Doug Phelps
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Written Memory
Date
September 25, 2015
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I was packing the car with suitcases, pillows, coolers, activity book. Dad was at his office finishing things up, mom was cleaning house and my sister was doing nothing as always. You see we were going to drive to California and go to Disneyland June 10. So at the age of 8 I really didn't understand why we could not still go to Disneyland.
Things people might not understand but back then during summer you sometimes didn't see your school friends all summer for whatever reason. Based on your neighborhood. So one thing that happened is you went back to school in September and that is when you found out some of your school friends passed. I only knew the little girl in school and always had fun but I didn't find out she was swept from her mom's arms until that September. It crushed me. Patricia Hope Dieter RIP. Only knew you for one school year but I remember you for 43 years.
Things people might not understand but back then during summer you sometimes didn't see your school friends all summer for whatever reason. Based on your neighborhood. So one thing that happened is you went back to school in September and that is when you found out some of your school friends passed. I only knew the little girl in school and always had fun but I didn't find out she was swept from her mom's arms until that September. It crushed me. Patricia Hope Dieter RIP. Only knew you for one school year but I remember you for 43 years.
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“Doug Phelps,” Flood of 1972, accessed April 26, 2024, https://1972flood.omeka.net/items/show/483.