When I'm occasionally killing time at work, I'll google addresses I used to live at or check them out on Realtor.
After my Dad died in 1970, my Mom remarried 2 years later to an Air Force friend of his and we all packed up from the Detroit area and moved to rural Sterling Illinois. 45 minutes SW of Rockford. The middle of nowhere. We (us 3 kids) hated it. We did, however, move into a 6 month old, custom built, good sized ranch house. The height of 70's decor. We made friends and adjusted to country life. The marriage didn't last and 6 years later, they divorced, mom sold the house, and we moved back to Michigan.
We kept in touch with our neighbors, the Perrone's, for years. He was the manager of the local Sears. (so many wonderful stories about them too but I digress) The house only changed hands twice and they were very good friends with the woman who just recently passed away. She collected everything and loved to entertain.
I wasn't able to find a listing about the house, but it did sell and there was an estate sale with tons of pictures. To my surprise, almost nothing has changed since 1970. Also to my surprise, was our Harvest Gold Kenmore Side by side from 1972 was still there, although moved to the basement kitchen. We had a Harvest Gold GE TOL P7 electric stove and GE dishwasher and red and black indoor/outdoor carpet in the kitchen. I remember going to Sears with my mom and meeting Mr. Perrone who had his best salesperson show us. As a matter of fact, if you were able to move the broiler pans in picture 8, you would see the burn mark in the counter I put there.
Here's some pictures and you can google 4205 Woodlawn Road, Sterling Illinois to see the outside, and the middle of nowhere..lol
















After my Dad died in 1970, my Mom remarried 2 years later to an Air Force friend of his and we all packed up from the Detroit area and moved to rural Sterling Illinois. 45 minutes SW of Rockford. The middle of nowhere. We (us 3 kids) hated it. We did, however, move into a 6 month old, custom built, good sized ranch house. The height of 70's decor. We made friends and adjusted to country life. The marriage didn't last and 6 years later, they divorced, mom sold the house, and we moved back to Michigan.
We kept in touch with our neighbors, the Perrone's, for years. He was the manager of the local Sears. (so many wonderful stories about them too but I digress) The house only changed hands twice and they were very good friends with the woman who just recently passed away. She collected everything and loved to entertain.
I wasn't able to find a listing about the house, but it did sell and there was an estate sale with tons of pictures. To my surprise, almost nothing has changed since 1970. Also to my surprise, was our Harvest Gold Kenmore Side by side from 1972 was still there, although moved to the basement kitchen. We had a Harvest Gold GE TOL P7 electric stove and GE dishwasher and red and black indoor/outdoor carpet in the kitchen. I remember going to Sears with my mom and meeting Mr. Perrone who had his best salesperson show us. As a matter of fact, if you were able to move the broiler pans in picture 8, you would see the burn mark in the counter I put there.
Here's some pictures and you can google 4205 Woodlawn Road, Sterling Illinois to see the outside, and the middle of nowhere..lol















