Vera Mae Evans was born in Kansas in 1928, shortly after the depression. Because of the depression her family was very poor. She didn't talk too much about her childhood but we remember this story well. She said she was so hungry at one point in her childhood that she stole a loaf of bread, but then she felt so guilty about taking it, she threw it in the trash before eating any of it. In our opinion this says something very positive about her character.
In 1946 she married our father Leonard McDaniel and shortly after they started a family. They had two girls, Carol and Sherry. We know our mother was determined to give us a better life, and she did. In 1957 our parents moved to California. We weren't rich, but for sure we never went hungry and we had everything we needed, especially at Christmas. She loved Christmas and we always had plenty of presents under the Christmas tree. She continued this tradition with her four grandchildren, Cindy, Bryan, Lorrie and Lynn and eventually her seven great grandchildren, Ariana, Alivia, Sam, Kaitlin, Allison, Jessica and Tenzing. We believe Christmas was her favorite time of the year, but unfortunately her husband Leonard passed on Christmas day 1994 in Oceanside, California. After his passing she moved to Culver City to be closer to her daughters and grandkids.
Now we want to say that the best thing our Mom and Dad ever did for us was to make sure we attended church every Sunday so that we would come to know the Lord. Our lives have been made much richer because of this and because of our belief in God, we are assured of one thing, and that is, our whole family will meet again in heaven in God's timing.
Unfortunately when our mom was 79 years old she started losing her memory due to Dementia. She knew she needed help so with our assistance she moved to a nursing home at the Nazareth House where she lived out the rest of her life. In our opinion we couldn't have chosen a better place for her to spend her last years. Her care givers were very loving and took such good care of her, and for that we are very grateful. One more thing needs to be said. Through the years our mother may have forgotten her family, but we feel she never forgot God. Clear up until a few days before she passed she was still saying the words "away in a manger".
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