Making a living during the Depression was not easy and Leah had a very difficult time as a teenage girl. She was diagnosed with a bone marrow infection, osteomyletis, and was in and out of hospitals for extended periods of time. The infection subsided and reoccured many times until the advent of penicillin, although not before Leah endured numerous operations, leaving her with a frozen ankle and scarred legs.
She was living in Holly when she met Maurice Hole and his cousin, Cyp Wyatt -- according to family lore Leah was hitchhiking with a friend when she met the two men. She actually dated Cyp first but once her sister Sheila met him, it wasn't long before Cyp was Sheila's and Leah began dating Maurice.
She aways said she got the better end of the bargain.
Leah moved to south Seattle and lived with her sister Rachel so she could be near Maurice, who was attending school and working.
In 1940, they were married.
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