My Great-Grandma Van Sabben was born Amy Hove on May 15, 1905 in Iowa. She was the fourth child of six born to Olavus and Ingaborg Hove (Doesn't that sound Norwegian). Grandma Amy grew up in the Northwood/Kensett area of Northern Iowa and graduated from Northwood High School 1924. She married Peter Van Sabben on March 23, 1925. He was 14 years her senior. They lived and raised their family of six children in the same area where Grandma Amy grew up. After Grandpa Peter's death in 1966, Amy got her first job outside the home. She was an active member of her church. Grandma Amy died March 4th, 1995 in Manley, Iowa and was interred next to her husband in the North Shell Rock Cemetary of Northwood, Iowa.
I remember Grandma Amy had an old Singer Swing Machine in her bedroom. The sewing machine was not longer attached to the peddle on the floor, so as a child I would lay on the floor and push the floor peddle with my hands and watch the large wheel on the side spin. I liked to see how fast I could get the wheel going.
Another favorite memory was when every Christmas Eve the family would drive up to Grandma Amy's home to visit with all the great-aunts and uncles and cousins. "Santa" (Cousin Caroline) would come in and hand out a little gift for each child. It was almost always a coloring book of some kind.
Great-grandma Amy Van Sabben around 1915
Great-grandma Amy around 1970
Christmas with Great-grandma Amy
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