The Mind Of The Elderly
The Mind of The Elderly
For starters, I interviewed Lelane Thomas Allen. He is a friend of mine's grandpa. I had never met or even heard about Mr. Allen until I told my buddy I needed an old person to interview for an assignment. I also thought it was a good idea to interview him, because I could get additional information and facts from my buddy and his parents, who might know some things Mr. Allen might not remember.
Lelane Allen is 72 years of age and currently resides in Omaha, Nebraska. He is about 6'2" and has gray hair of what his bald head has left. He has ten children (oldest to youngest), Gary, Dianne, Richard, Jon Patrick, Susan, Barb, Carol, Dave and Don, who are twins, and Joanne. He also has sixteen grandchildren, which actually is sort of low considering how many kids he has.
Lelane was born September 18, 1932 in Wymore, Nebraska. He comes from a primarily Irish, Scottish, and German background. His childhood was that of a country farm boy. He worked on his fathers farm most of his childhood and didn't have any real exciting stories to tell me. He did mention though that in this free time in his younger years, him and his buddies would get drunk on whatever they could get their hands on and drive around town and through the country roads acting like idiots. He then told me this wasn't a good idea and that times were different back then and they could get away with almost anything.
Lelane continued to work on the farm and other miscellaneous odd jobs until he turned 18 years of age. He then enlisted himself into the Air Force and only really mentioned that he flew a plane quite a bit in World War 2, primarily in Korea. I tried asking more questions about the war, but he wasn't to responsive, so I didn't want to force the issue. He then finished his duty to the military after eight years of service and went on to attend the University of Nebraska in Lincoln where he got a degree in...
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