Grace is number 3 of the Applegate girls and is the middle sister.  She was 10 years old when the family left Corydon.  She, like the rest of us, still considers Corydon to be her home town.  Grace has always been known as the sweetest of the Applegate girls.  However, when she was a teenager it was good to give her a little time to fully awaken before talking too much to her.  Grace was an elementary school teacher for many years.  In West Texas she taught remedial reading and in Louisiana she taught third grade.  Her students just adored her, but with her beautiful and kind nature, that is not at all surprising.  Grace and Richard have done extensive traveling, both in the U.S. and abroad, and really enjoyed it.  They divide their time between living in Louisiana in the winter and Colorado in the summer.  They have four wonderful kids, Jane, Amy, David, and Christina, and several grandkids, and they all adore their mom aka ‘Gigi’.  Grace is an avid reader, as are all of the Applegate girls!

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05071944_Ted_to_Maggie:  From Ted to Maggie, May 7, 1944.  He is stationed at Fort McClellan, AL, prior to being shipping overseas to England during World War II.  In this letter, me tells Maggie about buying a present for Grace’s 6th birthday.

Letter_from_Bobbie_to_Grace:  Letter to Grace from our grandmother Bobbie (Grace Daniel Applegate)

06181951_Grace_to_Ann:  Grace writes to Ann, who is in summer school at TCU.  Went to Balmorhea and swam.  Saw a lot of cowboys and a boy with a Texas Tech t-shirt.  Teddy Daniel has been going with Mary Sample some.  We’ve been laying stone for the backyard patio.

1952_Grace_diary_entries:  Grace was 14.  Some of these entries were written during a trip to Indiana in Oct. 1952.  This is some fun reading!

These are letters from Grace to Ann.  Ann and Larry had married in April 1954.
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Ted holding Grace (Rica at left), Fort Bliss, 1943

Ann, Grace, Sue, 1938

Ted with Grace, Rica, Sue, 1943

Sue, Grace and Shep on Sibert’s farm, 1943

Grace and Corydon kids

Barb, Ford Miles, Grace, Rica, Jackie Miles, unknown, Corydon in 1947

Rica, Grace and Sue, Sibert’s farm, before leaving for White Cloud

Grace about 8 or 9 years, Corydon

Grace, about 10 years

Grace in Corydon

Grace and Sue at Sibert farm

Grace about 10 years, Corydon

Grace, Barb, Rica in Corydon

Grace, about 10 years old

Grace on Lightning at Corydon’s Harrison County Fairgrounds

Grace, 1947

Grace in Corydon

Grace, 1947

Grace, Sue and Nicky, Corydon

Grace, Papa, Sue in Corydon

Barn in Corydon where horses were boarded (Mrs. Ashton’s)

Grace and Lightning

Corydon kids, 1948

Corydon Presbyterian Choir, 1948. Ann, top row, left; Grace, mid row, right; Sue and Rica, bottom row, 3rd and 4th.

Sue and Grace

Sue and Grace

Grace on beach, Long Island Sound, Stamford, Connecticut

Grace and Rica, Monahans, 1949

Grace and Rica, Monahans, 1949

Grace, Barb, Sue in Monahans, 1950

Grace and Rica and Baby, Monahans, 1949

Cute note Grace wrote to Sue

Grace and Rica on Old Dun, 1949, Monahans

Ann on Grasshopper, Sue on Tack, Grace on Lady Gardner, Rica on Joe, Barb on Baby, with Larry Skylstad, 1950

Maggie, Grace, Bobbie (paternal grandmother), May 1955, Monahans house

Grace, 1953, Monahans

Grace and Sue

Grace about 17 yrs

Grace and Sue

Grace, Rica, Sue, 1952, Monahans

Grace about 16 yrs

Grace, front yard, Monahans, 1952

Grace’s diary entry, 7/2/1951

Grace’s diary entry, 8/29/1952

Grace’s diary entry, 8/30/1952

Grace’s rodeo button, 1951

Grace’s bracelet from grandmother Bobbie, Christmas 1951 or 1952

Grace and Ann at Monahans swimming pool, 1950

Grace’s wedding, April 11, 1959

Grace, 1955

Sue and Grace, 1966

Grace, Ted, Sue, 1957, Monahans

Grace and Richard, April 11, 1959

Grace (and Jane), Maggie, Barb, 1960

Grace, Richard and children, Dec. 1976

Grace, Maggie, David

Richard, Grace, Rica, Richard, 1981

Marshall, Sue, Christina, Ann, Grace, Richard, 1989

Grace, Richard and children, 1983

Family gathering 1984

Williams Creek, around the campfire, 1996

Grace on remains of Sibert farm in White Cloud, near Corydon, 1982

Grace, Richard, Rica, Barb, Pueblo, Colorado, July 2002

Grace, Rica, Barb, Pueblo, Colorado, July 2002

Grace, Ann, Sue during trip to Corydon, 1988

Richard, Grace, Richard, Rica, Don, Barb, Colorado, 2012

Barb, Rica, Grace, Pueblo, Colorado, July 2002

Richard, Grace, Ann, Mike

Jane, Kent’s lady friend, Kent Gordon, Grace, Richard, March 2013, Morristown

Rica, Grace, Barb, Colorado, July 2012