Colleen: Vilas didn’t have to go to war.

Naomi: My husband did.

Colleen: Huh?

Naomi: My husband did. He went to war.

Colleen: Vilas didn’t have to go.

Naomi: He was in the service when I married him, and he was a good man. He worked hard to get that jewelry store started. We worked hard.

Colleen: My husband was a hard-worker too. Very hard-worker. He did farming and worked at Ford. He had a good reputation. He was no deadbeat. He was a good man. He treated the people right.

Colleen: Very.