I wrote previously of a book I have that belonged to my Great Grandfather, Joseph Nelson Jonas. The book was given to me by Ellis Jonas along with a couple of others. Inside the book was this note signed by Ellis Jonas. I presume he wrote it, also that my Great Grandmother, Lillian Coley Jonas put it there in the book. Ellis would have turned 98 on 6 September 2024. He was born on my Great Grandparents’ 10th wedding anniversary, and that date would also be the date his father was electrocuted in 1932.

Memory Work

Give me desire and courage O Lord, to do right each day

Repeat this gem each morning and try to do it all through the day.

Help Reminder

Retire promptly at the time mother desires

Ellis Jonas