Aging - and What to Do About It - A Fascinating Health Topic
The photo was taken in 1914 in Chicago. These are the Merediths, including Grandfather James (34), Uncle Jimmie (3), Grandmother Lottie (28) and my mother, Ruth Viola (11).
Looking at them, who would you guess would live the longest? It was, to me, the least likely - Lottie. Her mother had died at 38, though her father had lived into his early 80s. Even though she fell down the outdoor staircase and broke her foot when in her 20s, Lottie lived to be 97. Her husband, James, died at 63, her son at 76 and her daughter at 89.
Why? My guess is that James' job at Western Electric (tool and dye maker) was stressful. When money was tight, he would work a 7-day week. Also, they rented out the top floor of the house they lived in on Iowa Street. They had trouble with tenants who left without paying. Some would leave the flat dirty and in need of repair and paint as well as a thorough cleaning.
James was also a calm man who tried to keep the ripples in life down to a minimum. He had grown up with a mother and brother (my "greats", though both died before I was born) who both had some sort of mental issues. He learned from his father, a Civil War soldier, to try to keep that Michigan farm household quiet and orderly as well as the one he had later in Chicago with Lottie. She could get angry easily, boiling away the emotion while James carried it, hidden, inside. James died of a heart attack.
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