Family Members Share Their Story
An interview with my mother Bernetta Cole– by Janice Cole Askwith

  • What was your thoughts when I first became ill with polio?
Mother: With 5 children all under 6 years of age and one on the way, I thought it was a normal childhood sickness at
first. I was use to someone crying from teething or needing an aspirin for something.
  • What did you feel and do when I got up one morning and couldn’t stand up and walk?....
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Mother: Bernetta
Children: Mike (standing)
Patty ( Had fever of Polio- on mothers right arm)
Janice (PPS w/braids)
Richard (youngest son)
Debbie (hands over eyes)
Pamela (youngest).
Mother was pregnant with Pamela when Janice caught Polio.