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Alfreda was born on October 8th, 1938. She was born in a coal mining town. Her earliest memory is being brought an orange, an apple, and a little bit of candy on Christmases. She said it was so exciting! They never got fruit so this was always a very special time of year.
Alfreda said her childhood was hard due to a lack of no hot water. They had to boil their water by heating up coals on the stove. She had to live with relatives when they first moved to Ohio and she grew up without a car.

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Alfreda never did sports but she was a majorette and a cheerleader!
Her favorite subject in school was reading.

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Alfreda has worked at many places throughout her life! She worked at a community center and insurance company until high school, an insurance company when she first started to work again after having children, a surgical supply center, and a community center in Over the Rhine, Cincinnati.

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Together Alfreda and Ray had four children: Sherry, Pam, Dave, and Ken. Alfreda loves being a parent. She said that she loved being at home with her kids when they were growing up. Alfreda also said that her house was the neighborhood place where all the kids gathered.
She said that her favorite part of aging has been spending time with her family and traveling to see her family.

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Alfreda and her husband, Ray, on their wedding day

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Alfreda met her spouse, Raymond, through her sister, and Alfreda and Raymond started dating when a friend asked if Alfreda wanted to go to church with her. They got married when Alfreda was 18. Raymond passed away in 2005.

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Alfreda with all of her grandchildren (-2)! 

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Alfreda's four children blessed her with "13 beautiful grandchildren". She is so proud that all 13 have graduated high school and she is about to have her youngest three graduate from college. She also has three beautiful great-grandchildren (and two more on the way!).
Alfreda mentioned that something on her bucket list is to see all of her grandchildren graduate from college.

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Her favorite memory happened when she was a little girl, probably 10 or 12. Alfreda saw a red necklace in a jewelry shop window that she thought was gorgeous, and her mother was able to get it for her birthday. "It was really something special," she said, "when you're poor you don't get things like that."
Alfreda still has this necklace.

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Alfreda's favorite holiday is Thanksgiving!
She said that this was her favorite holiday because it's a special day that you spend with family where you focus on all of the things you are thankful for!
(She also likes that she doesn't have to worry about giving or receiving gifts on Thanksgiving)