Adalyn Cravens was born in December of 1913 in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. She grew up with two younger siblings, Marguerite and Collyn, on a farm with her parents and paternal grandfather.

A big change in Cravens’ life came after her parents’ divorce when she was 12. Her siblings were split up and sent to different foster homes. After high school she briefly studied nursing in Canada before traveling to the United States to live with her mom and stepfather in 1938.

She got married to Bob Cravens in 1940 and the two raised one daughter, Donna Lee. Bob passed in 1988; they had been married for 48 years.

Cravens said her mission in life is to help others, and she did that through her Episcopal church, through her various jobs and volunteer work, and through her involvement in her daughter’s school.

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Music is Bach Cello Suite no. 3 by Colin Carr from the Free Music Archive.

Episodes are edited, recorded, mixed, and published by Diana Dudenhoeffer.