Dad spoke of Christmas and the fact that there wasn't an evergreen within sixty miles so a small leafless poplar tree from the sand hills made a great Christmas meant nuts and candy in their stockings but not usually gifts.  the hazelnuts provided entertainment because with them they played a game which they call "Par und Unpar" or in English, "Pair or Not a Pair".  You would hold either one or two nuts in your hand and if your opponent guessed correctly, he got the nuts.

The older children in the family remembered their father going out to the big hills near the farm in the evening to pray.  In the silence of the prairie he could be heard for long distances.  the family felt that it was John Frank's prayers that brought them through loneliness, heartache and difficult times in a strange land.  One of the personal belongings he brought with him to Canada was a large family bible, which he loved to read.  I am aware of only two pictures of him and in one he is holding his bible.  He died just two weeks before I was born.

John Frank died December 1938 and is buried at Maidstone. Sask.  He had retired there and had a house in the town.  I believe there were other family members living in the area.

Louise Frank died December 1941 in the hospital in Maple Creek and is buried in the Rosenfeld Cemetery in the Golden Prairie District.  The Rosenfeld Cemetery is beside the # 21 highway between Maple Creek and Fox Valley.  I do not believe that there is a headstone.