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Note: Christine and Alean Whittaker are Twins. Memories (From Betty Sue Herzog Danielson August 25, 1996) This afternoon I (Betty) was visiting with my Mom(Christine Whittaker Herzog) and here are some of her recollections. They might be a little mixed up and some of the details may be off but here goes. She remembers Grandpa Tom taking them to the fair every year, first it was by wagon and then they got a car. She would lie down on the floor board when they went over the Arkansas River*. She remembers roasting peanuts and grandpa singing "I got a line you get a pole, honey baby, etc." She is not sure which one of her grandfathers** this was but she tells a story about her grandfather going hunting with others. They would build a scaffold and a fire and then they would put some stuff on the bottom of the soles of their shoes and walk a circle out a ways around the scaffold and then climb it and wait for the wolves to come. They could hear the wolves off in the distance like they were getting closer. one of the men wanted to go home and thought he had enough time before the wolves would come. Grandpa disagreed with him and said they were too close. Grandpa stayed but the other man went home. He never made it. At night the wolves would come close to the house. They would keep a fire going which would keep then at bay. They would also put up heavy coats to the window to keep the wolves from seeing them. As long as the fire was going they did not worry. During daylight they were not around. Grandpa Tom sang in the church choir. When they went to church they would take pallots for the kids to sleep on the floor. They traveled by wagon. Grandpa Tom would go to town in the wagon and the kids would wait for him to return as the man at the grocery store would always throw in some bags of candy for them. They would watch for Grandpa and when they saw him they would run to meet him and take the bags in and seewhould be the first to find the bags of candy. One time grandpa spanked my Mom with a stick that had a hole at the end of it because she told on Alean for spilling a can of cream. She also remembered the time she hit Uncle Walter with a skillet because whenever grandpa would leave he be the boss and get them all to do his work. Mom got mad at him and hit him with skillet. She does not remember if she did any damage. She remembers the orchard with peach, apples, pear trees, pecan and walnut trees, gooseberries and grapes. Remembers picking blackberries. (Source: Betty Sue Herzog Danileson) *This may have been Black River or if they were going to Memphis, the Mississippi River. **This was probably grandfather, Zack Manning. Christine M. Herzog 83, of Cedar Falls, Iowa, died Dec. 20, 2002, at Cedar Falls Lutheran Home. Born Aug. 28, 1919, in Ponder Switch, she was the daughter of Thomas Henry and Maud May Manning Whittaker. She was a cosmetologist for five years at Casey's Beauty Salon and later owned and operated Chris's Beauty Salon for 44 years, retiring in 1990. she was a member of the Eastern Star, the Cedar Falls Business Woman's Club and several professional organizations, including the national Association of Cosmetology. She was a former chairperson of the Alter Guild and was leader of several bible study groups in her home and served on committees at Nazareth Lutheran Church. She also taught Sunday School at both First Presbyterian and Nazareth Lutheran Church in Cedar Falls. She was preceded in death by her husband, Herbert C. Herzog on Nov. 7, 1999, whom she married march 22, 1940, in Kennett, MO; two brothers Walter Whittaker and Carl Whittaker, three sister, Alene Bennett(her twin sister), Marie Shackelford and Violas Frye; and a grandson. Survivors include three daughters, Betty Sue Danielson and Marilyn R. Cirksena, both Cedar Falls, and Carolyn K. Blott, Renton, Wash.; a son Dave Martin Herzog, Milan, ILL.; two sisters, Betty S. Wolthoff, Grundy Center, Iowa and Bernice S. Freeman, Paragould; nine grandchildren, Jeff Heckroth, Kim Zimmerman, David C. Herzog, Troy Danielson, Monique Woodward, Christy Leibundguth, Elie Leibundguth, Mark Cirksena and Brent Cirksena; and 11 great-grandchildren. Funeral was Monday Dec. 23, at 12 p.m. at the Cedar Falls Lutheran home Chapel. Burial was in Fairview cemetery in Cedar Falls. Memorials may be made to the cedar Falls Lutheran Home or to the Parkinson's Foundation. (Source: The Times Dispatch Walnut Ridge, AR, January 1, 2003) Betty Sue Danielson - Apr 23, 2000 View | Edit | Delete | Viewers I brought Mom over to my house today and sat her in front of the computer. I came here and showed her the pictures and she knew most everyone. She seemed pleased to see all the pictures. I would ask her who each person was and she told me. The more recent pictures I had to tell her some but she knew as soon as I mentioned the name. We then met the rest of the family at the restaurant for Easter dinner. She went to church with us first and then we had some free time before our reservation. She did very well climbing the steps to my house. She said it was crowded but that is because at the nursing home it is so big. She enjoyed her grandchildren and great-grandchildren as well as her meal. She really does quite well. Happy Easter to all of you. Much love, Betty Sue Marilyn has mom's license on her wall and she looked at it and found that mom graduated from LaVera Beauty School in MO 9-13-1938. I wonder if LaVera was in Kennett. Betty Sue
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