Granddaughter, Lorene Hamblin Bradshaw:
When grandpa died of a massive heart attack, I immediately went to Lyman to be with grandma. She asked me to help her dress him in his temple clothes. I considered that to be a great honor. It was a difficult task as grandpa was such a big man; but when we were through he looked so handsome. Grandma stood by me, crying and telling me how good he had always been to her, and how handsome he was as a young man. As I looked at him, I noticed that his hair was very thick and dark brown, with just a touch of grey at the temple. He had died at 77 years of age.
Grandma was always beautifully dressed, and her hair was thick and dark brown. On some occasions she was accused of dying her hair, which was considered a sin at that time, but she told me her only secret was rinsing it in vinegar water to bring out the color and shine. It still works. Her hair didn't turn white until she was in her eighties.
Granddaughter, Geraldine Hamblin Bangerter
Grandma and grandpa had a feather bed and yes it was so much fun. This bed was in one room of their house along with two big chairs, grandma's sewing machine, and everything else they owned. The other room in the house was the kitchen. I never felt that their house was too crowded, I enjoyed the coziness of being with them in their last little home.
Granddaughter, Darlene Hamblin Anderson
I spent mnay summers as a young girl with grandma. She was so glad for me to come and she spent many hours telling of her life and that of her families. Each morning she would grind some wheat and we would have delicious cracked wheat cereal. She would grind it in a little coffee mill. I slept with her in her feather bed and how wonderful it was to sink into it up to your ears. I loved that bed, and I know grandma loved me.
Ida Minerva Rollins Hamblin passed away the 5th of October 1947, just three days after her 87th birthday. She died rather suddenly.