Grandma Rosedelle Roustio was a physically, emotionally and spiritually strong woman. She was a large framed tall woman with nary an ounce of fat on that frame. A quiet demeanor, Grandma Roustio was much like E. F. Hutton, when she spoke people listened. Grandma Rosedelle and Grandpa Frank Roustio raised four girls and my father. They lost another male child in infancy.
Should you ask my wife, Gerry if she recalls first meeting Grandma Roustio, she would with delight tell this story. "I was 16- years old and Mel was 17. One day we drove to lower Washington Park where Grandma Roustio lived. As I was getting out of the car, I noticed this big woman carrying large concrete blocks, one in each hand, towards an unfinished block building. She was mixing concrete cement and laying blocks."
Grandma's primary work-notoriety was 'wallpaper hanger.' She likely wallpapered half the houses in Washington Park. Rosedelle was a great listener but got her dander up in a heartbeat when folks bought foriegn made products. She let it be known that she was Union and a 'Made in America' consumer!
Rosedelle was never mean-spirited. If she concluded that someone was a phony or attempting to pull a fast one, she'd say, "Why they're SILLY."
As you can guess, I've been thinking about Grandma Roustio a lot lately. Grandma would think its 'silly' for American consumers to sit at home and order goods online, which causes loss of jobs and closing of local stores.
When Trump spoke after winning the Indiana primary and became the presumptive Republican nominee, he said that during his Presidency we are going to be a 'loving nation.' We are going to have a lot of love for everybody. Grandma Roustio would see right through that phony-crap. I can hear her saying , 'Why he's being silly. He talked and showed all kinds of hate against folks and now that he's the only one left he WANTS love?'
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