His father passed away in the Spanish Flu epidemic in 1918, leaving 16 year old Charles Frederick to help his mother take care of his 6 younger siblings.

My Dad has been looking for John Day for more than half a century.

The holiday song offers the phrase, “Over the river and through the woods, to grandmother’s house we go…” Its never grandpa’s house. Everyone seems to identify with their grandmother’s love and attention, both in song, and in reality.