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Evelyn O'Brien

Mrs. O'Brien was born in 1935 in Beverly, Kansas and was the 

second to youngest child. She was born with brown hair and blue 

eyes. Her mother was very strict. 

She was apart of the "Dirty 30's." But through her struggle, she 

had a radio and electricity so life didn't seem so upsetting. At age 

5, she moved to Salina, Kansas because it was more modern. The 

first thing she remembers hearing on the radio is Anne Frank 

going into hiding. O'Brien hated the war. She felt very sorry for 

what the Jews had to go through. She had a brother that fought 

in World War 2. He was in the Navy. His boat broke in half and he 

luckily survived. She also remembers hearing a lot about the War 

at school. 

In middle school, she was apart of her very first play. 

Although she hated school, she did not get into trouble 

and was a very good girl. She says it's "the perks of 

having a strict mom."

While she was in school, they stopped class to talk 

about the attack on Pearl Harbor and she was very 

scared. She was also scared for African- American's to 

get their rights.

"I remember hearing about the bus boycotts. My friends 

would always run down streets screaming they deserved 

rights. We always got dirty looks, but I didn't care."

In high school, Evelyn went to school at Central and 

graduated in 1953. She hated high school too. Evelyn 

was apart of the Pep Club and would go to many sport 

events. She was into the dramatics and loved to sing. 

Elvis, Johnny Cash, and country was all she listened to 

during her high school years. At night, she would sneak 

out and leave with her boyfriend because he had a car. 

After high school, she worked at a shoe store and then 

at a bank. And met her husband, Art.

Her husband, Art also worked at a bank. They were 

married at 21 and had their first child, Karen at 21. They 

were married to her favorite song "Unchained Melody." 

Her most relivable moment was when she had her 

children. Karen, Nick, and Becky. That was her happiest 

moment. She met Art on a blind date. Evelyn wishes 

that she could change her lifestyle when she got 

married.   She would spend less money and go to less 

with her husband if she could go back time. While she 

was back in time, she would bring back her husband. 

She and her husband went to England for their 

honeymoon. 

Evelyn and my mom met at one of my 

gymnastics meets. My mom didn't want to wait 

and she asked Evelyn to get coffee. Evelyn 

says that was the happiest moment of her life. 

She and my mom get coffee every week now. 

Her biggest regret is getting old and not being 

able to drive or travel. She had a lot of fun 

going to England but she really wants to go to 

Germany. Her life turning point was when she 

retired. She would love to get back into the 

work force.

"I didn't have an exciting life, but I was very 

happy. I had vanilla ice cream, and I was 

happy. My favorite generation was the 60's. I 

loved how happy it was. I had no cares in the 

world. I have so many memories I wish I could 

go back and relive, but I like where I'm at."