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pital on a Tuesday and on Saturday he died, she said.
Ethel was left with four children, three boys ages 11, 15 and 18 and a 4-year-old daughter. They had only a small Social Security stipend to support them and Ethel could not work due to her severe arthritis. Her 18-yearold helped out and her 15-yearold son dropped out of school after 11th grade, also to work to help support the family.
But tragedy struck Ethel’s family again. Her 15-year-old son was involved in a serious car accident and had to have rods inserted into his legs.
In 1987, Ethel and her young daughter were in a serious car accident and both spent time in the hospital. But they survived and went on.
Ethel said the teachers at school always remarked on how clean and well behaved her children were and how eager to learn. “They always had dean clothes and good food to eat, I made sure of that,” she said.
In 1988, the roof on the house began to leak. For the next six years Ethel tried to raise the extra money to get the needed repairs. She finally managed to obtain a loan for $1250 and contracted to have the repair done.
Sometime after the repair was done, the roof began to leak again. Ethel still had to repay the loan, which she did, and her house continued to suffer water damage.
During the last six years Ethel has made appeals to every agency she could think of. Extremely disabled by arthritis now, she was hoping to obtain help from any of the agencies which assist senior citizens and the disabled.
She even wrote to Gov, George Allen explaining her
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