Sacramento California, approx 1967
Sacramento California, approx 1967
Roberta Rose K. aka 'Bobby' or 'Bobby Rose' approx 19 yrs old.
This picture was taken while she was in a 'college of cosmetology'
before I met her.
Note the 'flip' hair style popular in that time.
Ft. Collins, Colorado, November 1971
Bobby Rose in the Poudre Valley Memorial hospital in Ft. Collins.
I took this picture approx two months after we met.
In the four years from the above picture, Bobby had gotten married
and had a baby daughter - and her husband had disappeared to no one
knew where!
Whitewood, South Dakota, January 1972
Bud and Bobby
During Bobby's starting recovery from the illness, we made a
trip to Bud's parents home in South Dakota. Baby daughter stayed
home with grandma in Loveland, Colorado.
Loveland, Colorado, April 1972
Tandrea Dare K. aka Tandy
I had taken on the task of helping Bobby and her daughter while
Bobby recovered from her illness. This proved to be a major
heartbreaking undertaking over the years BUT I could not walk
away - I had came to love this little one too much - shown here
on her third birthday.
Ft. Collins, Colorado, April 1972
Bobby Rose and Tandy sewing at the kitchen table.
Learning to sew and cook was part of the recovery therapy.
Harrison Rd, Murphysboro, Illinois, December 1973
Bobby and Tandy and Bud.
Bud's work as a buyer and inspector of wood products takes this little family to Southern Illinios.
Our smiles had faded due to grandma's many tries to take a
picture which she liked!
Harrison Rd, Murphysboro, Illinois, April 1, 1974
Tandy's fifth birthday party.
We did have a house-full!
Harrison Rd, Murphysboro, Illinois, April 1, 1974
Tandy's fifth birthday party.
Oh! What a wonderful time was had by all - especially Tandy!
Harrison Rd, Murphysboro, Illinois, Christmas 1974
Tandy with Bobby holding puppy Tippey.
Sant Claus was really good to someone!
Harrison Rd, Murphysboro, Illinois, January 1975
Our little familly on Bobby's birthday.
Grand Tower Park, Southern Illinois, September 1975
Tandy on the old steam locomotive.
Bobby's ex-husband had arrived on the scene in January 1975
after the above picture was taken. He wanted to help raise
his daughter so He and Bobby and Tandy went to live in Texas.
After eight months Bobby and Tandy came back to live with me
again in Murphysboro, Illinois. This photo was taken on our
first outing after their return.
Harrison Rd, Murphysboro, Illinois, January 10, 1976
Bud and Bobby on her birthday.
Bobby had lost a lot of weight and there were signs that her
illness was returning. Bobby and Tandy left Southern Illinois
and went back to Loveland, Colorado to live without me.
Canon City, Colorado, September 1976
Roberta Rose K.
Picture taken on one of my visits from Southern Illinois.
Loveland, Colorado, August 1978
Tandy at rear, left, and friends from their apartment complex on a hot August day.
Picture taken on one of my visits from Southern Illinois.
Loveland, Colorado, approx 1980 or 1981
Tandra Dare K. on the day of her confirmation into the Episcopal Church
This photo is from a print sent to me by Bobby.
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Bobby's illness had taken its toll and Bobby passed away in the
Spring of 1984. Bobby's Last Will had left to me her daughter!
I went to Colorado to get Tandy and brought her home with me to
Sheridan, Wyoming where I had moved in 1981.
Sheridan, Wyoming, School year 1984-1985
Tandrea Dare K.
School Photo.
At first, it seemed that Tandy would adjust OK to the loss of her
mother, but that proved wrong.
Wyoming Girls School, Sheridan, Wyoming, February 1987
Tandy's years spent with her ill mother had taken it's toll too.
The Wyoming Girls School was the place to learn to cope with life's
major injustices!
This is a picture of those in Tandy's dorm upon her graduation.
Tandy is in the second row at far right.
Wyoming Girls School, Sheridan, Wyoming, February 1987
Bud and Tandy at her graduation from the Wyoming Girls School.
Tandy went on to the Job Corps at Nemo, South Dakota where she met
her future husband. They were married July 7, 1987.
Bucking Mule Falls, Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming, August 1987
Tandrea Dare K.
Tandy came home for a visit while awaiting her husband's return
from the Navy.
This picture was taken during one of our many hikes in the
Bighorn Mountains. The waterfall at center of picture looks so
small BUT in reality it is large and one-half mile away from us
at the edge of cliffs above The Devil's Canyon.
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Tandy went on to have three children of her own, then become
divorced. She is now 42 yrs old, living in Texas, and helping
raise her grandkids - her oldest son's children.
I am now 'grandpa Bud'. Am rather proud as I have no natural
children!
Tandrea Dare K. passed away in her sleep the morning of February 11, 2014, of a heart attack, at the age of fourty-four. Tandy leaves a husband, three children, step children, grandchildren, and step grandchildren - and her foster dad.
Tandy had inherited her mother's mental and psysical problems and is now free of pain. We had always assumed that her life would not be long. She got eight years more out of it than did her mother. Rest in peace, my child!
Last Modification March 18, 2014.