GUSTAFSSON, GERDA HELGA LINNEA
1903-1985

Born 1903-04-15 in Kullen, Högsby.
Died 1985-03-29 in Högsby.
Buried in Högsby.

Biography

Born 1903-04-15 in Kullen, Högsby.
Died 1985-03-29 in Högsby.
Buried in Högsby.
Helgas brorsdotter Gunilla Ingvarsson berättar: Helga stannade kvar i Emilsborg när farmor dog för att ta hand om farfar så länge han levde. När sedan farfar dog flyttade hon till Hotell Morén efter gemensamt beslut av den övriga syskongruppen. Sedan vet vi ju alla att där skötte hon en massa otacksamma sysslor som ingen annan egentligen ville göra; diska, skala potatis, städa toaletter osv. Om hon fick lön för detta eller enbart mat, kläder och fickpengar vet jag inte. Hon och pappa hade stöd och hjälp av varandra de sista åren tillsammans, då de bodde i en lägenhet på Storgatan, i "skomakarhuset".

Tillägg av Johan Kullberg: Helga bodde, så länge de drev hotellet, i den röda stugan på hotellets tomt nere vid Järnvägsgatan. Den hade kakelugn så det gick att sova där året om.

By Helga's niece Gunilla Ingvarsson:
Helga stayed at Emilsborg after my Grandmother died to take care of Grandfather (Per Emil) as long as he lived. After he died, she moved to Hotel Moren, as the brothers and sisters decided. We all know that her job at the hotel were quite ungrateful tasks such as doing the dishes, peeling potatoes, cleaning lavatories etc, things like anyone else wasn't keen to do. If she had any real salary or if food, clothes, some pocket money did suffice I don't know. She and my Dad (brother David) enjoyed each other's support and company during their last years, when they lived in an apartment in Storgatan, in the "shoe saler's house".

Addition by Johan Kullberg: As long as they ran the hotel, Helga lived in the small, red house in the hotel garden, at Järnvägsgatan. The house had a tile stove so she could sleep there in the winters also.