Patsy's life history

Some words on Patsy

Patsy Todd was born in Compton, California, on August

3, 1929. She moved to Oregon in ’37 during the

depression, picked fruit, and her father bought a farm

and sold it in ’47, moved to the coast, built a motel,

called the “Miles Motel”, went to Chemeketa, learned

to weld, worked at Wade’s manufacturing plant. Mother

did rations, worked for a millionaire, the father

building fences, mothing taking something, moved

father out to St. Helens and rioting started. Worked

at Smokecraft in the ‘70’s, linen mills in Jefferson,

talked about Burt Reynolds. Smacked her because she

liked Bob Hope, not Burt Reynolds. Joined the union

and quit, kind of fraudulent run in Salem, bring my

grandchildren. Can’t see after wreck, living with man,

worked in restaurant “Chilibowl”, early shift, met

guy, snow started, guy came over, started the affair,

died of a heartache. Clarence came home smelling of

gasoline, left, after six years

-Chris Farrell