Grandma feels very lucky to be adopted by such great people. According to her parents they picked her out of several babies.
Grandma Neal was an only child who liked, and still does like to play the piano. Although she liked to play the piano, she was not a big fan of
practicing! Now Grandma wishes that she had spent more time practicing.
When Grandma got older she attended school in Walker, Iowa,and her first teacher was Miss Cherry. Although Miss Cherry was one of her
favorite teachers she also thought her third grade teacher was very beautiful, and dressed very classy; Grandma wanted to be just like her. She always wore high heals and Grandma’s Mother noticed one day that Lois kept walking around home on her tip toes. Lois said she wanted to walk just like Miss VanOstrand!! Just like most kids Grandma had to walk to school every day and then went home for lunch at noon.Although
Lois was a good student who enjoyed school one of her most embarrassing moments happened in kindergarten! I’m sure most of us can relate to this, you go ask the teacher something and instead of calling her by her name you call her MOM. Ever experienced that?
For play. Lois’ favorite toys were roller skates and riding her bicycle. Grandma had best friends from each town they lived in. She still keeps in touch with her friends and usually sends and receives Christmas cards from them,. In the summer Grandma and her friends enjoyed going swimming and in the Winter they liked to go sledding and ice skating. Basically, the same things kids enjoy doing now in Winter and Summer months. Although Grandma enjoyed her friends’ company and playing with dolls and teddy bears, she also had some close companions that
would sneak up from the basement to sleep with her. They were her dogs. Lois always had a dog. They were part of the family! One of her dogs she remembers was a little black dog named Queenie, who was a very good watch dog too! Lois has always loved dogs just like a brother or sister since she didn’t have any brothers of sisters.
Grandma’s teenage years were filled with lots of fun and no worries! Although she had fun, her parents told her she had to set good examples
since she was a Methodist Minister’s daughter. Two very exciting things happened when Grandma was 16, the two things every teenage girl
awaits. The first one was that she got her driver’s license, and the second was that she went on her first date. Her first date was with a boy from her Parkersburg school. His name was Gene and he was the basketball star on their High School team. On their first date they went to the movies. Two years after all these exciting events Grandma had her favorite birthday party. The reason Grandma thought that that
is was such a good party was because her friends threw her a surprise party!
Grandma liked her parents very much. She said she could remember her parents being really good storytellers, especially her father. Her father used to tell her stories about growing up in Cape Cod, Mass. In addition, her Mother used to tell her stories about growing up in
London, England, and then coming to America in a big boat when she was 16 years old. It took a whole month tocross the ocean in those days.
Grandma enjoys doing many things but her hobby is traveling and she has had many opportunities to travel to Hawaii to visit her son, daughter-in-law and four grandchildren.
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