She was their stepmother and tried to get rid of all three of them but my oldest sister Shirley took Tommy and they hid in a closet when the adoption agency came for them, I am not sure what happened after that but they were not taken. That was in the late 1940's. Dad divorced her.

Yes, we were a very close family, there is only me and my 3 sisters left and I do not think we are as close as we used to be. There were things that happened with Mom's care that I disagreed with, like putting her in that terrible nursing home where she was neglected and mistreated. I was against her going there and have not found it in my heart to forgive them, just typing that has me crying.