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[[top left margin ]] Excuse this letter the wording was written while they were talking a few mistakes I am afraid I am sending Ethel's funeral notice as it came out in the paper. Ma [[/top left margin]]

Stoughton November 23rd 1941. 

Dear Doris
A stormy Sunday above all things thats [[that's]] horrid. We are having our turkey today & Myrtie is coming up to dinner. our bird was the same price as yours & about the same size. she is staying at home to cook it, our cranberries were a good size & color. she has made an orange pudding & squash pie so I guess we shall have enough to eat for several days. hope my appetite holds good.

Irma wanted us to go to Ethel's funeral so we went. it was Friday & a lovely day. it seems she was School Mother & dropped dead at the bathroom away from home. the daughter felt dreadfully she is left all alone now, its too bad a terrible shock so different from her mothers death but better than as if she had lingered to suffer. the flowers were very beautiful & numerous. the whole school I guess contributed. Helen couldn't believe her eyes when she saw me & knew I was able to come to sisters funeral.

Transcription Notes:
Illegible words marked with [[good guess?]] Ma doesn't use capital letters often, and we aren't supposed to use them if she hasn't.