I wish for peace.
I wish for change.
For the world to care about cleaning our air,
getting rid of plastic, purifying our oceans,
saving endangered animals, including us,
for coral reefs to stop dying,
for us to take action,
to place a ban on rapid fire rifles,
to take steps toward peace, even baby ones,
to greet our neighbors when we walk,
to uplift conversation when we talk,
to have compassion for the oppressed,
for all children to feel safe when they go to bed.
(prayer for New Year 2026)
Researched my Grandma Mary’s brother, whose names was NOYES EARL REID.
They moved around some. He starts in Bedford & is buried in Bedford. Here is the timeline: Born Aug.25, 1895. (Our grandma Mary was b.Dec. 1899.)— In 1913, he is in Bloomington & was taken to a hospital for “ptaline poisoning from a ham sandwich” (news story). in 1916 he is at 411 W. 3rd St., Bloomington, and registeers for military, saying a reason he can’t serve is supporting his mother Marries in 1918 (lady named Madelin). In 1920, they are living in Indianapolis with HER parents at 1807 College Ave., Indy. In 1930 they are back in Bloomington living at 1303 S. Walnut St. where he works as a fireman and for the RR (railroad). By 1940 they have ret’d TO BEDFORD and live at an address that doesn’t exist anymore: 1021 “R” St. (near RR?) He is working as a “painter, contractor, for Steel Towers). In 1950, they are living at 2130 “P” St. (near 22nd St. it seems) & he AND his wife are working in paint sales at a paint store. (Some years missing here…) At his death in 1983 of leukemia, they were at 1912 19th St., Bedford. Looks to me like it’s maybe at a Boys & Girls Club address today with a parking lot.
Noyes and Madelin have 2 sons, Phillip Earl (1921-96) and Richard Joseph (1927-2002).
Phillip Earl marries Maralou Shakleford and they have a daughter, Martha Diane, and a son, John Curtis (b.1954). Martha Diane marries Steven Barry Geller. There is one son mentioned for them, Max M. Harris Geller. I wonder if he is a son from a previous marriage for Steven, just because of the middle name Harris. He is listed in a newspaper obit. The obit also confirms her brother John Reid.
Richard (1927-2002) marries Ramona Colleen Gipson and they later divorce. They seem to have one son named Joseph S. Reid. Richard marries Celia Lynn _____ and they seem to have 2 sons, Alexander 1988, and Andrew 1992.
This is my Grandma Mary. Mary Frances Reid Agnew. Her parents were Charles Reid and Cora Belle Owens. She was born in southern Indiana and lived in Indiana her whole life. Her birthdate was Dec. 10, 1899. This means that she turned 1 year old on Dec.10, 1900, at the turn of the century, and 3 weeks later the world went into the year 1901. So she was 1 year old in 1901, and that went on her whole life. She was 65 in 1965, etc. Mary was quite the character, a fireball of a personality. She loved telling stories and loved little babies. She got married at age 16 to my grandpa John Wesley Agnew. They named their first born “John Thomas”, my father. They had one more child, a girl, my Aunt Margaret Ruth. The night before she passed, she was in her room at a nursing care facility laughing and talking. The nurses asked her, “Who are you talking to, Mary?” She said, “Oh I’m talking to my friends. I will see them tomorrow.”
Doctor Grandma 